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John Lodge (musician)
John Lodge (1943–2025) was the English bass guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and songwriter of the Moody Blues from 1966, writer of "Ride My See-Saw" and "I'm Just a Singer," Blue Jays collaborator with Justin Hayward, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
John Lurie
John Lurie (born 1952, Minneapolis) is an American saxophonist, actor, and painter who co-founded the Lounge Lizards, starred in Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise and Down by Law, created Fishing with John and HBO's Painting with John, and wrote the 2021 memoir The History of Bones.
John Luther Adams
John Luther Adams (born 1953, Meridian, Mississippi) is an American composer of Alaskan wilderness-inspired music, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Become Ocean and the 2015 Grammy; distinct from composer John Adams.
John Lydon
John Lydon, born 1956 in London, known as Johnny Rotten, fronted the Sex Pistols from 1975 to 1978 and then founded post-punk pioneers Public Image Ltd, later writing Anger is an Energy and feuding with former Pistols bandmates.
John Martyn
John Martyn, born Iain David McGeachy (1948–2009), was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist whose music blended folk, jazz, blues, and dub; his signature album was Solid Air (1973).
John Maus
John Maus (born 1980, Austin, Minnesota) is an American synth-pop musician and political science PhD, ex-Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti keyboardist, known for We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (2011) and Later Than You Think (2025).
John Mayer
John Mayer (John Clayton Mayer, born 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist behind Room for Squares, Continuum, and Sob Rock, a seven-time Grammy winner, PRS Silver Sky co-designer, and Dead & Company lead guitarist.
John McCrea (musician)
John McCrea (born 1964) is the American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who founded the Sacramento alternative rock band Cake in 1991, known for deadpan vocals, 'The Distance,' Upbeat Records independence, and a No. 1 album in 2011.
John McFee
John McFee (born 1950, Santa Cruz, California) is a multi-instrumentalist and longtime Doobie Brothers guitarist, formerly of Clover (on Elvis Costello's My Aim Is True) and Southern Pacific, and a 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
John McGeoch
John McGeoch (1955–2004), Scottish post-punk guitarist of Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage, the Armoury Show, and Public Image Ltd; known for icy effects-driven playing, "Spellbound", "Shot by Both Sides", and influence on Marr, Frusciante, and The Edge.
John McVie
John McVie (John Graham McVie), born 1945, is a British bassist whose name supplies the "Mac" in Fleetwood Mac, which he joined in 1967 after playing with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
John Michael Montgomery
John Michael Montgomery, born 1965, is an American country singer from Danville, Kentucky who dominated mid-1990s charts with number one hits like "I Swear" and "Sold," selling over 16 million albums.
John Miles (musician)
John Miles (John Errington, 1949–2021), English rock singer-guitarist-keyboardist from Jarrow, famous for the 1976 UK No. 3 ballad "Music" and for touring with Tina Turner, the Alan Parsons Project, and Jimmy Page.
John Murphy (composer)
John Murphy (born 1965, Liverpool) is a British film composer, legal name John Paul Murphy, known for 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Kick-Ass, The Suicide Squad, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and Superman (2025), and for the widely licensed cues In the House – In a Heartbeat and Adagio in D Minor.
John Myung
John Myung (born 1967, Chicago) is the American bassist and founding member of Dream Theater, also of Platypus and the Jelly Jam; Berklee-trained, known for six-string Music Man signature basses, three-finger technique, and the 2010 MusicRadar Greatest Bassist poll win.
John Newman (singer)
John Newman (born 1990) is an English soul-pop singer from Settle, Yorkshire, known for Love Me Again, Rudimental's Feel the Love, and Calvin Harris's Blame; albums Tribute and Revolve, later a dance-music and DJ career.
John Oates
John Oates is an American singer and guitarist, best known as cofounder of the duo Daryl Hall and John Oates. The duo sold over 80 million albums.
John Otto (drummer)
John Otto (John Everett Otto, born 1977, Jacksonville, Florida) is the jazz-trained drummer and founding member of rap rock band Limp Bizkit, distinct from a same-named composer.
John P. Hammond
John P. Hammond (1942–2026), also billed as John Hammond Jr., was an American blues singer, guitarist, and rack-harmonica player, son of producer John H. Hammond Jr., known for the 1963 Vanguard debut and the Grammy-winning Blues Explosion.
John Panozzo
John Panozzo (1948–1996), American rock drummer and founding member of Styx alongside twin brother Chuck and Dennis DeYoung; the band's only drummer until 1996, playing on every album through Edge of the Century.
John Parr
John Parr (born 1952, Worksop, England), Grammy-nominated English rock singer; best known for the 1985 US No. 1 "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" with David Foster, inspired by Rick Hansen's wheelchair tour, plus "Naughty Naughty" and Hollywood film themes.
John Paul Jones (musician)
John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin, 1946) is the English bassist, keyboardist, and arranger who founded Led Zeppelin with Jimmy Page in 1968, later working with McCartney, Eno, R.E.M., Diamanda Galás, and Them Crooked Vultures.
John Paul Young
John Paul Young (John Inglis Young, born 1950) is a Scottish-born Australian pop singer whose disco hit "Love Is in the Air", written by Vanda and George Young, reached No. 3 in Australia, No. 5 in the UK, and No. 7 in the US in 1978.
John Petrucci
John Petrucci (born 1967), also known as John Peter Petrucci, is an American guitarist, producer, and lyricist and founding member of Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment. Known for Berklee origins, the Music Man Majesty and Mesa/Boogie JP-2C signature gear, and solo albums Suspended Animation and Terminal Velocity.
John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), "The March King," American composer and conductor; 17th Director of the U.S. Marine Band 1880-1892, then led the civilian Sousa Band on 15,000+ concerts; wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and roughly 100-137 marches.
John Phillips (musician)
John Phillips, known as Papa John Phillips, was an American musician who founded the Mamas and the Papas and wrote "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday".
John Popper
John Popper (born 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and harmonica player, best known as frontman of the jam band Blues Traveler, which he co-founded in the late 1980s.
John Porter (musician, born 1947)
John Porter (born 1947, Leeds, England) is an English producer, engineer, remixer, and guitarist, not the Polish-based John Porter born 1950. Known for producing The Smiths and Billy Bragg, playing bass on Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure, and producing Bryan Ferry's These Foolish Things.
John Powell (film composer)
John Powell (born 1963) is an English film composer behind the Bourne scores, How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Wicked, blending orchestra with electronics; also a concert and choral composer.
John Prine
John Prine (1946-2020) was an American country-folk singer-songwriter from Maywood, Illinois, known for "Angel from Montgomery" and "Paradise," Oh Boy Records, and four Grammy Awards including posthumous 2021 wins.