|
|
Register | Netphoria's Amazon.com Link | Members List | Mark Forums Read |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
11-11-2011, 12:06 PM | #1 |
Banned
Location: Washington, D.C.
Posts: 6,310
|
How does Billy compare to Josh Homme as a guitarist?
Who is more proficient? Who is more creative with guitar? To me Josh is the only person from that generation that can really come close to Billy in talent as a guitarist. He always impresses me.
|
|
11-11-2011, 02:23 PM | #2 |
Pledge
Location: how can you hate on that ending when all the trumpets and tubas come in
Posts: 139
|
billy
|
|
11-11-2011, 02:23 PM | #3 |
Pledge
Location: how can you hate on that ending when all the trumpets and tubas come in
Posts: 139
|
just joshing, it's josh
|
|
11-11-2011, 02:24 PM | #4 |
Pledge
Location: how can you hate on that ending when all the trumpets and tubas come in
Posts: 139
|
buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo
josh joshing josh joshers joshed joshes josh billy billied blerbleblerbleblerble |
|
11-11-2011, 02:35 PM | #5 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
Catherine Wheel, you are insane dude. You make the most random comparisons imaginable
Billy is a LOT better. |
|
11-11-2011, 02:38 PM | #6 |
Banned
Location: Washington, D.C.
Posts: 6,310
|
How is it random? I mean they both play hard rock and psychedelic influenced alternative rock. They are both influenced by Zeppelin and Sabbath but they have both developed their own style. I fail to see how it's a bad comparison.
|
|
11-11-2011, 02:56 PM | #7 |
Apocalyptic Poster
Location: You're 22 why aren't you free?You're 22 why aren't you free? you're mom and daddy's victory
Posts: 4,874
|
one thing that will always be there about billy is his ability to play and understand the guitar
definitely a guitar god type player |
|
11-11-2011, 03:03 PM | #8 |
Banned
Location: Washington, D.C.
Posts: 6,310
|
http://www.customasapblog.com/the-be...ern-guitarists
Although honestly I think the description of Josh's playing sells him short Last edited by Catherine Wheel : 11-11-2011 at 03:12 PM. |
|
11-11-2011, 03:11 PM | #9 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
Yeah, Billy is one of the most underrated guitarists.
-left handed dude who taught himself to play right handed -learned by ear, claims to have acquired his lead skills from a book -can play in a vast array of styles and brings uniqueness to each one (not like most hard rock guitarists, whose soft songs sound like heavy songs without the energy) -expanded guitar distortion density to a level probably not reached by any other rock band on studio recordings -hands down developed the best use of feedback of any rock guitarist -has an instantly recognizable style... naturally brings a feeling to the instrument which is not really possible to imitate -despite the decline of his songwriting and ability to produce his music, his guitar skill has never ebbed. He can be playing the shittiest Teargarden song but if he sticks a solo in the middle, it will sound like sex no matter what |
|
11-11-2011, 03:12 PM | #10 | |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
Quote:
Billy Corgan is easily far, far beyond those other four people, but Bellamy isn't even notable. I thought the list said "top 5" not "top 700" To me, the only one that really comes close in terms of well-rounded uniqueness, inventiveness, technical skill and feeling is Johnny Greenwood. There are a lot of other notable modern guitarists (by modern I mean post-1970s and 80s hair metal which is where most people stop counting guitar heroes), but none of those guys on that list are too amazing except Frusciante. I'm thinking Kim Thayil, Mark Kozelek, Nels Cline, Kevin Shields, Thurston Moore, J. Mascis to start. Last edited by redbreegull : 11-11-2011 at 03:19 PM. |
|
|
11-11-2011, 03:20 PM | #11 |
Banned
Location: Washington, D.C.
Posts: 6,310
|
I think QOTSA's Rated R deserves to be seen in a closer light to Siamese Dream. I'm not going to say it's as good as Siamese Dream but it definitely changed my whole perspective on rock. It's that type of album.
|
|
11-11-2011, 04:04 PM | #12 |
Minion of Satan
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 5,595
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 04:26 PM | #13 |
Saturday Night Goth
Location: POLLOS
Posts: 9,207
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 04:28 PM | #14 |
Minion of Satan
Location: Gold Lace Sensor
Posts: 5,677
|
Josh Homeboy and Queens of the Date Rape/Frat Age have nothing on Billy or SP.
