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notable Notability is the property of being worthy of notice, having fame, or being considered to be of a high degree of interest, significance, or distinction. It also refers to the capacity to be such. Persons who are notable due to public responsibi ...
rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...
ists, arranged in ascending alphabetical order of last name. Rhythm guitarists perform a combination of two functions: they provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other
rhythm section A rhythm section is a group of musicians within a music ensemble or band that provides the underlying rhythm, harmony and pulse of the accompaniment, providing a rhythmic and harmonic reference and "beat" for the rest of the band. The rhythm sec ...
instruments (bass and drums) and they provide all or part of the harmony, i.e. the
chords Chord may refer to: * Chord (music), an aggregate of musical pitches sounded simultaneously ** Guitar chord a chord played on a guitar, which has a particular tuning * Chord (geometry), a line segment joining two points on a curve * Chord (as ...
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lead guitarist Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featured ...
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List of lead guitarists The following is a list of significant lead guitarists, arranged in ascending alphabetical order of their last name. For rhythm guitarists see list of rhythm guitarists. {{Dynamic list A * Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders) * "Dimebag" Darrell ...
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Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...
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Doug Aldrich Doug Aldrich (born February 19, 1964) is an American hard rock guitarist. He founded the band Burning Rain with Keith St. John in 1998 and has played with Whitesnake, Dio, Lion, Hurricane, House of Lords, Bad Moon Rising and Revolution Saints ...
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Whitesnake Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978. The group was originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their own entit ...
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Christopher Amott Christopher Amott (born 23 November 1977) is a Swedish guitarist, younger brother of Michael Amott and founding member of the metal bands Arch Enemy and Armageddon. He is currently the guitarist for Dark Tranquillity. Biography Amott was bor ...
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Arch Enemy Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass, Armageddon, Carnage, Mercyful Fate, Spiritual Beggars, The Agonist, Nevermore, and Eucharist. ...
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Michael Amott Michael Amott (born 28 July 1969) is a Swedish guitarist, founding member of the metal bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars and Carnage, as well as a former member of Carcass. He is the older brother of Christopher Amott. Amott was ranked No ...
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Arch Enemy Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass, Armageddon, Carnage, Mercyful Fate, Spiritual Beggars, The Agonist, Nevermore, and Eucharist. ...
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Gem Archer Colin Murray Archer (born 7 December 1966) is an English musician and singer, best known as a member of the English rock bands Oasis, Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, making him, alongside Chris Sharrock, one of the only member ...
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Mark Arm Mark Arm (born Mark Thomas McLaughlin; February 21, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. His former group, Green River, was one of the first grunge bands, along with Malfunkshun, So ...
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Mudhoney Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1988, following the demise of Green River. Its members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison and drummer Dan Peters. Orig ...
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Joan Armatrading Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, (, born 9 December 1950) is a Kittitian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist. A three-time Grammy Award nominee, Armatrading has also been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She received ...
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Billie Joe Armstrong Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for t ...
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Green Day Green Day is an American rock band formed in the East Bay of California in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, together with bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt. For most of the band's career, they have been a powe ...
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Pinhead Gunpowder Pinhead Gunpowder is an American punk rock band that formed in East Bay, California, in 1991. The band currently consists of Aaron Cometbus (drums, lyrics), Bill Schneider ( bass), Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Jason White (guitar, ...
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Tim Armstrong Timothy Ross Armstrong (born November 25, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and producer. Known for his distinctive voice, he is the singer/guitarist for the punk rock band Rancid and hip hop/punk rock supergroup Transplants. ...
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Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs Paul Benjamin Arthurs (born 23 June 1965), known professionally as Bonehead, is an English musician. He is best known as the rhythm guitarist, occasional keyboardist and co-founder of the rock band Oasis. Early life Paul Benjamin Arthurs was ...
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Matt Bachand Matt Bachand (born April 29, 1977) is an American guitarist. He has strong death metal and thrash metal influences. He is rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the heavy metal band Shadows Fall, and the bassist for Act of Defiance. He is k ...
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Shadows Fall Shadows Fall is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1996. Although Shadows Fall has experienced several line-up changes, for most of its recording career, Shadows Fall has been composed of Jon Donais (lead guitar, b ...
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Minor Threat Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1980 in Washington, D.C. by vocalist Ian MacKaye and drummer Jeff Nelson. MacKaye and Nelson had played in several other bands together, and recruited bassist Brian Baker and guitaris ...
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Dag Nasty Dag Nasty is an American punk rockGreenwald, p. 14. "Ian Mackaye was such a huge Rites of Spring fan that he not only recorded what was to be the band's only album in 1985 and served as a roadie for them while on tour, but his own new band, E ...
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Bad Religion Bad Religion is an American punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980. The band's lyrics cover topics related to religion, politics, society, the media and science. Musically, they are noted for their melodic sensibilitie ...
