VH1 Classic Metal Evolution.a.k.a Rickenbacker thru the ages

[fluffy]

I've been watching this series and as one might expect, all the popular Rickenbacker users like Lemmy, Geddy and Mr.Glover are featured, but some quite surprising ones also emerged.Glen Tipton,for example, in the fledgeling years of Judas Priest with a 420(at least it looked like in the nanosecond it appeared on screen), as well as one of Alice Cooper's guitarists with a 330/12 waaay back in the Easy Action/Love It To Death days.The "Prog-Metal" episode is a veritable smorgasbord of Rickenbackers wielded by (obviously)Chris Squire but also King Crimson and Genesis!!!! The series in and of it self is absolutely fantastic, but seeing so many Rickenbackers in the hands of so many hugely influential performers is just the icing on the cake.

[loendmaestro]

Nice long shot of that old black & white picture of Geddy playing a 3001 at what I believe is a soundcheck.

Fantastic series though, very well done.

[Lefty4001]

It was cool to see Troy Sanders jamming that MG in the studio, too. I also liked that most of the stock photo pics they used to reference Tool had Paul D'Amours bass out front. Squire looked like he was gonna pop, though, didn't he? That whole series was enjoyable (with Rick basses in almost every episode, I think) and ending with progressive metal was great. To this day, "Red" is one of the heaviest albums. A great blueprint.

Anyway, the absolute best, for me, were the drummers in that show. Bruford, Peart, Portnoy, Brann Dailor, Tomas Haacke...who did I miss? So much that a bass player can imagine with those guys. Geddy made a good statement about challenging music will always be attractive to certain musicians, so it will always have outlets. And when the heavy gets a little softer, someone else comes in and backfills.