Racer X

Just wondering has anyone ever heard of them, old rock band (I say old, it was mid eighties/early nineties) with Paul Gilbert on Lead Guitar. Mate of mine just introduced me to a song of theirs "Scarified" and "Technical Difficulties". Jesus christ it makes me wanna give up playing guitar right now listening to the barsteward play!!

Bad enough when your mates introduce you to the likes of speed guitar players Herman Li, Sam Totman, 'Dimebag' Darrell, Synyster Gates, Michael Angelo Batio, Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen without listening to Paul Gilbert give a speed picking masterclass...git...

I started off saying "I'd love to be able to play Bon Jovi", did it and moved on to "I'd love to play like Johnny Cash or Bob Dylan" did it and moved on to "I'd love to play like Matt Bellamy", done. Now I have this stupid obsession with those named above as well as Van Halen...is this just a daft phase or am I likely to strive to want to fret-wank at a ferotious pace for the rest of my playing days?