List of rock/pop guitarists

This is a list of rock and pop guitarists:

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A

:Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World):Michael "Olga" Algar (Toy Dolls):Duane Allman (Derek and the Dominos, The Allman Brothers Band):Quinn Allman (The Used):Trey Anastasio (Phish):Sam Andrew (Big Brother and the Holding Company):Ian Antono (God Bless):Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day):Tim Armstrong (Operation Ivy, Rancid, Transplants):Ron Asheton (The Stooges):Chet Atkins

B

:Randy Bachman (The Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive):Dave Ball (Procol Harum):Perry Bamonte (The Cure):Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion):Niki Barr :Martin Barre (Jethro Tull):Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd):Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, The Honeydrippers, Beck, Bogert & Appice):Adrian Belew (Frank Zappa, King Crimson):Brian Bell (Weezer):Matthew Bellamy (Muse):Chuck Berry:Jón Þór Birgisson (Sigur Rós):Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night):Creed Bratton (The Grass Roots):Dave Brock (Hawkwind):Brendan Brown (Wheatus):Peter Buck (R.E.M.):Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac):Bumblefoot (Guns N' Roses):Paul Burlison (The Rock and Roll Trio)

C

:Phil Campbell (Motörhead):Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains):Chris Cheney (The Living End),:Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos):Kurt Cobain (Nirvana):John Corabi (Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe, Union):Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan):Graham Coxon (Blur):Warren Cuccurullo (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, Duran Duran):Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)

D

:Dick Dale:Jean Pierre Danel:Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots):Brad Delson (Linkin Park):Bo Diddley:Ian D'Sa (Billy Talent):Billy Duffy (The Cult)

E

:Duane Eddy:Robert Eggplant (Blatz, The Hope Bombs):Mattias "IA" Eklundh (Freak Kitchen):Thomas Erak (The Fall Of Troy):Jason Everman

F

:Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad):Andrew Farriss (INXS):Tim Farriss (INXS):Don Felder (Eagles):Chris Foreman (Madness):Lars Frederiksen (Rancid):Ace Frehley (Kiss):Glenn Frey (Eagles):Robert Fripp (King Crimson):John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

G

:Lamb Gaede (Prussian Blue):Noel Gallagher (Oasis):Danny Gatton:Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead):Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top):David Gilmour (Pink Floyd):Mick Grabham (Cochise, Procol Harum):Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead):Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters):Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion):James Gurley (Big Brother and the Holding Company):Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins)

H

:Steve Hackett (Genesis):Sean Hayter (Lucius Hunt):Mohammad Ridwan Hafiedz (Slank):Chuck Hammer (Lou Reed, David Bowie, Guitarchitecture):Albert Hammond, Jr. (The Strokes):George Harrison (The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys):Christian Hejnal (Scarling.):Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience):Don Henley (Eagles):Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks, Bad Religion):Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles):Buddy Holly:Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age):Tomoyasu Hotei (BOØWY):Steve Howe (Yes):David Howell Evans (U2):Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)

I

:Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)

J

:Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind):Joan Jett (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts):Eric Johnson:Mick Jones (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, Carbon/Silicon):Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)

K

:Alex Kapranos:Terry Kath (Chicago):Kaoru (Dir en grey):John Kay (Steppenwolf):Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group):Phil Keaggy:Paula Kelley:Keri Kelli:David Keuning (The Killers):Cheyenne Kimball:Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits):Wayne Kramer (MC5):Robby Krieger (The Doors):Bruce Kulick

L

:Denny Laine (Paul McCartney, Wings, The Moody Blues, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Colin Blunstone) :Shawn Lane:Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers) :Albert Lee:John Lennon (The Beatles):Alex Lifeson (Rush):Rickey Lime (Scarling.):Tom Linton (Jimmy Eat World):Huw Lloyd-Langton (Hawkwind):Peter Loew (The Dandy Warhols):Courtney Love (Hole):Steve Lukather:George Lynch (Dokken)

