List of rock/pop guitarists
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This is a list of rock and pop guitarists:
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[edit] A
- Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World)
- Michael "Olga" Algar (Toy Dolls)
- Duane Allman (Derek and the Dominos, The Allman Brothers Band)
- Quinn Allman (The Used)
- Trey Anastasio (Phish)
- Ace Andres (The X-15's)
- Sam Andrew (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
- Ian Antono (God Bless)
- Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
- Tim Armstrong (Operation Ivy, Rancid, Transplants)
- Ron Asheton (The Stooges)
- Chet Atkins
[edit] B
- Randy Bachman (The Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
- Dave Ball (Procol Harum)
- Perry Bamonte (The Cure)
- Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion)
- Niki Barr
- Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
- Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)
- Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, The Honeydrippers, Beck, Bogert & Appice)
- Adrian Belew (Frank Zappa, King Crimson)
- Brian Bell (Weezer)
- Matthew Bellamy (Muse)
- Chuck Berry
- Jón Þór Birgisson (Sigur Rós)
- Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night)
- Creed Bratton (The Grass Roots)
- Brendan Brown (Wheatus)
- Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
- Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
- Bumblefoot (Guns N' Roses)
- Paul Burlison (The Rock and Roll Trio)
[edit] C
- Phil Campbell (Motörhead)
- Chris Cheney (The Living End),
- Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos)
- Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
- John Corabi (Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe, Union)
- Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan)
- Graham Coxon (Blur)
- Warren Cuccurullo (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, Duran Duran)
- Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)
[edit] D
- Dick Dale
- Jean Pierre Danel
- Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots)
- Brad Delson (Linkin Park)
- Bo Diddley
- Ian D'Sa (Billy Talent)
- Billy Duffy (The Cult)
[edit] E
- Duane Eddy
- Robert Eggplant (Blatz, The Hope Bombs)
- Mattias "IA" Eklundh (Freak Kitchen)
- Jason Everman
[edit] F
- Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad)
- Andrew Farriss (INXS)
- Tim Farriss (INXS)
- Don Felder (Eagles)
- Chris Foreman (Madness)
- Lars Frederiksen (Rancid)
- Ace Frehley (Kiss)
- Glenn Frey (Eagles)
- Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
- John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
[edit] G
- Lamb Gaede (Prussian Blue)
- Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
- Danny Gatton
- Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
- Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
- David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
- Mick Grabham (Cochise, Procol Harum)
- Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
- Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
- Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion)
- James Gurley (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
- Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins)
[edit] H
- Steve Hackett (Genesis)
- Sean Hayter (Lucius Hunt)
- Mohammad Ridwan Hafiedz (Slank)
- Chuck Hammer (Lou Reed, David Bowie, Guitarchitecture)
- Albert Hammond, Jr. (The Strokes)
- George Harrison (The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys)
- Christian Hejnal (Scarling.)
- Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
- Don Henley (Eagles)
- Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks, Bad Religion)
- Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)
- Buddy Holly
- Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age)
- Tomoyasu Hotei (BOØWY)
- Steve Howe (Yes)
- David Howell Evans (U2)
- Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)
[edit] I
[edit] J
- Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind)
- Joan Jett (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts)
- Eric Johnson
- Mick Jones (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, Carbon/Silicon)
- Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)
[edit] K
- Alex Kapranos
- Terry Kath (Chicago)
- Kaoru (Dir en grey)
- John Kay (Steppenwolf)
- Phil Keaggy
- Paula Kelley
- Keri Kelli
- David Keuning (The Killers)
- Cheyenne Kimball
- Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
- Wayne Kramer (MC5)
- Robby Krieger (The Doors)
- Bruce Kulick
[edit] L
- Denny Laine (Paul McCartney, Wings, The Moody Blues, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Colin Blunstone)
- Shawn Lane
- Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers)
- Albert Lee
- John Lennon (The Beatles)
- Alex Lifeson (Rush)
- Rickey Lime (Scarling.)
