Dinosaur Classes and Stylistic Periods
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Sauropods: Earthshakers.
Dinosaur Rock Guitarists who are primarily rhythm
players.
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Ornithischians: Includes armored, horned, plated
and spiked dinosaurs.
Includes any one or combination of the following:
- Blues-based rockers
- Important 70s stylists
- Role-player guitarists — very good, but
not the kind of world-class lead players who captivate
us as the focal point of a band.
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Early Theropods: Fast and agile, dinosaurs
with carnivorous diet, sharp, slicing teeth, well-developed
jaw muscles, clawed hands, bipedal walk, strong legs
with clawed feet.
Pioneers and definers of the Dinosaur Rock Guitar
Genre.
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Advanced Theropods
Alternate pickers, bar-raisers, often possessing
the most electrifying blend of melody, attitude, emotion,
and chops in their lead styles.
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Ornithomimosaurs: "Speed racers."
Ostrich mimics.
Pterosaurs: "Winged lizards" Carnivorous
flying reptiles.
Neo-Classical and Shred stylists, Sweep pickers
— technicians who can really "fly."
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Reptilia and Crocodyloforms: The group
encompassing crocodylians and other similar but extinct
reptiles.
Armadillodoedicurus: A prehistoric armadillo
the size of a VW Beetle.
Players we like who have some Dino-like traits or
aspects in their style.
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Stylistic Periods
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Triassic
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Represented by early Dino pioneers
such as Townshend, Hendrix, and Clapton. |
| Jurassic |
The main stylistic
period of Dinosaur Rock Guitar. Encompassing the heavyweight
Dino bands of the 70s like Zeppelin, Sabbath, and Purple
up through 80s melodic (pre-shred) metal. Remeber, these
are stylistic categories — not pure chonological.
Some younger players play in a Jurassic style. |
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Cretaceous
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Begins with Yngwie and encompasses
the Neo-Classical boom, and the style called shred. |
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