Proper Rock guitarists

icu81b4 Frets: 391
22 Dec, 2024
I mean the ones that embody the image of the life on the road and hard living, I’ll start.

Joe Walsh.
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Philly_Q Frets: 26267
22 Dec, 2024
Why does it have to be hard living?

Joe Perry.
topdog91 Frets: 649
22 Dec, 2024
What's the point of a thread that could be answered by Google or ChatGPT?
Philly_Q Frets: 26267
22 Dec, 2024
topdog91 said:
What's the point of a thread that could be answered by Google or ChatGPT?
Isn't that all of them?
topdog91 Frets: 649
22 Dec, 2024
Philly_Q said:
topdog91 said:
What's the point of a thread that could be answered by Google or ChatGPT?
Isn't that all of them?
Not meaningfully.
topdog91 said:
What's the point of a thread that could be answered by Google or ChatGPT?
ChatGPT wouldn't know what a hard day is. 
Offset Frets: 14916
22 Dec, 2024
Philly_Q said:
Why does it have to be hard living?

Because David Coverdale has frequently told us so daaaahling.
prowla Frets: 5187
22 Dec, 2024
topdog91 said:
What's the point of a thread that could be answered by Google or ChatGPT?
Try asking ChatGPT?
topdog91 Frets: 649
22 Dec, 2024
prowla said:
topdog91 said:
What's the point of a thread that could be answered by Google or ChatGPT?
Try asking ChatGPT?
I know the answer.
Dominic Frets: 17153
22 Dec, 2024
Philly_Q said:
Why does it have to be hard living?

Joe Perry.
Because the mental image is Leather jackets and trousers( a la Slash ) in a biker type way ,,,,,,,drug abuse in an Aerosmith way .....and then all the chucking TVs out of Hotel Windows in a Joe Walsh way fuelled by drugs and drink.......discarded empty bottles of Jack Daniels like Jagger ,Townsend etc did 50 years ago .
Of course , the biggest thing is the Fuck it attitude .......which is a pre-requisite for the job.
Then there's the various props like Ferraris ,Lambos and groupies .
It's a dirty job but someone's got to do it !
topdog91 said:
prowla said:
topdog91 said:
What's the point of a thread that could be answered by Google or ChatGPT?
Try asking ChatGPT?
I know the answer.
Cool story bro. 
icu81b4 Frets: 391
22 Dec, 2024
topdog91 said:
What's the point of a thread that could be answered by Google or ChatGPT?
We’re all spinning on a rock hurtling through space that seems meaningless to the rest of the universe. 

There’s absolutely no point. 

Anyway,  Francis Dunnery was good at it during It Bites, but learnt to chose a different path.
VimFuego Frets: 17243
22 Dec, 2024
I prefer improper rock guitarists. 
DrBob Frets: 3052
22 Dec, 2024
Rory Gallagher ?
carlos Frets: 3780
22 Dec, 2024

Ah, the quintessential rock guitarists who truly lived the lifestyle! Here are some iconic examples:

Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones - Perhaps the ultimate embodiment of the hard-living rock guitarist. His survival despite decades of legendary excess has become almost mythical in rock history.

Slash from Guns N' Roses - Embodied the 80s/90s Sunset Strip lifestyle completely, with the top hat, cigarette, and Les Paul becoming iconic symbols of rock guitar.

Johnny Thunders of The New York Dolls - A proto-punk pioneer who lived fast and wild, influencing countless guitarists with both his playing style and his persona.

Eddie Van Halen - Though he had a cleaner image later, his early years with Van Halen epitomized the touring rock lifestyle of the late 70s and 80s.

icu81b4 said:
I mean the ones that embody the image of the life on the road and hard living, I’ll start.

Joe Walsh.
https://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/276208/image
Kilgore Frets: 9028
23 Dec, 2024
Angus.

He's been know to have several cups of strong tea after gigs.
richardhomer Frets: 25136
23 Dec, 2024
Hendrix and Gary Moore - both hugely talented - and dead.
SimonC Frets: 1529
23 Dec, 2024
Pete Way (if bassists are allowed).
Neil Frets: 3918
23 Dec, 2024
Johnny Thunders
David Lee Roth.

Not known so much for his guitar playing but DID bring major advances to the profession through the carrying of very long extension leads on tour. This led to the important development of tellys bring chucked out of hotel windows whilst still plugged in and switched on