Jonny Greenwood
An English musician and composer, Jonny Greenwood is a musician and composer. He’s the lead guitarist and keyboardist of the alternative rock band, Radiohead. Aside from playing in his band, he’s also written a number of film scores. His older brother, Colin, is the bassist in Radiohead. The two brothers attended Abingfin School in Oxford, England, where he met the future band members. When the band signed to Parlophibe, he abandoned a degree in music. Their debut single, “creep” was distinguished by Johnny’s aggressive guitar work. Since its beginning, Radiohead has achieved immense success, selling over 30 million albums. Johnny and his bandmates were all inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.
Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter. In 1968, he was one of the founding members of Deep Purple. Throughout his solo career, he established the heavy metal band Rainbow which fused baroque music and elements of hard rock. As time went on, Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock. In 2016, Blackmore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple.