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Monday, February 28, 2011

Phil Collen's 11 Favourite Guitar Solos of All Time


"Guitar solos are funny things," says Def Leppard axman Phil Collen. "To so many people who pick up the instrument, solos are all they can think about. They dream about the spotlight hitting them and that moment they can go, 'Hey everybody, look at me!' Personally, I've never really thought that way.


Coming from a man who's logged in thousands of such 'Look at me!' moments on stages across the globe, Collen's comments might at first seem a tad hypocritical. But the mega-platinum shred star insists that the mark of a great solo - and, for that matter, a great guitarist - is when "that little bit of time you're given to shine becomes a true part of the song. The second you start to overwhelm what's going on around you, that's when you have to ask yourself, 'Who am I really serving here?' Find out more on Music Radar.


1 Deep Purple "Highway Star"

2 Van Halen "Eruption"

3 Jimi Hendrix "Easy Rider"

4 David Bowie "Moonage Daydream"

5 Gary Moore "Cold Day In Hell"

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