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WINGER/WHITESNAKE's REB BEACH: KIRK HAMMETT Is One Of The Worst Guitar Players I've Ever Heard

April 5, 2010

Classic Rock Revisited's Jeb Wright and Jesse Lee recently conducted an interview with WINGER/WHITESNAKE guitarist Reb Beach for the "Decades Of Distortion" show on the Arkansas City, Kansas radio station KACY 102.5 FM.

When asked about the comparisons between his playing and that of METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett, Beach said, "I don't know the guy [Kirk], but I think he's one of the worst guitar players I've ever heard in my life. I've never heard a solo from that guy that was any good. . . This guy is out of tune, and his vibration... what is it? Vibrato. Oh my god. It sounds like a beginner."

He continued, "Back in the '80s, he was always voted best guitar player, and I'm like, 'What?! That guy is terrible.'

"I hate to say that because I might meet him one day.

"What's he play in? MEGADETH? METALLICA? Is he in METALLICA? Oh, then I have no problem doing that because in their biggest video, 'Nothing Else Matters', when they threw darts at a poster of Kip Winger, and then they showed it live — 20,000 people every night laughing at WINGER — I don't mind saying that Kirk Hammett sucks."

You can hear the entire interview in four parts below.

Reb Beach talking about Kirk Hammett on "Decades Of Distortion":

"Decades Of Distortion" interview part 1:

"Decades Of Distortion" interview part 2:

"Decades Of Distortion" interview part 3:

"Decades Of Distortion" interview part 4:

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