> great pop guitar playing requires competent fingers and a genius mind, 
> and that's what cobain had. he wrote amazing little parts and found 
> cool and raunchy sounds that served his songs, which is exactly what a 
> great guitarist should do. his genius is not that he could play the 
> solo in "smells like teen spirit" or the little lead line in "all 
> apologies" or the basic rhythm of "rape me," all of which probably half 
> the subscribers to this list could do. his genius is that he came up 
> with those parts, and all those sounds, in the first place.

The irony here is that Cobain claimed they never played "Teen Spirit" 
live because he couldn't remember the solo. *cough*

I remember an equally humorous account by Steve Albini in which he 
claimed Cobain kept wanting to fly in his guitar tech while they were in 
the studio because he couldn't get his guitars tuned.

And I think even Cobain would have scoffed at the idea of being on a 
list like this. I think not being able to play very well was probably 
something he cherished.

Ryan

PS- If you want to talk silly, put Cobain at 12 and D "fucking" BOON at 
89!! You know, I think they must have accidentally revered the numbering 
for this list. If you read it backwards, it makes much more sense. :)

"If we heard mortar shells we'd cuss more in our songs and cut down the 
guitar solos."
-- D. Boon