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The fifteen guitar legends in this quiz have paved a road on which hundreds of other rock guitarists could follow. Each one has a distinctive sound. Some are long since gone but none of them forgotten. Note: This quiz is pre 80's guitarists.
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Trivia and Interesting Information From This Quiz
Frank Zappa never regarded himself as a virtuoso of the guitar, yet no other guitarist of his era played across many genres of music. Zappa lost a long battle to prostate cancer in 1993.
Page played as bassist for the Yardbirds, joining the band in 1966. Not long after, he became the lead guitarist after Jeff Beck decided to leave the band. He toured and recorded with the Black Crowes in 2000, oddly enough playing Led Zeppelin covers on the 'Live at the Greek' album.
Eric Clapton always had a penchant for ballads and has preferred a little more melody in his playing. He never adopted the rapid machine gun style of Hendrix and Van Halen.
'The Who' guitarist Pete Townshend also wrote most of the bands material, including the conceptual 'Tommy.' Part of his live act was to smash a guitar up on stage. He first did this when he broke a guitar on a low ceiling while playing live, and continued the demolition as if he initially broke the guitar on purpose.
Syd Barrett, the main contributor to the bands early live success and also the brilliant 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' album, increasingly became more and more mentally unstable. He would often stop playing in the middle of a gig, or go off on his own tangent. It got to a point where he was impossible to play with and was replaced by Gilmour. Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, two American blues men, is where the band formed their name.
Frampton uses a device called a 'talkbox' that amplifies the direct guitar sound via a tube and filters it through his mouth before bouncing it back to the microphone. It really does rattle the teeth. Some more trivia you may not know is that David Bowie and Peter Frampton went to school together. The 15 year-old Bowie and the 12 year old Frampton would jam together, Bowie with his saxophone. The two would reunite much later when Frampton played lead on Bowie's 'Never let Me Down' album and subsequent tour.
Three good examples of Ronson's sound are the intros to 'Suffragette City,' The Jean Geanie' and 'Ziggy Stardust.'
Deep Purple played around in pop-rock music until Blackmore took over creative control of the band and pushed it towards a heavier, guitar influenced sound.
Jeff Beck never aspired to reach the dizzy heights of popularity of contempories like Clapton, Hendrix and Page, but he remains one of the most respected guitarists within the profession. He has lived a fairly reclusive life, often stepping off the stage for years at a time.
Jimi Hendrix learnt to play guitar on a borrowed acoustic guitar while doing national service in the U.S. Army. He was discovered by the Animals Chas Chandler while supporting the likes of Sam Cooke and Little Richard and soon moved to England to become a massive star in his own right.
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