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The Libertines The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar). The band, centred on the songwriting partnership of Barât and Doherty, has also included John Hassall ...
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Bobby Bandiera Robert "Bobby" Bandiera (born October 19, 1953) is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter from New Jersey. Bandiera played rhythm guitar for Bon Jovi in live performances from 2005 until 2015 and for nearly two decades was lead guita ...
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Bon Jovi Bon Jovi is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald (American musician), Hugh McD ...
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Syd Barrett Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, and musician who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Barrett was their original frontman and primary songwriter, becoming known for his ...
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Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philo ...
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Zoltan Bathory Zoltan Bathory (born in 1978) is a Hungarian-American musician and martial artist. He is the founder and rhythm guitarist of Las Vegas-based heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. In 2010, he was named Golden God's "Best Shredder" by ''Meta ...
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Five Finger Death Punch Five Finger Death Punch, also abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2005. The band originally consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Ivan Moody, rhythm guitarist Zoltan Bathory, lead gui ...
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Brian Bell Brian Lane Bell (born December 9, 1968) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Weezer, with whom he has recorded fi ...
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Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Scott Shriner (bass guitar, keyboards, backing v ...
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The Relationship The Relationship was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States, founded in 2007 by Weezer guitarist Brian Bell and Nate Shaw. In 2010, Bell released the first Relationship album and has since performed and recorded with a ...
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Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...
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Brian Benoit Brian Benoit is a former guitarist for The Dillinger Escape Plan.Harkness, Geoff"Quintet overcomes tragedy" ''Lawrence Journal-World'', September 7, 2000, p. Mag-2. Retrieved on May 30, 2013. Before playing in Dillinger, Brian played in Jesuit wit ...
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Frank Black Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV (born April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Fo ...
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The Pixies Pixies is an American alternative rock band formed in 1986, in Boston, Massachusetts. Until 2013, the band consisted of Black Francis (vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter), Joey Santiago (lead guitar), Kim Deal (bass, vocals) and David Lovering ...
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Jack Black Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his acting roles in the films '' High Fidelity'' (2000), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), ''Orange County'' (2002), '' School of Rock'' (2003), ''E ...
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Tenacious D Tenacious D is an American comedy rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. It was founded by actors Jack Black and Kyle Gass, who were members of The Actors' Gang theater company at the time. The duo's name is derived from "tenacio ...
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Teenage Fanclub Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Bellshill near Glasgow in 1989. The group were founded by Norman Blake (vocals, guitar), Raymond McGinley (vocals, lead guitar) and Gerard Love (vocals, bass), all of whom shared ...
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Rico Blanco Rico Rene Granados Blanco (born March 17, 1973) is a Filipino singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, endorser and entrepreneur. He began his career as one of the founding members, and served as the chief songwriter, ...
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Rivermaya Rivermaya is a Filipino alternative rock band. Formed in 1994, it is one of the several bands who spearheaded the 1990s Philippine alternative rock explosion. Rivermaya is currently composed of original members Mark Escueta and Nathan Azarcon ...
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Bono Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...
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John Scofield John Scofield (born December 26, 1951), sometimes referred to as "Sco", is an American guitarist and composer whose music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention in the ...
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James Bourne James Elliot Bourne (born 13 September 1983) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is known as the co-founder of pop punk bands Busted and Son of Dork, and he also created his own electronic project: Future Boy. From 2013 to 2015 ...
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Son of Dork Son of Dork were a British pop punk band formed by James Bourne after his previous band, Busted, split in January 2005. The name of the band came from a scene in the 1990 film '' Problem Child'' where the chant "Son of Dork" is used. Their de ...
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David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...
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Niall Breslin Niall Breslin (born 22 October 1980), known as Bressie, is an Irish musician, former Westmeath GAA, Westmeath Gaelic footballer and Leinster Rugby player. Breslin found success as the lead singer, guitarist, songwriter with pop band The Blizz ...
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The Blizzards The Blizzards are an Irish band from Mullingar in County Westmeath. They were formed by Niall Breslin in late 2004, and also feature Dec Murphy (drums), Justin Ryan, Anthony Doran, Louize Carroll (bass) and Aidan Lynch (keyboards). They have a ...
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Chris Broderick Christopher Alan Broderick (born March 6, 1970) is an American musician, best known as a former guitarist of the heavy metal band Megadeth. He is also formerly the lead guitarist and keyboardist for Jag Panzer, appearing on four of Jag Panzer's ...
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Megadeth Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...
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Jag Panzer Jag Panzer is an American power metal band from Colorado Springs, Colorado. History Jag Panzer came together in late 1981, being inspired by the onslaught of the new wave of British heavy metal. The original line-up consisted of Harry Conkl ...
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Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...
