such as: Jimi Hendrix, Coheed and Cambria, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Cannibal Corpse (Chris Barnes era), Deicide, Deftones, Sweet Savage, Dark Tranquillity, Nirvana, AFI, Rise Against, Failure, Weezer, Seether (early songs), Green Day, Protest the Hero, Kiss, Our Lady Peace, The Hellacopters, Backyard Babies, Disturbed (on a few songs), Guns N' Roses, Motion City Soundtrack, Neil Young, Van Halen, Extreme, Brand New, Blind Guardian, Metallica (on the "Load", "Reload" and "Garage Inc." albums, "The God That Failed", their cover of "Killing Time", in a 1985 live performance in Portland, Oregon, in a 1990 live performance with Guns N' Roses and Sebastian Bach, and in live performances of standard tuned songs since 1995), AC/DC (some songs and in live performances of standard tuned songs since 2008), Slayer, Alcest, Rage Against the Machine, Budgie, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Prine (on The Singing Mailman Delivers and live performances of "Angel from Montgomery" from 1998 to 2020), Yngwie Malmsteen, Dream Theater on "Stream of Consciousness" and "The Root of All Evil" Alice in Chains, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Killers, Relient K, Suede, RED on "Not Alone", Beach House, David Wilcox (on "Human Cannonball" from Turning Point and current live performances of "Saturday They'll All Be Back Again"), Ugly Kid Joe (on their cover of "Cat's in the Cradle"), Third Day (on "I Can Feel It"), Die Ärzte (since "Geräusch"), Skillet (on "A Little More"), and Vertical Horizon, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, Finding September (on "History" and "Inhibitions"), and Breaking Benjamin on "Ladybug" and many of their live cover songs.D tuning - D-G-C-F-A-DOne full step down from standard tuning. Used by bands/artists such as Mötley Crüe, Nightwish, Pantera (425 Hz), Fu Manchu, P.O.D., Sepultura, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, Behemoth, Insomnium, Watain, In Solitude, Agalloch, Inquisition, Drive-By Truckers, Soulfly, Holocaust, Children of Bodom, Symphony X, Oceansize, Death, Decrepit Birth, Dream Theater, All That Remains, Baroness, Napalm Death, Volbeat, Seether on "Country Song", Exodus, Gojira, Hammerfall (from 2009 - today), John Prine (on "Grandpa Was a Carpenter" and some other songs from 1998 to 2020), Shadows Fall, Mastodon, Ghost, Lordi, Killswitch Engage, and Kreator. Used in a vast majority of songs by musician Elliott Smith, and also in some songs by Johnny Cash (including "Ring of Fire" and his covers of "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" and "Cat's in the Cradle"). Also used in Nirvana's songs "Come as You Are", "Lithium" and "Drain You", Metallica in their