i don't really care for guitar solos as much anymore

[zim]

i still enjoy the older ones i'm familiar with but i find myself meh'ing at most guitar solos these days. i don't even play lead that much when i play guitar these days, i'm much more interesting in rhythm now. i feel like so much of it is mindless wanking and adds nothing to the music.

[M.Bison]

Of the top of my head, the only guitar solos I've dug were on the last Lost Soul album, this one in particular:



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BUT it's the backing riffs that make it. The solo/solos follow the riffs quite closely at points and it all seems relevant, really ties the room together man.

[Abzu]

[quote name="Skinoperable"]i remember an interview with mustaine where he was asked about his feelings on solos. i'm paraphrasing, but he said something to the effect of "a good solo has to have a good song to go with it."



at the end of the day, it really is all about the riff.[/quote]

[shadowalk]

Sure there's a lot of 'technical shredding' stuff out there now but a lot of them aren't really as interesting as say...the solos on the first few King Diamond records. Now that's soloing.

[neckred]

solos are really only good if they fit the song, then they can be ::::::::::::

[happiness and harmony]

i appreciate short little solos much more than i used to. when they're used for accents instead of a set-piece it usually means the band has the good of the song in mind

[neckred]

with exception of Eruption, I really don't like many of the "look how good I am" solos

[Hugo.]

I like solos