I don't like guitar solos that are like, 'Look at me, look at me!' I like guitar solos that are little songs within the songs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.
Any guitar solo should reflect the music that it's soloing over and not just be existing in its own sort of little world.
I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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.
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.
We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together.
Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.
Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.