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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist PARKER LUNDGREN Is Living A Rocker's Dream

August 13, 2009

Melanie Lockhart of Washington's PTLeader.com reports: Ever since his teenage years, Parker Lundgren has dreamed of taking music to a professional level. But even in his wildest dreams, he never imagined that he'd eventually play guitar in front of 70,000 screaming metal fans.

The 22-year-old Port Townsend High School graduate has been touring as a guitar player for QUEENSRŸCHE — a multi-platinum Seattle-based progressive metal band — during the 2009 tour of the group's most recent album: "American Soldier".

He's getting used to crowds of 3,000. But when he stepped out in front of 20,000 fans in France and again at Gods of Metal — Italy's largest metal music festival — in front of 70,000 who braved the pouring rain, the feeling was a new one entirely.

He's also had the chance to play beside some of his favorite bands, including MÖTLEY CRÜE and MOTÖRHEAD.

"It was kind of surreal to be hanging out with a lot of my idols that I grew up listening to," Parker told PTLeader.com.

Read the entire article from PTLeader.com.

Parker Lundgren with his father, Scott Lundgren (photo by Erin Lundgren)

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