MARTY FRIEDMAN Is A Japanese Comic-Strip Character

August 24, 2010

The front page of the current issue of Tokyo Sports, Japan's top nationwide sports newspaper, features a half-page photo as well as the transcript of a monumental conversation between former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman and legendary comic-strip artist Tenho Iwatani.

Tenho Iwatani's daily comic strip for Tokyo Sports is in its 23rd consecutive year.

Marty has been following Iwatani's work since the '90s.

On this special front-page edition, Iwatani honored Marty by making him a character in the daily comic strip.

Following the Japanese release of his tenth solo album, "Bad D.N.A." on August 25, Friedman will take part in a series of promotional autograph sessions throughout Japan before taking the CD to the concert stage with his band later this year. The first signing session will take place on August 28 at the DynaCity (Canyon Stage) in Odawara at 2 p.m. Also on August 28, Friedman will appear on Fuji-TV's longest-running music program, "Music Fair", at 6 p.m.

"Bad D.N.A." will be released in Japan via Avex. The CD was produced by Marty and engineered by Steve Hardy and Shinnosuke Miyazawa (LADY GAGA, GUNS N' ROSES) this April/May at The Village in Los Angeles, California.

According to a posting on Friedman's web site, "Bad D.N.A." is "a natural progression, picking up where 'Loudspeaker' and 'Tokyo Jukebox' left off and adding its own twists and turns."

"Bad D.N.A." track listing:

01. Specimen
02. Bad D.N.A.
03. Weapons Of Ecstacy
04. Hatejoke
05. Glorious Accident
06. Random Star
07. Picture
08. Battle Scars
09. School Spirit Delinquent
10. Exorcism Parade
11. Time To Say Goodbye (bonus track)

Friedman's new video, "Bad D.N.A.", can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Visual Trap, which has helmed all of the videos for DIR EN GREY.

The first Japanese pressing of Friedman's new album will include the "Bad D.N.A." video.

Friedman's ninth solo album, "Tokyo Jukebox", was released in Europe on February 22, 2010 via Mascot Records. The CD features extensive liner notes (written by Friedman in the "story behind the song" format) which are exclusive to the European release.

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