Francesco Fareri , i also agree with you here. He can play very fast and i do have to give him credit for that.
I head some of his songs. They were crap. The quality was so bad. Also i agree that his playing is quite primitive and just seems to be shredding up and down scales and doing a few arpegios that are really sloppy.
Another shredder that i have to give credit to is Danny joe carter. He has some super fast picking going on there(which looks like its speeded up hehe) but again his arpegios are really sloppy and he doesnt seem to know what he is doing. i cant really say too much about him because i havnt heard much of him
And yes... you did ask for it !
Michael angelo is a very good song writer IMO. I think his phrasing is good in some songs maybe not all of them and i can see what you mean when you talk about his songs sound the same. He is the fastest shredder i know who doesnt play stuff sloppy. Thats what is so great about him. He has melody and if you listen to some of his stuff other than no boundries you would know what i'm talking about. He can also make his music sound really good when he plays it slow and has also done some acoustic songs. I dont know how you can say he cant write good songs when he knows so much theory and even says he has a degree in music. I saw him on the dvd speed kills and i thought he was good. I then saw him live and was like :0
I'm sorry but i dont know how you can say he is a bad shredder.
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