Rock music without guitars. It’s like saying, “I want a cheeseburger, but hold the meat.”
“Give me a gin and tonic, but just the tonic please.”
“I said NO cheese on my pizza.”
It’s hard to argue with the facts. For more than half a century, rock music has depended on, evolved with and fed off of one constant: the electric guitar. The guitar is a symbol, and the rock guitarist the propelling force. After all, where would music be without a Brian May solo or images of Hendrix writhing on the floor in eternal bliss, guitar in hands?
What would AC/DC be without Angus? Guns N’ Roses without Slash? Led without Jimmy Page?