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Richie Kotzen
American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
1
Billy Sheehan
American musician
2
Sons of Apollo
American band
3
Mike Portnoy
American drummer
4
Mr. Big
American rock band
5
Smith/Kotzen
band
6
Adrenaline Mob
New Yorker band
7
Paul Gilbert
American musician
8
Symphony X
American progressive metal band
9
Pat Torpey
American musician
10
Liquid Tension Experiment
American band
11
Derek Sherinian
American keyboardist
12
Dream Theater
American progressive metal band
13
Metal Allegiance
American band
14
Eric Martin
American musician
15
John Sykes
musician, songwriter
16
Rikki Rockett
American musician
17
Horacio MacAlpine
American musician and composer
18
Flying Colors
US supergroup
19
Stone Sour
American heavy metal band
20
Twisted Sister
American rock band
21
Disturbed
American heavy metal band
22
Jeff Scott Soto
American musician
23
Lacuna Coil
Italian band
24
Adrian Smith
British rock musician; heavy metal guitarist, songwriter
25
Avenged Sevenfold
American metal band
26
Deftones
American alternative metal band
27
SIAM SHADE
band
28
The Cult
British rock band
29
Drowning Pool
American rock band
30
Tracii Guns
American musician
31
Mark Boals
American musician
32
Faith No More
American rock band
33
Matt Sorum
Rock drummer, percussionist, most notably with Guns N' Roses
34
Charlie Dominici
American musician
35
Tim "Ripper" Owens
American heavy metal singer
36
The Sword
American band
37
Buckcherry
American rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1995
38
Soulfly
American heavy metal band
39
Poison
American glam metal band
40
Extreme
American rock band
41
Testament
American metal band
42
Haken
British band
43
Killswitch Engage
American metalcore band
44
Judas Priest
British heavy metal band
45
Staind
American rock band
46
Riverside
Polish musical group; progressive rock band
47
Bobby Jarzombek
American drummer
48
Tiles
American progressive rock band
49
Suicidal Tendencies
American crossover thrash band
50
Corrosion of Conformity
American heavy metal band formed in 1982
51
Munetaka Higuchi
Japanese musician
52
Russell Allen
American singer
53
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
American musician
54
Black Stone Cherry
American rock band
55
Chuck Billy
American vocalist
56
Coal Chamber
American Nu-Metal Band
57
Alice in Chains
American grunge band
58
Shinedown
American band
59
Neal Morse
American multi-instrumentalist and progressive rock composer
60
A Perfect Circle
American alternative rock band
61
Fozzy
best band ever
62
Hellyeah
American heavy metal band
63
C.C. DeVille
American musician
64
Linkin Park
American rock band
65
White Lion
Danish/American, hard rock/heavy metal band
