Great Guitarists in Pop Rock Bands (1 Viewer)

[John Bender]

Adam Levine apparently?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goBnVOAzx1c

 

[zamboni]

Knopfler. Effing autocorrect.

Knopfler was mentioned on page 1.

Not by the OP. I'm trying to gut punch him, bro.

Got it - pound away.

 

[Doug B]

The Pretenders had a pair of rock-solid guitarists. James Honeyman-Scott played on the the band's first two full albums and an EP. He died of cocaine-induced heart failure (a la Len Bias) at age 25 in 1982. Robbie McIntosh, a friend of Honeyman-Scott's, replaced him in the Pretenders and stayed with the band until 1987.

 

[zamboni]

The Pretenders had a pair of rock-solid guitarists. James Honeyman-Scott played on the the band's first two full albums and an EP. He died of cocaine-induced heart failure (a la Len Bias) at age 25 in 1982. Robbie McIntosh, a friend of Honeyman-Scott's, replaced him in the Pretenders and stayed with the band until 1987.

Good call. For awhile in the early years, it was dangerous to be a member of the Pretenders.

 

[OC Zed]

Knopfler. Effing autocorrect.

Knopfler was mentioned on page 1.

Not by the OP. I'm trying to gut punch him, bro.

Knopfler would have made the list if Dire Straits were a pop rock band, bro.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

The Pretenders had a pair of rock-solid guitarists. James Honeyman-Scott played on the the band's first two full albums and an EP. He died of cocaine-induced heart failure (a la Len Bias) at age 25 in 1982. Robbie McIntosh, a friend of Honeyman-Scott's, replaced him in the Pretenders and stayed with the band until 1987.

I agree that Honeyman-Scott was pretty damn great. But no way would I call the Pretenders "pop rock". Same goes for Dire Straits.

 

[Kumerica]

Sting's guitarist, Dominic Miller, needs to be on this list.

 

[Skipdog77]

Agree with your calls.

A few others that come to mind immediately:

Neil Geraldo - Pat Benatar (not a band per se, but awesome guitarist)

I think he also was with Rick Springfield during his Jessie's Girl days.Solid player for sure.

Springfield's guitarist was Tim Pierce. He's a great guitarist, as is Geraldo.

Says here that Giraldo was on that album with Springfield.

Another interesting note was Sammy Hagar wrote a song on that album as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Class_Dog

Interesting to see that Robben Ford played on that album as well. Well, there's my 'learn something new' for today.