Australian Guitar

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

JOHNNY MARR THE TEXTURALIST

GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS

Making the guitar cool for indie kids and making indie cool for guitar kids. Also, putting up with Morrissey.

WHERE TO START

THIS CHARMING MAN

By The Smiths, this is instantly recognisable, ever evolving, and a lesson in originality.

BOSS LEVEL

HEY ANGEL

Taken from Marr’s new album, Call The Comet. Marr’s precisely overbent notes in the lead melody add tension and movement.

KIM THAYILL THE ALTERNATOR

GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS

Popularising alternate tunings that had previously been more common

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