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 · Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Lemmy Kilmister

Singer, Guitarist · Motörhead

Pat Smear

Guitarist · Nirvana

Lou Reed

Singer, Guitarist · The Velvet Underground

Joe Satriani

Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Johnny Ramone

Guitarist · Ramones

Poison Ivy

Guitarist, Composer · The Cramps

Lee Ranaldo

Singer, Guitarist · Sonic Youth

Steve Jones

Guitarist · Sex Pistols

John Fogerty

Singer, Guitarist · Creedence Clearwater Revival

Ronnie Wood

Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Ron Asheton

Guitarist, Bassist · The Stooges

Greg Ginn

Guitarist · Black Flag

David Pajo

Guitarist, Bassist · Interpol

Steve Howe

Guitarist · Yes

John McGeoch

Guitarist · Siouxsie & the Banshees

Jack Johnson

Singer, Guitarist · G.Love and Jack Johnson

Matt Freeman

Bassist · Rancid

East Bay Ray

Guitarist · Dead Kennedys

David Bowie

Singer, Guitarist · David Bowie (band)

Marc Bolan

Composer, Guitarist · T. Rex

Tom Verlaine

Guitarist · Television

Joe Strummer

Singer, Guitarist · The Clash

Dee Dee Ramone

Bassist · Ramones

Link Wray

Singer, Guitarist

Chris Poland

Guitarist · Megadeth

Mick Ronson

Guitarist, Singer · Mott the Hoople

Johnny Thunders

Guitarist, Singer · New York Dolls

Kid Congo Powers

Guitarist · The Cramps

Dave Davies

Composer, Guitarist · The Kinks

Mike Watt

Bassist · Porno for Pyros

John Cale

Singer, Guitarist · The Velvet Underground

D. Boon

Singer, Guitarist · Minutemen

Lars Frederiksen

Guitarist · Rancid

Ted Nugent

Guitarist, Singer · Damn Yankees

Andy Gill

Guitarist · Gang of Four

Dean Fertita

Guitarist, Keyboardist · Queens of the Stone Age

Jon Spencer

Singer, Guitarist · Pussy Galore

Joan Jett

Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Guy Pratt

Bassist · Pink Floyd

Wayne Kramer

Guitarist · MC5

Richard Lloyd

Guitarist · Television

Sterling Morrison

Guitarist · The Velvet Underground

Mick Ralphs

Guitarist · Bad Company

Greg Sage

Singer, Guitarist · Wipers

Sean Yseult

Bassist · The Cramps

Jeff Lynne

Singer, Guitarist · Traveling Wilburys

Vini Reilly

Guitarist · The Durutti Column

Orianthi

Guitarist · Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes

Matt Helders

Singer, Drummer · Arctic Monkeys

Sid Vicious

Singer, Guitarist · Siouxsie & the Banshees

Tim Pierce

Guitarist · Bon Jovi

Captain Sensible

Guitarist, Bassist · The Damned

Ray Davies

Singer, Guitarist · The Kinks

James Williamson

Guitarist · The Stooges

Alex Chilton

Singer, Guitarist · Big Star

Colin Newman

Singer, Guitarist · Wire

Martin Rev

Keyboardist · Suicide

Carol Kaye

Bassist, Music Producer · The Grass Roots

Robert Quine

Guitarist · Richard Hell & The Voidoids

Stuart Adamson

Singer, Guitarist · Big Country

Paul Gray

Bassist · UFO

Bob Wenston

Bassist, Music Producer · Shellac

Nita Strauss

Guitarist · As Blood Runs Black

Vinnie Moore

Guitarist · Alice Cooper

Steve Winwood

Singer, Guitarist · The Spencer Davis Group

Glen Matlock

Bassist · Sex Pistols

Joey Castillo

Drummer · Queens of the Stone Age

Jason Hook

Guitarist, Composer · Alice Cooper

Josh Freese

Drummer · Foo Fighters

Lowell George

Guitarist · The Mothers of Invention

Lita Ford

Singer, Guitarist · The Runaways

Steve Marriott

Singer, Guitarist · Humble Pie

Stef Burns

Singer, Guitarist · Alice Cooper

Gary Miller

Guitarist · Bad Brains

Jean-Jacques Burnel

Bassist · The Stranglers

Tom Fogerty

Guitarist · Creedence Clearwater Revival

Pete Shelley

Singer, Guitarist · Buzzcocks

Suzi Quatro

Singer, Bassist · Cradle

Blackie Lawless

Singer, Guitarist · W.A.S.P.

Klaus Flouride

Bassist · Dead Kennedys

Midge Ure

Singer, Guitarist · Ultravox

Tony McPhee

Guitarist, Singer · The Groundhogs

Chrissie Hynde

Singer, Guitarist · Pretenders

Mitch Mitchell

Drummer · The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Jerry Harrison

Singer, Guitarist · Talking Heads

Glen Buxton

Guitarist · Alice Cooper

Greg Hetson

Guitarist · Bad Religion

Fred Sonic Smith

Guitarist · MC5

Wilko Johnson

Guitarist · Dr. Feelgood

Jimmy McCulloch

Singer, Guitarist · Wings

Peter Criss

Singer, Drummer · Kiss