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The popularity of Guitar Hero has brought a renaissance to the guitar solos of the 70’s. In response to this resurgence, the editors of Style.com have come up with a list of the 70’s Best Guitar Solos.

Here’s the list the came up with in no particular order. Links go to the editors comments, which contains links to YouTube videos of the solo.

• The Stooges: Search and Destroy
• The Grateful Dead: Help on the Way/Slip Knot!/Franklin’s Tower
• The Ramones: I Wanna Be Sedated
• Pink Floyd: Comfortably Numb
• Queen: Killer Queen
• Television: Marquee Moon
• The Allman Brothers Band: Blue Sky
• ZZ Top: Just Got Paid
• Van Halen: Eruption
• Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven
• The Eagles: Hotel California
• The Rolling Stones: Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
• AC/DC: Highway to Hell
• Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing

The editors have ranked these solos from best to worst, click here to see the results. If you don’t agree with the order of their list, you can vote on which one you like best here.