Randy Rhoads vs. Eddie Van Halen

Randy Rhoads vs. Eddie Van Halen

  • Randy Rhoads

    Votes: 16 64.0%

  • Eddie Van Halen

    Votes: 9 36.0%
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Easy enough. Two great shredders with classical influences...

Well, my favorite guitarist of all time is Randy Rhoads followed by a close David Gilmour, but Van Halen (the Roth era) remains one of my favorite bands.

Individually speaking, I'd have to go with Rhoads.
 
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Randy Rhoads, because I think, that he was more talented songwriter, than Eddie. It's important to me.
 
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I absolutely love Randy Rhoads. I consider him the the first true metal guitarist. A very talented, but technical guitarist, who never borrowed a riff or lick from anyone.

Eddie Van Halen, on the other hand, was a self taught genius. A tinkerer who loved a good gimmick to wow the crowd.


I'm not sure if you are asking for my favorite of the two or who is a better guitarist?
 
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RR but Eddie is just as talented as Rhoads was ... I just picked my favorite.
 
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Magic said:
I absolutely love Randy Rhoads. I consider him the the first true metal guitarist. A very talented, but technical guitarist, who never borrowed a riff or lick from anyone.

Eddie Van Halen, on the other hand, was a self taught genius. A tinkerer who loved a good gimmick to wow the crowd.


I'm not sure if you are asking for my favorite of the two or who is a better guitarist?
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Why not both of these? :D

Though, I might have meant your favored guitarist. And I wholeheartedly agree!
 
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In that case, my vote went to Randy.


These two guitarists had a great admiration for each other. Some say they were jealous of each other and at odds. I choose to believe it was a mutual respect and fascination with each other's style.

I read somewhere that both Eddie and Randy (back in the day) thought George Lynch was the BEST to come out of LA.
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