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Pat Irwin
Pat Irwin
American musician
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James Chance and the Contortions
James Chance and the Contortions
band
2
Bush Tetras
Bush Tetras
American rock band
3
James Chance
James Chance
American saxophonist, keyboard player, songwriter and singer
4
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
band
5
Los Straitjackets
Los Straitjackets
American instrumental rock band
6
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
7
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
band
8
John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
9
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
American band
10
Soilent Green
Soilent Green
American metal band (1988- )
11
The Pretenders
The Pretenders
English-American rock band
12
Thin White Rope
Thin White Rope
American band
13
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
14
Tim Landers
Tim Landers
American musician
15
Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
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Chris Squire
Chris Squire
British bass guitarist and songwriter
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The Shadows
The Shadows
British rock group
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The Surfaris
The Surfaris
American surf rock band
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Artie Traum
Artie Traum
American musician
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The Meatmen
The Meatmen
American punk band
21
Dennis Irwin
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
22
War
War
American funk band
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Paul Simonon
Paul Simonon
English musician (Bass guitarist, vocalist, songwriter) and visual artist
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R.E.M.
R.E.M.
American alternative rock band
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Clem Burke
Clem Burke
American drummer
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Paul Denman
Paul Denman
English songwriter and bass guitarist
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Fear
Fear
American band
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Roomful of Blues
Roomful of Blues
Musical band
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Lȧȧz Rockit
Lȧȧz Rockit
American band
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Mike Stern
Mike Stern
American jazz guitarist
31
The Nips
The Nips
band
32
Pat Travers
Pat Travers
Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
34
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch
American singer, author and actress
35
The Cyrkle
The Cyrkle
American rock and roll band active in the early and mid-1960s
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Diatribe
Diatribe
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
38
Norman Blake
Norman Blake
American musician
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Carol Kaye
Carol Kaye
American bass guitarist
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John Cowan
John Cowan
American musician
41
The Queers
The Queers
American punk band
42
Anti-Pasti
Anti-Pasti
British band
43
The Greg Kihn Band
The Greg Kihn Band
American band
44
Attila Zoller
Attila Zoller
Hungarian Jazz guitarist
45
Alphonso Johnson
Alphonso Johnson
American musician
46
Switch
Switch
American musical group; R&B/funk band
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Joe Osborn
Joe Osborn
American bassist
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Agent Orange
Agent Orange
American punk band
49
Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
50
Mountain
Mountain
American rock band
51
Felix Pappalardi
Felix Pappalardi
American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist
52
Christian Olde Wolbers
Christian Olde Wolbers
Belgian guitarist
53
Humble Pie
Humble Pie
English rock band
54
Vardis
Vardis
English hard rock band
55
The Go-Go's
The Go-Go's
American rock band formed in 1978
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Angry Samoans
Angry Samoans
American punk rock band
57
Napalm Death
Napalm Death
British grindcore band
58
38 Special
38 Special
American rock band
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Tony Levin
Tony Levin
American musician
60
For All Eternity
For All Eternity
Australian metalcore band
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The Fire Engines
The Fire Engines
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Lauren Harris
Lauren Harris
British singer
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Treepeople
Treepeople
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Robert Shakespeare
Robert Shakespeare
Jamaican musician
65
Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal
American rock band from Palm Desert, California
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American band

The Raybeats were an American instrumental neo-surf rock combo from New York City that arose from the No Wave musical scene. The original line-up consisted of Don Christensen (drums), Jody Harris (guitar), Pat Irwin (guitar, saxophone, Acetone organ), and George Scott III (bass).