6.FLAVOR FLAV-PUBLIC ENEMY

He sang in the youth choir at his church and mastered the piano, drums and guitar at an early age. FLAV is proficient in fifteen instruments .

5.Dave Grohl
Instruments: Vocals, drums, guitar, bass, piano, percussion
Grohl’s post Nirvana 15-track demo had everything – except for one guitar part – recorded by himself.

4.Trent Reznor

Saying that Nine Inch Nails leader is a brilliant artist would be an understatement. Besides the creativity and great vocal work, he is also known for his multi-instrumentalist skills.

3. Stevie Wonder
Instruments: Vocals, keyboards, harmonica, drums, bass guitar, congas, bongos, keytar, accordion, harpejji
On Superstition he played all instruments except horns and guitar!

2.Paul McCartney

Like being in one of the best musical groups of all time wasn't enough, even well into his 70s McCartney still rocks. And not only as a bassist and a vocalist but as guitarist, pianist, and drummer as well.

1. Prince

And the definite winner of this list is the all mighty, the one and only, Prince. It's one thing to know how to play a couple of tunes and licks on various instruments. But it's a whole new level of awesomeness if you are proficient on each of them. Well, Prince was one of those guys. Besides his impeccable vocal skills and wicked guitar playing, Prince mastered bass, drums, and keyboards.

Do u agree with this list? who would u add and is Prince truly number 1?

I think they're all worthy of a top spot.

I really think it comes down to production and how they use those talents to make a record, and just how good is the record. For Wonder to play mostly everthing on "Superstition" is amazing.

I believe Paul is as much "being music" was Prince was. He's just insanely gifted.

Trent can play a lot, but he's more of a computer nerd. Yes, he can play stuff, but there's so much of his music that is another keyboard going through another computer. Now, what he's done with that, and damn near creating the Industrial music genre is nothing short of innovative. Not only was people like Ministry or Marilyn Manson getting influence from that, but frankly folks like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, and the like, were influenced by Trent's harder music. It took all the glam out of 80s heavy metal and injected a mixture of dirt, grease, anger, and a new rebellion into it.

TrivialPursuit said:

Trent can play a lot, but he's more of a computer nerd. Yes, he can play stuff, but there's so much of his music that is another keyboard going through another computer. Now, what he's done with that, and damn near creating the Industrial music genre is nothing short of innovative. Not only was people like Ministry or Marilyn Manson getting influence from that, but frankly folks like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, and the like, were influenced by Trent's harder music. It took all the glam out of 80s heavy metal and injected a mixture of dirt, grease, anger, and a new rebellion into it.

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LOL. Just hilarious. Dude, educate yourself.

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Hint: Front 242, Throbbing Gristle (who founded a record label called Industrial Records in the 1970s), Cabaret Voltaire, KMFDM, Front Line Assembly, Laibach, Clock DVA, Nurse With Wound, Einstürzende Neubauten, etc.

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FYI: Ministry released an industrial album before Trent formed NIN.

Marcus Miller

JorisE73 said:

BartVanHemelen said:

LOL. Just hilarious. Dude, educate yourself.

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Hint: Front 242, Throbbing Gristle (who founded a record label called Industrial Records in the 1970s), Cabaret Voltaire, KMFDM, Front Line Assembly, Laibach, Clock DVA, Nurse With Wound, Einstürzende Neubauten, etc.

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FYI: Ministry released an industrial album before Trent formed NIN.

You can't even make a line break without typing a period. Educate yourself, dude.

funkman88 said:

JorisE73 said:

Marcus Miller

He just bass

Yeah sure, that's why he played piano, saxophone, clarinet, drums, bass, guitar, xylophone and more during his many Montreux Jazz and North Sea Jazz shows.

funkman88 said:

I would give it to Sly Stone. He had better teeth than Prince, and used them to good effect.

fortuneandserendipity said:

Jara Harris from Slapbak...dude is frightening. Lewis Taylor is great too. Although they may not be in the same league, Bootsy Collins and Larry Graham played several different instruments on their earlier albums. MeShell, Mayer Hawthorne and Louis Cole are great too.

