I know I listen to a lot more metal than most of yall. But still...

Cherubs-Heroin Man
Ulver-Nattens Madrigal
Crowbar-any
The Saints-first three albums
Nailbomb-live album
Caspar Brotzmann-Home, Mute Massaker
Messugah-any
Cryptopsy-And then you'll beg
Botch-any
Wire-any

hm.

Technically--
Fripp, especially when teamed w/ Eno: digital guitar on Another Green World.

and Zappa had mind-blowing skills, which I'm sure has been recognized on this board.

Bad Brains: holy shit!

Aesthetically--
Loveless, which has of course been recognized.
And the Kadanes do play beautifully. I particularly like The New Year albums for the timing.

Exploratorially (+supra)--
Gastr Del Sol - Crookt, Crackt, or Fly
Sonic Youth - oh, where to begin...

not to say that's not technically pretty amazing too.

and I must recognize Kick Out The Jams, Source Tags and Codes, and love the Feedback on Third/Sister Lovers.

and my only bit of metal obscura: Guy Mann Dude. I don't know what the album was, but the only lyric was 'Y-Y-Y-YEEEEAAAAAH!'.

I will focus on this one that I pulled from a list that was looking to be way too long and incomplete:

TAR - "Deep Throw"
From the Sub Pop "Smells Like Smoked Sausages" double 45 (bands on loan from AmRep), not the live track on Clincher.

There's a point after the opening riff, after the verse, after the bass/drums
break where the guitars flood back in for the "chorus" part that I...I still can barely find words to describe. Each time this guitar-force-action re-appears, it does so with an increasing strength. Peaking at it's final appearance, the song section extends twice as long. I still hear it clearly in my head and just recalling it makes my stomach flip-flop.

The Clincher version was live, and although TAR was a sonic giant live, the experience of the live recording fails to match.

Though, live at a show, holy crap.

Thank you, TAR.

Glenn Branca- now thats a wall of noise

Good call. I've heard some of The Ascension, and it's incredible. He was an important fellow, historically. I read that he was a big early influence on Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, who played with him when they were younger folks.

gio wrote:I've heard some of The Ascension, and it's incredible.

It is indeed good. But I have to say that the second movement of Symphony No. 6 is one of the most amazing sounds I've ever heard. So simple in execution, yet...thrilling and creepy in an otherworldly way. And then the drums come in! Highly recommended.

Bola Sete "Live at Newport Jazz" -Can't remember the year, and I know he's not playing the traditional guitar, but whatever that thing is called, he sounded like the world being birthed.

James "Blood" Ulmer anytime, but especially on Ornette Coleman's "Live in Concert" -the harmolodic approach to rocking your pants off

Neil Young "Tonight's the Night" Nuff said.

Ween "Paintin' the Town Brown" Most people associate Ween strictly with "Push th' Little Daisies" and think they are just a joke band, but listen to Dean play on the live version of "Poopship Destroyer" and you'll know just how serious this band is.

Mahavishnu John McLaughlin "My Goals Beyond" Somebody already mentioned Shakti, but his jazz stuff was awsome, too.

Rick Springfield "Working Class Dog" Because, now that you've thought of the hook to Jessie's Girl, just try to get it out of your head. Don't hate me because I'm right.

B-52s "B-52s" I know, I know, "The B-52s have no street cred at all," but the guitar sound and the lines on that album are fantastic. Wanna get the aforementioned Springfield song outta your head? Try "Rock Lobster". Now, do you hate me more or less?

Quartet Music "Quartet Music" Nels Cline with his brother Alex on drums. Just super pretty and subtly challenging improvised music.

Saccharine Trust "Worldbroken" Joe Baiza tears it up in this record of entirely improvised punk-jazz

Minutemen "What Makes a Man Start Fires" D. Boon, rest in peace.

The Raymond Brake- Piles Of Dirty Winters

joshsolberg wrote:B-52s "B-52s" I know, I know, "The B-52s have no street cred at all," but the guitar sound and the lines on that album are fantastic. Wanna get the aforementioned Springfield song outta your head? Try "Rock Lobster". Now, do you hate me more or less?

ricky wilson was a remarkably original guitar player. his four string stylings (no d or g strings.) ripped effortlessly between andy gillish fractured riffing to killer 2 finger surf runs.

he played on tom verlaine's 1st solo lp (i know most favor richard lloyd, but i like 'em both they're completely different birds. i copped a lot of my riffin' from verlaine.) so there's more cred there than most of you naysayers could hope to earn in two lifetimes.

don't forget that the "man behind the curtain" who many of you seem to be lining up to blow did a fred schneider record. and rightfully so.

don't forget that the "man behind the curtain" who many of you seem to be lining up to blow did a fred schneider record. and rightfully so.

Oh, hey, were does that line start? Can I get one of them FastPass things?

I always wanted to be able to play like Jim McGuinn on Fifth Dimension but never figured it out, so I've given up guitar altogether