Proto Punk Artists & the Gear They Use

Flea

Bassist · Red Hot Chili Peppers

Billy Gibbons

Guitarist · ZZ Top

Thurston Moore

Singer, Guitarist · Sonic Youth

Mike McCready

Guitarist · Pearl Jam

Neil Young

Singer, Guitarist · Crazy Horse

Lou Reed

Guitarist, Singer · The Velvet Underground

Lemmy Kilmister

Bassist, Guitarist · Motörhead

Joe Satriani

Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Johnny Ramone

Guitarist · Ramones

Pat Smear

Guitarist · Nirvana

Lee Ranaldo

Singer, Guitarist · Sonic Youth

Poison Ivy

Guitarist, Composer · The Cramps

John Fogerty

Singer, Guitarist · Creedence Clearwater Revival

Steve Jones

Guitarist · Sex Pistols

Ron Asheton

Guitarist, Bassist · The Stooges

Ronnie Wood

Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Greg Ginn

Guitarist · Black Flag

Steve Howe

Guitarist · Yes

David Pajo

Guitarist, Bassist · Interpol

Jack Johnson

Guitarist, Singer · G.Love and Jack Johnson

Matt Freeman

Bassist · Rancid

David Bowie

Singer, Guitarist · David Bowie (band)

John McGeoch

Guitarist · Siouxsie & the Banshees

East Bay Ray

Guitarist · Dead Kennedys

Link Wray

Singer, Guitarist

Mick Ronson

Singer, Guitarist · The Spiders from Mars

Dee Dee Ramone

Bassist · Ramones

Joe Strummer

Singer, Guitarist · The Clash

Marc Bolan

Composer, Guitarist · T. Rex

Tom Verlaine

Guitarist · Television

Chris Poland

Guitarist · Megadeth

Dave Davies

Singer, Guitarist · The Kinks

John Cale

Singer, Guitarist · The Velvet Underground

Johnny Thunders

Guitarist, Singer · New York Dolls

Mike Watt

Bassist · Porno for Pyros

Ted Nugent

Singer, Guitarist · Damn Yankees

Vini Reilly

Guitarist · The Durutti Column

D. Boon

Singer, Guitarist · Minutemen

Joan Jett

Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Sterling Morrison

Guitarist · The Velvet Underground

Kid Congo Powers

Guitarist · The Cramps

Lars Frederiksen

Guitarist · Rancid

Jon Spencer

Singer, Guitarist · Heavy Trash

Dean Fertita

Guitarist, Bassist · Queens of the Stone Age

Andy Gill

Guitarist · Gang of Four

Guy Pratt

Bassist · Pink Floyd

Richard Lloyd

Guitarist · Television

Wayne Kramer

Guitarist · MC5

Greg Sage

Singer, Guitarist · Wipers

Sid Vicious

Singer, Guitarist · Siouxsie & the Banshees

Captain Sensible

Guitarist, Bassist · The Damned

Sean Yseult

Bassist · The Cramps

Jeff Lynne

Singer, Guitarist · Traveling Wilburys

Ray Davies

Singer, Guitarist · The Kinks

Matt Helders

Singer, Drummer · Arctic Monkeys

Tim Pierce

Guitarist · Michael Jackson (band)

Mick Ralphs

Guitarist · Bad Company

Vinnie Moore

Guitarist · Alice Cooper

Alex Chilton

Singer, Guitarist · Big Star

Bob Wenston

Bassist, Music Producer · Shellac

Jean-Jacques Burnel

Bassist · The Stranglers

Steve Marriott

Singer, Guitarist · The Small Faces

Colin Newman

Singer, Guitarist · Wire

Martin Rev

Keyboardist · Suicide

Peter Criss

Singer, Drummer · Kiss

Stuart Adamson

Singer, Guitarist · Big Country

Steve Winwood

Singer, Guitarist · The Spencer Davis Group

James Williamson

Guitarist · The Stooges

Robert Quine

Guitarist · Richard Hell & The Voidoids

Jason Hook

Guitarist, Composer · Five Finger Death Punch

Carol Kaye

Bassist, Music Producer · The Grass Roots

Gary Miller

Guitarist · Bad Brains

Lowell George

Guitarist · The Mothers of Invention

Orianthi

Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Midge Ure

Singer, Guitarist · Ultravox

Pete Shelley

Guitarist, Singer · Buzzcocks

Tom Fogerty

Guitarist · Creedence Clearwater Revival

Blackie Lawless

Singer, Guitarist · W.A.S.P.

Suzi Quatro

Singer, Bassist · Cradle

Paul Gray

Bassist · UFO

Lita Ford

Singer, Guitarist · The Runaways

Fred Sonic Smith

Guitarist · MC5

Klaus Flouride

Bassist · Dead Kennedys

Greg Hetson

Guitarist · Bad Religion

Mitch Mitchell

Drummer · The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Joey Castillo

Drummer · Queens of the Stone Age

Tony McPhee

Singer, Guitarist · The Groundhogs

Jimmy McCulloch

Singer, Guitarist · Wings

Josh Freese

Drummer · Foo Fighters

Wilko Johnson

Guitarist · Dr. Feelgood

Glen Matlock

Bassist · Sex Pistols

Mel Schacher

Bassist · Grand Funk Railroad

Nita Strauss

Guitarist · As Blood Runs Black

Carlos Alomar

Guitarist · David Bowie (band)

Waddy Wachtel

Guitarist, Composer · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Jerry Harrison

Singer, Guitarist · Talking Heads