Guitar is dead - According to Matt Bellamy anyway

Ravenous

To be fair - he turned up to an interview, they stuck a recorder on the desk and he had to say something.

It's just an interview, and some of the lines in the interview are probably not even his considered opinion.

guitarfishbay

flying_pie said:

Philly_Q said:

He's probably right for now, certainly in terms of the mainstream.  But surely there'll be some kind of retro guitar revival at some point.  Fingers crossed.

It's definitely only relevant to mainstream pop. Thankfully the naff pop-punk influenced pop like 5sos doesn't seem to be a thing any more.

There are still bands around primarily using guitar although it is more riff based - Slaves and Royal Blood seem to be doing fine

They're both duos though, and Royal blood doesn't even have a guitarist.

Fortheloveofguitar

Guitars are dead but the talentless Autotune users are continually on the rise 

darthed1981

StuartMac290 said:

I blame the lizards.

I believe Matt has stated he doesn't believe in the lizards any more.

Translation: is off acid.

Ravenous

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Guitars are dead but the talentless Autotune users are continually on the rise 

Self-tuning guitars! That's what the people need! We'll make a fortune!

darthed1981

mbe said:

TheMarlin said:

They've been saying that since the sixties

Yep, that's what they told me when I had to go to accordion lessons in the 60s.

The famous quote from the guy who turned down the Beatles at Decca...

"Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein..."

absolutpepper

Sad gasps of a once great band trying to stay relevant

impmann

absolutpepper said:

Sad gasps of a once great band trying to stay relevant

Yes, but its worked as a bunch of middle-aged guys are sat discussing it.

It proves what Tony Wilson said - it doesn't matter what they are saying about you, as long as they are talking about you.

simonk

I couldn’t find any mention of the guitar being ‘dead’ in the article and as such this thread title is a bit misleading. FWIW I can’t find much to disagree with Matt about in that piece.

Phil_aka_Pip said:

darthed1981 said:

I love Muse, but Matt is a bit of a tit sometimes.

It is a bit of a habit with big bands though, what he is really saying is "for me guitar is about rhythm and texture not squealy solos" and it comes across as "for everyone guitar is no longer about squealy solos"

I bet he only says that because he's a rhythm player and can't do squealy solos

WTF?!?!

not_the_dj

simonk said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

darthed1981 said:

I love Muse, but Matt is a bit of a tit sometimes.

It is a bit of a habit with big bands though, what he is really saying is "for me guitar is about rhythm and texture not squealy solos" and it comes across as "for everyone guitar is no longer about squealy solos"

I bet he only says that because he's a rhythm player and can't do squealy solos

WTF?!?!

I assume he's not familiar with the back catalogue of Long Players from The Muse.

DefaultM

Yet their most popular albums are the ones with guitar as the lead instrument.
Most people I know couldn't even name a recent Muse song. I definitely can't.

Danielsguitars

I can't stand muse so couldn't give a shit what he says

I have put a rug in his £10 million pound house though so I don't think he cares that much tbh 

MattP

StuartMac290 said:

I blame the lizards.

David Icke is on the Fretboard?!

darthed1981

DefaultM said:

Yet their most popular albums are the ones with guitar as the lead instrument.
Most people I know couldn't even name a recent Muse song. I definitely can't.

Actually they just released a new one called "Thought Contagion"

It's no "Knights of Cydonia" but its not bad.

Sassafras

It can only be a good thing if it stops you lot from obsessing over pickups, strings, valves and cables.
  

DefaultM

darthed1981 said:

DefaultM said:

Yet their most popular albums are the ones with guitar as the lead instrument.
Most people I know couldn't even name a recent Muse song. I definitely can't.

Actually they just released a new one called "Thought Contagion"

It's no "Knights of Cydonia" but its not bad.

Yeah but I don't know you 

darthed1981

DefaultM said:

darthed1981 said:

DefaultM said:

Yet their most popular albums are the ones with guitar as the lead instrument.
Most people I know couldn't even name a recent Muse song. I definitely can't.

Actually they just released a new one called "Thought Contagion"

It's no "Knights of Cydonia" but its not bad.

Yeah but I don't know you 

Well not in the biblical sense of the word...

Strat54

Yep... a soon approaching middle aged millionaire trying to get down with the kids and squeeze another headline.

steer

The guitar is so dead that if you visit a festival this year, you will notice that appx. 90% of bands will be using them. 

But dead, yeah. 

thegummy

Such a narcissist that he thinks the musical direction he's interested in at the moment somehow applies to everyone in general.

OP is spot on for pointing out that 808s are far from something new