List of rhythm guitarists

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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Bryan MacLean (Love)
Ian Mackaye (Fugazi)
Benji Madden (Good Charlotte)
Joel Madden (Good Charlotte)
Madonna
Jen Majura (Evanescence)
Bob Marley
Steve Marriott (Humble Pie)
Chris Martin (Coldplay)
Dave Mason (Traffic)
Dave Matthews (Dave Matthews Band)
Justin Mauriello (I Hate Kate, Zebrahead)
Lee Mavers (The La's)
Brian May (Queen)
Curtis Mayfield (The Impressions)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
Kim McAuliffe (Girlschool)
George McCorkle (The Marshall Tucker Band)
Hugh McCracken
Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe & The Fish)
Brownie McGhee
Tim McIlrath (Rise Against)
Duff McKagan (Loaded)
Al McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Sarah McLachlan
Eric Melvin (NOFX)
Wendy Melvoin (Wendy & Lisa, Prince and The Revolution)
Joe Messina (The Funk Brothers)
Bret Michaels (Poison)
Paulo Miklos (Titãs)
Shaun Morgan (Seether)
Sterling Morrison (Velvet Underground)
Cameron Muncey (Jet)
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless)

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Leo Nocentelli of The Meters

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Paul Stanley of Kiss

Claudio Sanchez (Coheed and Cambria)
Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)
Rudolf Schenker (Scorpions)
Patti Scialfa (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band)
John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful)
Boz Scaggs
James "Munky" Shaffer (Korn)
Shagrath (Chrome Division)
John Shanks (Bon Jovi)
Garry Shider (Parliament-Funkadelic )
Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park)
Marcus Siepen (Blind Guardian)
Charlie Simpson (Fightstar)
Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5)
Silenoz (Dimmu Borgir)
Acey Slade (Misfits, Dope, Trashlight Vision)
Mark Slaughter (Slaughter)
Brendon Small (Dethklok)
Pat Smear (Germs, Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
Robert Smith (The Cure)
Tom Smith (Editors)
Skip Spence (Moby Grape)
Tony Spinner (Toto)
David Spinozza
Layne Staley (Alice in Chains, Mad Season)
Paul Stanley (Kiss)
Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity)
Wayne Static (Static-X)
Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
Mike Stone (Queensrÿche)
Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses)
Jesper Strömblad (In Flames, Dimension Zero, Cyhra)
Joe Strummer (The Clash)
Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)
Nasty Suicide (Hanoi Rocks)
Andy Summers (The Police)
Dan Swanö (Bloodbath)
Michael Sweet (Stryper)
Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls)
Dennis Stratton (Iron Maiden)
Patryk Dominik Sztyber (Behemoth)

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^ Peterson, Jonathon (Winter 2002). "Tuning in thirds: A new approach to playing leads to a new kind of guitar". American Lutherie: The Quarterly Journal of the Guild of American Luthiers (72). Tacoma WA: The Guild of American Luthiers: 36–43. ISSN 1041-7176. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2012.

[1] Peterson, Jonathon (Winter 2002). "Tuning in thirds: A new approach to playing leads to a new kind of guitar". American Lutherie: The Quarterly Journal of the Guild of American Luthiers (72). Tacoma WA: The Guild of American Luthiers: 36–43. ISSN 1041-7176. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2012.

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