In an interview in March 2011, Steve Vai described "shred" as: Lesser known guitarists like Shawn Lane and Buckethead continued to develop the genre further in the '90s. In the 1990s, its mainstream appeal diminished with the rise of grunge and nu metal, both of which eschewed flashy lead guitar solos. This association has become less common now that modern forms of metal have adopted shredding as well. In general, the phrase "shred guitar" has been traditionally associated with instrumental rock and heavy metal guitarists. Progressive rock, heavy metal, hard rock, and jazz fusion have all made use of and adapted the style successfully over the years. Randy Rhoads and Yngwie Malmsteen advanced this style further with the infusion of neo-classical elements. His debut album Earthquake contained "heaps of spellbinding fret gymnastics and nimble-fingered classical workouts." In 1979, Roth left Scorpions to begin his own power trio, named "Electric Sun".
Niccolò Paganini used similar techniques on the violin in the early 1800s used in traditional Turkish folk music and the first example on the guitar was in 1932 by Roy Smeck. In 1978, Eddie Van Halen published Eruption, using the tapping technique in his instrumental.
It really is the definitive rock guitar solo. It was defiant, bold, and edgier than hell.
This one ("Heartbreaker") had the biggest impact on me as a youth. Steve Vai commented in a September 1998 Guitar World interview: Page included excerpts of classical music in the solo when playing it live. In 1969, guitarist Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin composed " Heartbreaker" his guitar solo introduced many complex techniques mixed together (very fast playing with hammer-ons and pull-offs).
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Also in 1974, the song Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd was also released, and the guitar solo in the song is widely acclaimed as an earlier example of shredding. His influence on Randy Rhoads and Yngwie Malmsteen is considered definitive for the evolution of the genre. Blackmore was distinguished by his use of complex arpeggios and harmonic minor scales. Songs like " Highway Star" and " Burn" from Deep Purple and " Gates of Babylon" from Rainbow are examples of early shred. He founded Deep Purple in 1968 and combined elements of blues, jazz and classical into his high speed, virtuostic rock guitar playing. Ritchie Blackmore, best known as the guitarist of Deep Purple and Rainbow, was an early shredder. Ronnie James Dio and Ritchie Blackmore in Norway, 1977
Les Paul's song, " How High the Moon" contained sweep picking, one of the earliest recordings of the technique. Many jazz guitarists in the 1950s such as Les Paul, Barney Kessel and Tal Farlow improvised various guitar techniques comparing to contemporaries blues guitarists like Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. The term "shred" is also used outside the metal idiom, particularly in bluegrass musicians and jazz-rock fusion electric guitarists. The term is sometimes used with reference to virtuoso playing by instrumentalists other than guitarists, as well. It is commonly used in heavy metal, where guitarists use the electric guitar with a guitar amplifier and a range of electronic effects such as distortion, which create a more sustained guitar tone and facilitate guitar feedback effects. Shred guitar includes fast alternate picking, sweep-picked arpeggios, diminished and harmonic scales, finger- tapping and whammy bar use. Shred guitar or shredding is a virtuoso style of playing the electric guitar, based on various advanced and complex playing techniques, particularly rapid passages and advanced performance effects. Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and John Petrucci at the G3 (tour) in December 2006
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