100 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time (apparently)

by Glenn Bird
Filed in Inspiration

There has been a lot of talk lately about the '100 greatest solos of all time', well this has probably been talked about since the creation of mainstream music. I just thought i'd share the list that people have come up with and the order and sequence, and see what anyone else thinks? For me personally there are a lot on the list that should be where they are (maybe in a different order) but there are also some that didn't make the list which is a real surprise - Jason Becker for starters (I know he may not be as mainstream but listen to the album Perpetual Burn and tell me he shouldn't be on this list!).

I guess it comes down to what is popular and heard and voted by the masses, and that's where most lists come from. However it happens, i want to know what real guitarists think and what they would change and add to this list!

Here it is, all feedback is welcome...

01. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

02. Van Halen - Eruption

03. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

04. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

05. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

06. Guns N' Roses - November Rain

07. Metallica - One

08. Eagles - Hotel California

09. Black Sabbath - Crazy Train

10. Cream - Crossroads

11. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

12. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

13. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood

14. Derek and the Dominos - Layla

15. Deep Purple - Highway Star

16. Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker

17. Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover

18. Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing

19. Pantera - Floods

20. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

21. Pink Floyd - Time

22. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

23. RATM - Bulls on Parade

24. Metallica - Fade to Black

25. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

26. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

27. SRV - Pride and Joy

28. Ozzy Ozborne - Mr. Crowley

29. Steve Vai - For the Love of God

30. Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien

31. Ted Nugent - Stranglehold

32. Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun

33. B.B King - The Thrill Is Gone

34. Radiohead - Paranoid Android

35. Pantera - Cemetery Gates

36. Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star

37. Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

38. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

39. Neil Young - Cortez the Killer

40. Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years

41. Queen - Brighton Rock

42. Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

43. ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man

44. Pearl Jam - Alive

45. Doors - Light My Fire

46. Van Halen - Hot for Teacher

47. Allman Brothers Band - Jessica

48. Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

49. Santana - Europa

50. Kiss - Shock Me

51. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

52. Jimi Hendrix - Star-Spangled Banner

53. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You

54. Smashing Pumpkins - Geek USA

55. Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie

56. Black Sabbath - War Pigs

57. Pantera - Walk

58. Eric Clapton - Cocaine

59. Kinks - You Really Got Me

60. Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures

61. Metallica - Master of Puppets

62. Pink Floyd - Money

63. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

64. Prince - Little Red Corvette

65. Allman Brothers - Blue Sky

66. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

67. Michael Jackson feat. Eddie Van Halen - Beat It

68. Yes - Starship Trooper

69. Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing

70. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

71. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

72. Aerosmith - Walk This Way

73. Phish - Stash

74. Deep Purple - Lazy

75. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

76. Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl

77. Alice In Chains - Man in the Box

78. Grateful Dead - Truckin'

79. Van Halen - Mean Street

80. AC-DC - You Shook Me All Night Long

81. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane

82. King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man

83.

SRV - Scuttle Buttin'

84. UFO - Lights Out

85. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream

86. Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post

87. Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited

88. Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne

89.

RATM - Killing in the Name

90. Eric Clapton - Let It Rain

91. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Heard It Through the Grapevine

92. Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut

93. The Doors - The End

94. Rush - Working Man

95. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

96. Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman

97. Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death

98. Dream Theater - Under a Glass Moon

99. Jeff Beck - 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers

100. Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive

Discussion

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