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Adam Thomas Jones (born January 15, 1965) [1] is an American musician, songwriter, animator, and visual artist, best known as the guitarist of Tool.Jones has been rated the 75th-greatest guitarist of all time by the Rolling Stone [2] and placed ninth in Guitar World ' s Top 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists. [3]
Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. His 1958 instrumental single "Rumble", reached the top 20 in the United States; and was one of the earliest songs in rock music to utilize distortion and tremolo.
Dino Cazares (born 1966) is the guitarist for Los Angeles-based industrial metal group Fear Factory, Divine Heresy and Asesino. He uses custom made Xiphos 7-strings and RG-2228 8 strings for both studio and live performances. John Christ (born 1965) is a musician best known as the original guitarist for the metal band Danzig. He played Ibanez ...
Char came in third in a 2011 goo poll on who the Japanese people thought was the best guitarist to represent the country. [5] Char was named the greatest Japanese guitarist in a 2017 list by Guitar Magazine , as voted on by professional musicians, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and in a 2019 public poll held by goo. [ 8 ]
Matsumoto ranked first in a 2011 poll conducted by the Japanese search engine goo on who the Japanese people thought was the best guitarist to represent Japan. [14] In 2019, Matsumoto's song "1090 ~Thousand Dreams~" ( 1090 〜千夢一夜〜 ) was named the 51st best guitar instrumental by Young Guitar Magazine . [ 15 ]
He is best known as the guitarist of the rock bands Magazine (1977–1980) and Siouxsie and the Banshees (1980–1982). He has been described as one of the most influential guitarists of his generation. [1] In 1996 he was listed by Mojo in their "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" for his work on the Siouxsie and the Banshees song "Spellbound ...
Howe was voted "Best Overall Guitarist" in Guitar Player magazine five years in a row (1977–1981) and in 1981 was the first rock guitar player inducted into the Guitar Player Hall of Fame. [36] The only other two guitarists to win the "Best Overall Guitarist" category for the "Gallery of Greats" are Steve Morse and Eric Johnson.
She was voted Best Rock Guitarist of 2022 by the readership of MusicRadar. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Her debut album, Imposter Syndrome , debuted at #3 on the UK Rock chart and #11 on the Indie chart in 2023. The album gained a nomination for Best Breakthrough Album at the 2024 Heavy Music Awards [ 13 ] and the solo of "Do or Die" was voted by Guitar World ...