tas7 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Just listened to Anthem for the first time in years and was really hit by the guitar solo.Bearing in mind this was 1975, is this the first shredding guitar solo ahead of the Van Halen,Satriani,Vai brigade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 No. Back then he didn't really do anything that Jimmy Page hadn't done already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas7 Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 I reckon it's faster and more fluid than Jimmy Page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Bay Rush Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I reckon it's faster and more fluid than Jimmy Page. I totally agree. Call me a dumb drummer who "hits things with sticks" but I honestly don't hear a huge similarity between Page and early Lifeson. That guitar solo in Anthem, I think, is one seriously cool and original solo. Consider too, that when Alex did that solo, he was 21. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas7 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Don't ever recall Jimmy Page using tremelo/whammy bar or pinch harmonics much in his solos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 That solo blows away and of the shredding type solos Page did. The pedestal that people put Page on baffles me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlappinDahBass Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I'm sorry, but Page was probably one of the most influential guitarists of rock, ever. There are ranks in guitar playing and he was more than a master, he effin KNEW his guitar. Alex and Jimmy are definatly same caliber but you have to dive deeper into Jimmy's playing. It's phenomenal. Now one guitarist that is on a pedistal who is not even good is Edge. Most overrated guitarist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas7 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Jimmy Page is one of my favourite guitarists,the guitar work on The Song Remains the Same off Houses of the Holy is amazing.But back to Alex Lifeson,I think he is the bridge between the likes of Page,Clapton,Hendrix,Beck...etc and the shredders; Vai,Van Halen and Satriani.Alex's sound is instantly recognisable and he uses alot of atonal solos which influenced me emmensly.Other members of my band and our engineer would say that's not the solo we expected but it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlappinDahBass Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Jimmy Page is one of my favourite guitarists,the guitar work on The Song Remains the Same off Houses of the Holy is amazing.But back to Alex Lifeson,I think he is the bridge between the likes of Page,Clapton,Hendrix,Beck...etc and the shredders; Vai,Van Halen and Satriani.Alex's sound is instantly recognisable and he uses alot of atonal solos which influenced me emmensly.Other members of my band and our engineer would say that's not the solo we expected but it works. Of course he uses all his influences. But that why Geddy and Neil have a great amount of talent under their belt because they mix their greatest influences into their own....intoxicating sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalsBandGuy Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Jimmy Page may very well be the most creative and innovative RHYTHM player there ever was, but his solos are often cringe worthy sloppy. When I play Zep tunes with the band, the hardest part is making the solos extra loose. Back, to Alex's solo on Anthem.........it's definitely not the 1st shred solo, but it is a very early example. I'm sure I could dig up a few from prior years by other bands. Some of the earlier 70s bands get really rockin'. Bands that never got the due they deserved.........someone like DUST. Some of those bands played quite fast and there are some "1971" shred solos out there.......I'll try to dig 1 or 2 up on the youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas7 Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Jimmy Page may very well be the most creative and innovative RHYTHM player there ever was, but his solos are often cringe worthy sloppy. When I play Zep tunes with the band, the hardest part is making the solos extra loose. Back, to Alex's solo on Anthem.........it's definitely not the 1st shred solo, but it is a very early example. I'm sure I could dig up a few from prior years by other bands. Some of the earlier 70s bands get really rockin'. Bands that never got the due they deserved.........someone like DUST. Some of those bands played quite fast and there are some "1971" shred solos out there.......I'll try to dig 1 or 2 up on the youtube.Agree about Page,try the solo from Heartbreaker.You can end up playing it too perfectly but then similarily with Jimi Hendrix's solos.I'm also sure Steve Hillage was semi shredding when he was with Gong and on his solo stuff in the seventies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalyticalEngine Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Can't beat this! Edited March 12, 2013 by AnalyticalEngine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaoi_myantidrug Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I don't hear much Page influence in Alex's early playing, he sounds more like Budgie's guitarist to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vols1118 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 0:40 to see Alex really shred! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie145 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I'm also sure Steve Hillage was semi shredding when he was with Gong and on his solo stuff in the seventies. Maybe not with Gong, but listen to his soloing on 'Live Herald' from 77/78, especially the closing solo on Hurdy Gurdy man - that's some of the most fluid soloing you'll ever hear & although I hate the term 'shredding', Hillage can out-shred a lot of the usual suspects hands down 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE24 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Only 'shredding' that Alex does that comes to mind is the solo in Working Man and Dreamline from Different Stages. I'm sure there may be some more examples, but that's what pops in my head right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas7 Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 I wouldn't say Working Man has any shredding.Here's some I think are shredding or semi shredding.AnthemBy-TorNecromancer?La Villa?Natural ScienceYYZ?Analog Kid?Digital Man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarkus406 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) Weird Al shreds harderhttp://gifs.gifbin.com/072010/1280139134_weird-al-shredding.jpg.gif 7th Edit: I guess I don't know how to f*ckin post images anymore. Edited March 14, 2013 by Tarkus406 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWinslowOfWillowdale Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Red Tide?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas7 Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 Red Tide??I was going by mental recall of the Rush catalog, only got as far as Power Windows before it got difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas7 Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 Wouldn't say there are any candidates from Power Windows or Hold Your Fire,not sure about Presto then it gets difficult from then on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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