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Yngwie. When I first heard Steeler and Alcatrazz back in the early 80's, I was obsessed with Malmsteen. Then I saw him on his first U.S. tour with Rising Force at some small club outside of Philly and was completely blown away.

Criss Oliva for sure, I have been on a Savatage binge lately. jake e lee would be my second choice for sure.

Lynch

On the list, Jake but it i'd remembered Criss it would've been him.

Jake E Lee from the list

Jake E. Lee!

I voted for Jake. But I could've just as easily went with either Lynch or Campbell as well... I also like Warren DeMartini too. I didn't even know about "Diamond" Darrell until CFH came out.

I went with Jake. He's always been a phenomenal guitar player.

thrashindeed wrote:

Criss Oliva for sure, I have been on a Savatage binge lately. jake e lee would be my second choice for sure.

Criss Oliva is so underrated. Awesome guitarrist, really awesome. Gone way too soon. I just had to start Temptation Revelation now
On second place Vivian Campbell for Holy Diver and Last in Line followed by Jake E. Lee.

Criss Oliva was a great player, I'm so glad I got a chance to meet and hang out with him after one of the gigs on the Gutter Ballet tour. Criss was totally down to earth and humble.

I also agree that Criss Oliva was great.

...and by some odd coincidence I also met Jake E. Lee and Ray Gillen at the same venue where I met Criss. Jake even passed a joint around which made it all the more memorable.

Criss was the perfect mix of EVH and Randy Rhoads. He was very underrated.

I dropped the ball excluding Criss Oliva

S.D. wrote:

Criss Oliva was a great player, I'm so glad I got a chance to meet and hang out with him after one of the gigs on the Gutter Ballet tour. Criss was totally down to earth and humble.

Damn, i guess a lot of people are jealous now, me included. Criss was such a bit talent, i always wanted to meet him

ShadowAngel wrote:

S.D. wrote:

Criss Oliva was a great player, I'm so glad I got a chance to meet and hang out with him after one of the gigs on the Gutter Ballet tour. Criss was totally down to earth and humble.

Damn, i guess a lot of people are jealous now, me included. Criss was such a bit talent, i always wanted to meet him

Me too. Sadly, he died just months after I became a Savatage fan.

DallasBlack wrote:

I went with other, i.e. my favorite guitarist of all time:


CRISS OLIVA (Savatage-Sirens 1983)

I'd have to choose Criss here as well. Jake E. Lee would be my second choice, with George Lynch in third.

From the given crop I had to go with Yngwie.

I never understood the Chriss Oliva's mania. He was a decent player and I enjoy early Savatage well enough, yet I cannot but wonder why no one though he was so great while he was still alive... He had to pass away to reach stardom, which is somehow overrated, just like Dimebag imo.

stormspell wrote:

I never understood the Chriss Oliva's mania. He was a decent player and I enjoy early Savatage well enough, yet I cannot but wonder why no one though he was so great while he was still alive... He had to pass away to reach stardom, which is somehow overrated, just like Dimebag imo.

Because Savatage was unknown? They never had the backing of a good management or a label, they were kicked into oblivion after that "Fight for the Rock" failure the Record Label thought would be a hit. They were awesome before, they beccame even more awesome after that. Guter Ballet and Streets are Masterpieces. Yet they never were featured as big stars on MTV or anywhere else. Here in Europe they were completely unknown. It wasn't till the Internet came up when everybody went "oh...the same as Trans-Siberian Orchestra?" Because there's the Story taht in 1996 Savatage released a song that every radio station had no interest in, a year later it was re-released under the Trans-Siberian Orchestra label and it became a hit.
Savatage is completely underrated, they are on the same level as Uriah Heep (nobody ever mentions them when it comes to early Metal, it's always only Deep Purple, Led Zepplin and Black Sabbath) and lots of other bands.
Just this evening, because of this topic i presented a friend of mine this band (i was surprised that to his acocunt i never mentioned it before, even though he's a member of my forum and my website uses the Savatage font - i chose it as a tribute) and he was basically blown away and instantly ordered 3 albums

i'm gonna pick another overrated dead guy. put me down for Chuck Schuldiner.

mc666 wrote:

i'm gonna pick another overrated dead guy. put me down for Chuck Schuldiner.

Great guitarist however, not applicable. While he did start Death in 1983, he didn't release anything until '86.

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He had to pass away to reach stardom, which is somehow overrated, just like Dimebag imo.

The first part may be true about Criss, but Dimebag was already very popular when he was alive... And I disagree about either of them being overrated too. They both had a signature sound, and that's not easy to do.

DallasBlack wrote:

mc666 wrote:

i'm gonna pick another overrated dead guy. put me down for Chuck Schuldiner.

not applicable.

piss off. first demo was only 84, but whatever.

Hank Shermann or Michael Denner then.

mc666 wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

mc666 wrote:

i'm gonna pick another overrated dead guy. put me down for Chuck Schuldiner.

not applicable.

piss off.

Maybe later, I just went a few minutes ago.

Lynch, but all those fellas are pretty cool cats. Good time for sure. All of these releases on top of each other really got things going. Each of the guitarists on the list certainly broke out and caught the ear of a lot of fans. Cambell, Lee, DeMartini & Malmsteen blew me away in 82-3. My vote goes to Lynch because he seemed to be the one that kept the fire burning, but it is a close one.

If you are keeping to only what they did in that 24 month period than it would be Yngwie. Steeler blew my mind.