Browsing Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest guitarists of all time list, I decided that there are at least 200 guitarists missing from it. And that there isn't a 100 Greatest bassists of all time list. And that Freddie Mercury wasn't at the top of the greatest singers list. Rolling Stone are moving down on my favourite magazines of all time list! If I did my own version of such a list, this man would definately feature somewhere near the top.
Yes, this is My Chemical Romance's Ray Toro. This picture should be self explanitory - Ray Toro is pretty damn awesome. And he's a bloody good guitarist. Having seen My Chem live, Clear Distortion has witnessed the beauty of his guitar playing, and was frankly gobsmacked by it. Guitarists honestly don't get much better than this. And the guy doesn't even have his own Wikipedia page! He deserves a hundred times more credit! All NME could say was that he had love handles!!!! Probably jealous that they aren't as good as he is.
While MCR may not come back to the UK for a while, the sheer extent of Toro's skill can be appreciated by listening to Dead, an album track off the Black Parade. While it may not have been successful as songs like Teenagers and Famous Last Words, the solos are nothing short of epic. I'd like to see the guy from Bombay Bicycle Club attempting to play this song.
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