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Hey Stoopid

Alice Cooper · 1991 · solo by Slash / Joe Satriani
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Guest Guitar Solos on Rock and Metal Records

Metal and prog records are full of cameo solos: a band hands 30 seconds to a hero or a friend and lets them loose. Steve Vai on Motörhead and Devin Townsend, Jeff Beck on Ozzy's Patient Number 9, Slash and Satriani on Alice Cooper, John Petrucci and Guthrie Govan on Periphery, Alex Lifeson on Porcupine Tree. Here is who played what, each video starting at the guest solo.

  1. 1
    Hey Stoopid
    Alice Cooper · solo by Slash / Joe Satriani · 1991
  2. 2
    Feed My Frankenstein
    Alice Cooper · solo by Steve Vai / Joe Satriani · 1991
  3. 3
    Patient Number 9
    Ozzy Osbourne · solo by Jeff Beck · 2022
  4. 4
    Terminal Show
    Motörhead · solo by Steve Vai · 2004
  5. 5
    Triumph
    The Devin Townsend Band · solo by Steve Vai · 2006
  6. 6
    Ego Death
    Polyphia ft. Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai, Tim Henson & Scott LePage · 2022
  7. 7
    Immortal
    Clutch · solo by Leslie West · 2001
  8. 8
    Phantom Bride
    Deftones · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 2016
  9. 9
    Anesthetize
    Porcupine Tree · solo by Alex Lifeson · 2007
  10. 10
    Nil Recurring
    Porcupine Tree · solo by Robert Fripp · 2007
  11. 11
    Halo
    Porcupine Tree · solo by Adrian Belew · 2005
  12. 12
    Ashes of the Wake
    Lamb of God · solo by Mark Morton, Alex Skolnick and Chris Poland · 2004
  13. 13
    Blood In, Blood Out
    Exodus · solo by Kirk Hammett / Gary Holt · 2014
  14. 14
    Twilight of the Thunder God
    Amon Amarth · solo by Roope Latvala (guest), Olavi Mikkonen, Johan Söderberg · 2008
  15. 15
    Overactive Imagination
    Death · solo by Andy LaRocque · 1993
  16. 16
    Erised
    Periphery · solo by John Petrucci · 2012
  17. 17
    Have a Blast
    Periphery · solo by Guthrie Govan · 2012
  18. 18
    Racecar
    Periphery · solo by Jeff Loomis · 2010
  19. 19
    Mr. Self Destruct
    Nine Inch Nails · solo by Adrian Belew · 1994
  20. 20
    Something from Nothing
    Foo Fighters · solo by Rick Nielsen · 2014
  21. 21
    Sister of Pain
    Vince Neil · solo by Steve Stevens · 1993
  22. 22
    Axis of Evil
    Derek Sherinian · solo by Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen · 2003

Quick answers

Who played the guitar solo on Patient Number 9?

Jeff Beck plays the guest guitar on Ozzy Osbourne's Patient Number 9 (2022).

Who plays the guest solos on Alice Cooper's Hey Stoopid?

Our catalog credits Slash and Joe Satriani on Hey Stoopid (1991); Steve Vai and Joe Satriani appear on Feed My Frankenstein from the same year.

Which guitarists guest on Periphery songs?

John Petrucci on Erised (2012), Guthrie Govan on Have a Blast (2012), Jeff Loomis on Racecar (2010), plus Wes Hauch on Mile Zero and Adam Getgood on Totla Mad.