Friday, January 1, 2010

Top 5 Rock Musicians

It's pretty hard to name only the top 5, but this is my crack at it.



1. David Bowie

This guy literally plays more instruments than everyone on this list combined. Although he might not be exceptional at any one of them, the variety of the instruments-string to percussion to winds- speaks for itself about his incredible musical talent.

2. Matthew Bellamy

He's not on here because Muse is my favorite band, he definitely deserves to be on this list. Not only is Bellamy an incredible guitarist and pianist, he is also an amazing songwriter and composer. His versatility as a writer is exemplified by his full length, three part symphony that appeared on Muse's latest album, the Resistance.

3. Jack White

As a child growing up in Detroit, White stuffed his already small bedroom so full of instruments that he slept on the floor because his bed was taken out to make room for one of his two drum sets. Since those days, he has succeeded as the frontman of the blues-rock duo The White Stripes, as well as work with The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather. He is a strong believer in the blues and is known for his combination of blues and rock. And he has amazing hair.

4. Thom Yorke

Arguably the best vocalist ever, Thom Yorke has been the frontman for Radiohead (probably the best band ever) since it's formation in 1985. Yorke is also an excellent guitarist as well as an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist. Yorke has awesome hair too, but it's not as awesome as Jack White's hair.


5. Prince

Like Bowie, Prince can play a large variety of instruments, however, they don't have the variety of styles like Bowie has. Besides his variety of instruments, he can dance and sing almost as good as MJ.


::Note::

I was considering Dave Grohl for number 5, so if you were wondering where he was, I was definitely considering him, along with many others.

2 comments:

  1. Not bad, man, not bad.

    By the way, if you like Dead Weather, you should definitely check out The Kills--Alison Mosshart and Jaime Hines are friggin' ELECTRIC. It's honestly the most badass blues stomp rock I've ever heard.

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  2. Oh really? They've showed up a couple times on my last.fm page, but I never checked them out. I will for sure.

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