Originally Posted by: Dr_simonYer, that sounds about right !

I remember Ozzy saying something like: "I don't want to listen to some one who could impress Jo Satriani (Sic) but some one who makes you want to get up and play the guitar".

Wise words IMHO !!!

Oh man, I love listening to that guy talk:

izkajooglblah -BEEEP- sturfremguh -BEEEP- -BEEEP- ants.... dvohgdwbazcx ... SHARON!!!!!

He is right though- from the 60's and 70's the stuff that Lenny Kaye would re-release on the famous Nuggets garage rock comps and the Velvet Underground, Modern Lovers, Sex Pistols and the CLash would drive me more to explore the instrument until I could appreciate more technically sophisticated stuff, but I'll always have a soft spot for a ramones-like 4 chord basher.