"Joe Satriani and Eddie Van Halen are genius guitar players. But I can't relate to it." Neil Young on why guitar virtuosos and music schools doomed the future of rock — and why one note is enough

"Joe Satriani and Eddie Van Halen are genius guitar players. But I can't relate to it." Neil Young on why guitar virtuosos and music schools doomed the future of rock — and why one note is enough

When Neil Young sat down for an interview with Guitar Player in 1992, grunge had upended the guitar world and reignited a long-running debate over technique versus expression. More than three decades later, his views on the 1990s return to punk-infused music still feels strikingly relevant.“It’s just rock and roll, but it’s real rock and roll,” he told GP associate editor Jas Obrecht. “Punk and rock and roll are all the same thing. What has dege…