M

:Yngwie J. Malmsteen:Kee Marcello (Europe):Del Marquis (Scissor Sisters):Johnny Marr (The Smiths):Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe):Hank B. Marvin (The Shadows):J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr):Tak Matsumoto (B'z):Brian May (Queen):John Mayer (John Mayer Trio):Nick McCarthy:Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings) :Andy McCoy (Hanoi Rocks):Mike McCready (Pearl Jam):Jimmy McCulloch (Wings, Thunderclap Newman, Stone the Crows, Small Faces, The Dukes):John McGeoch (Magazine, Visage, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, The Armoury Show):Roger McGuinn (The Byrds):Sarah McLachlan:Timothy McTague (Underoath):Barry Melton (Country Joe and the Fish, The Dinosaurs):Midoru:Kim Mitchell:Michael Monarch (Steppenwolf):Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy) :Vinnie Moore:Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave):Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Kansas, Deep Purple):Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü)

N

:Mr Nick Nasty:Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel):Abdee Negara (Slank):Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe) :Michael Nesmith (The Monkees):Grant Nicholas (Feeder):Craig Nicholls (The Vines):Noble (British Sea Power):John Norum (Europe):Bradley Nowell ( Sublime):Ted Nugent

P

:Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds):Kirk Pengilly (INXS):Joe Perry (Aerosmith, The Joe Perry Project):John Perry (The Only Ones):Vicki Peterson (The Bangles):Debbi Peterson (The Bangles):Tom Petty (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Traveling Wilburys):Elvis Presley:Prince:Jade Puget (AFI)

Q

:Suzi Quatro

R

:Johnny Ramone (The Ramones):Chris Rea:Lou Reed:Vernon Reid (Living Colour):Sheldon Reynolds (Earth, Wind & Fire):Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones):Michael Roe:Mick Ronson (David Bowie)

:Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi):Claudio Sanchez (Shabutie, Coheed and Cambria, The Prize Fighter Inferno):Carlos Santana:Blues Saraceno:Heath Saraceno (Senses Fail):Joe Satriani:Tom Scholz (Boston):Neal Schon (Santana, Journey):James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders):Karl E. H. Seigfried (Thunor):Brian Setzer (The Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra):Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park, Fort Minor):Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel):Slash (Slash's Snakepit, Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver):Radio Sloan (The Need, Scarling):Barry Sless (David Nelson Band):Pat Smear (The Germs, Nirvana):Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5):James Smith (Underoath) :Robert Smith:Snail's Pace Slim (The Hamsters):Frank Lee Sprague:Billy Squier:John Squire (Stone Roses):Paul Stanley (Kiss):Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, Kyosuke Himuro):Mark St. John:Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses):Andy Summers (The Police):Peter Svensson (The Cardigans)

T

:Andy Taylor (Duran Duran):Courtney Taylor-Taylor (The Dandy Warhols):Mick Taylor (The Rolling Stones, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers):Teitur:Porl Thompson (The Cure):Richard Thompson:George Thorogood:Pete Townshend (The Who):Jason Trachtenburg :Mark Tremonti (Creed, Alter Bridge):Robin Trower (Procol Harum)

U

:Midge Ure (Slik, Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy, Ultravox, Visage)

V

:Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake):Nick Valensi (The Strokes):Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen):Tom Verlaine (Television):Vinnie Vincent (Kiss)

W

:Joe Walsh (The James Gang, The Eagles):Bob Weir (Grateful Dead):Tim Wheeler (Ash):Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs):Jason White (Pinhead Gunpowder, Green Day):Nancy Wilson (Heart):Ron Wood (The Rolling Stones, The Faces, The Jeff Beck Group):Roy Wood (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Wizzard):Ka-kui Wong (Beyond):Paul Wong (Beyond):Wu Bai:Würzel

Y

:Thom Yorke (Radiohead):Angus Young (AC/DC):Malcolm Young (AC/DC):Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse, CSN&Y, The Stray Gators)

Z

:Garrett Zablocki (Senses Fail):Frank Zappa (The Mothers of Invention):Victor Zinchuk

ee also

*List of guitarists by genre