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Ian Paice
Ian Paice
British rock drummer, songwriter
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Randy Jackson
Randy Jackson
American bassist, singer, record producer, entrepreneur and television personality
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Sadist
Sadist
Italian death metal band
3
Richard Sinclair
Richard Sinclair
British bassist
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Alessandro Lotta
Alessandro Lotta
Italian musician
5
Vinny Appice
Vinny Appice
American rock drummer
6
Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
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Goblin
Goblin
Italian progressive rock band
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Necrodeath
Necrodeath
Italian band
9
Tony Visconti
Tony Visconti
American record producer, musician and singer
10
Mike Porcaro
Mike Porcaro
American musician
11
Brian Ritchie
Brian Ritchie
American musician
12
Morphine
Morphine
American alternative rock band
13
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
14
Litfiba
Litfiba
Italian band
15
Jeff Pilson
Jeff Pilson
American musician
16
Area
Area
Italian band
17
Dave Lombardo
Dave Lombardo
Cuban-American drummer
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Les Claypool
Les Claypool
American musician
19
Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
20
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Italian band
21
Bootsy Collins
Bootsy Collins
American musician
22
Pino Palladino
Pino Palladino
Welsh bassist
23
Labyrinth
Labyrinth
Italian power metal band
24
Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee
vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush
25
Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell
American musician
26
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong
American rock singer and musician
27
Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
28
Colin Edwin
Colin Edwin
Australian musician
29
Greg Lake
Greg Lake
English bassist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer
30
Level 42
Level 42
English jazz-funk band
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Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx
American musician
32
Ancient
Ancient
Norwegian black metal band
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Flea
Flea
American-Australian bassist
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Virgin Steele
Virgin Steele
American band
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Cliff Burton
Cliff Burton
American heavy metal bassist
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Novembre
Novembre
Italian band
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John Entwistle
John Entwistle
English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, bassist for The Who
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Jason Newsted
Jason Newsted
American musician
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Paul Simonon
Paul Simonon
English musician (Bass guitarist, vocalist, songwriter) and visual artist
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The Grass Roots
The Grass Roots
American pop rock band
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Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Simple Minds
Simple Minds
Scottish rock band formed in 1977
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Roger Glover
Roger Glover
Welsh bassist, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer
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Michele Luppi
Michele Luppi
Italian singer
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Procol Harum
Procol Harum
British band
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Thunderstick
Thunderstick
British drummer
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Finley
Finley
Italian rock band formed in Milan in 2002
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DGM
DGM
Italian band
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Blaze Bayley
Blaze Bayley
English singer, lyricist, and songwriter
50
Mike Watt
Mike Watt
musician, songwriter
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Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman
British musician; songwriter, former bassist of The Rolling Stones
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Strawbs
Strawbs
English rock band
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Billy Idol
Billy Idol
English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor who holds dual British and American citizenship (born 1955)
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Bob Daisley
Bob Daisley
Australian rock bass guitarist
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John Deacon
John Deacon
English musician, guitarist, songwriter
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Primal Scream
Primal Scream
Scottish rock band
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NSYNC
NSYNC
American boy band
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Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt
American rock musician
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Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Irish rock band
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Ozric Tentacles
Ozric Tentacles
English instrumental rock band
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Van der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator
rock band from England
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Adam Clayton
Adam Clayton
Irish rock musician, bass player of U2
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Atomic Rooster
Atomic Rooster
English band
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Patrice Guers
Patrice Guers
French musician
65
Zac Brown Band
Zac Brown Band
American country/folk band
66
Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon
English singer-songwriter
67
Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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James LoMenzo
James LoMenzo
American musician
69
Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone
American musician
70
Masterplan
Masterplan
German power metal band
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Toto
Toto
American rock band
72
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Tom Hamilton
Tom Hamilton
bass player
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The Hollies
The Hollies
English pop group formed in Manchester in the early 1960s
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
American rock band based in San Francisco
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Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio
American heavy metal singer
78
Robert Trujillo
Robert Trujillo
American Bass Player
Alessandro Sommella
Italian musician

Alessandro Sommella

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Italian musician
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Alessandro Sommella (Napoli, Italy, 1956) is an Italian musician. He studied electric bass, guitar, violin and double bass.

He played in London with the band Souled Out producing the album Shine On, and later formed the band Planet Funk with whom he won a gold disc for the album Non Zero Sumness. Since 2005 he has worked as a music producer with the poet Marcella Boccia, and a number of Italian and international singers, such as Jovanotti.