Bands with 3 or more guitarists... let's make a list

[southpaw]

I was trying to think of bands that, for at least some part of their existence, have featured 3 or more guitarists in their lineup.

NOTICE: Bass guitar doesn't count. I'm a bassist myself, so I'm not hatin'. But the bass is a different instrument, and besides, if we count the bass, most bands would have 3 guitars.


I consider bands like Scorpions and Pearl Jam fair game, since both Klaus Meine and Eddie Vedder sometimes play guitar, bringing the total to three.


Some bands that immediately come to mind:

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Ed King, Gary Rossington, Allan Collins, Steve Gaines...

E-Street Band: Springsteen, Little Steven, Nils Lofgren, sometimes Patty Scialfa...


come on... what other 'guitar army' bands are there?

[mikeytherat]

1. The Eagles

mikey_the_rat

[southpaw]

2. Yes...

For a while, anyway! Frey, Walsh, Felder.

I hate it that Felder got SCREWN by those guys. I love Walsh, but Felder was the best in the band, IMO.

[Burma Jones]

3. Tone, The Guitar Ensemble

http://www.tone-dc.com/index.html

[southpaw]

5. Wow... FIVE guitars!

I'm gonna have to look up some of their music. The potential is definitely there.

[Burma Jones]

8. Think Ambient Metal.........

I'm on "Structure"

[Iggo]

4. Iron Maiden.

Dave Murray. Adrian Smith. Janick Gers. No, really. Janick Gers.

[southpaw]

6. Yeah... Janick

He came into the fold when Dickinson returned from his solo venture bringing his guitarist with him.

Maiden can definitely make the 3 guitar thing work. Dave and Adrian did harmony stuff even before Gers came along... now they can do harmonies and not lose the bottom end that a rythm player provides.

I hear that Janick is quite the showman... whereas Dave and Adrian have always been more workmanlike in their stage presence.

[Iggo]

7. I won't say "prance"....

...but, yeah, Janick Gers sure does like to move around. I've seen Maiden 8 or 10 times and it always seemed to me that Adrian Smith was working too hard to move, while Dave Murray was just too laid back to move. We used to joke that Dave Murray looked like a statue of Dave Murray..lol.

[Forkboy]

9. Superconductor had six of them.

And boy, did it sound nice live. :)

[southpaw]

10. I'll have to check them out

[Forkboy]

11. May not be your style, but you can hear them here.

One never knows until they try. :)

http://mp3.rhapsody.com/superconductor/hitsongsforgirls

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Molly Hatchet, Allman Brothers, Most of Zappa's bands, League of Crafty Guitarists

Gypsy Kings (though they aren't rock)

[Chan790]

13. Bad Religion

Brett Gurewitz, Greg Hetson, Brian Baker. Baker was added when Mr. Brett left in the mid 90s to dedicate more time to Epitaph (the record label he owns) and remained following Gurewitz's return in 2005.

[Gonzo Gardener]

14. Superconductor

The Vancouver (Canada) ensemble Superconductor, led by singer Carl Newman, boasts one of the most bizarre line-ups on record (six guitars, two basses, drums) and plays an equally bizarre brand of melodic hard rock. The tuneful single Murderlizer (Scratch, 1991) announced a pack of merry pranksters, but the EP Heavy With Puppy (Boner, 1992) upped the ante with songs that were more than mere novelties (Satori Part One, Bushpilot), not to mention the curiously shaped instrumentals (Riffmania, Clamhammer). The band layers hostile sounds on top of memorable tunes.
Their method is in full bloom on Hit Songs For Girls (Boner, 1993), a collection of surreal ballads in the vein of the Flaming Lips (Scootin, E-Z Bake Oven, There Goes Helen), except for the mammoth Feedbackin', a trance a` la Earth.

I saw them live in Pomona, Ca in the early 90's.

:headbang:

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. The Hellecasters

Country rock with attitude. Y'oughta hear their version of "Orange Blossom Special." :headbang:

http://www.hellecasters.com/

[BulletproofLandshark]

16. Pearl Jam

Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, and Stone Gossard.

[Orrex]

17. Robert Fripp and the League of Crafty Guitarists

also The Traveling Wilburys.

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. Woo hoo! Another intelligentsia member!

:woohoo:

So sad that only two of us thought of it.

[Orrex]

29. Honestly, it was the first band I thought of when I read the question

Great minds!

[mitchum]

18. All of Glen Branca's guitar ensembles over the years

edit: typo

[mitchum]

19. Keith Urban's band

[mitchum]

20. Famous Monsters

[LostInAnomie]

21. The Guitar Army from Idiocracy.

[mitchum]

22. The Rolling Stones (M Jagger has played a lot of guitar since the mid 70s)

[mdmc]

24. travellin willburies

[enigmatic]

25. Plan 9

Eric Stumpo is da mam:

http://www.plan9ri.com/

[enigmatic]

26. Buffalo Springfield

[enigmatic]

27. The True Believers

One of the great bands of the 1980's, and Alejandro Escovedo is a God:

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/154525/review/5946687/hardroad

[SoxFan]

28. Bang Camaro, Blue Oyster Cult

Bang Camaro has three guitarists, but that pales in comparison to their dozen or so vocalists!

[dolo amber]

30. Radiohead, sometimes

[ironflange]

31. Beatles

Why did this take so long? What's wrong with you people?

[Bluesplayer]

32. The Gipsy Kings - 7 guitars!

[bluesbassman]

33. The Allman Brothers

Although primarily on keyboards, Gregg will play from time to time.

[MrSlayer]

34. Iron Maiden has three guitarists.

Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers.

[old mark]

35. Blue Oyster Cult

Has used three guitars in some of their music - the keyboard player pI did see Robert Fripp solo about 20 years ago, and he was very good - I had no idea how he was going to keep people interested in solo electric guitar for over an hour, but he did.


mark

[wickerwoman]

36. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

can't think of any more...