I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.
Most people can do what I do - they can do guitar solos - but they can't do a good, hard rhythm guitar and be dedicated to it.
I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and let myself come through.
I don't labour over my lead guitar solos; they're better just caught in the moment.
In the '90s, guitar solos were dead.
Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play, it's about the grooves they create.
And I've also come to the conclusion that, as far as guitar solos and things like that are concerned, it's more important to complement the music rather than take away from it.
Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.
I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn't interested in showing off any more.
It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos.
