I was never really a big fan of the neo-classical shreddery (Vai, Satriani, Malmsteen). It's certainly impressive, but it never really seems to go anywhere for me. I love a good heavy riff that you can sink your teeth into and just bounce around on, mostly in metal:
High on fire: Heavy but with a purpose
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Hey Elwood -- You got it. That's an excellent clip of Hendrix in Stockholm... I just hope it stays up. (Copyright infringement claims at youtube ***** them to pull it every so often)
Jesus. No. Have you ever even seen a guitar in real life? This is one of the most uninspired, lazy, boring guitar solos ever. "Derp, I'm going to play this pentatonic scale over and over for 6 minutes. Hope no actual guitar players see this, I will be ashamed." Sad.