The following is a list of significant rhythm guitarists, arranged in ascending alphabetical order of last name. 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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A
- Bryan Adams
- Willie Adler (Lamb of God)
- Art Alexakis (Everclear)
- Michael Amott (Arch Enemy)
- Aoi (the GazettE)
- Gem Archer (Oasis)
- Mark Arm (Mudhoney)
- Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (Oasis)
B
- Bobby Bandiera (Bon Jovi)
- Walter Becker (Steely Dan)
- Brian Bell (Weezer, Space Twins, The Relationship)
- Brian Benoit (Dillinger Escape Plan)
- Frank Black (The Pixies)
- Norman Blake (BMX Bandits, Teenage Fanclub)
- Bono (U2)
- James Bourne (Son of Dork, Busted)
- Niall Breslin (The Blizzards)
- Michael Bruce (Alice Cooper)
- Ely Buendia (The Eraserheads)
- Beau Burchell (Saosin)
- Ben Burnley (Breaking Benjamin)
- David Byrne (Talking Heads)
C
- Joey Cape (Me First and the Gimme Gimmes)
- Bob Casale (Devo)
- Nick Catanese (Black Label Society)
- Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly)
- Vincent Cavanagh (Anathema)
- Dino Cazares (Fear Factory, Brujeria, Divine Heresy)
- Nic Cester (Jet)
- Don Clark (Demon Hunter)
- Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses,Rock Star Supernova)
- Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Catfish Collins (Parliament, Funkadelic, James Brown)
- John Connolly (Sevendust)
- Jamie Cook (Arctic Monkeys)
- Korey Cooper (Skillet)
- John Corabi (Mötley Crüe)
- Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)
- Chris Cornell (Audioslave, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog)
- Dallas Coyle (God Forbid)
- Mick Cripps (L.A. Guns)
- Jason Cropper (Weezer)
- David Crosby (The Byrds)
D
- Ray Davies (The Kinks)
- John Deacon (Queen)
- Tom DeLonge (Blink-182, Box Car Racer, Angels & Airwaves)
- Jeremy DePoyster (The Devil Wears Prada)
- Matt DeVries (Chimaira)
- Pete Doherty (The Libertines)
- Chris Dreja (The Yardbirds)
- Oscar Dronjak (HammerFall)
E
- Richey James Edwards (Manic Street Preachers)
- Richie Edwards (Stone Gods)
- Klaus Eichstadt (Ugly Kid Joe)
- Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo)
- Sam Endicott (The Bravery)
- Roky Erickson (13th Floor Elevators)
- Sully Erna (Godsmack)
- Omar Espinosa (Escape the Fate)
F
- Craig Fairbaugh (Transplants, +44)
- Andy Fairweather Low (Amen Corner, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, The Who, Joe Satriani)
- Andrew Farriss (INXS)
- Don Felder (Eagles)
- John Feldmann (Goldfinger)
- Brandon Fields (Teazer)
- Warren Fitzgerald (Oingo Boingo)
- Tom Fletcher (McFly)
- Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- Caleb Followill (Kings of Leon)
- Dave Fortman (Ugly Kid Joe)
- Richard Fortus (Guns N' Roses)
- Glenn Frey (Eagles)
- Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)
G
- Craig Gannon (Aztec Camera, The Bluebells, The Smiths)
- Barry Gibb (The Bee Gees)
- Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie)
- Lynval Golding (The Specials, Fun Boy Three)
- Adam Gontier (Three Days Grace)
- Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam)
- Freddie Green (Count Basie Orchestra)
- Brian Greenway (April Wine, Mashmakhan, The Wackers)
- Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
H
- Mårten Hagström (Meshuggah)
- Bill Haley (Bill Haley & His Comets)
- Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes)
- Glen Hansard (The Frames)
- Dan Hawkins (The Darkness)
- Matt Heafy (Trivium)
- James Hetfield (Metallica)
- Charles Hedger (Cradle of Filth)
- Martin Henriksson (Dark Tranquillity)
- Nick Hexum (311)
- Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)
- Dexter Holland (The Offspring)
- Hyde (L'Arc-en-Ciel)
I
- Scott Ian (Anthrax)
- John Idan (The Yardbirds)
- James Iha (The Smashing Pumpkins)
- Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance)
- Inoran (LUNA SEA)
J
- Rick Jackett (Finger Eleven)
- Jim James (My Morning Jacket)
- Al Jardine (The Beach Boys)
- Joan Jett (Joan Jett and The Blackhearts)
- Martin Johnson (Boys Like Girls)
- Wilko Johnson (Dr Feelgood, The Blockheads)
- Joe Jonas (Jonas Brothers)
K
- Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
- Kaoru (Dir en grey)
- Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand)
- Bob Katsionis (Firewind)
- John Kay (Steppenwolf)
- Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity)
- Bill Kelliher (Mastodon)
- Mike Keneally (Dethklok)
- David Kennedy (Angels & Airwaves)
- Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge)
- Mike Kennerty (The All-American Rejects)
- Ryan Key (Yellowcard)
- Joe King (The Fray)
- Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish)
- David Knopfler (Dire Straits)
- Tomi Koivusaari (Amorphis)
- Chad Kroeger (Nickelback)
- Alexander Kuoppala (Children of Bodom)
- Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver)
L
- Morgan Lander (Kittie)
- Paul Landers (Rammstein)
- Paul Langlois (The Tragically Hip)
- Tito Larriva (Cruzados, Tito & Tarantula)
- Martin Larsson (At the Gates)
- Roope Latvala (Children of Bodom)
- Avril Lavigne
- Blackie Lawless (W.A.S.P.)
