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Originally Posted by Captain_jovi

Melissa Etheridge - Royal Station 4-16 John Shanks smokin guitar - YouTube

I don't know why I defend the guy but if he just played like he actually played he wouldn't be that bad of a fit for the band. Just like everything else about the band it's been dumbed right down to fit into a box.

That clip is still very "meh" to me. I still hear him trying to sound like The Edge in places, his solo-ing is better but somewhat disjointed. His acoustic playing in the first video was awkward. I liked some of his solos on Burning Bridges, but he just screams Average and Generic as a player to me (I'm well aware that that is probably just a personal preferance). The fact that he should ever get to record a solo on an album over Phil is just something that I can't get my head around. Don't get me wrong, Phil's style isn't 100% suited to the band either, but he's 1000% a better player that Shanks...(for me)