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Peter Buck Peter Lawrence Buck (born December 6, 1956) is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M. He also plays the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs. Throughout his car ...
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R.E.M. R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the first alternative ...
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Ely Buendia Ely Eleandre Basiño Buendia (born November 2, 1970), popularly known as Ely Buendia, is a Filipino musician, singer, songwriter, author and film director who gained fame as the guitarist, lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the famed Fil ...
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Beau Burchell Beau Burchell (born December 17, 1978) is an American musician, record producer, and audio engineer from Orange County, California. As a performer, he is best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist in Saosin. He is one of Saosin's founders, ...
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Saosin Saosin is an American rock band formed in Orange County, California in 2003 by Beau Burchell, Justin Shekoski, Zach Kennedy, and Anthony Green. The band released their first EP, ''Translating the Name'', in 2003. That year, vocalist Anthony Gre ...
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Benjamin Burnley Benjamin Jackson Burnley IV (born March 10, 1978) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the founder and frontman of the American rock band Breaking Benjamin. As the sole constant of the group, Burnley h ...
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Breaking Benjamin Breaking Benjamin is an American Rock music, rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, formed in 1999 by lead singer and guitarist Benjamin Burnley and drummer Jeremy Hummel. The first lineup of the band also included guitarist Aaron Fink an ...
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David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...
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Talking Heads Talking Heads were an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991.Talkin ...
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Carlos Cadona Carlo Cadona (born 1958 or 1959), also known by his stage name 6025, is an American musician who served as the second guitarist for the American punk rock band Dead Kennedys, from their formation in July 1978 to March 1979. Dead Kennedys (19 ...
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Dead Kennedys Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978. The band was one of the defining punk rock, punk bands during its initial eight-year run. Dead Kennedys' lyrics were usually political in nature, sa ...
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Joey Cape Randal Joseph Cape (born November 16, 1966) is an American singer and musician. Active since 1989, Cape is best known as the frontman of the California punk rock band Lagwagon. Cape released his first solo album, ''Bridge'', in 2008. His secon ...
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (often shortened to just Me First or the Gimmes) are a punk rock supergroup and cover band that formed in San Francisco in 1995. The band's lineup consists of Spike Slawson, Fat Mike, Joey Cape, and Dave Raun. Ch ...
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Eric Carmen Eric Howard Carmen (born August 11, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. He was first known as the lead vocalist of the Raspberries. He had numerous hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of the Rasp ...
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The Raspberries The Raspberries were an American pop rock band formed in 1970 from Cleveland, Ohio. They had a run of success in the early 1970s music scene with their pop rock sound, which AllMusic later described as featuring "exquisitely crafted melodies and ...
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Bob Casale Robert Edward Casale Jr. (born Robert Edward Pizzute Jr.; July 14, 1952 – February 17, 2014), or "Bob 2", was an American musician, composer and record producer. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as the keyboardist and rhythm guitari ...
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Devo Devo (, originally ) is an American rock band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973. Their classic line-up consisted of two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs (Mark and Bob) and the Casales (Gerald and Bob), along with Alan Myers. The band had a ...
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Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...
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Nick Catanese Nick Catanese (born June 2, 1971) is an American musician and convicted sex offender. He is best known as a former rhythm guitarist for heavy metal band Black Label Society. He supported lead player Zakk Wylde, who has commented that "If I'm Kei ...
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Black Label Society Black Label Society is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1998 by guitarist/singer Zakk Wylde. To date, the band has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, one EP, and three vide ...
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Max Cavalera Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera (; born August 4, 1969) is a Brazilian musician. He co-founded the heavy metal band Sepultura in 1984 with his brother Igor Cavalera, and was the band's lead singer and rhythm guitarist until his departure i ...
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Sepultura Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera,Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. the band was a major force in the groove metal, thra ...
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Soulfly Soulfly is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1997, and later based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera, who formed the band after he left the Brazilian group in 199 ...
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Cavalera Conspiracy Cavalera Conspiracy is an American heavy metal supergroup founded by Brazilian brothers Max (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Igor Cavalera (drums, percussion). The band originally formed in 2007 as Inflikted but changed its name for legal reasons ...
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Vincent Cavanagh Vincent Cavanagh (born 29 August 1973 in Liverpool) is an English singer and guitarist best known as a co-founder (and the sole constant member) of British rock band Anathema. Vincent took over as Anathema's vocalist following the departure of ...
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Dino Cazares Dino Cazares (born in 1966) is an American musician, known for being the guitarist and one of the co-founders of industrial metal band Fear Factory. He is also the co-founder of the metal bands Divine Heresy, Asesino, and Brujeria. Cazares popu ...
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Fear Factory Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1989. Throughout the band's career, they have released ten full-length albums and have evolved through a succession of sounds, all in their main style of industrial metal. ...
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Divine Heresy Divine Heresy is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California by founder of Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and Devolved drummer John Sankey. Although the band's origins trace back to 2002, Divine Heresy was officially for ...
