Anymore recommended additions?

Jim Martin (of Faith No More, EZ-Street)
Christopher Thorn (of Blind Melon, Unified Theory)
Dave Brock (of Hawkwind)
Brian Tatler (of Diamond Head, Radio Moscow, Quill)
Lee Altus (of Angel Witch)

Few off the top of my head.

Lee Altus definitely deserves a spot, because he was Dave Mustaine's #1 choice to fill in lead after Jeff Young left. But he didn't like Dave's lifestyle, and so the job went to Marty Friedman, and everybody knows the rest of the story...

Dan Spitz - Anthrax
Aaron Barrett - Reel Big Fish
Dave Murray- Iron Maiden

Has anyone mentioned Marty Willson-Piper from the Church, Daniel Ash from Bauhaus and Love & Rockets, Geordie from Killing Joke, and David Hidalgo from Los Lobos and Latin Playboys yet?

I'd say that Brian Setzer, John Fogarty, and who can forget Johnny Ramone (:D) are my favorite guitarists. Not based on technical skill at all.

those are better than a lot of the other reccomendations

hmmmm.....i must say thats one of the better lists i've seen. you got the right people in the right general areas........the rest of it is just nitpicking give or take a few spaces.



but no randy rhoades? or did i miss it? it was a long list........

I prefer him to Tony Iommi, though neither of them were formally trained.

ah guess i did miss it.
yea...he's better than iommi. just pentatonic scales for metal aint the way to go

Got to have Angus and Malcolm Young on 2 separate numbers there.