Boy, for anybody who was there for cats like Duane Allman, Jimi, Cream era Clapton, Jeff Beck back in the day, you name it, this dude is barely adequate on guitar. I saw the BB in Long Beach for free due to the rental car agency that my dealership used. I thought they were just a poor man's Van Halen WITHOUT the skills. Folks need to take a deep breath sometimes.
Everything you said here is true. However the way I see it, is that guitar really is secondary for glam rock like this. This genre is all about the image, lewdness and choruses the audience can easily remember/sing along wity. Most "guitarists" from this genre can barely play a four power-chord riff and maybe do a simple "solo" type interlude. This was music for people who listen to top 40 stuff and there's nothing inherently wrong with enjoying that although I hope it didn't stop them from broadening their taste in music
