I could go on forever here, but my top picks would be:
Erik Johnson
Joe Satriani
Yngwie Malmsteen
Symphony X
Transsiberian Orchestra
Styx
Kansas
Boston
And all in no particular order.
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"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
-General George Patton (1885-1945)
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