# Best guitarist of the New wave/Punk era?

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**Created:** [November 13, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitarist-of-the-new-wave-punk-era/517481 "2009-11-13T20:50:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guitarist-of-the-new-wave-punk-era/517481/101 "2016-05-27T10:12:54Z")

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> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#):
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> Just out of curiosity, how would you categorize The Smiths if not as New Wave?\* Because IMO, there’s Johnny Marr and then there’s everyone else.  
> \*Goth, maybe? But I think of Goth as a subset of New Wave…

Follow-up: I watched a few interviews with Marr. He describes The Smiths as _post-punk_ consistently. He describes his guitar style as _Anti-Rockist_ consistently.

So there ya go.

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