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Former MACHINE HEAD Guitarist Forms New Project
Former MACHINE HEAD guitarist Ahrue Luster has teamed up with three members of the Sacramento band JUGGERNAUT in a brand-new, as-yet-unnamed project. The group, which is currently holed up at a Sacramento rehearsal studio writing and demoing original material, has already completed about six songs i...November 4, 2002
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Former MEGADETH Guitarist Announces Solo Record Deal
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has inked record deals with Universal Records in Japan, Favored Nations in the U.S., and Mascot Records in Europe. Friedman's recently-completed new solo CD, titled "Music For Speeding", will be released sometime this winter. As previously reported, "Music Fo...October 31, 2002
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Former MEGADETH Guitarist To Heard On PLAYBOY Channel
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will shortly be heard on The Playboy Channel via the RED DYE #2 track "Shake That Hot Thing", which is currently being licensed by the channel for future broadcast. According to Friedman's official web site, "the tune has a hot vocal, a pumping bass riff and...October 30, 2002
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Former MEGADETH Guitarist Comments On Lack Of Soloing In Metal
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman recently commented via his official web site on the reasons for the decreased emphasis on guitar soloing in metal music today as opposed to the '80s when Friedman's career was first launched. "I believe people, myself included, are bored to tears with the tra...October 28, 2002
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MARTY FRIEDMAN: I Was Blown Away By Response To My Guitar Clinics
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has posted the following message via his official web site: "To all of the true-metal, nu-metal and non-metal fans that showed up to my clinics this week in Europe, THANX!!!! YOU ALL WERE GREAT!!!! I was blown away by the response and the sheer amount of peop...October 27, 2002
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Guitar Heroes Line Up To Pay Tribute To Ailing Axeman
Swedish guitarist Tommy Denander has written a special song called "Jason" for inclusion on the second tribute album for former David Lee Roth axeman Jason Becker, who is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrigs). As an added bonus, Denander has invited a very impressive list of friends to jam on the track,...October 24, 2002
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MARIAH CAREY Covers DEF LEPPARD!
MARIAH CAREY has recorded a cover version of DEF LEPPARD's 1981 hit "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" for her upcoming release, "Charmbracelet", according to Fox News. "I know it sounds weird, and that it probably won't work, but guess what? At last night's [Oct. 22] listening party for Carey's new disk,...October 23, 2002
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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist Jams With Former Bandmates
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman was briefly reunited with his former DEUCE bandmates (including ex-TENSION and current BALLISTIC mainman Tom Gattis) on September 29th in Washington, D.C. for a "furious" jam through a set of the group's "hits," according to the guitarist's official web site....October 7, 2002
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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist Announces Additional European Appearances
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will be conducting several European guitar clinics in late October/early November. The short trek will include an October 21st appearance at Domont Guitare Village in Paris, France and an October 22nd date at Le Mans France Guitar Seminar at Music Center in L...September 26, 2002
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ALTARIA To Be Joined By NIGHTWISH Guitarist During Upcoming Gigs
Finnish melodic metal band ALTARIA, featuring SONATA ARCTICA guitarist Jani Liimatainen, will be joined by NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen on second guitar during some of their forthcoming live shows, according to ALTARIA's official web site. In other news, ALTARIA will record a song called "Stra...September 21, 2002
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Former MEGADETH Guitarist To Pay Tribute To THE RAMONES At Phoenix Gig
ROCKET TO RUSSIA, a RAMONES tribute band featuring former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman and Jay Hofer and Bill Schumann from Arizona-based GREENHAVEN, will perform at the Mason Jar in Phoenix on Saturday, October 12th. In related news, GREEENHAVEN, whose line-up is completed by former WINDIGO fr...September 18, 2002
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Former MEGADETH Guitarist To Perform With RAMONES Cover Band
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman and undisclosed "pals" will be performing a set of THE RAMONES covers at "Rocket To Russia", an annual event taking place at The Mason Jar in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 12th. The guitarist will also be conducting several guitar clinics in late October/early...September 16, 2002
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MARTY FRIEDMAN: LINKIN PARK And LIMP BIZKIT Are Doing Extremely Interesting Stuff
Despite his reputation as an old-school guitar virtuoso, former MEGADETH axeman Marty Friedman claims that he has a great appreciation for the new generation of guitar players, especially those from KORN, LIMP BIZKIT and LINKIN PARK. "Those guitarists and bands are doing extremely interesting and co...September 4, 2002
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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN: My New Solo CD Has Enough Guitar Solos For Five Albums
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman says that the reason his guitar playing was seemingly featured less and less on the group's later albums is simply down to the fact that "I felt that the MEGADETH's traditional 'vrs brg cho, vrs brg cho, solo' structure was dated, and I wanted to avoid that a...September 3, 2002
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Former MEGADETH Guitarist To Appear On Japan-Only DVD
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman performed a special show in Tokyo, Japan on August 24th as part of Dai-Gakki-Sai, which is said to be "like a NAMM show for Japan," according to the guitarist's official web site. "The theater that Marty played in was jam-packed with wall to wall fans who hav...September 2, 2002
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