List of rhythm guitarists

The following is a list of rhythm guitarists, arranged in ascending alphabetical order of last name. For a list of lead guitarists see List of lead guitarists. Only add names here if the person has their own article on Wikipedia, please. Anything else will be removed.

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A

*Bryan Adams
*Willie Adler (Lamb of God)
*Gem Archer (Oasis)
*Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (Oasis)
* Art Alexakis (Everclear)

B

*Bobby Bandiera (Bon Jovi)
*Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)
*Brian Bell (Weezer, Space Twins, The Relationship)
*Frank Black (The Pixies)
*Norman Blake (BMX Bandits, Teenage Fanclub)
*Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi)
*James Bourne (Son of Dork, Busted)
*Ely Buendia (The Eraserheads)
*Beau Burchell (Saosin)
*Ben Burnley (Breaking Benjamin)

C

*Joey Cape (Me First and the Gimme Gimmes)
*Bob Casale (Devo)
*Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly)
*Dino Cazares (Fear Factory, Divine Heresy)
*Nic Cester (Jet)
*Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses,Rock Star Supernova)
*Jamie Cook (Arctic Monkeys)
*John Corabi (Mötley Crüe)
*Chris Cornell (Audioslave, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog)
*Dallas Coyle (God Forbid)
*Jason Cropper (Weezer)
*David Crosby (The Byrds)

D

*D-Roc (Body Count)
*Ray Davies (The Kinks)
*Bo Diddley
*Mamadou Diop (MAMADOU)
*Peter Doherty (The Libertines)
*Chris Dreja (The Yardbirds)
*Rick Dufay (Aerosmith)
*Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
*Tom DeLonge (blink-182)

E

*Richey James Edwards (Manic Street Preachers)
*Klaus Eichstadt (Ugly Kid Joe)
*Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo)
*Sam Endicott (The Bravery)
*Roky Erickson (13th Floor Elevators)
*Evan Taubenfeld

F

*Craig Fairbaugh (Transplants, +44)
*Andy Fairweather Low (Amen Corner, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, The Who, Joe Satriani)
*Andrew Farriss (INXS)
*John Feldmann (Goldfinger)
*Tom Fletcher (McFly)
*Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
*Caleb Followill (Kings of Leon)
*Dave Fortman (Ugly Kid Joe)
*Richard Fortus (Guns N' Roses)
*Glenn Frey (Eagles)
*Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)

G

*Craig Gannon (Aztec Camera, The Bluebells, The Smiths)
*Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie)
*Lynval Golding (The Specials, Fun Boy Three)
*Adam Gontier (Three Days Grace)
*Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam)
*Freddie Green (Count Basie Orchestra)
*Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)

H

*Mårten Hagström (Meshuggah)
*Bill Haley (Bill Haley & His Comets)
*Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes)
*Matt Heafy (Trivium)
*James Hetfield (Metallica)
*Charles Hedger (Cradle of Filth)
*Nick Hexum (311)
*Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)
*Dexter Holland (The Offspring)
*Hyde (L'Arc-en-Ciel)

I

*Scott Ian (Anthrax)
*John Idan (The Yardbirds)
*James Iha (The Smashing Pumpkins)
*Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance)
*Izzy Stradlin (Guns 'N' Roses)

J

*Rick Jackett (Finger Eleven)
*Jim James (My Morning Jacket)
*Al Jardine (The Beach Boys)
*Joan Jett (Joan Jett and The Blackhearts)
*Martin Johnson (Boys Like Girls)
*Nick Jonas (Jonas Brothers)
*Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones)

K

*Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
*Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand)
*Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity)
*Bill Kelliher (Mastodon)
*Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge)
*Mike Kennerty (The All-American Rejects)
*Ryan Key (Yellowcard)
*Joe King (The Fray)
*Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish)
*David Knopfler (Dire Straits)
*Pekka Kokko (Kalmah)
*Alexander Kuoppala (Children of Bodom)
*Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver)

L

*Paul Landers (Rammstein)
*Paul Langlois (The Tragically Hip)
*Tito Larriva (Cruzados, Tito & Tarantula)
*Blackie Lawless (W.A.S.P.)
*John LeCompt (Evanescence)
*Sébastien Lefebvre (Simple Plan)
*John Lennon (The Beatles)
*Jared Leto (30 Seconds to Mars)
*Aaron Lewis (Staind)
*Mike Lewis (Lostprophets)
*Hal Lindes (Dire Straits)
*Herman Li (DragonForce)

M

*Colin MacDonald (The Trews)
*Bryan MacLean (Love)
*Joel Madden (Good Charlotte)
*Chris Martin (Coldplay)
*Billy Martin (Good Charlotte)
*Brian May (Queen)
*Tim McIlrath (Rise Against)
*Al McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire)
*Eric Melvin (NOFX)
*Sterling Morrison (Velvet Underground)
*Cameron Muncey (Jet)

N

*Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention)
*Jimmy Nolen (The J.B.'s)

O

*Ed O'Brien (Radiohead)
*John Oates (Hall & Oates)
*Ric Ocasek (The Cars)
*Kele Okereke (Bloc Party)
*Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory)
*Roy Orbison

P

*Pata (X Japan)
*Kirk Pengilly (INXS)
*Peter Perrett (The Only Ones)
*Tom Petty (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
*Luke Pritchard (The Kooks)
*Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)

R

* Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
*Josh Rand (Stone Sour)
*Mike Ransom (Adema)
*Lou Reed (Velvet Underground)
*Tim Reynolds
*Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
*Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies)
*Nile Rodgers (Chic)
*Dean Roland (Collective Soul)
*James Root (Slipknot,Stone Sour)
*Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish)

*Dirk Sauer (Edguy)
*Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)
*Rudolf Schenker (Scorpions)
*Tom Scholz (Boston (band))
*Patti Scialfa (E Street Band)
*Phil Sgrosso (As I Lay Dying)
*Shagrath (Chrome Division)
*Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park)
*Marcus Siepen (Blind Guardian)
*Pat Smear (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, The Germs)
*Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5)
*Tom Smith (Editors)
*Silenoz (Dimmu Borgir)
*Skip Spence (Moby Grape)
*Bruce Springsteen (E Street Band)
*Layne Staley (Alice in Chains)
*Paul Stanley (Kiss)
*Wayne Static (Static-X)
*Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses)
*Joe Strummer (The Clash)
*Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)
*Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls)
*Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

T

*Ray Tabano (Aerosmith)
*Takuro (Glay)
*Serj Tankian (System of a Down)
*Evan Taubenfeld
*Roger Taylor (The Cross)
*Tom Thacker (Gob)
*Scott Thurston (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
*Paul Tobias (Guns N' Roses)
* Simon Tong (The Verve, The Shining, The Good, the Bad & the Queen)
* Bård Torstensen (Clawfinger)
*Matthew Tuck (Bullet for My Valentine)

V

*Nick Valensi (The Strokes)
*Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go's)
*Steve Van Zandt (E Street Band)
*Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
*Zacky Vengeance (Avenged Sevenfold)
*Andrew Volpe (Ludo)

W

*Toki Wartooth (Dethklok)
*Bob Weir (The Grateful Dead)
*Brian "Head" Welch (Korn)
*Deryck Whibley (Sum 41)
*Jason White (Green Day)
*Brad Whitford (Aerosmith)
*Danny Whitten (Crazy Horse)
*Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's)
*Nancy Wilson (Heart)
*Ron Wood (The Rolling Stones)

Y

*Malcolm Young (AC/DC)
*Thom Yorke (Radiohead)