The million imitators that still seem to exist have just put me off that sound and that style.
Oh, and I also never want to hear Smells Like Teen Spirit or Seven Nation Army again as my brain has just heard them too many times.
Is there a guitar great or legend you can no longer listen to after listening to them too much in your formative years due to their style becoming ubiquitous?
Weirdly I can still listen to Cream/Zep/Hendrix and even the Chillis for a bit before Keidis winds me up.
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Late 70's I got hooked on the likes of McLaughlin and Holdsworth - Probably only lasted 4-6 months - Now I can't stand listening to the lack of tune/melody - Yes great technicians and I'm sure an inspiration to many, but not me
Agree completely about Holdsworth.
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Pink Floyd. It was all very well when I was doing drugs but now it just leaves me cold and slightly bored.
Sometimes I wonder what all the fuss was about even though I enjoyed them at the time.
Actually could sum it up as “Blues in A!”
I was never interested in him tbh because his own music is always either obviously lifted from a specific Hendrix number or just routine bar band stuff, but I have to say that every time I catch a bit of video of him playing he definitely had a style and sass to his playing which is way above anyone else in that genre.
He was an absolutely world class guitarist with very little to say for me, give me 1970s Dr Feelgood every time.
Whilst I can dip in and out of all my previous favourites (SRV, Rory, Mick Taylor era Stones, Matt Schofield) I can't do much before I need a rest, but I always return to listening to Free which I do a lot of. So many good songs and all have a 'soul' to them that is missing in other stuff.
I've been a big fan of Yes all my life, but I rarely delve back into their stuff now. There are so many great prog bands out there now, I gravitate to them instead.
I could never get bored of Slash.
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I went for years not wanting to go near SRV. Then I put on the El Mocomobo DVD. It's SRV at his early best in a small club with his old fender only rig... it's a fierce dynamite performance. Really he was never better.
I grew up on the shred style and put serious hrs in over the years to reach that technical level playing ability.
These modern shredders like Nick Johnson etc I find to be a complete yawn fest and also players like Tom Quayle bore me to tears.
That being said I haven’t watched videos of him live, maybe I should give it a go.