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Chickenfoot
Chickenfoot
American rock supergroup
1
Davy Knowles
Davy Knowles
Manx blues guitarist and singer
2
Jason Becker
Jason Becker
American guitarist and composer
3
Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony
American rock musician
4
John Petrucci
John Petrucci
American guitarist
5
Jonny Buckland
Jonny Buckland
Welsh musician and multi-instrumentalist
6
Phil Collen
Phil Collen
British musician, rock guitarist
7
Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and entrepreneur
8
Coldplay
Coldplay
British band
9
Back Door Slam
Back Door Slam
10
Alex Skolnick
Alex Skolnick
American musician
11
Akira Takasaki
Akira Takasaki
Japanese musician
12
Chad Smith
Chad Smith
American musician; drummer in Red Hot Chili Peppers
13
Uli Jon Roth
Uli Jon Roth
German musician
14
Björn Gelotte
Björn Gelotte
Swedish guitarist
15
Steve Vai
Steve Vai
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
16
Steve Morse
Steve Morse
American guitarist and composer
17
Gary Holt
Gary Holt
American guitarist
18
Steve Lukather
Steve Lukather
guitarist
19
Andy Timmons
Andy Timmons
American guitarist
20
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
American guitarist, session musician, recording artist
21
Deep Purple
Deep Purple
English rock band
22
Dave Martone
Dave Martone
Canadian guitarist
23
Mountain
Mountain
American rock band
24
Horacio MacAlpine
Horacio MacAlpine
American musician and composer
25
Mike Keneally
Mike Keneally
American musician
26
Gus G
Gus G
Greek guitarist
27
Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth
English guitarist and composer
28
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
American musician
29
Brian May
Brian May
English musician and astrophysicist
30
Phil Campbell
Phil Campbell
British musician
31
Stuart Hamm
Stuart Hamm
American musician
32
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong
American rock singer and musician
33
Andy Fairweather Low
Andy Fairweather Low
Welsh singer, guitarist and songwriter
34
Andy McKee
Andy McKee
American musician
35
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa
American musician
36
The Ventures
The Ventures
American instrumental rock band
37
Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith
British rock musician; heavy metal guitarist, songwriter
38
Chris Martin
Chris Martin
English singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and philanthropist, co-founder of Coldplay
39
Joe Perry
Joe Perry
American musician
40
Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore
British guitarist and songwriter, guitarist of the band Deep Purple
41
The Aristocrats
The Aristocrats
International rock supergroup
42
Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker
German musician
43
Joe Lynn Turner
Joe Lynn Turner
American singer
44
Guthrie Govan
Guthrie Govan
British musician
Member of, past and present

Joseph Satriani (born July 15, 1956) is an American guitarist, composer, songwriter, and guitar teacher. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor, with many of his former students achieving fame, including Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick; he then went on to have a successful solo music career. He is a 15-time Grammy Award nominee and has sold over 10 million albums, making him the bestselling instrumental rock guitarist of all time.

In 1988, Satriani was recruited by Mick Jagger as lead guitarist for his first solo tour. Satriani briefly toured with Deep Purple, joining shortly after the departure of Ritchie Blackmore in November 1993. He has worked with a range of guitarists during the G3 tour, which he founded in 1995. Satriani has been the guitarist for the supergroup Chickenfoot since joining the band in 2008.