- Tom Linton (Jimmy Eat World)
- Peter Loew (The Dandy Warhols)
- Courtney Love (Hole)
- Steve Lukather
- George Lynch (Dokken)
[edit] M
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen
- Kee Marcello (Europe)
- Del Marquis (Scissor Sisters)
- Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
- Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe)
- Hank B. Marvin (The Shadows)
- J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr)
- Tak Matsumoto (B'z)
- Brian May (Queen)
- John Mayer (John Mayer Trio)
- Nick McCarthy
- Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings)
- Andy McCoy (Hanoi Rocks)
- Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
- Jimmy McCulloch (Wings, Thunderclap Newman, Stone the Crows, Small Faces, The Dukes)
- John McGeoch (Magazine, Visage, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, The Armoury Show)
- Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)
- Sarah McLachlan
- Timothy McTague (Underoath)
- Barry Melton (Country Joe and the Fish, The Dinosaurs)
- Midoru
- Kim Mitchell
- Michael Monarch (Steppenwolf)
- Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy)
- Vinnie Moore
- Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)
- Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Kansas, Deep Purple)
- Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü)
[edit] N
- Mr Nick Nasty
- Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel)
- Abdee Negara (Slank)
- Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe)
- Michael Nesmith (The Monkees)
- Grant Nicholas (Feeder)
- Craig Nicholls (The Vines)
- Noble (British Sea Power)
- John Norum (Europe)
- Bradley Nowell ( Sublime)
- Ted Nugent
[edit] P
- Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds)
- Kirk Pengilly (INXS)
- Joe Perry (Aerosmith, The Joe Perry Project)
- John Perry (The Only Ones)
- Vicki Peterson (The Bangles)
- Debbi Peterson (The Bangles)
- Tom Petty (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Traveling Wilburys)
- Elvis Presley
- Prince
- Jade Puget (AFI)
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Johnny Ramone (The Ramones)
- Chris Rea
- Lou Reed
- Vernon Reid (Living Colour)
- Sheldon Reynolds (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
- Michael Roe
- Mick Ronson (David Bowie)
[edit] S
- Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
- Claudio Sanchez (Shabutie, Coheed and Cambria, The Prize Fighter Inferno)
- Carlos Santana
- Blues Saraceno
- Heath Saraceno (Senses Fail)
- Joe Satriani
- Tom Scholz (Boston)
- Neal Schon (Santana, Journey)
- James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders)
- Brian Setzer (The Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra)
- Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park, Fort Minor)
- Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel)
- Slash (Slash's Snakepit, Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
- Radio Sloan (The Need, Scarling.)
- Barry Sless (David Nelson Band)
- Pat Smear (The Germs)
- Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5)
- James Smith (Underoath)
- Robert Smith
- Snail's Pace Slim (The Hamsters)
- Frank Lee Sprague
- Billy Squier
- John Squire (Stone Roses)
- Paul Stanley (Kiss)
- Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, Kyosuke Himuro)
- Mark St. John
- Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses)
- Andy Summers (The Police)
- Peter Svensson (The Cardigans)
[edit] T
- Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
- Courtney Taylor-Taylor (The Dandy Warhols)
- Mick Taylor (The Rolling Stones, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
- Teitur
- Porl Thompson (The Cure)
- Richard Thompson
- George Thorogood
- Pete Townshend (The Who)
- Jason Trachtenburg
- Mark Tremonti (Creed, Alter Bridge)
- Robin Trower (Procol Harum)
[edit] U
[edit] V
- Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake)
- Nick Valensi (The Strokes)
- Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
- Tom Verlaine (Television)
- Vinnie Vincent (Kiss)
[edit] W
- Joe Walsh (The James Gang, The Eagles)
- Bob Weir (Grateful Dead)
- Tim Wheeler (Ash)
- Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs)
- Jason White (Pinhead Gunpowder, Green Day)
- Nancy Wilson (Heart)
- Ron Wood (The Rolling Stones, The Faces, The Jeff Beck Group)
- Roy Wood (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Wizzard)
- Ka-kui Wong (Beyond)
- Paul Wong (Beyond)
- Wu Bai
- Würzel
[edit] Y
- Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
- Angus Young (AC/DC)
- Malcolm Young (AC/DC)
- Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse, CSN&Y, The Stray Gators)
