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Chester Bennington
American singer, songwriter and musician (1976–2017)
Marilyn Manson
American musician (born 1969)
James Hetfield
American guitarist and singer
Alice Cooper
American singer (born 1948)
Jon Bon Jovi
John Francis Bongiovi Jr., known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is best known as the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983. He has released 16 studio albums with his band as well as two solo albums.
Dave Grohl
American rock musician
Ronnie James Dio
American heavy metal singer (1942–2010)
Mike Shinoda
American musician, rapper, singer and songwriter
Axl Rose
American singer-songwriter (born 1962)
Steven Tyler
American singer
Dave Mustaine
American musician
Serj Tankian
Armenian-American musician
Jada Pinkett Smith
American actress (born 1971)
Chris Cornell
Christopher John Cornell was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and the primary lyricist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. He also had a solo career and contributed to numerous movie soundtracks. Cornell was the founder and frontman of Temple of the Dog, a one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend, musician Andrew Wood. Several music journalists, fan polls, and fellow musicians have regarded Cornell as one of the greatest rock singers of all time.
Daron Malakian
American rock musician
Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons, also known by his stage persona "the Demon", is an Israeli-American musician. He was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss, which he co-founded with Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss in 1973. Simmons, alongside Stanley, remained a constant member of the band until their dissolution in 2023. Simmons is also known for his long tongue and for his reality television show, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, which aired from 2006 to 2012. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 as a member of Kiss.
Corey Taylor
American musician
Chris Jericho
American-Canadian professional wrestler (born 1970)
Rob Zombie
American rock singer and filmmaker
Ice-T
Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), known professionally as Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip-hop and heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays. The following year, he founded the record label Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called the "") and released another album, Power (1988), which is Ice-T's only album to be certified platinum by the RIAA. His next three albums, The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech..
Jason Newsted
American musician
Fred Durst
American singer, rapper, actor and director (born 1970)
Layne Staley
American rock musician (1967–2002)
Henry Rollins
American musician
John Petrucci
American guitarist (born 1967)
Mike Portnoy
American drummer
Jonathan Davis
American singer
Chuck Schuldiner
American musician (1967–2001)
Tom Araya
Chilean-American musician
Zack de la Rocha
American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
M. Shadows
American heavy metal singer
Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley is an American musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and a founding member of the hard rock band Kiss, which was active from 1973 to 2023. He was the writer or co-writer of many of the band's most popular songs. Stanley established the Starchild character as his Kiss persona.
Lita
American professional wrestler
Kid Rock
Robert James Ritchie, known professionally as Kid Rock, is an American musician, singer, rapper, and songwriter. After establishing himself in the Detroit hip-hop scene, he broke through into mainstream success with a rap rock sound before shifting his performance style to country rock. A self-taught musician, he can play every instrument in his backing band and has overseen production on all but two of his albums.
Maynard James Keenan
American singer
Peter Steele
American musician (1962–2010)
Dee Snider
American singer
Phil Anselmo
American heavy metal vocalist
Shawnee Smith
American actress
Mike Patton
American singer
Lita Ford
American rock guitarist and singer
Ted Nugent
American rock musician
Shawn Crahan
American percussionist
Ben Moody
American guitarist
Poppy
American singer
Myles Kennedy
American singer and guitarist
Bret Michaels
American rock musician
Jacoby Shaddix
American singer, songwriter and rapper
George Fisher
American death metal vocalist (born 1970)
Scott Weiland
American singer (1967–2015)
Vince Neil
American singer
David Draiman
American singer
Joe Lynn Turner
American singer
Wayne Static
American musician (1965–2014)
Cherie Currie
American rock musician, actress, and woodcarver, former member of The Runaways
Chino Moreno
American singer
Blackie Lawless
American heavy metal musician
Ronnie Radke
American musician (born 1983)
Tim McIlrath
American rock musician
Eric Adams
American heavy metal singer