Why Kurt Cobain!?

sarutobi

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In almost every top guitarists list i can find Kurt Cobain seems to appear in them (sometimes buckethead isnt even in them :eek: )

Why is he in them at all? I mean he wasnt a great guitarist was he? Hes just an influential guy who happened to play the guitar right? Or was he some sort of guitar god? :confused:
 
id say the definition of a great guitarist is someone who can play guitar to an extremely high level of efficiency and skill. e.g buckethead, slash, jimi hendrix, joe satriani, steve vai...etc

not someone whos cool and can play guitar to a listenable level.
 
Chrisp7 said:
its the way its played thats important I guess.
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yeh thats what i mean, he couldnt play it amazingly, he could play it sure but it wasnt jaw dropping stuff

dont get me wrong i like(ed) him and his music, but i dont think he should be classed as a great guitarist.

rdizzle said:
kurt cobain was and is a legend in his own right...he is the reason for most of the bands around today
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would you still be thinking that if he didnt die? hopefully people have noticed that if you die young and were in a fairly successful band your fame suddenly shoots sky high and your given legend status.




maybe im taking this too seriously :p
 
this thread seems to have taken a wrong turn somewhere, im not here to have a go at Kurt Cobain, just moaning that buckethead aint in some lists he's in :p
 
ill deffo remember it
but being a great person whos remembered dosnt make u a great guitarist

it makes u a great person who happened to play guitar.
 
Id say the best guitarist is defined as someone who can play very technically, and has the ability to play anything thrown their way.

I dont think a great guitarist is someone who can write good guitar songs, all that does is add to their appeal as a musician not a guitarist.

The main reason i dont like Kurt Cobain in these lists is because hes not exactly skilled at guitar, he can play songs, songs that people like.

I agree with nitefly, if he was just a guitarist would we remember him? no, i highly doubt it, hed just be that guitarist from Nirvana who shot himself.


I dont mind you guys not liking buckethead :p
The only thing is though a lot of people either seem him as the guy from Guns n Roses, or the guy who plays really weird music. However hes more of an experimenter, he plays all different kinds of music, some more technical than others. Some very melodic, some very random and some that sounds like plain old noise.
Thats the reason i believe he's the best, because he tries everything, he dosnt limit himself to one genre. He could play pretty much any song given to him.

Kurt Cobain didnt. He just played some grunge/rock then died and became even more famous.

This thread wasnt to complain that Buckethead wasnt in the top lists. Its not about buckethead at all(i just slipped the comment in the OP as a wee joke). It was to point out that people seem to be mistaking someone influential for someone who can actually play guitar very well.
 
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