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Jason Becker
American guitarist and composer
1
Dave Murray
English heavy metal guitarist and songwriter
2
Helmet
American alternative metal band
3
Jeff Hanneman
American guitarist
4
Caspar Brötzmann
musician
5
Synyster Gates
American musician
6
Gus G
Greek guitarist
7
Alex Skolnick
American musician
8
Joe Satriani
American musician
9
Band of Susans
band
10
Vernon Reid
American guitarist and songwriter
11
Frank Marino
Canadian guitarist
12
Horacio MacAlpine
American musician and composer
13
Scott Ian
American musician
14
André Olbrich
German musician
15
Frank Bello
American bassist
16
Jason Newsted
American musician
17
Richie Kotzen
American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
18
Thurston Moore
American guitarist
19
Steve Morse
American guitarist and composer
20
Vinnie Moore
American guitarist and member of the band UFO
21
Kekal
Indonesian metal band
22
Shining
Norwegian musical group; hard rock band
23
Jeff Loomis
American musician
24
Nita Strauss
guitarist
25
Earl Slick
American guitarist
26
Steve Lukather
guitarist
27
George Lynch
American musician
28
Tom Morello
American guitarist and singer-songwriter
29
Chris Broderick
American guitarist
30
Jake E. Lee
American musician
31
John Petrucci
American guitarist
32
Dregen
Swedish musician
33
Carbonized
Swedish band
34
Leslie West
American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
35
Jens Johansson
Swedish musician
36
Mr. Bungle
American band
37
Jeff Waters
Canadian musician, founder of thrash metal band Annihilator
38
Glenn Tipton
British musician
39
Steve Vai
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
40
Kirk Hammett
American guitarist
41
Luca Turilli
Italian musician, composer and producer
42
Dazzling Killmen
American math rock band
43
Alex Machacek
Austrian jazz musician
44
Kevin Ridel
American musician
45
Melvins
American rock band
46
Craig Goldy
American rock musician
47
Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
48
Scott Weinrich
American guitarist and singer
49
Ava Mendoza
American musician
50
Mary Halvorson
US avant-garde jazz guitarist
51
Tom Verlaine
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
52
K. K. Downing
British musician
53
Tom Hamilton
bass player
54
Dysrhythmia
American band
55
Duck Baker
American guitarist