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Doug Cerrito Doug Cerrito (born November 1970) is an American musician best known as the former guitarist for New York death metal band Suffocation from 1990 until their split in 1998. He also played on death metal band Hate Eternal Hate Eternal is a de ...
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Gab Chee Kee Gabriel Ignatius "Gab" J. Chee Kee (born July 30, 1976) is a Filipino guitarist, singer, songwriter and one of the founding members of Filipino band Parokya ni Edgar. Biography Chee Kee, whose parents are both former teachers, is one of the f ...
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Parokya ni Edgar Parokya ni Edgar (lit: Edgar's Parish) is a Filipino band formed in 1993. The band is known for its original rock novelty songs and often satirical covers of popular songs both foreign and local. The band is adept at playing in various musica ...
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Demon Hunter Demon Hunter is an American Christian metal band from Seattle, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. Although the brothers created the band together, only Ryan remains, since Don left the band to take care of his ...
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Def Leppard Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals), a ...
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Gilby Clarke Gilbert J. "Gilby" Clarke (born August 17, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He had a 3-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N' Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin in 1991 during the Use Your Illusion Tour ...
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Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...
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Rock Star Supernova Rock Star Supernova was a reality television-formed supergroup consisting of drummer Tommy Lee, bassist Jason Newsted, guitarist Gilby Clarke, and singer Lukas Rossi. The band was formed during the second season of the '' Rock Star'' reality te ...
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Allen Collins Larkin Allen Collins Jr. (July 19, 1952 – January 23, 1990) was an American guitarist. He was one of the founding members and guitarists of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, and co-wrote many of the band's songs with frontman and origina ...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd ( ) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida. The group originally formed as My Backyard in 1964 and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (lead vocalist), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Ju ...
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Catfish Collins Phelps "Catfish" Collins (October 17, 1943 – August 6, 2010) was an American musician. A lead guitarist and rhythm guitarist, he is known mostly for his work in the P-Funk collective. Although frequently overshadowed by his younger brother, ...
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Funkadelic Funkadelic was an American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, pioneered the funk music culture of the 1970s.John, Bush. Funkadeli ...
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James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...
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Eddie Condon Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang. Early years Condon was born in Goodland, Indiana, the son of J ...
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Dennis Coffey Dennis James Coffey (born November 11, 1940) is an American guitarist. He was a studio musician for many soul and R&B recordings, and is well known for his 1971 Top 10 hit single " Scorpio". Biography Coffey learned to play guitar at the ...
Temptations The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top 1 ...
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Sevendust Sevendust is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and rhythm guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and lead guitarist Clint Lowery ...
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Jamie Cook Jamie Robert Cook (born 8 July 1985) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the guitarist and a founding member of the indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, with whom he has recorded seven studio albums. Arctic Monkeys Jamie Coo ...
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Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. The group consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jamie Cook (guitar, keyboards), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Matt Helders (drums, back ...
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John Corabi John Corabi (born April 26, 1959) is an American hard rock singer and guitarist. He was the frontman of The Scream during 1989 and the frontman of Mötley Crüe between 1992 and 1996 during original frontman Vince Neil's hiatus from the band. ...
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Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil. Mötley Crüe has sold over 100 million albums ...
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Billy Corgan William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and professional wrestling promoter. He is best known as the lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and only permanent member of the rock band the ...
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The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also referred to as simply Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamb ...
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Blink-182 Blink-182 (stylized as blink-182) is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Poway, California in 1992. Their current lineup consists of bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus, guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. Though their ...
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Box Car Racer Box Car Racer is an American pop punk band formed in San Diego, California, in 2001. The group consists of guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker of Blink-182, formerly alongside guitarist David Kennedy of Hazen Street. An ...
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Angels & Airwaves Angels & Airwaves (also written as Angels and Airwaves; stylized and abbreviated as ΛVΛ) is an American rock band, comprising Tom DeLonge (lead vocals, guitars, keyboards), David Kennedy (guitars, keyboards), Ilan Rubin (drums, keyboards, b ...
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, Edgar Winter) *Matt DeVries (Chimaira) *Neil Diamond *Dez Dickerson (Prince (musician), Prince) *Mamadou Diop (musician), Mamadou Diop (MAMADOU) *Pete Doherty (
The Libertines The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar). The band, centred on the songwriting partnership of Barât and Doherty, has also included John Hassall ...
) *Edsel Dope (Dope (band), Dope) *K. K. Downing (Judas Priest) *Chris Dreja (The Yardbirds) *Oscar Dronjak (HammerFall) *Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service) *Jeff Duncan (musician), Jeff Duncan (Armored Saint) *William DuVall (Alice in Chains) *Bob Dylan


