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Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani, American instrumental rock guitarist from Westbury, New York; teacher of Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett; broke through with Surfing With The Alien (1987); 15 Grammy nominations, over 10 million records sold, founder of G3 and Chickenfoot member.

Joe South

Joe South (Joseph Alfred Souter, 1940-2012), Atlanta singer-songwriter and session guitarist; wrote "Games People Play" (Grammy Song of the Year), "Hush", and "Rose Garden"; played on Blonde on Blonde and "Chain of Fools".

Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer (John Graham Mellor, 1952–2002), British punk singer-songwriter of the Clash, formed after the 101ers; co-founded 1976 with Mick Jones; solo career with the Mescaleros; died of a heart attack in 2002.

Joe Sumner

Joe Sumner (born 1976), eldest son of Sting and Frances Tomelty, is a British singer-bassist who led the rock band Fiction Plane (formerly Santa's Boyfriend) and now performs as a solo singer-songwriter.

Joe Trohman

Joe Trohman (born 1984) is an American guitarist, co-founder and lead guitarist of Fall Out Boy, also of The Damned Things, author of the 2022 memoir None of This Rocks.

Joe Veras

Joe Veras (José María Veras Batista, born 1964) is a Dominican bachata singer from Cotuí whose hit "Inténtalo Tú" won a 2004 Billboard Latin Music Award.

Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh (Joseph Fidler Walsh, born 1947, Wichita, Kansas) is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter of James Gang, Barnstorm, and Eagles fame. Known for Funk #49, Rocky Mountain Way, Life's Been Good, and Hotel California; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, ham radio operator WB6ACU.

Joe Zawinul

Joe Zawinul (Josef Erich Zawinul, 1932–2007), Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer; co-founder of Weather Report with Wayne Shorter; wrote "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", "In a Silent Way", and "Birdland"; pioneered electric piano and synthesizer in jazz.

Joe's Garage

Joe's Garage is a 1979 rock opera by Frank Zappa, released as Act I and Acts II & III, telling of a young guitarist in a dystopian future where music is outlawed.

Joel Corry

Joel Corry is an English DJ and producer, born in London in 1989, whose 2020 single "Head & Heart" with MNEK spent six weeks at UK Number 1.

Joel DELEŌN

Joel DELEŌN (Joel Pimentel de León, born 1999), Mexican American singer from Hesperia, California; former CNCO member (2015-2021) from La Banda; solo artist behind La Culpa, Coco, and the 2023 EP AHORA ME ESCUCHAN???.

Joel Hoekstra

Joel Hoekstra is an American rock guitarist, a member of Whitesnake since 2014 and formerly of Night Ranger, also playing for Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Cher, and Broadway's Rock of Ages, with solo records under Joel Hoekstra's 13.

Joel Little

Joel Little is a Grammy-winning New Zealand songwriter and producer from Auckland, known for co-writing and producing Lorde's "Royals" and works with Taylor Swift, Khalid, and Imagine Dragons; he fronts Goodnight Nurse and founded BIG FAN.

Joel Madden

Joel Madden (Joel Ryan Rueben Combs), born 1979 in Waldorf, Maryland, is the lead vocalist and co-founder, with twin brother Benji Madden, of the pop-punk band Good Charlotte, known for The Young and the Hopeless (2002); later The Madden Brothers, MDDN, The Voice Australia, Ink Master.

Joey + Rory

Joey + Rory (Joey+Rory) were a husband-and-wife American country and bluegrass duo, Joey and Rory Feek, formed in 2008 on CMT's Can You Duet; Grammy winners for the 2016 gospel album Hymns, disbanded after Joey Feek's 2016 death.

Joey Alexander

Joey Alexander (Josiah Alexander Sila), born 2003 in Denpasar, Bali, is an Indonesian jazz pianist and composer, self-taught by ear, first Indonesian Grammy nominee, with eight albums as a leader including My Favorite Things and Celestial Keeper.

Joey Ayala

Joey Ayala, born 1956 in Bukidnon, is a Filipino folk and ethnic-fusion singer-songwriter from Mindanao who fronts the band Joey Ayala at ang Bagong Lumad and won the 2024 Gawad CCP Para sa Sining.

Joey Badass

Joey Badass (Joey Bada$$), born Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott in 1995, is a Brooklyn rapper and Pro Era member known for the 2012 mixtape 1999 and albums B4.Da.$$, All-Amerikkkan Bada$$, 2000, and Lonely At The Top.

Joey Belladonna

Joey Belladonna (Joseph Bellardini), born 1960 in Oswego, New York, is the American lead vocalist of thrash metal band Anthrax, fronting its classic 1985-1992 era and again from 2010, with solo albums Belladonna and Spells of Fear.

Joey Castillo

Joey Castillo (Joseph William Castillo), American rock drummer born 1966 in Gardena, California; Wasted Youth, Sugartooth, Danzig 1994–2002, Queens of the Stone Age drummer 2002–2012, later Eagles of Death Metal, California Breed, Circle Jerks, Zakk Sabbath.

Joey Fatone

Joey Fatone (born 1977, Brooklyn) is an American pop singer and actor, a member of NSYNC from 1995, later known for My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Broadway roles in Rent, Little Shop of Horrors and & Juliet, and hosting shows including Common Knowledge and Cocktail Wars.

Joey Feek

Joey Feek (Joey Marie Martin Feek, 1975-2016), American country and bluegrass singer, lead vocalist of the husband-wife duo Joey + Rory with Rory Feek; third on CMT's Can You Duet 2008, known for "Cheater, Cheater" and the No. 1 hymns album.

Joey Jordison

Joey Jordison (Nathan Jonas Jordison, 1975-2021), American metal drummer, co-founder and original drummer of Slipknot, its No. 1 in a kabuki mask, key songwriter, later of Murderdolls, Scar The Martyr, Vimic, Sinsaenum; died aged 46.

Joey Kramer

Joey Kramer (Joseph Michael Kramer, born 1950, Bronx) is the founding drummer of Aerosmith and coiner of the band's name. Known for soul-influenced hard rock grooves on Toys In The Attic and Pump, he weathered a 2020 Grammys lawsuit, health setbacks, and returned for the band's 2026 Hollywood Bowl shows.

Joey McIntyre

Joey McIntyre (Joseph Mulrey McIntyre), born 1972 in Needham, Massachusetts, is the youngest member of New Kids on the Block, later a Gold-certified solo artist with Stay the Same, a Broadway performer, and a Dancing with the Stars season-one finalist.

Joey Molland

Joey Molland (Joseph Charles Molland), Liverpool-born guitarist of Badfinger, joined in 1969, played on No Dice and Straight Up, last surviving classic member, died March 1, 2025, age 77.

Joey Ramone

Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Ross Hyman, 1951-2001), American punk singer and frontman of the Ramones, formed 1974 in Forest Hills, Queens; 21 albums, no Top 40 hit, died of lymphoma; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2002.

Joey Tempest

Joey Tempest, also known as Joakim Larsson, is a Swedish singer and songwriter and lead vocalist for the band Europe. He wrote the 1986 hit "The Final Countdown."

Joey Valence & Brae

Joey Valence & Brae are an American hip-hop duo from State College, Pennsylvania, formed at Penn State, known for blending old-school hip-hop with EDM and punk.

Joh Makini

Joh Makini, born John Simon Mseke in 1980, is a Tanzanian hip hop rapper from Arusha who broke through with "Chochote Popote" (2006) and founded the label Makini Music.