41. Mick Thomson of Slipknot – Whether you love them or loathe them, behind those gimmicky masks, Slipknot is brimful of competent musicians - and guitarist Mick Thomson is perhaps the pick of the bunch. His capacity to hammer out devastatingly brutal riffs is very much the heartbeat of Slipknot. (pr photos)
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