# Pain guitar solo

> Adam Granduciel's guitar solo on Pain by The War on Drugs (2017) starts at about 2:44. From the album A Deeper Understanding. A indie classic from the 2010s.

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The War on Drugs, 2017, from *A Deeper Understanding*. Solo by *Adam Granduciel*.

The ragged, soaring solo is widely seen as one of Granduciel's finest, emotional and slightly unhinged in the best classic-rock tradition.

Pain by The War on Drugs is #3 in our ranking of the best The War on Drugs guitar solos. The solo is played by Adam Granduciel and the song was released in 2017.

## In our lists

- [The Best The War on Drugs Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-war-on-drugs-guitar-solos/) — #3
- [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2017](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2017/) — #12

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Pain?

Adam Granduciel played the solo on The War on Drugs's Pain (2017).

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