Best guitar solos of the 90's

jonnygreentrees

Radiohead - The Tourist

builttospill

breakstuff said:

The Fly - U2

love that solo

dindude

builttospill said:

breakstuff said:

The Fly - U2

love that solo

Ditto, it’s epic, and was def the most fun to play when I was in a covers band.

builttospill

Dinosaur Jr, Start Choppin

Grumpyrocker

Van Halen - Right Now

builttospill

Manic Street Preachers, Archives of Pain

DLM

dindude said:

Funnily enough, this just popped up in my YouTube feed, RATM is a good shout - this guy can really play if you haven’t heard him before.


https://youtu.be/EgHrIBqZvI0

Only 125 views?! WTF? Does Chappers have a clickfarm on his videos or something?

Anyway, Kaven = Killer!

builttospill

Radiohead, Paranoid Android

soma1975

Off the top of my head...

Alive - Pearl Jam
Them Bones - Alice in Chains
L'il Jack Horny - Extreme
Soma - Smashing Pumpkins
For the Love of God - Steve Vai
November Rain - GnR

jeromegreenday

Dodgy - Grassman. I bet that will surprise a lot of you!

SidNewton

Black Hole Sun & Like Suicide- (Kim Thayil) Soundgarden.

Keiko

Not a solo as such, but the feedback outro to Drown by smashing pumpkins is glorious.

Iron Maiden - Here to eternity, should also get a mention:

SidNewton

Also, any solo by Dimebag Darrell. Not necessarily my cup of tea but what a great guitarist.

Grumpyrocker

Keiko said:

Not a solo as such, but the feedback outro to Drown by smashing pumpkins is glorious.

Iron Maiden - Here to eternity, should also get a mention:

Hell yes. Dave and Janick's solos on this track mean a lot to me.

I was in my late teens when the Fear of the Dark album came out. And although I'd been into Maiden since Seventh Son I hadn't seen them live yet. My mum bought me a ticket for the Fear of the Dark tour. A few months later, and still with some months to go to the gig, my mum died. Going to that gig was one of the first times i'd enjoyed myself since she died. And in a very dark time of my life that album was a constant and happy companion despite not being the band's best work.

The thing I love about the solos on From Here to Eternity is that they're not typically Maiden. I love the long constructed deliberate guitar passages of tracks like Alexander the Great. But some times in rock you just want guitarists to just fucking rip. And they both did on this. Simple solos, but they rocked. Love it.

mudslide73

Megadeth - Dave's solo on the end of Holy Wars. It sounds like he's strapped to the bottom of a fighter jet. I love Marty's breaks but Dave's is insane.

Grumpyrocker

mudslide73 said:

Megadeth - Dave's solo on the end of Holy Wars. It sounds like he's strapped to the bottom of a fighter jet. I love Marty's breaks but Dave's is insane.

Dave is a bit like Jimmy Page in that his solos sound like they could fly apart at any minute and it adds to the excitement. 

stephen.wood125

Cols said:

Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee by Extreme. Utterly gobsmacking.

Wiz'd also the earlier comment of "Get the Funk Out" is brilliant.

Also echo the "Don't Look Back in Anger" sentiment. Would possibly add (for the simple pentantonics) "Where Have you Been Tonight" by Shed Seven, and maybe "Slide Away" or "Live Forever" by Oasis. 

stephen.wood125

Cols said:

Not a big Oasis fan, but I have to agree with those citing Live Forever.  One gem of wisdom from Brian May is that the best solos are those which the audience can sing along with, and that one certainly nails it.

I’ll still be sticking with this one as my pick, which I certainly can’t sing along to.

https://youtu.be/mJvG1i79CPc


Wiz'd so sad it stopped before the "He Man Woman Hater" riff. I spent ages learning that.

SlopeSoarer

DLM said:

dindude said:

Funnily enough, this just popped up in my YouTube feed, RATM is a good shout - this guy can really play if you haven’t heard him before.


https://youtu.be/EgHrIBqZvI0

Only 125 views?! WTF? Does Chappers have a clickfarm on his videos or something?

Anyway, Kaven = Killer!

135 views now.... they are creepin up: )

darthed1981

jeromegreenday said:

Dodgy - Grassman. I bet that will surprise a lot of you!

Not me, Dodgy had some great guitar solos on their choons.