# The 25 Best Indie Rock Guitar Solos of All Time > The 25 best indie rock guitar solos of all time, ranked. #1 is Marquee Moon by Television, then Freak Scene and The Diamond Sea. Canonical URL: Indie guitarists tend to prize texture, noise and feel over technique, and the solos here reflect that. Rankings draw on how often these songs appear in published solo lists, with space for influential leads from the Velvet Underground through to St. Vincent. Informed by: [Rolling Stone – The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (2026)](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitar-solos-1235519961/), [Classic Rock – The 100 greatest guitar solos in rock (2018)](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-100-greatest-guitar-solos-in-rock), [uDiscover Music – The Best Guitar Solos Of All Time: 108 Amazing Moments](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/), [TheTopTens – Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.thetoptens.com/music/greatest-guitar-solos/), [Magazyn Gitarzysta – 100 solos of all time](https://magazyngitarzysta.pl/muzyka/wywiady/1928-100-solowek-wszech-czasow), [Music in Minnesota – 38 Best Guitar Solos Of All Time](https://www.musicinminnesota.com/best-guitar-solos/), [Guitar World – The greatest guitar solos of the 21st century... so far](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-greatest-guitar-solos-of-the-21st-century-so-far), [NME – 50 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (2017)](https://www.nme.com/lists/50-greatest-guitar-solos-1255), [NME – 10 Brilliantly Shambolic Guitar Solos (2012)](https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-brilliantly-shambolic-guitar-solos-763221), [Guitar Tricks – 200 Best Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/200-Best-Guitar-Solos-of-All-Time), [Digital Dream Door – 250 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitarsolo.html) 1. [Marquee Moon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/television-marquee-moon/) — Television · solo by Tom Verlaine · 1977 2. [Freak Scene](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dinosaur-jr-freak-scene/) — Dinosaur Jr. · solo by J Mascis · 1988 3. [The Diamond Sea](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sonic-youth-the-diamond-sea/) — Sonic Youth · solo by Lee Ranaldo & Thurston Moore · 1995 4. [Impossible Germany](https://greatestsolos.com/song/wilco-impossible-germany/) — Wilco · solo by Nels Cline · 2007 5. [Ball and Biscuit](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-white-stripes-ball-and-biscuit/) — The White Stripes · solo by Jack White · 2003 6. [Last Nite](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-strokes-last-nite/) — The Strokes · solo by Albert Hammond Jr. & Nick Valensi · 2001 7. [Coffee And TV](https://greatestsolos.com/song/blur-coffee-and-tv/) — Blur · solo by Graham Coxon · 1999 8. [Reptilia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-strokes-reptilia/) — The Strokes · solo by Nick Valensi · 2003 9. [I Heard Her Call My Name](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-velvet-underground-i-heard-her-call-my-name/) — The Velvet Underground · solo by Lou Reed · 1968 10. [Venus](https://greatestsolos.com/song/television-venus/) — Television · solo by Tom Verlaine & Richard Lloyd · 1977 11. [Get Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dinosaur-jr-get-me/) — Dinosaur Jr. · solo by J Mascis · 1993 12. [How Soon Is Now?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-smiths-how-soon-is-now/) — The Smiths · solo by Johnny Marr · 1984 13. [I Am The Resurrection](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stone-roses-i-am-the-resurrection/) — The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1989 14. [Take Me Out](https://greatestsolos.com/song/franz-ferdinand-take-me-out/) — Franz Ferdinand · solo by Nick McCarthy, Alex Kapranos · 2004 15. [Rattlesnake](https://greatestsolos.com/song/st-vincent-rattlesnake/) — St. Vincent · solo by Annie Clark · 2014 16. [Surgeon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/st-vincent-surgeon/) — St. Vincent · solo by Annie Clark · 2011 17. [Sludgefeast](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dinosaur-jr-sludgefeast/) — Dinosaur Jr. · solo by J Mascis · 1987 18. [Little Honda](https://greatestsolos.com/song/yo-la-tengo-little-honda/) — Yo La Tengo · solo by Ira Kaplan · 1997 19. [Time for Heroes](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-libertines-time-for-heroes/) — The Libertines · solo by Carl Barât · 2002 20. [I Will Dare](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-replacements-i-will-dare/) — The Replacements · solo by Peter Buck · 1984 21. [Let's Call It Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sleater-kinney-let-s-call-it-love/) — Sleater-Kinney · solo by Carrie Brownstein · 2005 22. [Vamos](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pixies-vamos/) — Pixies · solo by Joey Santiago · 1988 23. [Stockholm Syndrome](https://greatestsolos.com/song/yo-la-tengo-stockholm-syndrome/) — Yo La Tengo · solo by Ira Kaplan · 1997 24. [Carry the Zero](https://greatestsolos.com/song/built-to-spill-carry-the-zero/) — Built to Spill · solo by Doug Martsch · 1999 25. [An Ocean in Between the Waves](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-war-on-drugs-an-ocean-in-between-the-waves/) — The War on Drugs · solo by Adam Granduciel · 2014 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)