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Rolling Stone
September 18, 2003

100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time

90 - Glen Buxton

Buxton was a gifted mimic whose ability to unlock the guitar secrets of his Stones and Yardbirds 45s gave a Phoenix garage band the breathing room to develop into Alice Cooper, His dirty, elemental leads wrapped around Michael Bruce's meaty riffs to create a legacy of exemplary hard rock.

Essential Recording: "Eighteen", Love It To Death (1971)

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