Guitar World Magazine Names Top 100 Metal Guitarists and I'm just a tiny bit pissed!
Before I set into this rant, I would like to dedicate it to the man who is probably wanting to express the same feelings. Unfortunately for him to do so would make it appear that he was slighting his friends. Such a shame, since what I read in this article was downright insulting to him! And so, Matthias, this rant is for you!
The Rant
Coming in at number 50 on the aforementioned list is the combination of Rudolf Schenker and Uli Jon Roth. Excuse me, Joe Bosso, Alan di Perna, Dan Epstein, Martin Popoff & Jon Wiederhorn, but did I misread something here? Did you really say Uli Jon Roth and not Matthias Jabs? Please tell me that I'm mistaken. What is this you say? The Schenker/Roth combo is just so much more "raw and volatile." You even go so far as to refer to the Schenker/Jabs combo as being "slicked-up!" What a pile of What, exactly do you mean by the term "slicked-up?" Could you possibly be saying that Matthias' style is just too polished and refined for him to be considered to be one of the best "metal" guitarists...that he's just too damned good to make the list? That just doesn't make good sense, does it? Wait a second. Let me go back to the names of the people who compiled this list. All men, I see. Could it be that it would bring you pain to admit that a man can be both drop dead gorgeous and one of the best at what he does? And they say that women are bitchy!
