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Where I lean toward "Voodoo Child" is more in terms of the type of influence it had. From what I've gathered, "Purple Haze" was more about expanding the possibilities of what the electric guitar could do--the tone, the harmony, the use of effects, and the idea that a riff could be unconventional ...

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The wah-wah effect was not new when Voodoo Child was released, see Clapton on Tales of Brave Ulysses or White Room for example. Purple Haze's quirky, dissonant, distorted riff and then the Hendrix chord were much more influential, not to mention his biggest hit at the time.

I don't think Smoke on the Water at the top was wrong. It was in fact one of the least surprising placements on any list, and what I assume most people would point to as THE rock guitar riff.

I also think Purple Haze should be Hendrix's highest.

I had the idea no make this lists when the decade ended, like with the 2010s

It obviously does because Jefferson Airplane/Starship's win in popularity is now significantly larger (6 more top ten hits, 3 more number one hits and two lastingly large songs from the 80s). I'd say with Starship included they're more influential and popular than Paul Simon for instance. I'll ...

Included some who are arguably primarily rock artists who performed rock music in their native language rather than in English as well.

That explains Viktor Tsoi/Kino. I wouldn't include those in the same group as these as they are a different thing entirely and we already include some non ...

My thinking regarding hypothetical Bieber v Megadeth, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, etc. match-up is that popularity is a landslide Bieber win in all of these cases and influence & acclaim limited to a relatively niche subgenre is not enough to overturn this, even if they are huge within their ...

Saying System of a Down are more acclaimed than Megadeth is relying too much on AM. Megadeth are considered Metallica's rivals during their peak, with Rust in Peace being sometimes revered as thrash's best album, and Mustaine and especially Marty Friedman in the guitar community are acclaimed in a ...

I guess many people have

I'll comment that the metal artists are being ranked in rather inexplicable ways. Outside of the top 3, currently it goes like:

222. Rage Against the Machine
223. Motorhead
264. Soundgarden (also prominent in alt rock/grunge, true)
292. Slayer
299. Scorpions
304. Alice in Chains (same as ...

Don't know anything about rankings, but I saw Metropolis the other day and Helm's performance is incredible. Surprised it's not here.

It should be System of a DOwn

Just so you know, What a Fool Believes has replaced Rock and Roll Part 2

Chubby Checker looks too high compared to the next bunch as his acclaim/musical impact is basically non existent and his influence depends on how much credit you want to give to his version of the Twist, considering he only recorded it because Hank Ballard was unavailable and their voices were ...

Not opposed to Man's suggested revision. Fido?

It's fine, as I said I'm not that interested in that part of the list as I see many artists with too similar credentials and can't confidently have a strong opinion, so you guys go ahead. I may say something when the list is finished if a placement ...