E

*Richey Edwards (Manic Street Preachers) *Richie Edwards (Stone Gods) *Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo) *Sam Endicott (The Bravery) *Everlast (musician), Everlast *Roky Erickson (The 13th Floor Elevators) *Sully Erna (Godsmack) *Omar Espinosa (Escape the Fate) *Don Everly *Jason Everman (Nirvana (band), Nirvana)


F

*Andy Fairweather Low (Amen Corner (band), Amen Corner, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters,
The Who The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist and singer John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered ...
, Joe Satriani) *Andrew Farriss (INXS) *John Feldmann (Goldfinger (band), Goldfinger) *Warren Fitzgerald (Oingo Boingo) *Tom Fletcher (McFly (band), McFly) *Robb Flynn (Machine Head (band), Machine Head) *Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) *Jerome Fontamillas (Switchfoot) *Dave Fortman (Ugly Kid Joe) *Richard Fortus (
Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...
) *Lars Frederiksen ( Rancid) *Jay Jay French (Twisted Sister) *Eric Friedman (Creed (band), Creed) *Marcelo Fromer (Titãs) *Glenn Frey (Eagles (band), The Eagles) *Daniel Freyberg (Children of Bodom, Bodom After Midnight) *Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)


G

*Eric Gale (Stuff (band), Stuff) *Anthony Gallo (Suicidal Tendencies) *Craig Gannon (Aztec Camera, The Bluebells, The Smiths) *Janet Gardner (Vixen (band), Vixen) *Danny Gatton *Per Gessle (Roxette) *Barry Gibb (The Bee Gees) *Maurice Gibb (The Bee Gees) *Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) *Lynval Golding (The Specials, Fun Boy Three) *Adam Gontier (Three Days Grace) *Matthew Good (Matthew Good Band) *Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) *Roland Grapow (Helloween) *Dallas Green (musician), Dallas Green (Alexisonfire) *Freddie Green (Count Basie Orchestra) *Brian Greenway (April Wine, Mashmakhan) *Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) *Fred Guy *Janick Gers (Iron Maiden)