And Frusciante, Bellamy, Brent Hinds (who?)...really? Those guys are OK, but Billy was far more of a sonic innovator and a much more talented guitarist. Frusciante could barely play a barre chord properly back in the day when he was heroin'd up. And when he came back around he was nowhere near as good as when he first started with RHCP, he lost all his chops. Bellamy...the heavy metal Radiohead with some Queen pillaging thrown in. boring. |
|
11-11-2011, 04:30 PM | #15 |
Minion of Satan
Location: Gold Lace Sensor
Posts: 5,677
|
Are you serious? I bought that album when it came out and my opinion on it hasn't changed. It's not that great. Tinny muddy sounding guitars and mediocre songs. I'd rather listen to Black Sabbath than some band doing a piss poor impersonation of them.
|
|
11-11-2011, 04:35 PM | #16 |
Shut the fuck up!
Location: "Okay, white power feminist" - yo soy el mejor
Posts: 23,882
|
of all the people in the world...Josh Homme? Seriously?
Homme is OK, but billy is in a whole other league of guitar players. Jeff is a better player. |
|
11-11-2011, 04:41 PM | #17 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
I like Queens of the Stone Age, but Rated R is not a Siamese Dream type album. Listen to the sonic difference between Disarm and Silverfuck. The dynamics of Rated R pale by comparison. Homme isn't a bad guitarist but is better compared to someone like Dave Grohl than Billy Corgan, who is basically a god of the instrument.
|
|
11-11-2011, 05:04 PM | #18 |
Banned
Location: Washington, D.C.
Posts: 6,310
|
You think he's only as good as Grohl? That's almost an insult. I never saw him as being that mediocre. Surely he's a bit more interesting than that.
|
|
11-11-2011, 05:09 PM | #19 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
I'm being hyperbolic, but he's just not in the same league as Corgan.
|
|
11-11-2011, 05:13 PM | #20 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
it's like asking who is the better drummer jimmy chamberlin or matt cameron
|
|
11-11-2011, 06:21 PM | #21 | |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
Quote:
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 06:40 PM | #22 |
Braindead
Posts: 18,608
|
Billy is certainly more dynamic in tone and style, but most of Josh's riffs are heavier and meaner sounding than everything Billy's done, Tales of a Scorched Earth and X.Y.U. aside.
|
|
11-11-2011, 08:41 PM | #23 |
Ownz
Posts: 729
|
I've heard of Billy, that's a major point he has in my book over that other fellow
|
|
11-11-2011, 09:16 PM | #24 |
ILL KILL UR DOG
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 11,480
|
Billy is very tasteful and he excels at songcraft when it comes to guitar. However, he sticks mainly to standard pentatonic structures and he's not really advancing the instrument or anything. I think he gets a LITTLE too much credit from SP fans and a LITTLE not enough credit from the rest of everyone..
|
|
11-11-2011, 10:34 PM | #25 |
Apocalyptic Poster
Posts: 1,695
|
standard pentatonic structures? explain
|
|
11-12-2011, 12:33 AM | #26 |
Demi-God
Posts: 422
|
Billy's Starla solo 10/5 in super-slo-mo (Twixtor/Added frames):
|
|
11-12-2011, 12:40 AM | #27 |
Socialphobic
Posts: 11,831
|
billy is arguably the best guitarist of his generation
the thing i always found unique about his playing is there's no recognizable "billy style" that you associate with like you would with jimmy page or van halen or whatever. besides maybe his usage of octave chords, he has no set staple. he utilizes every style. its all open |
|
11-12-2011, 02:42 AM | #28 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
Location: N3t4Euh Haus
Posts: 32,749
|
Using pentatonic heavily is not a bad thing... Most popular hard rock guitarists focus on the pentatonic. Billy is just fucking amazing.
|
|
11-12-2011, 03:14 AM | #29 |
Socialphobic
Location: montreal
Posts: 11,675
|
|
|
11-12-2011, 03:34 AM | #30 | |
Ownz
Posts: 534
|
Quote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...XqQF0Y#t=4519s |
|
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Billy's weight gain | ohnoitsbonnie | Pumpkins Archive | 55 | 05-09-2018 07:38 AM |
http://glittercop.blogspot.com/ | Forgotten Child | Pumpkins Archive | 163 | 10-28-2009 12:54 PM |
I met Billy and Jeff in Davenport!! | toadkat9 | Pumpkins Archive | 149 | 08-17-2008 05:19 PM |
Matt Sweeney | Kahlo | Pumpkins Archive | 58 | 06-02-2006 02:22 AM |
attn: Randall Sandell | agenda suicide | General Chat Archive | 14 | 04-15-2006 11:33 PM |