Various, Paul Di'Anno, Jack Russell, Dweezil Zappa, Mark Slaughter, Doug Aldrich, Jani Lane, George Lynch, Gilby Clarke, Fred Coury, Frankie Wilsey, Colby Veil, Fee Waybill, Brad Gillis, John Corabi, Bruce Kulick, Stephen Pearcy, Jake E. Lee, Joe Lynn Turner, Reb Beach, Enuff Z'nuff, Jeff Scott Soto, Blues Saraceno

Bay Area Thrash Metal

Riffs cut like machine tools, tempos past 200bpm, and a garage circuit that rewrote American metal.

West Midlands Metal

Downtuned riffs from a factory city — Sabbath to grindcore, four decades of Birmingham making music heavier.