1953 has to be one of the best years as that's the year that Ike Turner released "Rocket 88"-the song that purportedly started off the rock era. Les Paul releases "Bye Bye Blues",

1963: Rock 'n Roll becomes huge, The Beatles release "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", Beatlemania begins. Beach Boys "Surfin USA" is released, The Ventures gain notoriety, Bob Dylan gains popularity with release of "The Freewheelin Bob Dylan" album, Johhny Cash has big releases, Roy Orbinson releases "In Dreams", The Kingsmen gain notoriety, Buddy Holly has a hit single.

1967: Monterey Pop Festival, the Summer of Love. Pete Townshend smashes his guitar, Hendrix burns his at the end of "Wild Thing". Otis Redding gives his last and greatest performance. The Blues Project records (Electric) Flute Thing.

1969 is definatley goin on the list, beginning of punk, emergence of metal, Woodstock, the end of an era, The Velvet Underground, Hendrix, The Beatles, The Stooges, Black Sabbath...etc.

1976 Hard Rock is at its height, AC/DC gains international awareness, Led Zeppelin is at the height of their career, Bob Dylan releases "Desire", Kiss releases "Destroyer", The Ramones debut is released, punk rock gains notoriety, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a chart topper, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, The Ramones, Heart, Queen, AC/DC, Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Dylan.....etc.

1986 Glam Metal is at its height, Thrash begins gaining worldwide audience, Metallica releases "Mater of Puppets." Quiet Riot, Bon Jovi, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax.

1991: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" debuts, Nirvana becomes biggest group in the world, Grunge music dominates sending a surge of record companies looking for pissed off youth bands, pathes the way for Pop Punk bands such as Green Day to be discovered. Alternative rock is out in the mainstream, bands such as Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., The Pixies all reach a once impossible audience.

2001 because of the whole Garage Rock thing, The Strokes "Is This It" debut, The White Stripes White Blood Cells debut.

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Totally 1969. Abbey Road and Electric Ladyland? Guitar driven rock n' roll at its finest. And have you seen Santana's performance on Woodstock? Sure Hendrix tore it up, but Santana burned his way through his set too.

SOUL SACRIFICE BABY

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The Summer of 69. God, it was great!

Lol, old people.

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The best year in guitar music? There's no such thing.

Edit: 2012 is the best year in guitar music. I have been to the future and it will be awesome >_>

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I traded my car in for a microphone.

I vote for 1535. See if you can figure why.

I thought it was when Buddy Holly was born. But he was born in Sept., 1936.

Define "best"

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the year you u wouldve wanted to see or (if ur old enough) the best year you saw and would want to revist in terms of music

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1969 was pretty incredible. Hard to concieve by the young pups........

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

This was a tough call, great choices there !

stuck between 69 and 91.. went for 69 coz that the year I would like to have been around for.. 91 was there

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^ I don't think 2012 will be a great year for guitar music. With the bands and different genres coming out, I somehow doubt that. I am somehow stuck to 53 or 69. But I went to 69, that year just were the best in all kind of guitar music.

1967 got my vote as that was the year such milestone albums as Are You Experienced ,Sgt. Pepper's and Disraeli Gears came out.It was also the year of the greatest Monterey Pop Festival and some groundbreaking guitar driven shows at Bill Graham's Fillmore West and East.

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I liked the period of 1994-5-6.

Grunge had come along and influenced a lot of bands, but there was a renassaince of established bands putting out some great, lesser-known material.

ZZ Top--Rhythmeen, 1996. I would rank this album with their top four discs...and yes, that's counting their early stuff and Eliminator, too.

Fabulous Thunderbirds--Roll of The Dice, 1995. Kid Ramos backing up a healthy and rejuvenated Kim Wilson...as good as their first four albums and better than all their commercial hits.

Rolling Stones--Voodoo Lounge, 1994. Most people overlook this album. Most people are idiots. Better than Steel Wheels or Bridges to Babylon, definitely better than A Bigger Bang, this disc is possibly their best since "Tattoo You".

REM--Monster, 1994. Not loved by their hard-core fans, but this is possibly their best "rock guitar" album...worth buying, if just for "Crush With Eyeliner" and "What's the Frequency Kenneth".

This list could go on forever, especially if I start bringing up "new" bands of the time like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc.

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