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Athon   - Black Tusk

Mika Aalto - Rotten Sound

Tony  Aguilar  - Totimoshi

Chris Alfano  - East Of The Wall

Dale  Anderson  - The Delta Jets

Brent Anderson  - Order of the Owl

Nick  Andrew - Solo

Reggie Ashley 

Steve Askew - Kajagoogoo/Lu Cozma

Steve Austin  - Today Is The Day

Kurt Ballou - Godcity Studios

Corey Barhorst - Kylesa

Tony Baumeister  – -(16)- / Aeges

Aaron Beam  - Red Fang

Adrian Belew 

J.  Bennett  - Ides Of Gemini

Ritchie Blackmore - Rainbow, Deep Purple, etc.

Brad Boatright  - From Ashes Rise

Jimmy Bower  - EYEHATEGOD

Ben Brand  - Tombs / Woe

Victor Brandt  - Entombed

Mike Brennan  - Primate

Chris Brock  - Early Graves

Emily Burton  - Fireball Ministry

Gizz Butt  - The More I See / English Dogs

Carl Byers  - Coffinworm

Eric Clapton 

Jay Codina - Blue Tattoo

John Comprix - Ringworm / Beyond Fear

Phillip Cope - Kylesa

Joshua Crapo  - Sourvein

David Crosby  -CPR

Dave Curran  - Unsane

Chris de Nood  - Incarnate

Leon del Muerte  - Murder Construct / Nausea

Ryan Delpier - Various/Solo

Michael Dimmitt  - Mutilation Rites

Josh Durocher-Jones   - Howl

Dave Ed  - Neurosis / Kicker / JFC

Nico Elgstrand  - Entombed

Aaron Erickson - Thane

Alex Estrada  - Silver Snakes

Bobby Ferry   -(16)-

Andrew Fidler  - Black Tusk

Will Fiore  - Zoroaster

Lalo Galvan - Solo

Christian Galvez 

Stavros Giannopoulos  - The Atlas Moth

Andrés Giménez   - D-Mente

Mike Glendinning - Green Natives

Dann  Glenn 

Marco Gonzales  - The Reflex

Franz Gottschalk - Illdisposed

Dean Grech - Solo

Steve Green  - Atrocious Abnormality

Simon Grenehed - Blindside

Victor Griffin - Pentagram/Place of Skulls

Jeremy Hamilton  - Suburban Scum

Vincent Hausman - Howl

Pamela Hell - AC/DShe

Mike Hill  - Tombs

Brent Hinds  - Mastodon

Joe Hoare  - Orange Goblin

David Holt 

Devin Holt  - Pallbearer

Cesar  Huesca - Solo/Session

Scott Hull  - Pig Destroyer / Agoraphobic Nosebleed

Todd Ingram  - King Giant

Jimbob Isaac  - Hark

Chris James - 34 Below

Tyler Jensen  - Early Graves

Joel C. Johnson  - Cody ChesnuTT / Dr. John / Fred Wesley & The New JB's

Ryan Jones  - Today Is The Day / Mutilation Rites

John Judkins  - Rwake

Craig Kasamis  - The Fucking Wrath

Bill Kelliher  - Mastodon / Primate

Scott Kelly - Neurosis / Shrinebuilder

Bob Knarley - Dread Zeppelin

David Kowalski  - King Giant

Gregory Lahm  - Struck by Lightning

Christine Lakeland - SOLO

Noah Landis  - Christ On Parade / Young Lions

Mike Leach  - Struck by Lightning

Tim Lewis  - Loss

Niklas Lindstrom  - In Solitude

Ryan  Lipynsky - Unearthly Trance

CeCe Loessin  - Phobia / So Unloved

Matt Lupo  - East Of The Wall

Calum  Mackenzie - Phobia

Gary Mader - EYEHATEGOD

Mike Magrann - CH3 (Channel 3)

