# Don't Need a Gun guitar solo > Steve Stevens's guitar solo on Don't Need a Gun by Billy Idol (1986) starts at about 2:46. From the album Whiplash Smile. A hard rock classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Billy Idol, 1986, from *Whiplash Smile*. Solo by *Steve Stevens*. A modern, heavily processed rock production in which Stevens adds stabbing chords and a short, searing lead. His inventive use of effects keeps the guitar front and centre amid the synths. Don't Need a Gun by Billy Idol is #12 in our ranking of the best Billy Idol guitar solos. The solo is played by Steve Stevens and the song was released in 1986. ## In our lists - [The Best Billy Idol Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/billy-idol-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Don't Need a Gun? Steve Stevens played the solo on Billy Idol's Don't Need a Gun (1986). --- 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/)