Best guitar explosion of all time

@ Btstrg: you've beat me to it. I have seen and heard many wonderfull guitarists, but there's something magical about Eruption. Maybe it's because it was the first proper guitarsolo I heard when I was a teenager, or that it inspired me to play guitar myself... Every time I hear the first notes, I get this happy feeling inside. And that's what's music is about!

"Btstrg" and "Satch" - Another great choice and Eddie is another of my huge favorites! "Pje" is getting way too serious about this! It's supposed to be fun. We are not analyzing the notes, but how you were just blown away by a certain guitar solo. It's all a matter of personal fav's and nobody is wrong. I just like to have others help me explore music I haven't experienced and the electric guitar solos are the most emotionally exciting for me.

Speaking from a rock guitarist's point of view these are are not the most technical lead breaks, but they are (in my opinion) brilliant and 2 that everyone born after 1960 and before 1980 can say "hey, I know that from somewhere":

1) Eruption - Van Halen
2) We Will Rock You - Queen

I'll agree with VanHalen's "Eruption". Crank this up and it doesn't get much better for sheer metal.

One more vote for ERUPTION. Crank it up...