Insane Punk Rock Solos; any Instrument

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Greg Ginn BLACK FLAG - guitar solo in 'Rise above'
Algy Ward THE DAMNED - bass intro to 'Love song'
Ira Kaplan YO LA TENGO - mental axe in 'decora'
Ben Daughtrey SQUIRREL BAIT- insane piss taking jazz breakdown in 'Kick The Cat'
Ted Falconi FLIPPER - everything

― Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Dog (Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountai), Friday, 13 October 2006 22:29 (twenty years ago)

http://www.collectorscum.com/volume3/nyc/red_tran.jpg

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 13 October 2006 22:36 (twenty years ago)

Cheers Tim.
Did a search for the red transistor as they are news to me- will check out. The stuff i mentioned is ancient - i can't believe that nobody has grabbed the baton

― Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Dog (Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountai), Friday, 13 October 2006 22:45 (twenty years ago)

Guitar: John Ellis (or is it Knox?), The Vibrators, "London Girls"
Bass: Steve Goulding, Elvis Costello, "Watching the Detectives"
Vocal: Buddy Rich, bus tapes

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Friday, 13 October 2006 22:51 (twenty years ago)

Chip Kinman 'I hate the rich' ax solo
The screaming vox in 'psycho' by the sonics singer
Bob mould's guitar in 'bricklayer'

― Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Dog (Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountai), Friday, 13 October 2006 23:00 (twenty years ago)

Some of Alan Licht's solos in Love Child songs.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 13 October 2006 23:06 (twenty years ago)

Stan kenton had a groove

― Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Dog (Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountai), Friday, 13 October 2006 23:15 (twenty years ago)

anything robert quine ever did with richard hell. dude was brilliant.

― adam j (In Place of Something Clever), Friday, 13 October 2006 23:42 (twenty years ago)

Some of Alan Licht's solos in Love Child songs.

YES! that solo on "six of one" is fucking amazing.

― zappi (joni), Saturday, 14 October 2006 00:06 (twenty years ago)

Tim OTM

What, no Paul Leary?

― Edward III (edward iii), Saturday, 14 October 2006 02:01 (twenty years ago)

matt freeman, bass guitar - rancid's "maxwell murder"

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Saturday, 14 October 2006 03:05 (twenty years ago)

Ivy's guitar solo in The Cramps "TV SET"

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Monday, 16 October 2006 23:05 (twenty years ago)

If memory of the NAPA State video serves, Bryan Gregory actually does the guitar solo on "TV Set".

And I'm going with "Mexican Caravan" for Paul Leary.

― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 16 October 2006 23:28 (twenty years ago)

Karl Precoda - The Dream Syndicate - Halloween

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 16 October 2006 23:39 (twenty years ago)

aw man that "i hate the rich" one is sooooo great but i would say that the fucking kickass break on "you're not blank" is even better.

uh, now that said...
"pink turns to blue"
blow up version of "little johnny jewel"
"i heard her call my name"
falconi OTM
pretty much anything the wipers did during their awesomest stretch
"action woman" by the litter
"last time around" by the del-vettes
quine OTM
"You & You" by DNA
tons of Drive Like Jehu but especially "if it kills you"
"communication breakdown"
"primitive zippo" by monoshock
"boredom"/"cinammon girl" in battle royale for one-note superiority

many others

― boney james and the shondells (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:22 (twenty years ago)

Andy Kerr or Rob Wright (Nomeasno), guitar solo in "Two lips, two lungs and one tongue", especially the live version on "Live and Cuddly."

― Pom (pom), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:33 (twenty years ago)

Steve Goulding played drums on "Watching The Detectives," not bass.

― Dee Xtrovert (dee dee), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 04:13 (twenty years ago)

minutemen, "The Product" (trumpet solo by Crane)

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 07:02 (twenty years ago)

Bad Brains; Dr Know's guitar in Big Takeover, verging on metal in style, but still good shit.

― lexurian (lexurian), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 07:19 (twenty years ago)

"One-note supremacy": also see "L.A.M.F." and, I think, "Give Me Back My Wig" by Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers.

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 07:33 (twenty years ago)

Vocal: Buddy Rich, bus tapes

Ha!

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 09:43 (twenty years ago)

actually now that i think about the "boredom" one has two notes. uh it still rules

― boney james and the shondells (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 12:01 (twenty years ago)

(I'm pretty sure Andrew Bodnar played bass on "Detectives.")

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 13:02 (twenty years ago)

The Damned - Neat Neat Neat guitar solo

One of my favorite solos of all time, its absolutely manic, simple and incredibly effective~

― Yoshinorimike (Yoshinorimike), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:18 (twenty years ago)

Pete Shelley's two note guitar solo in boredom seconded.
Almost every guitar solo in every High Rise record ever.

― Ice Cream Electric (Ice Cream Electric), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 21:13 (twenty years ago)

The Guess Who "gonna search", guitar and organ. Total shred, 1966!
along the lines of "boredom"(which I third) is Freestone "bummer bitch" ...retarded genius i tell ya!

― chad (chad), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 21:46 (twenty years ago)

Bob Stinson on every song on Sorry Ma...

― Nigel (Nigel), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 22:38 (twenty years ago)

Greg Sage WIPERS - guitar solo in "Youth of America"
Billy Zoom X - guitar solo in "Johny Hit and Run Paulene"

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 23:03 (twenty years ago)

Saxophones!:

Rob Lind, "Have Love, Will Travel" (Sonics)
Steven Mackay, "1970" (Stooges)
Derf Scratch, "New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones" (Fear)
Rich Stim, "Fender Bender" (MX-80 Sound)
Juno Saturn, "Radio World" (Von Lmo)

and anything at all by James Chance. (And maybe Peter Brotzmann/Last Exit too, depending on how you define the boundaries of 'punk rock')

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 00:48 (twenty years ago)

There are probably dozens of D. Boon solos that start off
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and you think you're following along fine until
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― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 01:34 (twenty years ago)

OXYMORON

― corey c (shock of daylight), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 06:43 (twenty years ago)

no not at all actually

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 12:40 (twenty years ago)

what about Bubba Dupree of Void? the dude's shredding on "Dehumanized" is definitely INSANE!

― Robert Acosta (Rob 77), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)

Howbout synthesizers?
Dave Greenfield's crazy Minimoog freakout in the Stranglers' "Nice n Sleazy" is one of the best I've heard. Also one of the earliest, again depending on how you define "punk" and "solo".

― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 21:16 (twenty years ago)

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