List of rhythm guitarists explained
The following is a list of notable rhythm guitarists, arranged in ascending alphabetical order of last name. Rhythm guitarists perform a combination of two functions: they provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other rhythm section instruments (bass and drums) and they provide all or part of the harmony, i.e. the chords.
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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- Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall)
- Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion)
- Terry Balsamo (Cold, Evanescence)
- Carl Barat (The Libertines)
- George Barnes (Swing era)
- Bobby Bandiera (Bon Jovi)
- Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)
- Zoltan Bathory (Five Finger Death Punch)
- Brian Bell (Weezer, Space Twins, The Relationship)
- Chuck Berry
- Brian Benoit (Dillinger Escape Plan)
- Frank Black (The Pixies)
- Jack Black (Tenacious D)
- Norman Blake (Bluegrass)
- Norman Blake (BMX Bandits, Teenage Fanclub)
- Rico Blanco (Rivermaya)
- Bono (U2)
- Avi Bortnick (John Scofield)
- James Bourne (Son of Dork, Busted)
- David Bowie
- Niall Breslin (The Blizzards)
- Chris Broderick (In Flames, Megadeth, Jag Panzer)
- Michael Bruce (Alice Cooper)
- Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
- Ely Buendia (The Eraserheads, Pupil)
- Beau Burchell (Saosin)
- Benjamin Burnley (Breaking Benjamin)
- David Byrne (Talking Heads)
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- Carlos Cadona (Dead Kennedys)
- Joey Cape (Me First and the Gimme Gimmes)
- Eric Carmen (The Raspberries)
- Bob Casale (Devo)
- Johnny Cash
- Nick Catanese (Black Label Society)
- Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy)
- Vincent Cavanagh (Anathema)
- Dino Cazares (Fear Factory, Brujeria, Divine Heresy)
- Nic Cester (Jet)
- Gab Chee Kee (Parokya ni Edgar)
- Don Clark (Demon Hunter)
- Steve Clark (Def Leppard)
- Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses, Rock Star Supernova)
- Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Catfish Collins (Parliament, Funkadelic, James Brown)
- Eddie Condon
- Dennis Coffey (Temptations, Rare Earth)
- John Connolly (Sevendust)
- John Corabi (Mötley Crüe)
- Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)
- Chris Cornell (Audioslave, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog)
- Gene Cornish (The Rascals, The Young Rascals)
- Mick Cripps (L.A. Guns)
- Jason Cropper (Weezer)
- Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the M.G.'s)
- David Crosby (The Byrds)
- Robbin Crosby (Ratt)
- Phil Cunningham (New Order, Marion, Bad Lieutenant)
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See also
References
- Tuning in thirds: A new approach to playing leads to a new kind of guitar . Jonathon . Peterson . Tacoma WA. American Lutherie: The Quarterly Journal of the Guild of American Luthiers . The Guild of American Luthiers . 1041-7176 . 72 . Winter 2002 . 9 October 2012 . 36–43 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111021185726/http://www.luth.org/backissues/al69-72/al72.htm . 21 October 2011 .
