Mick Taylor
Mick Taylor, another graduate of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers school of producing rock guitar gods, was the blues virtuoso Mayhall had been looking for. Taylor continued to perform with The Rolling Stones until 1974, showing that he was a mixture of Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. Slash, the guitarist for Guns N’ Roses, said that Taylor had the most influence on him as an artist.

Mick Taylor
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Dave Mustaine
Dave Mustaine was the first lead guitarist of Metallica. He was fired from Metallica on April 11, 1983, for his uncontrollable addictions and violence, not to mention his feuds with the band’s founding members, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Despite this, he achieved great success in the future due to the band he founded, “Megadeth.”

Dave Mustaine