- Bernie Leadon (Eagles)
- John LeCompt (Evanescence)
- Sébastien Lefebvre (Simple Plan)
- John Lennon (The Beatles)
- Jared Leto (30 Seconds to Mars)
- Aaron Lewis (Staind)
- Matty Lewis (Zebrahead)
- Mike Lewis (Lostprophets)
- Herman Li (Dragonforce)
- Hal Lindes (Dire Straits)
M
- Colin MacDonald (The Trews)
- Bryan MacLean (Love)
- Joel Madden (Good Charlotte)
- Billy Martin (Good Charlotte)
- Chris Martin (Coldplay)
- Justin Mauriello (I Hate Kate, formerly Zebrahead)
- Brian May (Queen)
- Tim McIlrath (Rise Against)
- Al McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- Randy Meisner (Eagles)
- Eric Melvin (NOFX)
- Travis Miguel (Atreyu)
- Sterling Morrison (Velvet Underground)
- Cameron Muncey (Jet)
- Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
N
O
- Ed O'Brien (Radiohead)
- John Oates (Hall & Oates)
- Ric Ocasek (The Cars)
- Kele Okereke (Bloc Party)
- Roy Orbison
P
- Dave Padden (Annihilator)
- Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds)
- Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
- Pata (X Japan)
- Kirk Pengilly (INXS)
- Peter Perrett (The Only Ones)
- Steve Perry (Cherry Poppin' Daddies)
- Eric Peterson (Testament)
- Tom Petty (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
- Dave Peverett (Foghat)
- Luke Pritchard (The Kooks)
- Kyle Patrick (The Click Five)
R
- David Ragsdale (Kansas)
- Josh Ramsay (Marianas Trench)
- Johnny Ramone (Ramones)
- Josh Rand (Stone Sour)
- Mike Ransom (Adema)
- Jaret Reddick (Bowling for Soup)
- Kurt Reifler
- Tim Reynolds
- John Rich (Big & Rich)
- Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
- David Roads (Airbourne)
- Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies)
- Nile Rodgers (Chic)
- Dean Roland (Collective Soul)
- Jim Root (Slipknot,Stone Sour)
- Richard Rossi
- Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish)
S
- Dirk Sauer (Edguy)
- Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)
- Rudolf Schenker (Scorpions)
- Patti Scialfa (E Street Band)
- Phil Sgrosso (As I Lay Dying)
- James "Munky" Shaffer (Korn)
- Shagrath (Chrome Division)
- Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park)
- Marcus Siepen (Blind Guardian)
- Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5)
- Tom Smith (Editors)
- Silenoz (Dimmu Borgir)
- Mark Slaughter (Slaughter)
- Skip Spence (Moby Grape)
- Bruce Springsteen (E Street Band)
- Paul Stanley (Kiss)
- Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity)
- Wayne Static (Static-X)
- Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
- Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses)
- Jesper Strömblad (In Flames)
- Joe Strummer (The Clash)
- Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)
- Nasty Suicide (Hanoi Rocks)
- Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls)
- Patryk Dominik Sztyber (Behemoth)
T
- Ray Tabano (Aerosmith)
- Takuro (Glay)
- Evan Taubenfeld
- Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour)
- Bobby Tench
- Roger Taylor (The Cross)
- Tom Thacker (Gob)
- Mick Thomson (Slipknot)
- Scott Thurston (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
- Paul Tobias (Guns N' Roses)
- Simon Tong (The Verve, The Shining, The Good, the Bad & the Queen)
- Bård Torstensen (Clawfinger)
- Pete Townshend (The Who)
- Matthew Tuck (Bullet for My Valentine)
- Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney)
- Jeff Tuttle (Dillinger Escape Plan)
V
- Nick Valensi (The Strokes)
- Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go's)
- Steve Van Zandt (E Street Band)
- Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
- Zacky Vengeance (Avenged Sevenfold)
- Andrew Volpe (Ludo)
W
- Joe Walsh (James Gang, Eagles)
- Toki Wartooth (Dethklok)
- Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
- Bob Weir (The Grateful Dead)
- Brian "Head" Welch (Korn)
- Bruce Welch (The Shadows)
- Deryck Whibley (Sum 41)
- Jason White (Green Day)
- Brad Whitford (Aerosmith)
- Danny Whitten (Crazy Horse)
- Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's)
- Rich Williams (Kansas)
- Don Wilson (The Ventures)
- Nancy Wilson (Heart)
- Ricky Wilson (The B-52's)
- Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory)
- Ron Wood (Faces, The Rolling Stones)
- Jack White (The White Stripes)
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