# The 25 Best Punk Rock Guitar Solos of All Time > The 25 best punk rock guitar solos of all time, ranked. #1 is Marquee Moon by Television, then Another Girl Another Planet and Search and Destroy. Canonical URL: Punk is known for rejecting the guitar solo, yet some of its most famous records turn on one, from Pete Shelley's two-note joke to Tom Verlaine's extended improvisations. The list covers proto-punk through hardcore and ranks songs by their appearances on published solo lists. 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/), [Magazyn Gitarzysta – 100 solos of all time](https://magazyngitarzysta.pl/muzyka/wywiady/1928-100-solowek-wszech-czasow), [Guitar Tricks – 200 Best Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/200-Best-Guitar-Solos-of-All-Time), [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 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), [Musician Tuts – The 51 Best Guitar Solos Of All Time](https://musiciantuts.com/best-guitar-solos/) 1. [Marquee Moon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/television-marquee-moon/) — Television · solo by Tom Verlaine · 1977 2. [Another Girl Another Planet](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-only-ones-another-girl-another-planet/) — The Only Ones · solo by John Perry · 1978 3. [Search and Destroy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/iggy-and-the-stooges-search-and-destroy/) — Iggy and the Stooges · solo by James Williamson · 1973 4. [Anarchy in the U.K.](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sex-pistols-anarchy-in-the-u-k/) — Sex Pistols · solo by Steve Jones · 1976 5. [Looking at You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mc5-looking-at-you/) — MC5 · solo by Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith · 1970 6. [Boredom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/buzzcocks-boredom/) — Buzzcocks · solo by Pete Shelley · 1977 7. [Tattooed Love Boys](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pretenders-tattooed-love-boys/) — Pretenders · solo by James Honeyman-Scott · 1980 8. [Venus](https://greatestsolos.com/song/television-venus/) — Television · solo by Tom Verlaine & Richard Lloyd · 1977 9. [Love Song](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-damned-love-song/) — The Damned · solo by Captain Sensible · 1979 10. [EMI](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sex-pistols-emi/) — Sex Pistols · solo by Steve Jones · 1977 11. [Complete Control](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-clash-complete-control/) — The Clash · solo by Mick Jones · 1977 12. [Blank Generation](https://greatestsolos.com/song/richard-hell-and-the-voidoids-blank-generation/) — Richard Hell and the Voidoids · solo by Robert Quine · 1977 13. [Banned In DC](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bad-brains-banned-in-dc/) — Bad Brains · solo by Dr. Know · 1982 14. [Teenage Kicks](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-undertones-teenage-kicks/) — The Undertones · solo by John O'Neill, Damian O'Neill · 1978 15. [Personality Crisis](https://greatestsolos.com/song/new-york-dolls-personality-crisis/) — New York Dolls · solo by Johnny Thunders · 1973 16. [New Rose](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-damned-new-rose/) — The Damned · solo by Brian James · 1976 17. [Ace of Spades](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mot-rhead-ace-of-spades/) — Motörhead · solo by Eddie Clarke · 1980 18. [Holiday](https://greatestsolos.com/song/green-day-holiday/) — Green Day · solo by Billie Joe Armstrong · 2004 19. [Rise Above](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-flag-rise-above/) — Black Flag · solo by Greg Ginn · 1981 20. [Holiday in Cambodia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dead-kennedys-holiday-in-cambodia/) — Dead Kennedys · solo by East Bay Ray · 1980 21. [Born to Lose](https://greatestsolos.com/song/johnny-thunders-and-the-heartbreakers-born-to-lose/) — Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers · solo by Johnny Thunders · 1977 22. [Youth of America](https://greatestsolos.com/song/wipers-youth-of-america/) — Wipers · solo by Greg Sage · 1981 23. [Eight Miles High](https://greatestsolos.com/song/husker-du-eight-miles-high/) — Hüsker Dü · solo by Bob Mould · 1984 24. [Let's Call It Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sleater-kinney-let-s-call-it-love/) — Sleater-Kinney · solo by Carrie Brownstein · 2005 25. [Los Angeles](https://greatestsolos.com/song/x-los-angeles/) — X · solo by Billy Zoom · 1980 --- 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/)