The Best Rock Guitarists Who Ever Lived

Buckethead

Buckethead is just about as bizarre a guitarist you can get, fusing metal, jazz, classical, soul, new-wave, and just about everything else in his own strange collection of sound. He was also voted one of the fastest guitar players in history.

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The More You Know

  • Before they became (arguably) the biggest pop act of all time, The Beatles had a hard time convincing record labels to sign them. In 1962, they were rejected by Decca Records, whose boss said “guitar groups are on the way out.”
  • Gwen Stefani, Celine Dion, and Mark Wahlberg are all distant relatives of Madonna.
  • Elvis recorded over 600 songs and he didn’t a single one of them.
  • Elvis Presley's manager sold hate merch for profit.
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