Sloppy players who kick ass

[Endrik]

ehee, I was wondering where all the Slayer fans are

[MBreinin]

Curt Cobain.






























Joke.

[jgcable]

There is only 1 in my book. He tops all other slop players. He plays with tons of feel and is an inspiration to many of us.

Neal Young

[sevser]

Neal Young for sure.

Kerry King? As much as I don't care for his whammy bar/chromatic leads...Slayer is frigging tight!

Live, Angus plays some sloppy leads but on recordings those boys are tight too.

[Rsmacker]

Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick. Dunno if it qualifies as being sloppy, but when I saw them many many years ago, he only seemed to hit out a chord or two per song, spending most of his time throwing/handing out pics, or changing guitars. In a forty minute set (supporting Crue back in.....oh 1985-ish!!!) he must have changed guitars at least twice per song, and never the same one twice!

Dave Mustaine - sloppy-as-a-very-sloppy-thing. Well, live at least. Possibly something to do with skag!

[iced_earth]

Buddy Guy

[kmanick]

Mike you think Robin Trower is sloppy?
why? I've never heard him play poorly. examples please.
Joe Perry has to top my list , live he was all over the place.
Almost every time I sa A-smith live joe sucked.

[MBreinin]

Well, Neil Young is the sloppy player's player!! The Grand Master of Slop..MC Slopenstein. Yes, John, Neil is the ultimate slopmeister.

Mike

[MBreinin]

Mike you think Robin Trower is sloppy?
why? I've never heard him play poorly. examples please.
Joe Perry has to top my list , live he was all over the place.
Almost every time I sa A-smith live joe sucked.

Well, its more of a stylistic thing..that whole Hendrix vibe going on. I am not saying his playing is sloppy, but intentionally loose...if you get my drift. I love Trower, he is awesome and has TONE.

I saw Aerosmith at the House of Blues...it was an all blues set, unannouced. Perry was awesome, but Whitford wiped the florr with his ass. I always thought Brad was a rhythm only dude, but he can solo really well. I was taken by surprise on that.

Mike

[Seventh Avenged]

im surprised how joe was always the 'sole' lead player, because i always heard what a ripping lead player brad was when they found him.

[Bengal65]

1.Neil Young for sure.
2.Pete Townsend. Remember the "Bowling Ball" technique. I need to go practice my bowling

[vondran]

I saw SRV early on and thought he was sloppy. Then I got his album and my jaw dropped. Really he bangs the hell out of the strings. His riffs just don't sound right unless you get his complete picking arm movement beating the strings.

I would put Jimmy Page at the top of sloppy players. I don't even consider Neil Young a guitarist. Just a singer who strums, generally off-beat.

[MetalGrasshopper]

Alexi Laiho.

[slash-ed]

im surprised how joe was always the 'sole' lead player, because i always heard what a ripping lead player brad was when they found him.

He isn't, actually. I thought so too for years, but Brad actually plays a lot of the leads on the records as well. Fucked if I can tell the difference between em though. Don't listen to 'smith as often as I used to.

[DSS3]

Anyone who says Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman are tight should be shot in the face.

Seriously, some of the most sloppy players ever, but still kickass!

Jimi Hendrix, SRV, most blues players I find to be pretty sloppy actually, as far as actual technique goes.

Alexi Laiho just sucks alltogether, post FTR.


Personally, the tighter a player is, especially on rhythm, the more badass he is to me. Think about guys like Gary Holt and Eric Peterson - these guys have their shit down-pat, it's amazing how tight they are.