Jack White....

Funkfingers

Judging by this thread, guitar heroes and heroines are musicians who attract devoted followings out of all proportion to their actual abilities.

The “heroism” exists only in the imagination of the devotees. It often defies reason. One fan’s Man Of The People is another fan’s opportunist, money grabbing, capitalist sell-out. 

None of this is the responsibility of the musicians themselves. We see what we want to see.

lustycourtier

Dan_Halen said:

LPManic said:

Last genuine guitar hero. 

Slash? Tom Morello? Richie Sambora? Steve Lukather? Nita Strauss? Matt Bellamy? Steve Vai? Joe Satriani? Carlos Santana? Neil Schon?

To name a few.

Anyone from last 25 years?

LPManic

BlueStrat said:

LPManic said:

The last genuine guitar hero.

Is there anyone who hasn’t played along to Seven Nation Army or wished they could come up with a simple addictive riff?

I would honestly love to know how much money he made off that one (simple) riff. Must be multiple seven figures.

SPECTRUM001

How about a new question then -

Who has come along since Jack White that would be considered a guitar hero ?

stickyfiddle

SPECTRUM001 said:

How about a new question then -

Who has come along since Jack White that would be considered a guitar hero ?

Annie Clark :P 

TeleMaster

SPECTRUM001 said:

How about a new question then -

Who has come along since Jack White that would be considered a guitar hero ?

Annie Clarke 

Gary Clarke Jr.

Herman Li

I'm not a huge fan but surely Joe B must be considered one? He's derivative, but a monster player with a passion for guitars.

There's loads and loads really, they've been mentioned many times in the thread.

stickyfiddle

TeleMaster said:

SPECTRUM001 said:

How about a new question then -

Who has come along since Jack White that would be considered a guitar hero ?

Annie Clarke 

Gary Clarke Jr.

Herman Li

I'm not a huge fan but surely Joe B must be considered one? He's derivative, but a monster player with a passion for guitars.

There's loads and loads really, they've been mentioned many times in the thread.

DIdn't we already conclude you had to be cool to be a guitar hero?

bobblehat

I think Lzzy Hale probably deserves a mention. Maybe not a guitar Hero to a bunch of middle age blokes but certainly an inspiration to a generation female guitarists. 

thecolourbox

I had to look up who Gary Clarke Jr and Herman Li were to be honest, Gary Clarke Jr sounds a brilliant musician on both guitar and vocals to be fair, but it's more that he's very tasteful and skilled rather than having that extra oompf of image or "stand out" factor. Herman Li I've no idea about that kind of music, I'm clearly too mainstream - he's clearly intensely skilled at playing but does he stand out in the same way as the big guitar heroes of the past do? I mean, I'm a wannabe musician and I hadn't even heard of him or his band - I'm fairly sure were I born in the 80s I'd have known who Slash was, or who Cobain was in the 90s if I wasn't listening to nursery rhymes at the time...

LPManic

Annie Clarke is the only one. She seems to be pushing towards something. Gary Clarke Jr is in the Mayer bracket of basically playing the blues with amazing feel, though GCJr is a far better songwriter, singer, and whole package compared to Mayer.

A guitar hero is someone who has their unique thing that it uniquely them. Annie Clarke has it totally. She just needs that riff a la Jack White to enter the mainstream consciousness. Her last album was fantastic though.

SPECTRUM001

Answering my own question, was toying with Alex Turner.

Haz478

SPECTRUM001 said:

Answering my own question, was toying with Alex Turner.

In isolation, this is a very strange statement.....

AlexO

He's great, proper artist and cool as hell! 
Still makes me laugh that he married a girl from Oldham. (lets not let the part of she's a high fashion model ruin the story).

Anyone who say's he isn't a guitar hero wants their head checking out.

When you get football fans chanting one of your riffs, you've completed guitar for me. 

LPManic

In terms of riffs Alex Turner is a good shout. 

BlueStrat

+1 for alex turner. 

James dean bradfield is one hell of a player

Haz478

BlueStrat said:

+1 for alex turner. 

James dean bradfield is one hell of a player

Would wholeheartedly agree with that, especially singing at the same time!

Dan_Halen

lustycourtier said:

Dan_Halen said:

LPManic said:

Last genuine guitar hero. 

Slash? Tom Morello? Richie Sambora? Steve Lukather? Nita Strauss? Matt Bellamy? Steve Vai? Joe Satriani? Carlos Santana? Neil Schon?

To name a few.

Anyone from last 25 years?

Addressed that about 3 times earlier but thanks for chipping in. You could, you know, read the thread?

TeleMaster

Yes Alex Turner is a good shout!

Dan_Halen

Simon Neil? Or even Dave Grohl and Billie Joe Armstrong given the body of work this century and the number of (at the time) teenagers who have probably bought guitars after being introduced to them by albums like In Your Honour or American Idiot respectively.

LPManic

BlueStrat said:

+1 for alex turner. 

James dean bradfield is one hell of a player

Well - that is where the Manic is my name comes from. Seems them soooo many times. The Holy Bible is amazing guitar work.