# Groups with more than two guitarists **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740 "2002-05-25T02:01:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/1 "2002-05-25T02:01:34Z")
Hmmm . . . the OP is missing, but off the top of my head: Lynyrd Skynrd .38 Special GTR Whitesnake (sometimes) ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/2 "2002-05-25T02:10:45Z")
Bad Religion: Brett Gurewitz (back again), Brian Baker (ex-Minor Threat/Dagnasty) and Greg Hetson (ex-Circle Jerks). Kind of a punk supergroup, if you think about it šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/3 "2002-05-25T02:12:06Z")
The Eagles Buffalo Springfield ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/4 "2002-05-25T02:15:44Z")
There was a group (they may still exist) here in Calgary called _Superconductor_ if I recall correctly. Eleven guitars and nothing else. An experience, to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/5 "2002-05-25T02:22:00Z")
Grrrrrrā€¦ I mentioned that the Doobie Brothers once had three guitarists - Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and Jeff Baxter - in the band at one time. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/6 "2002-05-25T02:24:07Z")
Oops, Greg Hetson is still with the Circle Jerks. I didnā€™t realize that they reformed again, and are playing on this yearā€™s Warped Tour!šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/7 "2002-05-25T02:32:45Z")
ā€¦but as I said, Hetson is still with Bad Religion too. Damn not being able to edit posts! Greg Graffin at vocals, Brooks Wackerman (Suicidal Tendencies/Infectious Grooves/Vandals) on drums and Jay Bentley on bass round out the group. Okay; Iā€™ll stop posting about Bad Religion now šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/8 "2002-05-25T02:35:01Z")
I think the Outlaws had three guitarists, if Iā€™m not mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Swinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Swinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swinger)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/9 "2002-05-25T03:12:01Z")
Pearl Jam, Radiohead. ---
**Author:** ![Swinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Swinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swinger)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/10 "2002-05-25T03:18:25Z")
Pearl Jam, Radiohead. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/11 "2002-05-25T03:48:50Z")
outlaws- 3 guitar army blue oyster cult- on your feet or on your knees ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/12 "2002-05-25T15:36:09Z")
Well, letā€™s seeā€¦ The Travelling Wilburies had George Harrison on lead guitar and 4 other guys on rhythm guitar! Boston had Tom Scholz on lead guitar, while both Barry Goudreau and Brad Delp played rhythm guitar. In the Allman Brothers band, you often saw Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts playing regular electric guitars while Duane Allman played slide guitar. When Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young tour, 3 or more are often playing guitar at the same time (Graham Nash has admitted he sometimes carries a guitar he doesnā€™t need, or strums an electric guitar that isnā€™t plugged in, simply because he never knows what to do with his hands while he sings, othewise!). In the latter-day King Crimson, Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew play guitar, while Tony Levin plays ā€œthe stick,ā€ an instrument thatā€™s half guitar and half bass. Thus Levin is essentially playing bass with one hand and guitar with the other. That gives King Crimson the 3-guitar tapestry thatā€™s defined their sound since the 1981 ā€œDiscplineā€ album. ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/13 "2002-05-25T17:36:32Z")
Iron Maiden. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/14 "2002-05-25T23:34:11Z")
> [@](#): > > In the Allman Brothers band, you often saw Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts playing regular electric guitars while Duane Allman played slide guitar. Gregg didnā€™t play guitar and the only guitar credit for him (at least not when Duane was alive) was for an acoustic guitar. However, Iā€™m surprised no one has thought of the most obvious: **The Beatles** (in the early days, both Lennon and McCartney) **The Rolling Stones** (Richards and Jones, and later Taylor and Ron Wood). **The Grateful Dead** ā€“ Garcia and Weir Also: Fleetwood Mac (originally with three guitarists ā€“ Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan) The Kinks (Ray and Dave Davies) The Byrds ā€“ Roger McGuin, Gene Clark, and David Crosby Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young ā€“ All four could play guitar. Traffic ā€“ most guitar chores by Dave Mason, but Steve Winwood would play from time to time (listen to some of the songs on ā€œWelcome to the Canteenā€) Jefferson Airplane ā€“ Marty Balin, Jorma Kaukonnan, and Paul Kantner all played. Actually, multiple guitars were quite common in the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/15 "2002-05-25T23:49:58Z")
Fugazi. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/16 "2002-05-26T02:06:10Z")
Metallica KISS Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band The Go-Goā€™s Guns 'N Roses Mother Love Bone Kingston Trio ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/17 "2002-05-26T03:05:42Z")
Slayer Anthrax Megadeth In Flames Rancid Opeth and about a million more heavy metal bandsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/18 "2002-05-26T03:06:27Z")
Iā€™m getting confusedā€¦ are people counting the bass guitar with some of these choices, or counting bands with two or more guitarists now? There are a lot of bands with lead guitar, rhythm guitar and bass guitar. I thought that the question was asking for bands with 3 or more lead and rhythm guitarists, hence my inclusion of Bad Religion. ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/19 "2002-05-26T03:06:57Z")
how could I have forgotten **The Clash**! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740/20 "2002-05-26T04:00:38Z")
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-with-more-than-two-guitarists/110740.md?page=2)