10 Greatest Punk-Rock Guitarists Steve Jones
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Steve Jones is known for being the guitarist of the Sex Pistols and the Professionals. He used no pedals and his tone was huge and rich, even during live performances.
Mick Jones
His musical sophistication is one that can never be forgotten. Jones used an angle to expertly arrange as well as decorate his brutal chord work with a lyrical lead guitar approach that sounded like singing more than screaming.
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Johnny Ramone He is known for his lead guitar as well as the blues influences that contributed to a relentless chainsaw drone created by aggressively downstroking two barre chord positions that were played up and down the neck of the guitar.
Dr. Know
This guitarist is best known for being in the band Bad Brains. He could go from playing metal and punk to deep dub reggae in no time.
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Greg Ginn
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The Black Flag’s guitarist helped initiate hardcore, as well as grunge, stoner rock, and doom metal and is also known for his aggressive atonal guitar.
Bob Stinson
The Replacement’s guitarist played with a force that was clearly intuitive and came from the heart – not premeditated in the slightest, while hardly lacking emotion.
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