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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.
Speaking (via video message) at the induction were Ozzy Osbourne, and guitarists Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Zakk Wylde (formerly of Osbourne's band, and greatly influenced by Rhoads in his youth) and Kirk Hammett of Metallica. Rhoads was named the 21st greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2023. [75]
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 ...
This list of guitarists includes notable musicians, known principally for their guitar playing, for whom there is an article in Wikipedia. Those who are known mainly as bass guitarists are listed separately at List of bass guitarists .
He is the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of the metal band System of a Down, and the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter of Scars on Broadway. Malakian was ranked 47th in Loudwire ' s list of "Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time" [ 1 ] and number 11 in MusicRadar ' s poll "The 20 Greatest ...
In 2008, he was ranked No. 21 on Gigwise's list of "The 50 Greatest Guitarists Ever", [138] and in 2009, he was named runner-up on "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" list in Time, which praised him as "a remarkably precise player". [4] In 2011, Rolling Stone placed Slash at No. 65 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". [6]
Guitar World magazine listed Mason as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time". Discovered and mentored by Chet Atkins, Mason has been named "Guitarist of the Year" 12 times by the Academy of Country Music and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he ...