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What single artist epitomizes rock and roll the best?

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What single artist epitomizes rock and roll the best?

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From my money it's Slash. With Lemmy a close second.

The look.
The talent.
The riffs.
The lifestyle.
The name.

What say you froobs!
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Keith Richards.
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Jimi Hendrix came to mind.. Kurt Cobain as well

Final decision... Ted Nugent
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Little Richard.
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Sebastian Bach
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-Jaymo- wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:10 pmSebastian Bach
Johan?
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David Bowie
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Beef Supreme wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:22 pm David Bowie
How about you follow along with the question presented in the thread title, dope?

Or just name every rockstar that pops in your head.


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-Jaymo- wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:30 pm
Beef Supreme wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:22 pm David Bowie
How about you follow along with the question presented in the thread title, dope?

Or just name every rockstar that pops in your head.


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EnLiteEndOne wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:38 pm From my money it's Slash. With Lemmy a close second.

The look.
The talent.
The riffs.
The lifestyle.
The name.

What say you froobs!
If you took the lifestyle out of it, then I’d say you could add Izzy Stradlin to that list.

Based on the above criteria, I can’t argue with Slash, Lemmy, Keith Richards, or even Sammy Hagar.
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Billie Joe Armstrong
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John Bonham- One of the best ever to play the drums, lived fast and died young.
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Ozzy.
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Jimmy Page
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Jim Morrison
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By instrument:

Lead Singer: David Lee Roth
Bass: Nikki Sixx
Lead guitar: Slash
Keyboard: Gregg Allman
Drums: Keith Moon
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Gotta go with Ozzy
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Beef Supreme wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:15 pm Keith Richards.
This. Keith or Mick would have been acceptable.

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SRV.
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An English music magazine once did a brackets breakdown of this question and the final winner was JERRY LEE LEWIS. nobody has gotten away with bizarre, violent, hair-raising living for longer than the Killer. it's not just an image.
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Joe Perry
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snicker wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:09 pmJoe Perry
Pretty solid choice and was never a judge on American Idol. :roll:
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Slap Shot wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:17 pm
snicker wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:09 pmJoe Perry
Pretty solid choice and was never a judge on American Idol. :roll:
Steve Perry!
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EnLiteEndOne wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:38 pm From my money it's Slash. With Lemmy a close second.

The look.
The talent.
The riffs.
The lifestyle.
The name.

What say you froobs!
The minute you say "riffs", it's got to be Jimmy Page.

Steven Tyler maybe?

For me, maybe apart from the "lifestyle" part, I'd lean Springsteen. Maybe Clapton. "Rock" means mainstream to me.
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Randy Rhodes
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Herky wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:27 amRandy Rhodes
He was so good. Showing what a classical guitarist upbringing can do.
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Prince dummies.
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Chuck Berry. Johnny B. Goode.
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