Having long hair and being able to do a lot of superfast sweep picking to a cheesy drumtrack, may make you a virtuoso, but it does not make you legendary. There is something to be said for having a personality and being part of a great band. Dimebag was and is the king, everyone who knew him loved him and said he was a great guy. Also he was just cool, he played with ease, rythme, and character. All these speed metal virtuoso may be talented but they all sound the same, they are stiff, and cencentrating so hard it looks like they are constepated. These guys are nerds, they are all into sci-fi, ant internet porn. Dimebag was into smokin weed, partying, banging chicks, and having a badass pink beard. RIP Dime the undisputed king of Metal!!!!
Dimebag maybe a weed smoking, party goer, chick banger guitarist, but I was talking about playing skill.
I mean Dimebag was great, but he was not the best guitarist ever, not even top 5.
Michael Romeo is part of a great band, ever heard of Symphony X?
I agree there are a lot of "virtuosos" that sound the same and all they do is play fast sweeps, like Michael Angelo Batio, Herman Li and Buckethead, but Romeo is NOT one of them.
Seriously, if you think Romeo is like that, then you don't know Romeo.
Michael Romeo, Petrucci, Yngwie, etc. are all amazing guitar players that not only have incredible skill and speed, but also have outstanding composition skills and "feeling" in their playing.
Its ok, if you prefer hardcore thrash metal guitar playing like Dimebag (Pantera), Metallica, Testament, etc.
but the best guitarists are others.
