[jon boy]

Originally Posted by Glice

Right, so I have a bit of an affection for shred. There's something quite brilliantly beautiful about men who've spent huge portions of their life playing music that hasn't been fashionable since about 1986 or so. And while they might not produce music that I can listen to always, a lot of these guys can play the absolute shit out of their instruments in ways most of us can't really imagine.

To start us off, here's a lovely clip of Vai, Satriani and Malmsteen playing a Hendrix song.

oh yes i do have a real soft spot for shred, it was one of the first things i got into when i was younger. i have been on a real iron maiden kick receently, not your shred per se but still not bad.

[Phlegmscope]

I see shredding merely as a technique or tool that can be applied to things. I have very little appreciation for music where it overwhelms everything else. At worst it's like a sport.

My biggest problem with shredding however is just the way it sounds. Usually done with the hi-gain metal distortion, which isn't my cup of tea. Plus the fact that shredding is usually single notes / single string stuff, which sounds kind of shrill. They should shred with chords.

I tend to like stuff where notes/chords are droning. Less playing more volume I say.

[Toilet & Bowels]

Have we had three pages of thread without mention of MATT PIKE?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgtxdN8ngFI

or EDDIE CARKE?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2S9rwyQkJE

[Dr. Eugene Felikson]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

Have we had three pages of thread without mention of MATT PIKE?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgtxdN8ngFI

That was the shit. I've never heard this band before. Thank you very much for posting that.

[Phlegmscope]

Matt Pike's amazing. I love the way he plays the rhytm guitar parts more though, all that fast big ass sounding power chord strumming.