Il s'appelle Alex Chadwick et est vendeur de guitares chez Chicago Music Exchange. Des gars qui s'essaient à la gratte sur Smoke on the Water, il a dû en voir passer un paquet. Alors pour changer, entre deux clients, Alex a compilé les meilleurs riffs de guitare, de 1953 à aujourd'hui, pour en faire une brève histoire du rock'n'roll en 100 titres.
Tous les grands noms -ou presque- y passent, et par ordre chronologique, s'il vous plait: on commence par la version de Mr Sandman de Chet Atkins, on continue avec Folsom Prison Blues de Johnny Cash, et ainsi de suite en passant par les Beatles, les Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, les Smiths, Nirvana... Pour finir par les White Stripes, les Black Keys ou St. Vincent. Même Beat It de Michael Jackson y passe.
On ne sait pas combien de temps Alex Chadwick a pris pour mettre en place sa compilation, mais ce qui est sûr, c'est qu'il risque de faire naître quelques vocations... ou d'en dégoûter plus d'un, c'est selon!
La liste complète:
Chet Atkins, Mr. Sandman
Johnny Cash, Folsom Prison Blues
Buddy Holly, Words Of Love
Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode
Link Wray, Rumble
Eddie Cochran, Summertime Blues
The Chantays, Pipeline
Dick Dale, Miserlou
Surfaris, Wipeout
The Beatles, Day Tripper
The Who, I Can't Explain
The Rolling Stones, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze
Santana, Black Magic Woman
The Beatles, Helter Skelter
Fleetwood Mac, Oh Well
Cream, Crossroads
Led Zeppelin, Communication Breakdown
Black Sabbath, Paranoid
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fortunate Sun
James Gang, Funk 49
Led Zeppelin, Immigrant Song
The Rolling Stones, Bitch
Derek and the Dominos, Layla
Alice Cooper, School's Out
Deep Purple, Smoke On The Water
Pink Floyd, Money
Allman Brothers, Jessica
ZZ Top, La Grange
T. Rex, 20th Century Boy
The Grateful Dead, Scarlet Begonias
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sweet Home Alabama
Aerosmith, Walk This Way
Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody
Ted Nugent, Stranglehold
Thin Lizzy, The Boys Are Back in Town
Blue Oyster Cult, Don't Fear the Reaper
Kansas, Carry On My Wayward Son
Ramones, Blitzkrieg Bop
Heart, Barracuda
Van Halen, Runnin' With The Devil
Dire Straits, Sultans Of Swing
The Police, Message In A Bottle
Neil Young, Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
AC/DC, Back In Black
Ozzy Osbourne, Crazy Train
Rush, Spirit Of Radio
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pride And Joy
Yes, Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Dio, Holy Diver
Michael Jackson, Beat It
Van Halen, Hot For Teacher
The Smiths, What Difference Does It Make?
Bruce Springsteen, Glory Days
Dire Straits, Money For Nothing
Bon Jovi, You Give Love A Bad Name
REM, The One I Love
U2, Where the Streets Have No Name
Guns N' Roses, Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N' Roses, Sweet Child O' Mine
Motley Crue, Girls, Girls, Girls
Living Colour, Cult Of Personality
Motley Crue, Kickstart My Heart
Tom Petty, Runnin' Down A Dream
Camper Van Beethoven, Pictures Of Matchstick Men
AC/DC, Thunderstruck
The Black Crowes, Twice As Hard
Eric Johnson, Cliffs Of Dover
Metallica, Enter Sandman
Alice In Chains, Man In The Box
Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Give it Away
Pearl Jam, Even Flow
Soundgarden, Outshined
Rage Against The Machine, Killing In The Name
Stone Temple Pilots, Sex Type Thing
Lenny Kravitz, Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Green Day, Welcome To Paradise
Toadies, Possum Kingdom
Weezer, Say it Ain't So
Smashing Pumpkins, Zero
Foo Fighters, Monkey Wrench
Marcy Playground, Sex And Candy
Santana, Smooth
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Scar Tissue
Cake, Short Skirt, Long Jacket
The Shins, Turn A Square
The White Stripes, Seven Nation Army
Muse, Hysteria
The Darkness, I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Mastodon, Blood And Thunder
Jet, Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
The Strokes, Reptilia
Franz Ferdinand, Take Me Out
Modest Mouse, Float On
The White Stripes, Blue Orchid
Green Day, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
The Raconteurs, Steady As She Goes
The Black Keys, I Got Mine
St. Vincent, Cruel