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Edward “Fast Eddie” Clarke is an English rock guitarist and singer who played in the classic line-up of Motörhead. Fast Eddie once played for Curtis Knight in his London band Zeus.  Curtis Knight had previously had Jimi Hendrix in his band. Fast Eddie came to join Motörhead when he met the band’s drummer Phil “Philthy [...]

Richard Hugh Blackmore is an English guitarist, songwriter and bandleader famous for his work with Deep Purple and Rainbow. Ritchie left school at age 15, and first worked as an apprentice radio mechanic.  During this time he got guitar lessons from session musician Big Jim Sullivan. In the early years of Deep Purple, Blackmore favoured [...]

Glenn Raymond Tipton and Kenneth “K.K.” Downing, Jr. are the guitarists from English heavy metal band Judas Priest. Kenneth Downing earned the nickname “K.K.” from a girl in Denmark who could not pronounce his real name. Before joining Judas Priest in 1974, Glenn Tipton played in the Midlands proto-metal band The Flying Hat Band.  He [...]

The late Stephen Ray Vaughan is a Texas Blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter known for his work as a solo artist and with the band Double Trouble. Stevie Ray Vaughan is often referred to by fans by his initials, SRV. Stevie’s first guitar was a plastic toy guitar, given to him in 1963. SRV got [...]

Martin Adam Friedman is an American guitarist and songwriter, known mostly for his work with shred guitar pioneers Cacophony and with “big 4″ Thrash band Megadeth. Marty Friedman was the host of Japanese heavy metal TV shows Rock Fujiyama and Jukebox English.  He speaks fluent Japanese. Friedman has been a regular columnist in Guitar World [...]

David Scott Mustaine is an american heavy metal guitarist, vocalist and songwriter best known for his work with pioneering Thrash Metal band Megadeth. Dave is often referred to by Megadeth fans as “Megadave”. Mustaine was the original lead guitarist in Metallica in 1982.  He was fired, which led to his famous decades-long feud and rivalry [...]

James Patrick “Jimmy” Page is an english rock guitarist best known for his work with Led Zeppelin. In 2005, Queen Elizabeth II made Jimmy Page an officer of the Order of the British Empire.  This was given to him for his charity work with poor children in Brazil, rather than for his music. Jimmy Page [...]

Edward Lodewijk “Eddie” Van Halen is a dutch-born american guitarist whose work with his band Van Halen completely changed the way the instrument is played. Eddie’s father Jan van Halen was a professional musician, playing saxophone, clarinet and piano.  His mother, Eugenie, was originally from Indonesia.  They gave him the middle name “Lodwijk” after Ludwig [...]

George Lynch is a hard rock guitarist who first came to fame in the 1980s with the Glam Metal band Dokken. George Lynch is sometimes referred to as “Mr. Scary” – this name comes from an instrumental guitar song from the Dokken album Back for the Attack.  This song has been a fan favourite, and [...]

John Anthony Genzale, Jr., better known as Johnny Thunders, is an american guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of New York punk. Johnny Thunders also went under the pseudonym “Johnny Volume” Thunders was known as a heroin user for much of his life, a subject that was frequently reflected in his songs [...]