isnt this like the eleventh thread about top notch guitarits and so?

Vocalists:
Mikael Ã…kerfeldt (Opeth)
Devin Townsend
Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace)
Matthew Bellamy (Muse)
Mark Hunter (Chimaira)

Guitarists
Devin Townsend
John Petruzzi (Dream Theater)
Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
Chris Malmström (Non-Human Level)
James Hetfield (Metallica)

Bassists
Jon Vesano(ex-Nile)
Cliff Burton (Metallica)
Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Martin Mendez (Opeth)
Jason Newsted (ex-Metallica)

Drummers
Gene Hoglan (SYL)
Martin Lopez (Opeth)
Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)
Andols Herrick (ex-Chimaira)
Dave Lombardo (Dream Theater)

there is no order to this

Vocalists
devin townsend
peter gabriel
mike akerfeldt (opeth)
steve wilson (porcupine tree)
johnny cash

guitarists
dan swano (bloodbath, edge of sanity)
robert fripp (king crimson)
richard kruspe bernstein (rammstein)
steve wilson (again)
jimi hendrix

Bass
john myung (dream theater)
tony levin (legend)
jaco pastorius (sp?)
oliver reidel (rammstein listen to seeman)
geddy lee

Drums
mike portnoy (dream theater)
neil peart (rush)
keith moon (the who)
gene hoglan (syl)
billy cobham(sp? mahavishnu orchestra)

and not asked for!
keyboards/piano/organ/mellotron etc
daniel gildenlow (pain of salvation)
jordan rudess (dream theater)
john lord (deep purple)
rick wakeman (yes)
rachel z (session musician jazzy stuff, played for peter gabriel)

[djskrimp]

Lyricist: (Fuckers) Devin, Doug Pinnick, Mikael Akerfeldt (sp?), Warrell Dane, Ozzy Osbourne

Guitarist: Ron Thal, David Gilmour, Jeff Loomis, Devin, Ty Tabor

Bassist: Ryan Martinie, Cliff Burton, Les Claypool, John Deacon, Steve Harris

Drummer: Gene Hoglan, Daniel Erlandson, Tomas Haake, Jimmy Chamberlain, Mortentoft Hansen

Vocalist: Devin, Doug Pinnick, Mikael Akerfeldt, Mike Patton, Melissa Auf Der Maur

Crap...I'd forgotten about Josh Freese, so I'm going to have to replace Daniel Erlandson with JF. Oh, and How the HELL could I forget Neil Peart? So long, Mortentoft Hansen, in comes Neil!

Drummers

Dave Lombardo (Dream Theater)

No, he be Mike Portnoy.

Vocalists:
1. Dev [ #1 ]
2. Eliane P (DieForm) [She's french and sings in latin, how rare.]
3. OhGr (SkinnyPuppy) [Nobody does what OhGr can.]
4. Quorthon (Bathory) [simply because hammerheart is awesome]
5. Frank Zappa [ hahahah lyrics also musicallity]

Musicians:
1. Dev [The champ that doesn't quite yes!]
2. Aaron Funk aka (Venetian Snares) [Hell yes]
3. Bill Leeb (FLA) [Countless projects all of them awesome.]
4. Les Claypool [Creative playing goes far.]
5. Steve Austin (TodayIsTheDay) [Vocally and musically the guy is just pure hate.]

Stuff like this is difficult too many people kick ass. Ask me again tomorrow you won't get the same answers.

Guitar-
James Hetfield (Metallica)
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
Dimebag (Pantera)
Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah)
Jim Malone (Arsis)

Bass-
Cliff Burton (Metallica)
Jason Newsted (Metallica)
John Cambell (Lamb of God)
Steve DiGorgio (Death/Testament)
Justin Chancellor (Tool)

Drums-
Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel/Death/SYL)
Dave Lombardo (Slayer/Fantomas/Grip Inc)
Chris Adler (Lamb of God)
Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)
Mike Van Dyne (Arsis)

Vocalists-
James Hetfield (Metallica)
Randy Blythe (Lamb of God)
Mikael Akerfelt (Opeth)
Devin Townsend (solo/SYL)
Phil Anselmo (Pantera/Down/Superjoint)

Jim Malone (Arsis)

Arsis are f**ing awesome, i heard a few of their tracks a while back. It would be killer to see them live.

Guitarists
1. Steve Vai
2. Eddie Van Halen
3. Marty Friedman
4. Yngwie Malmsteen
5. John McLaughlin

Vocalists
1. Mikael Akerfeldt
2. Freddie Mercury
3. Abbath
4. The Dev
5. Mike Patton

Drummers
1. Vinnie Colauita
2. Vinnie Colauita
3. Vinnie Colauita
4. Vinnie Colauita
5. Vinnie Colauita

(special mention to Terry Bozzio, Denis Chambers, Carter Beauford, Steve Gadd etc)

Bassists
1. Billy Sheehan
2. Flea
3. Sting
4. Les Claypool
5. Michael Anthony!!!!!!!!!!!

Vocals:
Devin Townsend
Lord Worm
Ray Alder
Dustin Kensrue
Mikael Akerfeldt

Guitar:
Adrian Belew
Robert Fripp
Tony Iommi
Alex Lifeson
Steve Howe

Bass:
Roger Patterson
Geddy Lee
Tony Levin
Jaco Pastorius
Ron Carter

Drums:
Tony Williams
Neil Peart
Martin Lopez
Robert Wyatt
Flo Mournier

Jim Malone (Arsis)

Arsis are f**ing awesome, i heard a few of their tracks a while back. It would be killer to see them live.

If you can see them live at ANY point in the future, DON'T MISS IT!

They are truly amazing. I played a show with em Jim Malone is a pretty amicable guy.

Well, I'll try sort them too.. :p

Vocalists:
1. Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation)
2. Mikael Ã…kerfeldt (Opeth)
3. Mike Patton (Faith no More, etc.)
4. Devin Townsend
5. Tough one, but I'll say Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, etc.)

Guitarists:
1. Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation)
2. Johan Hallgren (Pain of Salvation)
3. Mikael Ã…kerfeldt (Opeth)
4. Peter Lindgren (Opeth)
5. John Petrucci (Dream Theater)

Drummers:
1. Johan Langell (Pain of Salvation)
2. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
3. Martin Lopez (Opeth)
Can't really say any more..

That's it :p

people are soooo under bass educated!!

people are soooo under bass educated!!

Yeah me too. I was thinking of adding you to my list, because I was out of names...

That's really strange to me, but then again, that's probably because I've been a bass player for quite some time and have at least had interest in the bassists for different bands for more than a decade. I actually had some trouble coming up with the guitarists.