Of course, only one writer's opinion.

Surprise, surprises...

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1916544,00.html

Time has jumped the shark.
Slash @ # 2?
Thanks for the laugh!

Johnny Ramone????? did he ever play lead??

Play lead? Did he even know how to tune a guitar?

Time continues on its path of irrelevance......

gimmekeef wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 7:10am:

Time continues on its path of irrelevance......

for people who can read but not think........

Heart Of Stone wrote on Aug 17^th, 2010 at 5:02pm:

Johnny Ramone????? did he ever play lead??

It doesnt mention 'lead' guitarists. Measuring greatness by solos or how many notes someone knows kinda misses the point.

A lot of great rock n roll is primarily rhythm based. As any Stones fan can attest to.

What was it Keith said - 'you cant go into a guitar shop and ask to buy a 'lead guitar'..

Keith's at number 4 - you'd be hard pressed to argue that he's the most technically proficient guitarist in the history of the Stones, let alone one of the top 4 in the history of rock n roll.

But he's still worthy of that accolade, nonetheless.

I know these lists are meaningless space-filler, but it's actually not a bad one and is a good blend of the pioneers, the influential, the iconic and the the virtuosos - which is the point they're trying to make, I think.

(I'd have thrown in Cooder, Allmann, Townshend and Beck, myself - but no big deal).

Gazza wrote on Aug 18^th, 2010 at 10:39am:

Heart Of Stone wrote on Aug 17th, 2010 at 5:02pm: Johnny Ramone????? did he ever play lead?? It doesnt mention 'lead' guitarists. Measuring greatness by solos or how many notes someone knows kinda misses the point. A lot of great rock n roll is primarily rhythm based. As any Stones fan can attest to. What was it Keith said - 'you cant go into a guitar shop and ask to buy a 'lead guitar'.. Keith's at number 4 - you'd be hard pressed to argue that he's the most technically proficient guitarist in the history of the Stones, let alone one of the top 4 in the history of rock n roll. But he's still worthy of that accolade, nonetheless. I know these lists are meaningless space-filler, but it's actually not a bad one and is a good blend of the pioneers, the influential, the iconic and the the virtuosos - which is the point they're trying to make, I think. (I'd have thrown in Cooder, Allmann, Townshend and Beck, myself - but no big deal).

I totally agree, a good guitarist is someone who plays both Rhythm & lead, of all the good guitarists there is, Townshend in particular, for playing Rhythm & Lead, I don't know why they would pick Johnny Ramone, he would be in 10 of the fastest rhythm guitarist of all time,  but as a guitarist??? they choose good when they put Hendrix at #1.