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“People like Yngwie Malmsteen should be forgotten as soon as possible.” Johnny Marr on shredders, guitar heroes — and why he’s selling more than 100 of his guitars dating back to the Smiths

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By Christopher Scapelliti Verified
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Johnny Marr spent much of his career avoiding the guitar-hero label. As guitarist with the Smiths and throughout his solo career, Marr largely shunned guitar solos, prioritized songs over showmanship and frequently criticized the cult of virtuosity that dominated rock guitar culture in the 1980s. That philosophy helped make Marr one of the most influential players of his generation.
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“People like Yngwie Malmsteen should be forgotten as soon as possible.” Johnny Marr on shredders, guitar heroes — and why he’s selling more than 100 of his guitars dating back to the Smiths

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By Christopher Scapelliti Verified
| Flipboard
1 day ago Damon Albarn has forgotten himself. It's Friday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and he's in the middle of rehearsals for Gorillaz' first ever stadium show - a multicultural, multimedia pop extravaganza, with more guests than a double-booked Airbnb. As the band launches into Dirty Harry, the long, …
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“This was one of the greatest guitar safaris of my life.” Joe Bonamassa on the missteps and dumb luck that led him to track down Terry Reid’s 1952 Telecaster

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By Christopher Scapelliti Verified
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Joe Bonamassa owns a collection of electric guitars with long, unusual histories. Among them is Terry Reid’s heavily modified 1952 Fender Telecaster, an instrument whose discovery he called “one of the greatest guitar safaris of my life.” Reid was a British singer, guitarist and songwriter who emerged in the 1960s U.K. rock scene. Widely respected by his peers, he was Jimmy Page’s first choice to sing in Led Zeppelin before he declined and recommended Robert Plant for the job.
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