H

*Mårten Hagström (Meshuggah) *Lzzy Hale (Halestorm) *Bill Haley (musician), Bill Haley (Bill Haley & His Comets) *Jim Hall (musician), Jim Hall *John Hall (New York politician), John Hall (Orleans (band), Orleans, Bonnie Raitt) *Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes) *Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) *Glen Hansard (The Frames) *Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray (band), Gamma Ray, Helloween) *Richie Havens *Dan Hawkins (musician), Dan Hawkins (The Darkness (band), The Darkness) *Matt Heafy (Trivium (band), Trivium) *Charles Hedger (Cradle of Filth) *Martin Henriksson (Dark Tranquillity) *James Hetfield (Metallica) *Nick Hexum (311 (band), 311) *Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles) *Noddy Holder (Slade) *Dexter Holland (The Offspring) *Buddy Holly (The Crickets) *John Lee Hooker *Hyde (musician), Hyde (L'Arc-en-Ciel) *Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)


I

*Scott Ian (Anthrax (American band), Anthrax) *John Idan (The Yardbirds) *James Iha (
The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also referred to as simply Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamb ...
) *Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) *Inoran (Luna Sea) *Izzy Stradlin (
Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...
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J

*Jaret Reddick (Bowling For Soup) *Jim James (My Morning Jacket) *Mark Jansen (Epica (band), Epica) *Russell Javors (Billy Joel Band) *Al Jardine (The Beach Boys) *Patrik Jensen (The Haunted (Swedish band), The Haunted) *Joan Jett (Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, The Runaways) *Lars-Olof Johansson (The Cardigans) *Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood (band), Dr. Feelgood, The Blockheads) *Christofer Johnsson (Therion (band), Therion) *Tom Johnston (musician), Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers) *Nick Jonas (Jonas Brothers) *Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) *Jung Yong-hwa (CN Blue) *Jinxx (Black Veil Brides) *Juanes


K

*Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) *Steve Katz (musician), Steve Katz (Blood, Sweat, and Tears) *Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand (band), Franz Ferdinand) *Bob Katsionis (Firewind) *John Kay (musician), John Kay (Steppenwolf (band), Steppenwolf) *Gab Chee-Kee (
Parokya ni Edgar Parokya ni Edgar (lit: Edgar's Parish) is a Filipino band formed in 1993. The band is known for its original rock novelty songs and often satirical covers of popular songs both foreign and local. The band is adept at playing in various musica ...
) *Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity) *Bill Kelliher (Mastodon (band), Mastodon) *Mike Keneally (Dethklok) *Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) *Ryan Key (Yellowcard) *Joe King (guitarist), Joe King (The Fray) *Kerry King (Slayer) *Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry) *Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) *David Knopfler (Dire Straits) *Tomi Koivusaari (Amorphis) *Carl Kress *Robbie Krieger (The Doors) *Chad Kroeger (Nickelback) *Steffen Kummerer (Obscura (band), Obscura) *Alexander Kuoppala (Children of Bodom) *Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver)


L

*Michael Landau (Boz Scaggs, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Miles Davis *Paul Landers (Rammstein) *Andy LaRocque (King Diamond (band), King Diamond) *Tito Larriva (Cruzados, Tito & Tarantula) *Martin Larsson (guitarist), Martin Larsson (At the Gates) *Roope Latvala (Children of Bodom) *Avril Lavigne *Blackie Lawless (W.A.S.P. (band), W.A.S.P.) *John LeCompt (Evanescence) *Larry Lee (musician), Larry Lee (Gypsy Sun and Rainbows, Al Green) *Sébastien Lefebvre (Simple Plan) *John Lennon (The Beatles) *Jared Leto (Thirty Seconds to Mars) *Adam Levine (Maroon 5) *Aaron Lewis (Staind) *Matty Lewis (Zebrahead) *Mike Lewis (musician), Mike Lewis (Lostprophets) *Herman Li (DragonForce) *Hal Lindes (Dire Straits) *Glenn Ljungström (Dimension Zero) *Kenny Loggins (Loggins and Messina, solo artist) *John Lombardo (10,000 Maniacs) *Courtney Love (Hole (band), Hole) *Parker Lundgren (Queensrÿche) *Simaro Lutumba (TPOK Jazz, Tout Puissant Orchestre Kinshasa Jazz)


