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<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
> My education on 80s shredder is minimal, I guess this has nothing to
> do with surf music, but what pops in my head is Van Halen, Kirk
> Hammet, etc. And that I wasn't hearing on much of Dick's stuff.
> When I think of a lot of the shredders I know,I'm reminded of how
> little passion many of them have, it's all about trying to play as
> many notes as possible. It's unfair to say because I don't know
> many shredders, maybe there are passionate ones out there. But when
> I hear Dick's solo's I hear much more passionate energy.
Uh-oh, watch out, Bill. Red Thunder is gonna come after you with all
he's got now! Marty probably, too. :)
Well, I think it's unfair to generalize like that. Some shredders
were amazing, and put a lot of emotion into their playing. Some did
not and sounded basically like typewriters. There was a guy by the
name of Michael Angelo that was beyond ridiculous! He's still around,
he was doing some guitar clinics about two years ago near me. He said
he'd give a guitar to anyone that can play faster than him! Some of
my friends urged me to challenge him, but there was no way! He
actually had a guitar built with two necks - sticking out in opposite
directions, forming a V!! And he played each neck with one hand,
doing all the legato stuff - I mean, c'mon!! Music is not a freakin'
sport where you gotta outdo the next guy! That was the mentality of
the eighties, though. But hell, it's all subjective. I find that
though I listened to a lot of that stuff back then, and even emulated
some of it, little of it makes an emotional connection today. (But
some of it still does.)
Ivan
