JP Nominated for Best Metal Guitarist, Need Your Vote

[hefdaddy42]

And JP (DT)  isnt  progressive rock?

DT has always - ALWAYS - been classified as progressive metal.

[TL]

Uh oh, guys, he's down to 39%.

[tumbok]

Isn't this the same site that John Myung won his award on?

it is....

and DT's popularity has been rocketing since MP's departure.

and i think that's the only reason JMX can win the poll before.

it is a poll, and people vote for their favorite, not even think twice who's the best musically or objectively.

[Orion1967]

done. and if he doesn't win, it's time for a new planet. Blow this one the fuck up.

Seriously? I think he's a phenomenal guitarist but the best in metal? There are definitely better riff makers out there.

I didnt see Steve Vai on the list, but I guess he might not be considered 'metal' ...  so of the ones in list that they presented... yeah he is def the best.  hands down. 

[?]

I voted too. I really appreciate Mikael Åkerfeldt as a musician, but JP is still IMO a bit better guitarist. However, if there was a "best metal vocalist" poll, I would definitely vote for Mikael.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

How the hell is Hetfield on there, but not Hammett?

[wkiml]

How the hell is Hetfield on there, but not Hammett?

Come on everyone knows the Hammett is still playing Mustaines old riffs

[DeanTheater]

hehe 39%

We are losers

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

How the hell is Hetfield on there, but not Hammett?

Come on everyone knows the Hammett is still playing Mustaines old riffs

Hehehe.  Of course, we know Hetfield does all the rhythm, and is usually praised for being a tight rhythm player, but Hammett doubles a lot of the rhythm parts as well, THEN does great solos on top of it.

[Dream Team]

done. and if he doesn't win, it's time for a new planet. Blow this one the fuck up.

Seriously? I think he's a phenomenal guitarist but the best in metal? There are definitely better riff makers out there.

Yeah, I had to vote Hetfield.

[ZKX-2099]

How anybody can listen to The Glass Prison and not vote him baffles me.

[theusualmadness]

# Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom) 1%
# Daron Malakian (System Of A Down) 1%
# Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) 7%
# 'Dimebag' Darrell (Pantera) 7%
# Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah) 1%
# Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest) 1%
# Gus G (Firewind, Ozzy Osbourne) 6%
# James Hetfield (Metallica) 5%
# John Petrucci (Dream Theater) 44%
# Kerry King (Slayer) 1%
# Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge, Creed) 1%
# Marty Friedman (Megadeth) 2%
# Michael Amott (Arch Enemy) 0%
# Mick Thomson (Slipknot) 1%
# Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) 2%
# Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne) 5%
# Tom Morello (Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine) 3%
# Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath, Heaven And Hell) 8%
# Yngwie Malmsteen 2%
# Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne) 2%

I voted. He is now at 38%. So far complete landslide.

[Global Laziness]

I voted. He is now at 38%. So far complete landslide.

Not enough. Let's make this a real landslide.

[Dublagent66]

  Do you have to join to vote or what?  I see the list but there's no place to vote.

[Knguro]

JP shouldnt be in that poll, all of those are simple humans, he should be nominated along with God, Zeus, Buda and mayan gods, still he would win!

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

  Do you have to join to vote or what?  I see the list but there's no place to vote.

Nope. Just click on the space beside the name and vote.

[blackngold29]

Poll is acting goofy. Everybody says 0%!

Did we break it?

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

Poll is acting goofy. Everybody says 0%!

Did we break it?

The whole thing.

[cthrubuoy]

I think we did....

[blackngold29]

Back up now with 38% ... coincidence?

[Zydar]

Then who was poll?

[scoutmasterdave]

Hehehe.  Of course, we know Hetfield does all the rhythm, and is usually praised for being a tight rhythm player, but Hammett doubles a lot of the rhythm parts as well, THEN does great solos on top of it.

Surely I'm not the only one on here who cringes when a Hammett solo comes on.  I love Hetfield, but can't stand Hammett's soloing with the sole exception of the black album.  Bob Rock must have beat every decent solo out of him with a tire iron, since it's clearly not in his nature.

I voted for Åkerfeldt, who is easily my favorite guitarist (JP, Gilmour, and Dimebag are 2/3/4).  Here's a quote from an interview he did a while back - sums it up nicely:

If you ask me, I think a good player needs a good 'tone' that makes it sound like it's him or her playing. A good vibrato: in my world a vibrato that starts with a straight note that with time starts vibrating. Like the vocals of old crooners. A good sense of rhythm, something many great lead players don't possess. Taste: choosing notes from the heart and not from a scale. Technique is also important but not as much as a musical personality. Versatility... many metal players can only play metal music, and it gets real dull to me. If you have all of the above, you're either writing and leading your own great band or you're fucking hired!

[jdprsaga]

Voted for JP.. altho i think Tony Iommi deserve to win it.

I think JP is not going to win when the poll gets to the other band/guitar players forums.

is to early to name him winner.

[Dublagent66]

That is too weird.  The poll wasn't even there the first time I went in.

[emindead]

where is Dave Mustain?

Why the fuck isn't Dave Mustaine on that list?

These.

And 20% for JP.

[Jirpo]

Glenn Tipton deserves more then 1%! He was my second or third vote

[Zook]

Where's Jeff Loomis?

[?]

I guess next there'll be a "best keyboardist" poll which will be won by Jordan!

[Nihil-Morari]

29% left, but I voted!

[Mladen]

We still need ''the best singer'' poll, that one's gonna be tough. 

[blackngold29]

We still need ''the best singer'' poll, that one's gonna be tough. 

https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/the-30-greatest-lead-singers-of-all-time-315448/16

[jsem]

Outa those it's between Dime, Marty Friedman & JP.

I went with JP. Obviously.

[Chino]

JP got this.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Surely I'm not the only one on here who cringes when a Hammett solo comes on.  I love Hetfield, but can't stand Hammett's soloing with the sole exception of the black album.  Bob Rock must have beat every decent solo out of him with a tire iron, since it's clearly not in his nature.

Leper Messiah is one of my favorite solos ever.

[Dream Team]

Hehehe.  Of course, we know Hetfield does all the rhythm, and is usually praised for being a tight rhythm player, but Hammett doubles a lot of the rhythm parts as well, THEN does great solos on top of it.

Surely I'm not the only one on here who cringes when a Hammett solo comes on.  I love Hetfield, but can't stand Hammett's soloing with the sole exception of the black album.  Bob Rock must have beat every decent solo out of him with a tire iron, since it's clearly not in his nature.

I voted for Åkerfeldt, who is easily my favorite guitarist (JP, Gilmour, and Dimebag are 2/3/4).  Here's a quote from an interview he did a while back - sums it up nicely:

If you ask me, I think a good player needs a good 'tone' that makes it sound like it's him or her playing. A good vibrato: in my world a vibrato that starts with a straight note that with time starts vibrating. Like the vocals of old crooners. A good sense of rhythm, something many great lead players don't possess. Taste: choosing notes from the heart and not from a scale. Technique is also important but not as much as a musical personality. Versatility... many metal players can only play metal music, and it gets real dull to me. If you have all of the above, you're either writing and leading your own great band or you're fucking hired!

Wow, that's a weird opinion to me. His solos on AJFA absolutely slay, and the ones on RTL & MOP are mostly great. The KEA ones are kinda samey but also pretty catchy.