Eddie Van Halen Against Zakk Wylde

[ComfortablyNumb]

It's became "hip" to complain about Zakk's playing

haha I guess. his playing is great, but sometimes it is a required taste.

 

[DaKillerWolf]

haha I guess. his playing is great, but sometimes it is a required taste.

I like his playing. Everyone complains, word for word with the same statement, again and again. I find the complaining annoying

 

[CrazyConnie]

Eddie Van Halen

 

[joe]

Option 3 as I don't pretend to be a guitarist.

 

[Slip'nn2Darkness]

I like his playing. Everyone complains, word for word with the same statement, again and again. I find the complaining annoying

I agree that what gets Zakk most of the complaints is what Cosmic said.. And I knew that would be brought up about his pitch Harmonics.. But..I have pretty much all his solo stuff and he dosn't always use those harmonics.. As for being a aquired taste??? Well any shredder can pretty much sound some what familiar.

For those who voted for Zakk ( I Did) here's a song where he does a awesome solo @ 2:23. It shows he's not all about just ripping it up..



I find this song to be distorted a bit when they recorded it too hot..It did have a couple of times when he used the "famous" pitch harmonics.. but that's a trade mark of his.. I've heard other shredders use it as well...

 

[AboutAGirl]

Never seen Zakk Wylde as a top tier guitar god.... third or fourth tier more likely. I mean, Black Label Society is just decent, and his work with Ozzy isn't even Ozzy's best. He's no Randy Rhoads, Iommi or Dimebag, never has been. I do like his work a lot, he just can't compete with a true innovator like EVH. BLS has a lot of fantastic material but they've never had good enough songwriting to match Pantera or Alice In Chains.

As far as pinch harmonics go, that's my favorite thing about Zakk. Can't get enough of those. He's really good on acoustic guitar as well. Book of Shadows is pretty good.

Personally I'd take Dimebag over both.

Exactly.

 

[Lynch]

Both are incredible players. No disrespect to Zakk as I love him and his playing style a LOT, but I consider EVH to be one of the few truly groundbreaking rock guitarists. The influence he had on guitarists after him may only be rivaled by Jimi Hendrix. In my opinion, EVH is one of the top 5 most influential guitarists to ever walk the earth.

I can't vote against that, regardless of how much I like Zakk. EVH wins this one hands down.

 

[LG]

It's became "hip" to complain about Zakk's playing

I respect Cosmic's opinion because she can play the guitar.

I've heard/read many comments that say the same thing about Zakk's playing so there must be something to it and his particular style.

To me Eddie's legacy is simply better, and I prefer him to Dimebag as well. (I have to say though Eddie is almost on my Axl Rose list of musical morons now with his pathetic prevarication concerning the new VH album...)

 

[gcczep]

Van Halen though Wyle is a hell of a player in his own right.

 

[DaKillerWolf]

I respect Cosmic's opinion because she can play the guitar.

I've heard/read many comments that say the same thing about Zakk's playing so there must be something to it and his particular style.

It's doesn't mean anything actually ..just an opinion. Lots of people think Sabbath are horrible. That doesn't make that a fact, just an opinion shared by a number of ( morons ) people. LOTS of people can play guitar too..Hell, my brother is an MIT grad, in a band I'm not going to mention here and gives high priced lessons to an ALWAYS growing list of eager students in his free time. He can play almost anything. His opinion is still just his opinion.

Zakk is a HIGHLY SKILLED player and writer ( anyone who can't see that ...can't be taken seriously ) whether or not someone dislikes his music or his style. I happen to love his style. Whatever though, Harmony's opinion is valid as anyone elses


..but then most peoples opinions need work