# The Best Guitar Solos of 2002

> The best guitar solos of 2002, ranked. #1 is Time for Heroes by The Libertines, then Like A Stone and No One Knows. Every video starts at the solo.

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The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 2002, ranked: solos our consensus of published lists rates highest come first, then our genre and artist rankings, with no more than three per artist. Led by Time for Heroes by The Libertines, Like A Stone by Audioslave and No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age.

1. [Time for Heroes](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-time-for-heroes/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2002
2. [Like A Stone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/audioslave-like-a-stone/) — Audioslave · solo by Tom Morello · 2002
3. [No One Knows](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queens-of-the-stone-age-no-one-knows/) — Queens of the Stone Age · solo by Josh Homme · 2002
4. [Padmasana](https://greatestsolos.com/song/buckethead-padmasana/) — Buckethead · solo by Buckethead · 2002
5. [Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-derek-trucks-band-sahib-teri-bandi-maki-madni/) — The Derek Trucks Band · solo by Derek Trucks · 2002
6. [Up the Bracket](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-up-the-bracket/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2002
7. [Cochise](https://greatestsolos.com/song/audioslave-cochise/) — Audioslave · solo by Tom Morello · 2002
8. [Show Me How to Live](https://greatestsolos.com/song/audioslave-show-me-how-to-live/) — Audioslave · solo by Tom Morello · 2002
9. [Mountain Time](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-bonamassa-mountain-time/) — Joe Bonamassa · solo by Joe Bonamassa · 2002
10. [Go with the Flow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queens-of-the-stone-age-go-with-the-flow/) — Queens of the Stone Age · solo by Josh Homme · 2002
11. [Fuel for Hatred](https://greatestsolos.com/song/satyricon-fuel-for-hatred/) — Satyricon · solo by Satyr · 2002
12. [Inferno (Unleash the Fire)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/symphony-x-inferno-unleash-the-fire/) — Symphony X · solo by Michael Romeo · 2002
13. [Slob](https://greatestsolos.com/song/weezer-slob/) — Weezer · solo by Rivers Cuomo · 2002
14. [Death in Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/amon-amarth-death-in-fire/) — Amon Amarth · solo by Olavi Mikkonen, Johan Söderberg · 2002
15. [Sorrow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bad-religion-sorrow/) — Bad Religion · solo by Brian Baker / Greg Hetson / Brett Gurewitz · 2002
16. [My Last Serenade](https://greatestsolos.com/song/killswitch-engage-my-last-serenade/) — Killswitch Engage · solo by Adam Dutkiewicz & Joel Stroetzel · 2002
17. [Deliverance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/opeth-deliverance/) — Opeth · solo by Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren · 2002
18. [Song for the Dead](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queens-of-the-stone-age-song-for-the-dead/) — Queens of the Stone Age · solo by Josh Homme · 2002
19. [Can't Stop](https://greatestsolos.com/song/red-hot-chili-peppers-can-t-stop/) — Red Hot Chili Peppers · solo by John Frusciante · 2002
20. [Edge of the Earth](https://greatestsolos.com/song/thirty-seconds-to-mars-edge-of-the-earth/) — Thirty Seconds to Mars · solo by Jared Leto & Solon Bixler · 2002

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