..and Marcus Miller has plenty of videos on his FB page of him playing different instruments on his own original compositions. He also played all the instruments on Miles' album "Tutu".

That's a pretty individual weird list. The thing is anyone who has worked with Prince has conveyed that he was a better musician than we even realize.

My vote is Flav. He doesn't record, he's had almost no influence on the Bomb Squad since they became big, who knows how long he goes between playing at all, but then just for fun he'll grab a bass and play like a session player for 7 minutes straight, then walk over to the drums and do the same. He doesn't compose music though.

SPYZFAN1 said:

..and Marcus Miller has plenty of videos on his FB page of him playing different instruments on his own original compositions. He also played all the instruments on Miles' album "Tutu".

but not the virtuostic level of Prince...

love2thenines2003 said:

fortuneandserendipity said:

I would give it to Sly Stone. He had better teeth than Prince, and used them to good effect.

Yes...it was at the top ever to use his nose in a particular way...the one and only straight away the white line...yes...his nose as his best instrument...the best ever!

Still alive though!

funkman88 said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

..and Marcus Miller has plenty of videos on his FB page of him playing different instruments on his own original compositions. He also played all the instruments on Miles' album "Tutu".

but not the virtuostic level of Prince...

Marcus Miller is better than Trent Reznor, Dave Grohl, Paul MCcartney, Flavor Flav and Stevie Wonder on any instrument. Dave Grohl is probably only a better drummer and Stevie Wonder better on keys.
Marcus Miller is on par with Prince (Princ is just a much better drummer, guitarist and pianist)

JorisE73 said:

funkman88 said:

but not the virtuostic level of Prince...

Marcus Miller is better than Trent Reznor, Dave Grohl, Paul MCcartney, Flavor Flav and Stevie Wonder on any instrument. Dave Grohl is probably only a better drummer and Stevie Wonder better on keys.
Marcus Miller is on par with Prince (Princ is just a much better drummer, guitarist and pianist)

...and much much better vocalist in any way.....Prince is untouchable .....and will be if only a new Mozart is coming.....not before centuries ...me think !

I will never understand these pointless competitions amongst fans.

Which always end in unasked disputes and irrelevant egocentric comparissons.

Same goes for nominations and awards.

Even the damn Nobel Prize... or any serious literature prize, film prizes, whatever is invented to divide the so called chosen 'best'.

I don't care who's the 'best', but Prince is my favourite one.

I'm rolling w Prince, Stokley, Marcus Miller & McCartney.

Hamad said:

Who cares if he's not at the virtoustic level of P?..I enjoy his talent..it's not a contest to me. Another one is Johnny "Guitar" Watson. He started out as a piano player and later moved to guitar. He played most of the instruments on his albums....I'd have to throw Ike Turner in there too (guitar/piano/synth/bass/percussion) on his solo albums.

Jeff Lynne (of ELO) is another masterful multi-instrumentalist, comfortable on guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and an amazing vocalist, producer, songwriter. Not to be overlooked!

pernil said:

Jeff Lynne (of ELO) is another masterful multi-instrumentalist, comfortable on guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and an amazing vocalist, producer, songwriter. Not to be overlooked!

I fucking LOVE ELO. Lynne really is a genius at things. Even his re-recordings for a Best of type package were stellar. You could hardly hear the difference. They were just so much clearer and nicer to hear.

funkman88 said:

Hamad said:

Forgot to mention Leon Sylver III, he’s an amazing multi-instrumentalist and a very underrated bassist, I could recognize his baselines right away because they’re so melodic.

No we didn't we know he can't touch flavor flav

Ah, so this just another one of your trolling theads. Gotcha
No need for any more serious replies I guess.

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Lindsey Buckingham is another multi-instrumentalist I rate highly as an original songwriter and incredible producer.