The website Ultimate Guitar released a survey carried out by the British retailer GuitarGuitar, published on Tuesday (02) , which indicates that your concepts about guitarists should be updated.
Involved in many polemics, as is usual whenever someone dares to make a list of this kind, this one included the 20 most influential guitarists of the last two decades, the highlight being Taylor Swifit, who appears in eighth position ahead of names like Jim Root (Slipknot) and John 5 (Mötley Crüe).
Check out GuitarGuitar's list of the 20 greatest guitarists below:
1. John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2. Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
3. John Mayer
4. Sam Fender
5. Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
6. Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)
7. Ed O'Brien (Radiohead)
8. Taylor Swift
9. Tom DeLonge (Blink-182)
10. Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro)
11. Jim Root (Slipknot)
12. Keith Urban
13. John 5 (Mötley Crüe)
14. Brad Paisley
15. Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens Of The Stone Age)
16. Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes)
17. H.E.R.
18. Adam Hann (The 1975)
19. Ed Sheeran
20. Julien Baker