# Kanga Roo guitar solo > Alex Chilton's guitar solo on Kanga Roo by Big Star (1978) starts at about 2:10. From the album Third/Sister Lovers. A alternative classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Big Star, 1978, from *Third/Sister Lovers*. Solo by *Alex Chilton*. Droning feedback and smeared guitar textures replace a conventional solo, a hugely influential moment for later indie noise. Kanga Roo by Big Star is #14 in our ranking of the best Big Star guitar solos. The solo is played by Alex Chilton and the song was released in 1978. ## In our lists - [The Best Big Star Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/big-star-guitar-solos/) — #14 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Kanga Roo? Alex Chilton played the solo on Big Star's Kanga Roo (1978). --- 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/)