Q:John M. West is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.He was born in Syracuse New York on October 29 and has sung for such bands as Artension Royal Hunt Badlands Lynch Mob Cozy Powell Michael Lee Firkins Yngwie Malmsteen Trans-Siberian Orchestra James Murphy Marc Ferrari Many Moons Rider and Feinstein. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Artist