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John Bonham
John Bonham (1948-1980), nicknamed Bonzo, was the English drummer of Led Zeppelin from 1968 to 1980, known for triplet kick patterns, a single bass pedal, huge Ludwig drums, and the Glyn Johns-recorded sound; his death ended the band.
John Bush (singer)
John Bush is an American heavy-metal singer known for his work with Armored Saint and Anthrax. He helped establish Armored Saint in Los Angeles in 1982, joined Anthrax in 1992, and later.
John Butler (musician)
John Butler (John Charles Wiltshire-Butler, born 1975, Torrance, California) is an Australian roots-rock guitarist and leader of the John Butler Trio, known for Sunrise Over Sea, open-tuned slide fingerstyle, Jarrah Records, and the Four Seasons solo project.
John Cage
John Cage (1912–1992) was an American avant-garde composer, philosopher, and visual artist, pioneer of chance operations, indeterminacy, and the prepared piano; best known for the silent piece 4'33" and his lifelong collaboration with Merce Cunningham.
John Cale
John Cale (born 1942, Garnant, Wales) is a Welsh musician, Velvet Underground co-founder, solo artist, and producer of Nico, the Stooges, and Patti Smith's Horses.
John Carter Cash
John Carter Cash, only child of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, is an American Grammy-winning record producer, singer-songwriter, and author who runs Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and produced the posthumous albums Out Among the Stars and Songwriter.
John Coltrane
John Coltrane (1926–1967), American jazz saxophonist and composer, moved from hard bop with Miles Davis through modal jazz to free jazz, leading the classic quartet and recording Giant Steps and A Love Supreme.
John Conlee
John Conlee (born 1946, Versailles, Kentucky) is an American country singer and Grand Ole Opry member known for "Rose Colored Glasses," seven Billboard No. 1 hits, 19 Top Ten singles, and Farm Aid farm advocacy.
John Cooper (musician)
John Cooper (musician) is the American lead vocalist, bassist, and songwriter of the Christian rock band Skillet, founded in Memphis in 1996; two-time Grammy nominee, author of Awake & Alive to Truth and Wimpy, Weak, and Woke, host of the Cooper Stuff Podcast.
John Corabi
John Corabi (born 1959, Philadelphia) is an American hard rock singer and guitarist who fronted Mötley Crüe from 1992 to 1996 on their gold-selling 1994 self-titled album, and later sang with The Scream, Union, ESP, and The Dead Daisies before releasing his first full-length solo album of originals, New Day, in 2026.
John Darnielle
John Darnielle, American singer-songwriter and novelist, founder and sole constant member of the Mountain Goats since 1991; author of Wolf in White Van, a 2014 National Book Award long-listee.
John Deacon
John Deacon (born 1951, Leicester) is the English bassist and songwriter who joined Queen in 1971 as its fourth member, wrote "Another One Bites the Dust," "You're My Best Friend," and "I Want to Break Free," built the Deacy Amp, and retired from music in 1997.
John Densmore
John Densmore, also known as John Paul Densmore, is an American drummer and author who co-founded the rock band The Doors in 1965 with Jim Morrison.
John Denver
John Denver (Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., 1943-1997), American folk-pop singer-songwriter and environmentalist; 1970s hitmaker of "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Rocky Mountain High," "Annie's Song"; CMA Entertainer of the Year 1975; Colorado Music Hall of Fame inductee.
John Doe (musician)
John Doe (musician), stage name of John Nommensen Duchac (born 1953), American singer-bassist and poet, co-founder of L.A. punk band X (1977) with Exene Cervenka, also of the Knitters; solo from 1990's Meet John Doe; distinguished from other namesakes.
John Dolmayan (Ջոն Դոլմայան)
John Dolmayan (Ջոն Դոլմայան), born 1973 in Lebanon, is the Armenian-American drummer of System of a Down (joined 1995), also of Scars on Broadway and the covers project These Grey Men.
John Dowland
John Dowland (c. 1563–1626), English Renaissance composer and lutenist, famous for melancholic lute songs (ayres) such as "Flow My Tears" and the pavan set Lachrimae (1604); court lutenist to James I from 1612.
John Entwistle
John Alec Entwistle (1944–2002) was an English bass guitarist, original member of The Who from 1964 until his death, known for lead-style playing that redefined the electric bass in rock.
John Evan
John Evan (born John Spencer Evans, 1948) is an English progressive rock keyboardist, best known as pianist and organist of Jethro Tull from 1970 to 1980, including on Aqualung.
John Fahey (musician)
John Fahey (1939-2001), American fingerstyle guitarist and composer, founder of Takoma Records, pioneer of American Primitive guitar blending blues, classical, and raga influences; debut album Blind Joe Death (1959).
John Farnham
John Farnham AO (born 1949), also known as Johnny Farnham, is a British-born Australian singer; five-time King of Pop, 1987 Australian of the Year, whose 1986 album Whispering Jack and song You're the Voice made him an Australian icon.
John Feldmann
John Feldmann, American musician, producer, songwriter, and A&R executive; frontman of ska punk band Goldfinger (formed 1994); produced Blink-182's California and over 34 million record sales; runs Big Noise.
John Foxx
John Foxx (Dennis Leigh) is an English electronic musician from Chorley, founder of Ultravox, solo synth-pop pioneer behind the 1980 album Metamatic, later ambient and piano works, and John Foxx and The Maths since 2011.
John Frusciante
John Frusciante (John Anthony Frusciante) is an American guitarist known for his tenures in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which he joined in 1988 at 18.
John Gourley
John Baldwin Gourley is the Alaskan-born lead vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and artist of Portugal. The Man, co-founder with Zach Carothers, writer of "Feel It Still" (No. 4 Billboard Hot 100), and founder of the PTM Foundation.
John Grant (musician)
John Grant (born 1968, Buchanan, Michigan) is an American singer-songwriter, former frontman of the Czars, whose solo albums from Queen of Denmark (2010) to The Art of the Lie (2024) blend baritone confessional songwriting with synth pop and funk.
John Hartford
John Hartford (John Cowan Harford, 1937-2001), American bluegrass and newgrass songwriter, banjoist, fiddler, and riverboat pilot; wrote "Gentle on My Mind," made Aereo-Plain and Mark Twang, won 4 Grammys.
John Hasler (musician)
John Hasler (musician): British ska/punk drummer, original drummer, brief vocalist and manager of the North London Invaders, which became Madness in 1979; subject of Bed and Breakfast Man; later The Nips, Guns for Hire, and first drummer of The Pogues (1982-1983).
John Hiatt
John Hiatt (born 1952, Indianapolis) is an American singer-songwriter of Americana, roots-rock, and blues; Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee whose "Thing Called Love," "Have a Little Faith in Me," and "Angel Eyes" became hits for others, with Bring the Family (1987) his breakthrough.
John Hill (record producer)
John Hill, American record producer and songwriter from Houston, won the 2020 Grammy for Best Rock Album producing Cage the Elephant's Social Cues; credits include Shakira, Santigold, Florence + the Machine, and Fall Out Boy.