Clinton Maney - Thane

Scott Martin  - Big Business / Crom

Ron Martinez  - Lower Class Brats

Marissa  Martinez  - Cretin

Gabrial McNair - No Doubt / Oslo

Martyn Millard  - Orange Goblin

Tim Mitchell 

Zach Moore  - Hero Destroyed

Paco Morales Alejandra Guzman

Mike Morris  - Zoroaster

Julio Cezar  Motta   - Catedral

Jose Neto - Steve Winwood Band

Rick Nielson - Cheap Trick

Richie Owens 

Henrik Palm  - In Solitude

Nick Palmirotto  - HULL

Gil Parris - Session Player

Brian Patton  - EYEHATEGOD / Soilent Green

George Paul  - Mutilation Rites

Rich Pia - Mudface

Matt Pike - High On Fire / Sleep

Eddie Plascencia - House of Broken Promises

Greg Polcari - Britney Fox

Don Preston 

Lasse Pyykko  - Hooded Menace

Tony Reed - Stone Axe / Mos Generator / Blood of the Sun

Sonny  Reinhardt - Saviours

Ruben Reza - The Ruben Reza Group

Kiffin Rogers - Rwake

Dan Root  - Adolescents

Joseph D. Rowland  - Pallbearer

Elizabeth Schall  - Dreaming Dead / Cretin

Mike Scheidt  - YOB

Justin Scurti  - Primitive Weapons / I Hate Our Freedom

Arthur Seay - House of Broken Promises

Johann Ingi Sigurdsson  - Beneath

Unnar Sigurdsson  - Beneath

Karl Simon - The Gates of Slumber

Josh Steely  - Daughtry

Kent Stump  - Wo Fat

Ray Suhy  - East Of The Wall

David Sullivan - Red Fang

John Taylor  - Dr. Hot Licks School of Rock and Metal

Mike Thompson  - Withered

Jeff Turko - Hero Destroyed

Greg Turley - Pentagram

Jeff Tuttle - Dillinger Escape Plan / Old Gods

Dave  Valliere - The Platters/Solo

Chris Velez  - Lightning Swords Of Death

Phil  Vera - Despise You / Crom

Michael Vinatieri  - Capitalist Casualties

Marty Volume  - Lower Class Brats

Jenna Von Oy 

Guy Walker 

Mike Watt  - Minutemen/Firehose

Scott "Wino"  Weinrich - Saint Vitus / Shrinebuilder / Premonition 13

Brad Whitford - Aerosmith

Dave Whitworth  - Primate

Matt Widener  - Cretin / Liberteer

John Wilkerson  - From Ashes Rise

James Willet  - Coke Bust

Rob Williams - The Fenians

Andy Williams  - Every Time I Die

Rob Wrong  - Witch Mountain

Casey Yarbrough  - Order of the Owl

Taylor Young  - Twitching Tongues / Ruckus

Matt Pike - High On Fire / Sleep



Instrument: Guitar

Lace Equipment: Matt Pike's Dirty Heshers


As the guitarist for stoner-metal giants High On Fire and Sleep, Matt Pike has spent the last 22 years creating some of the heaviest music on the planet. Upon forming Sleep in Northern California in 1990 with bassist/vocalist Al Cisneros and drummer Chris Hakius, Pike was playing ultra-slow, de-tuned Sabbathian riffage at time when thrash metal's need for speed was becoming increasingly insistent. After releasing their debut, Volume One (the title itself an homage to Black Sabbath's Volume 4) in 1991, Sleep hooked up with UK underground tastemakers Earache Records for 1993's Sleep's Holy Mountain. Two songs from the record would famously resurface on the soundtrack for director Harmony Korine's 1997 debut, Gummo. In '95, Sleep signed with major label London Records and proceeded to record what would become their swansong, Dopesmoker (a.k.a. Jerusalem), a single-song hour-long grass epic that would get them dropped by London and delay the album's eventual release for another four years. By then, the members of Sleep had gone their separate ways, leaving a highly influential back catalog and a wispy trail of smoke for their red-eyed legions to follow.

In '98, Pike cranked up his riff tempos considerably and resurfaced with High On Fire, a band initially inspired by the likes of Motorhead, Slayer and Celtic Frost that has since forged its own singular identity in the world of heavy music. Taking the name from an ELO song (1975's "Fire On High"), Pike joined forces with drummer Des Kensel and bassist George Rice for 2000's The Art Of Self-Defense, which was released by the legendary but short-lived Man's Ruin Records. Several more albums-and bass players-would follow, culminating in High On Fire's latest and possibly greatest, De Vermiis Mysteriis. Along the way, Pike has been recognized as one of the finest heavy guitarists of his generation.

In 2011, Pike teamed up with Lace to create his own signature pickup set, Dirty Heshers, which capture all the crunch and mid-range fury of his unmistakable tone. Or as Pike himself puts it, Dirty Heshers are "the voice of a metal genre captured!"


To find out more about Matt and High On Fire visit their website HERE.