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Obscura
Obscura
band
1
Hannes Grossmann
Hannes Grossmann
German drummer
2
Necrophagist
Necrophagist
band
3
Spawn of Possession
Spawn of Possession
band
4
Fredrik Thordendal
Fredrik Thordendal
Swedish musician
5
Alex Webster
Alex Webster
American musician
6
Dave Keuning
Dave Keuning
musician, songwriter
7
I Am Ghost
I Am Ghost
American band
8
Gorguts
Gorguts
band
9
Hate Eternal
Hate Eternal
American death metal band
10
Steve Vai
Steve Vai
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
11
Vinnie Moore
Vinnie Moore
American guitarist and member of the band UFO
12
James Shaffer
James Shaffer
American musician
13
Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert
American musician
14
Monte Money
Monte Money
American musician
15
Dave Navarro
Dave Navarro
American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction
16
Lindsey Buckingham
Lindsey Buckingham
American singer, songwriter, and producer
17
Denny Freeman
Denny Freeman
American Texas and electric blues guitarist
18
Gary Moore
Gary Moore
Northern Ireland guitarist, songwriter and record producer
19
Brian Welch
Brian Welch
American guitarist
20
Glenn Tipton
Glenn Tipton
British musician
21
Frank Iero
Frank Iero
American musician
22
The Weakerthans
The Weakerthans
Canadian indie rock band
23
I Set My Friends On Fire
I Set My Friends On Fire
Experimental rock band from Miami, Florida
24
Wayne Kramer
Wayne Kramer
American musician
25
Tom Morello
Tom Morello
American guitarist and singer-songwriter
26
Orianthi
Orianthi
Greek-Australian musician and singer-songwriter
27
Escape the Fate
Escape the Fate
American rock band
28
Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett
American guitarist
29
Down by Law
Down by Law
American punk rock band
30
Chon
Chon
american rock band
31
Matchbook Romance
Matchbook Romance
band
32
Brett Gurewitz
Brett Gurewitz
American musician and producer
33
Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman
musician
34
Marco Sfogli
Marco Sfogli
Italian musician
35
Brad Delson
Brad Delson
American musician
36
Leathermouth
Leathermouth
37
Keith Scott
Keith Scott
Canadian guitarist
38
Daryl Stuermer
Daryl Stuermer
American guitarist
39
Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
40
Brian May
Brian May
English musician and astrophysicist
41
Dan Auerbach
Dan Auerbach
American musician
42
Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour
American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer
43
Jónsi
Jónsi
Icelandic musician
44
Kiko Loureiro
Kiko Loureiro
Brazilian guitarist
45
Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack
American band
46
Josh Klinghoffer
Josh Klinghoffer
American musician
47
Derek Webb
Derek Webb
musician
48
John Frusciante
John Frusciante
American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer
49
Kai Hansen
Kai Hansen
German musician
50
Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi
British guitarist and composer
51
Mike McCready
Mike McCready
musician, songwriter
52
Anders Björler
Anders Björler
Swedish musician
53
Sean Reinert
Sean Reinert
American musician
54
Jesper Strömblad
Jesper Strömblad
Swedish musician
55
Dan Donegan
Dan Donegan
American musician
56
Big Star
Big Star
American rock band
Christian Münzner
German musician

Christian Münzner

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German musician
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Music

Christian Münzner (born 21 August 1981) is a German guitarist who plays for the bands Obscura and Alkaloid. He is also known for playing for the technical death metal band Necrophagist from 2002 until 2006, appearing on their 2004 release Epitaph. As well as Necrophagist, Münzner played in Defeated Sanity from 1999 to 2002 and Obscura from 2008 to 2014, after which he left to co-found the extreme progressive metal supergroup Alkaloid. He rejoined Obscura in 2020.

In addition to being a prolific solo artist who has released three solo albums, Münzner is also a member of Ron Jarzombek's musical venture Terrestrial Exiled and was featured on Hannes Grossmann's solo album.

In recent years he has suffered from focal dystonia in his left hand.

Münzner is known for drawing huge influences from classical music, particularly Johann Sebastian Bach.