Favourite Underrated Guitarists

who are some of your favourite guitarists who don't get the credit they deserve? some of mine are:

andre olbrich - blind guardian
chris holmes - wasp
brian tatler - diamond head
vivian campbell - dio
bernie torme - gillan

Phil Keaggy (in his day)

caniplaywithmadness? wrote:

brian tatler - diamond head

Amen to that one, man!


Victor Griffin of PENTAGRAM / PLACE OF SKULLS

Joe Hasselvander of PENTAGRAM / RAVEN / HOUNDS OF HASSELVANDER
(yes, I know he's normally a drummer, but he also plays guitar and writes some MEAN DOOM RIFFS!)

Scott 'Wino' Weinrich of SAINT VITUS / THE OBSESSED / SPIRIT CARAVAN / PLACE OF SKULLS / THE HIDDEN HAND

The Stutzer Brothers - ARTILLERY
Jeff Waters - ANNIHILATOR
Toby Knapp
Howie Bentley - CAULDRON BORN
Bernie Versailles - AGENT STEEL
Jim Matheos - FATES WARNING
Andy LaRoque - KING DIAMOND
Jim Dofka - DOFKA / PSYCHO SCREAM

Ive been listening to an old band "Snafu" (Bobby Harrison); and developed more of an appreciation for thier guitarist Micky Moody, who was on the early Whitesnake albums.

MICHAEL HARRIS was and still is a great guitar player. Check out some of his instrumental albums brothers.
DAVID T.CHASTAIN is an other fave of mine, and GARY MOORE of course. VINNIE VINCENT was cool too but MOORE and VINCENT are not underrated.

Marc Diglio--XYZ
Dave DiPietro--TT Quick
Stefan Leibing--Primal Fear
Haydn Conway--Saracen / Oliver-Dawson Saxon
Fernando Von Arb--Krokus
Andy LaRoque--KD....guys a freaking witch
Rudolf Schenker--Scorps...wrote some of the best riffs ever

Criss Oliva

Not underrated on our boards, but underrated in the rest of the world.

Steve Blaze - Lillian Axe

Jake Freden - Nostradameus

Roland Grapow - Masterplan (don't know if he's underrated...but I never hear people gushing over him...)

Totally agree with Dave DiPietro and Criss Oliva. \m/ \m/

Juan Garcia
Bernie Versailles
Criss Oliva
Denis "Piggy" D'Amour
Brian Tatler
Tommy Vetterli

Phil Campbell - Motörhead

Larry Farkas(Vengeance Rising)
Glen Rogers(Hirax,Once Dead)
Criss Oliva
Eric Peterson(Testament)

i fink scott gorham is really underated. as well as brian robertson and snowy white

Not sure what constitutes 'underrated' . I am going to assume it's guitarist that don't usually come up in those "100 Greatest Guitarist of All Time" lists. So some of my favorites:

Punky Meadows (Angel)
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy)
Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore)
Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy, Motorhead)
Fast Eddie Clark (Fastway, Motorhead)
Phil Campbell (Motorhead)
Larry Farkas (Vengeance Rising, Die Happy, Sircle of Silence)
Glenn Rogers (Hirax, Deliverance, Steel Vengeance)
Robert Gutierrez (Ultimatum)
Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush)
Uli Roth (Scorpions)
Mark Reale (Riot)
Jeff Waters (Annihilator)

Good call on Mark Reale. He seems to be really overlooked.

Rex Carroll - Whitecross
Larry Farkas - V.R.
George Ochoa - Deliverance/Recon

caniplaywithmadness? wrote:

vivian campbell - dio

I'm probably a little biased since I am not a big later day Def Leppard fan, but does anyone else think Def Leppard doesn't make very good use of his talents as a guitarist?

Randy Rhoads, everybody is thinking about Zakk but I really prefer Randy.

Yeah...ultmetal you're not kidding about Viv,talk about a waste of talent.He's basically playing rhythm guitar in Def Lep....Still,don't understand why after all these years he insists on taking shots at RJD...that guy gave him his break and put him on the map !

Some that have not yet come up:



Tony MacAlpine - (Driver, solo)

Tony Friedenelli - (Apocrapha, Third Eye Blind)

Tony Palacios - (Guardian)



Anyone notice a trend?

It kind of reminds me of the band Whiplash...all three band members had the same first name (Tony).

Warren DeMartini - Ratt
Dave Meniketti - Y&T

the sentinel wrote:

Warren DeMartini - Ratt
Dave Meniketti - Y&T

Sentinel, did you get my private message? Sent you something. Check it out.

trog am aslo vary udnerraytidd. trog am nawt eevin shur wut trog cna du yett sumtymes!