Kurt Cobain
He was not a conventional performer, this is the point: by snatching the electric guitar from the note-smashing technicians and returning it to artists, freaks and poets, Kurt Cobain became one of the most important guitarists of all time. Cobain did not invent alternative rock. But because of his love for Cheap Trick, the Melvins and Kiss, he gave it the metallic power it needs to dominate. His performance was not all untrained wind: seeing unconventional chord progressions and mastery of quiet-loud-quiet dynamics in “Lithium” and almost all other Nirvana songs.
Kurt Cobain
Keith Richards
The co-founder of the Rolling Stones, along with his partner Mick Jagger, is Keith Richards, arguably the best rhythm player in history and one-half of the “Glimmer Twins.” Richards was named the creator of “rock’s greatest single body of riffs” on guitar by Rolling Stone magazine in 2011. Richards was also the inspiration for Johnny Depp’s character, Pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. This is what sets him apart from anyone else you’ve met.
Keith Richards
