Originally Posted by: leggomycraigo06Mark Tremonti from Alterbridge is seriously under-rated, people think he sucks just because he was in Creed and had to play all their songs in the key of D just to accomodate Scott Stapp's lack of vocal talent. If you want good Tremonti stuff, check out the Alterbridge album.

Daniel Johns is another. If you want to hear some brilliant musical talent from him, check out Silverchair's Diorama or the Dissociative's album, his side project.

Defintely. I was a little sckeptical about Tremontis true ability. I heard a ton about how good he is (hence the numerous Guitar World Guitarist of the Year awards)... so I was patiently awaiting the Alter Bridge album. When I saw the video for the first single and he plays that solo I was like........Where was that in all the Creed songs?? Then, to further stimulate my curiosity I checked him out at Piere's in Fort Wayne, Indiana. WHOA!!!! The lead singer (despite coming out and saying "Fort Myers, you ready to rock!?"... when in fact we were in Fort Wayne!!!) sang his ass off. But Tremonti blew me away. I positioned myself directly in front of him and his pedal board and watched him shred the whole night. He played some pretty crazy stuff. Which is unheard of in todays modern rock scene.

As far as overrated goes........ Kirk Hammett of Metallica comes to mind. I love Metallica and I've seen them live and Kirk tore it up. But some of his stuff lacks the "Wow" factor. He is a great guitarist nonetheless.