# Life guitar solo > The guitar solo on Life by Devin Townsend (1997) starts at about 2:40. From the album Ocean Machine: Biomech. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Devin Townsend, 1997, from *Ocean Machine: Biomech*. Solo by *Devin Townsend*. A soaring, uplifting song with a bright, melodic guitar hook and lead that sum up the Ocean Machine sound. Life by Devin Townsend is #5 in our ranking of the best Devin Townsend guitar solos. The solo is played by Devin Townsend and the song was released in 1997. ## In our lists - [The Best Devin Townsend Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/devin-townsend-guitar-solos/) — #5 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1997](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1997/) — #19 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Life? Devin Townsend played the solo on Devin Townsend's Life (1997). --- 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/)