M

*Bryan MacLean (Love (band), Love) *Ian Mackaye (Fugazi) *Benji Madden (Good Charlotte) *Joel Madden (Good Charlotte) *Jen Majura (Evanescence) *Bob Marley *Steve Marriott (Humble Pie (band), Humble Pie) *Chris Martin (Coldplay) *Dave Mason (Traffic (band), Traffic) *Dave Matthews (Dave Matthews Band) *Justin Mauriello (I Hate Kate, Zebrahead) *Lee Mavers (The La's) *Brian May (Queen (band), Queen) *Curtis Mayfield (The Impressions) *Paul McCartney (The Beatles) *List of Girlschool band members, Kim McAuliffe (Girlschool) *George McCorkle (The Marshall Tucker Band) *Hugh McCracken *Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe & The Fish) *Brownie McGhee *Tim McIlrath (Rise Against) *Duff McKagan (Loaded (band), Loaded) *Al McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire) *Sarah McLachlan *Eric Melvin (NOFX) *Wendy Melvoin (Wendy & Lisa, Prince and The Revolution) *Joe Messina (The Funk Brothers) *Bret Michaels (Poison (American band), Poison) *Paulo Miklos (Titãs) *Shaun Morgan (Seether) *Sterling Morrison (Velvet Underground) *Cameron Muncey ( Jet) *Dave Mustaine (
Megadeth Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...
) *Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless)


N

*Graham Nash (The Hollies, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) *A.C. Newman (The New Pornographers) *Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention) *Leo Nocentelli (The Meters) *Jimmy Nolen (The J.B.'s) *Fredrik Nordström (Dream Evil)


O

*Ed O'Brien (Radiohead) *John Oates (Hall & Oates) *Ric Ocasek (The Cars) *Kele Okereke (Bloc Party) *Roy Orbison


P

*Dave Padden (Annihilator (band), Annihilator) *Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds) *Marek Pająk, Marek "Spider" Pająk (Vader (band), Vader) *Rick Parfitt (Status Quo (band), Status Quo) *Ralph Patt *Pata (musician), Pata (X Japan) *Kirk Pengilly (INXS) *Trevor Peres (Obituary (band), Obituary) *Carl Perkins *Peter Perrett (The Only Ones) *Steve Perry (Oregon musician), Steve Perry (Cherry Poppin' Daddies) *Eric Peterson (musician), Eric Peterson (Testament (band), Testament) *Mille Petrozza (Kreator) *Tom Petty (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) *Dave Peverett (Foghat) *John Pisano (Tijuana Brass, Sérgio Mendes) *Bucky Pizzarelli *Chris Poland (
Megadeth Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...
) *Elvis Presley *Prince (musician), Prince *Jett Pangan (The Dawn (band), The Dawn)


R

*David Ragsdale (Kansas (band), Kansas) *Johnny Ramone (The Ramones) *Josh Ramsay Marianas Trench (band), (Marianas Trench) *Jaret Reddick (Bowling for Soup) *Jimmy Reed *Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground) *Kurt Reifler *Tim Reynolds *John Rich (musician), John Rich (Big & Rich) *Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) *Brian Robertson (guitarist), Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy) *Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies) *Johnny Rod (W.A.S.P. (band), W.A.S.P.) *Nile Rodgers (Chic (band), Chic) *Dean Roland (Collective Soul) *Jim Root (Slipknot (band), Slipknot, Stone Sour) *Gavin Rossdale (Bush (British band), Bush, Institute (band), Institute) *Gary Rossington (
Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd ( ) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida. The group originally formed as My Backyard in 1964 and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (lead vocalist), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Ju ...
) *Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish) *Mike Rutherford (Genesis (band), Genesis) *Paul Ryan (musician and agent), Paul Ryan (Cradle of Filth)


S

*Claudio Sanchez (Coheed and Cambria) *Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth) *Rudolf Schenker (Scorpions (band), Scorpions) *Patti Scialfa (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) *John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful) *Boz Scaggs *Mike Schleibaum (Darkest Hour (band), Darkest Hour) *James "Munky" Shaffer (Korn) *Shagrath (Chrome Division) *Garry Shider (Parliament-Funkadelic ) *Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) *Marcus Siepen (Blind Guardian) *Charlie Simpson (Fightstar) *Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5) *Silenoz (Dimmu Borgir) *Acey Slade (Misfits (band), Misfits, Dope (band), Dope, Trashlight Vision) *Mark Slaughter (Slaughter (band), Slaughter) *Brendon Small (Dethklok) *Pat Smear (Germs (band), Germs, Nirvana (band), Nirvana, Foo Fighters) *Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) *Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith (The Cure) *Tom Smith (musician), Tom Smith (Editors (band), Editors) *Skip Spence (Moby Grape) *Tony Spinner (Toto (band), Toto) *David Spinozza *Layne Staley (Alice in Chains, Mad Season (band), Mad Season) *Paul Stanley (Kiss (band), Kiss) *Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity) *Wayne Static (Static-X) *Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) *Izzy Stradlin (
Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...
) *Jesper Strömblad (In Flames, Dimension Zero (Swedish band), Dimension Zero, Cyhra) *Joe Strummer (The Clash) *Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy) *Nasty Suicide (Hanoi Rocks) *Andy Summers (The Police) *Dan Swanö (Bloodbath) *Matthew Sweet *Michael Sweet (Stryper) *Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls) *Dennis Stratton (Iron Maiden) *Patryk Dominik Sztyber (Behemoth (band), Behemoth)


