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Pat Torpey
Pat Torpey
American musician
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Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert
American musician
2
Eric Martin
Eric Martin
American musician
3
Richie Kotzen
Richie Kotzen
American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
4
The Winery Dogs
The Winery Dogs
American rock supergroup
5
Billy Sheehan
Billy Sheehan
American musician
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Extreme
Extreme
American rock band
7
Testament
Testament
American metal band
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Racer X
Racer X
American heavy metal band
9
Exodus
Exodus
American thrash metal band
10
Sons of Apollo
Sons of Apollo
American band
11
Munetaka Higuchi
Munetaka Higuchi
Japanese musician
12
Faith No More
Faith No More
American rock band
13
Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam
thrash metal group from Phoenix, Arizona
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Forbidden
Forbidden
American thrash metal band
15
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
British heavy metal band
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Death Angel
Death Angel
American thrash metal band
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Heathen
Heathen
American thrash metal band
18
Murderdolls
Murderdolls
band
19
Stormtroopers of Death
Stormtroopers of Death
band
20
Warrant
Warrant
rock band from the United States
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Trouble
Trouble
American doom metal band
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Metal Church
Metal Church
American heavy metal band
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Slayer
Slayer
American thrash metal band
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Accept
Accept
German heavy metal band
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Liquid Tension Experiment
Liquid Tension Experiment
American band
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Loudness
Loudness
Japanese heavy metal band
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As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
American metalcore band
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The Misfits
The Misfits
American horror punk band
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Terry Bozzio
Terry Bozzio
American musician
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Dokken
Dokken
American heavy metal band
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John Sykes
John Sykes
musician, songwriter
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Helloween
Helloween
Power metal band
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Derek Sherinian
Derek Sherinian
American keyboardist
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Fear Factory
Fear Factory
American metal band
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Takahiro Matsumoto
Takahiro Matsumoto
Japanese guitarist and music producer (1961-)
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Tracii Guns
Tracii Guns
American musician
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Dark Angel
Dark Angel
American thrash metal band
38
Steven Adler
Steven Adler
American musician
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Skid Row
Skid Row
American heavy metal band
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Skrape
Skrape
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A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle
American alternative rock band
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Gene Hoglan
Gene Hoglan
American musician
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Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
American heavy metal band formed in 1982
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Carcass
Carcass
British extreme metal band
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Mark Boals
Mark Boals
American musician
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Anthrax
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
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Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall
American metal band
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Decapitated
Decapitated
Polish death metal band
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Saigon Kick
Saigon Kick
band
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Saint Vitus
Saint Vitus
American doom metal band
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Stryper
Stryper
American band
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Mike Portnoy
Mike Portnoy
American drummer
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Whitesnake
Whitesnake
British hard rock band
54
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy
Swedish melodic death metal band
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Mr. Bungle
Mr. Bungle
American band
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Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister
American rock band
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Lordi
Lordi
Finnish hard rock band
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Labyrinth
Labyrinth
Italian power metal band
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In Flames
In Flames
Swedish metal band
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Scorpions
Scorpions
German rock band
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The Cult
The Cult
British rock band
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Kittie
Kittie
Canadian heavy metal band
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Tomahawk
Tomahawk
American supergroup
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Soilwork
Soilwork
Swedish melodic death metal band
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The Sword
The Sword
American band
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Overkill
Overkill
American thrash metal band
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Poison
Poison
American glam metal band
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Soundgarden
Soundgarden
American rock band
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Venom
Venom
English thrash metal band
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BulletBoys
BulletBoys
American hard rock group
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Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
American metal band
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TKO
TKO
rock band from Seattle
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Obscura
Obscura
band
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Cinderella
Cinderella
American rock band
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Megadeth
Megadeth
American heavy metal band

Mr. Big is an American glam metal band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1988. The band was originally composed of Eric Martin (lead vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar, backing vocals), Billy Sheehan (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Pat Torpey (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Though primarily a metal band, they are most known for scoring softer hits. Their songs are often marked by strong vocals and vocal harmonies. Their hits include "To Be with You" (a number-one single in 15 countries in 1992) and "Just Take My Heart". The band takes its name from a song by Free which it covered on the 1993 album Bump Ahead.

Mr. Big remained active and popular for over a decade despite internal conflicts and changing music trends, releasing four studio albums: Mr. Big (1989), Lean into It (1991), Bump Ahead (1993) and Hey Man (1996). Guitarist Paul Gilbert departed the band in 1999, and Richie Kotzen was brought as a guitarist and vocalist. The band released two more albums with this line-up: Get Over It (1999) and Actual Size (2001). Mr. Big broke up in 2002.

Following requests from fans, Mr. Big reunited with its original line-up in 2009. The band's first post-reunion tour was in Japan. In 2010, Mr. Big released its first album in 15 years with the same line-up: What If.... During the recording of the follow-up album ...The Stories We Could Tell (2014), Pat Torpey was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and participated only marginally as a touring support. The band's ninth album, Defying Gravity (2017), was its last record involving Torpey as drum producer; he died the following year. Not wanting to continue without Torpey, the band intended to release a final studio album, conduct a farewell tour and disband. However, since then they have been on hiatus, they still exist as musical entity, but with no concrete plans to continue with a different drummer and haven't discussed their future, as affirmed by Billy Sheehan.

Mr. Big is frequently cited as an example of the "Big in Japan" phenomenon, where a musical act is disproportionately more popular in Japan compared to similar groups. Some consider Mr. Big as one-hit wonder for "To Be with You", but they maintained consistent popularity in the Japanese market for years.