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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Also I think Kirk Hammet gets dogged because he is labeled strictly as a heavy metal guitarist. Oh and Mark Knophler from Dire straits is pretty sweet too.
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I'm a huge Metallica fan (even the later works); Hammet may not get the respect he deserves from places like Rolling Stone, Spin, etc., but the guitar mags give him his props. In at least one of them he's now ineligible for certain awards because he's won them so many times. He still gets the respect of his peers, last year Kerry King was ripping St Anger and said something along the lines of "you have one of the best lead guitarists in the world and you don't let him go"
You can't expect mags like Rolling Stone to talk about actual talent. They look at album sales and media coverage. They'd never acknowledge a virtuoso like Mike Amott from Carcass or Chuck Schuldiner.
Overrated: Cobain, the guy from Pear Jam, pretty much any "grunge guitarist, and the White Stripes