T

*Ray Tabano (Aerosmith) *Takuro (musician), Takuro (Glay (band), Glay) *Serj Tankian (System of a Down) *Evan Taubenfeld *Corey Taylor (Slipknot (band), Slipknot, Stone Sour) *Tommy Tedesco *Bobby Tench *Teru (guitarist) (Versailles (band), Jupiter (band)) *Roger Meddows-Taylor, Roger Taylor (The Cross (band), The Cross, Queen (band), Queen) *Tom Thacker (musician), Tom Thacker (Gob (band), Gob) *Mick Thomson (Slipknot (band), Slipknot) *Scott Thurston (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) *Paul Tobias (
Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...
) *Simon Tong (The Verve, The Shining (band), The Shining, The Good, the Bad & the Queen) *Sam Totman (DragonForce) *Pete Townshend (
The Who The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist and singer John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered ...
) *Matthew Tuck (Bullet for My Valentine) *Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney) *Alex Turner (musician), Alex Turner (
Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. The group consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jamie Cook (guitar, keyboards), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Matt Helders (drums, back ...
) *Erik Turner (Warrant (American band), Warrant) *Jeff Tuttle ( Dillinger Escape Plan)


V

*Nick Valensi (The Strokes) *Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go's) *Kurdt Vanderhoof (Metal Church) *Anneke van Giersbergen (Anneke van Giersbergen (band), Anneke van Giersbergen) *Steve Van Zandt (E Street Band) *Jimmie Vaughan (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) *Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)


W

*Joe Walsh (James Gang, Eagles (band), Eagles) *Dustie Waring (Between the Buried and Me) *Roger Waters (
Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philo ...
) *Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) *Brian Welch (Korn) *Bob Welch (musician), Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac) *Bruce Welch (The Shadows) *Emil Werstler (Chimaira, Dååth) *Robert Westerholt (Within Temptation) *Deryck Whibley (Sum 41) *Robert White (guitarist), Robert White (The Funk Brothers) *Brad Whitford (Aerosmith) *Danny Whitten (Crazy Horse (band), Crazy Horse) *Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's) *Rich Williams (Kansas (band), Kansas) *Eddie Willis (The Funk Brothers) *Nancy Wilson (rock musician), Nancy Wilson (Heart (band), Heart) *Ricky Wilson (American musician), Ricky Wilson (The B-52's) *Kirk Windstein (Crowbar (American band), Crowbar) *Christian Olde Wolbers (
Fear Factory Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1989. Throughout the band's career, they have released ten full-length albums and have evolved through a succession of sounds, all in their main style of industrial metal. ...
, Arkaea) *Ronnie Wood (Faces (band), Faces, The Rolling Stones) *Jack White (The White Stripes)


Y

*Taylor York (Paramore) *Thom Yorke (Radiohead, The Smile (band) , The Smile) *George Young (rock musician), George Young (The Easybeats) *Malcolm Young (AC/DC)


Z

*Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) *John Zwetsloot (Dissection (band), Dissection)


See also

* List of classical guitarists * List of drummers * List of jazz guitarists *
List of lead guitarists The following is a list of significant lead guitarists, arranged in ascending alphabetical order of their last name. For rhythm guitarists see list of rhythm guitarists. {{Dynamic list A * Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders) * "Dimebag" Darrell ...
* List of bass guitarists * List of slide guitarists * List of keyboardists


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Rhythm Guitarists Rhythm guitarists, Lists of guitarists, Rhythm guitarists