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Hello and welcome to another in the Hero Worship series. Hope you are all ok? Anyway, this weeks post takes us to 70's Glam Rock in the form of the legendary Marc Bolan. Big hair, big riffs and premature death all make this guitarist and frontman an icon. What Total Guitar Said: You Know Him By His: Corkscrew curls, pre-Slash top hat, feather boas and glam rock riffs. Greatest Moment: 20th Century Boy. Who said galm rock couldn't be heavy? David Bowie had more staying power and the New York Dolls' burnout tale is more[...]

Hello Readers, This is another poll of the week. Last weeks poll on the greatest guitaring decade was won by the 1980's. Thanks for all that voted. Anyway I was going to start a series of polls on who was the greatest guitarist in each of the decades, but I was reading an article about Eric Clapton the other day and whether he still matters. So it got me thinking about British guitarists, and their influence on the guitar, and ultimately who was the best British Guitarist. Amazon.com Widgets So share your thoughts in the[...]