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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Perform At Tokyo's Budokan

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will perform live at Budokan in Tokyo, Japan on December 27 as part of a special Visual Kei live event featuring an all-star lineup of Alice Nine, Mucc, Sid and much more. This will be Marty's third appearance at Budokan since his move to Japan. In other news...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN To Appear On Japan's 'Guitar Stories'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will appear on the first episode of the brand new Japanese national TV program "Guitar Stories". The show has Friedman performing the title track to his new album, "Bad D.N.A.", and talking music, and arranging a segment of "Forbidden City" for 10 Japanese gu...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Play Two More Shows With Taiwanese Singer A-MEI

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's performance with conductor Yukata Sado and the spectacular Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra was filmed last night and will be broadcast in Japan on February 20 at 9 a.m. on TV Asahi, and rebroadcast on February 26 and February 27 on TV Asahi (BS). Those of you...

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WE ARE THE FALLEN Interviewed On 'In The Qube' (Video)

WE ARE THE FALLEN — the group formed by EVANESCENCE co-founder Ben Moody (guitar) and other former members (LeCompt and Gray) along with "American Idol" powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson and bassist Marty O'Brien (DISTURBED, KELLY CLARKSON, STATIC-X, METHODS OF MAYHEM,TOMMY LEE) — was interviewed e...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN To Perform With TOKYO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will perform with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra on November 25. The performance will be broadcast in early 2011 on TV Asahi's "Daimei no nai Ongakukai". This is the third time Marty has appeared with the Philharmonic as a soloist; the first time he perform...

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CYNTHESIS Signs To SENSORY RECORDS; Original ZERO HOUR Members Reunited

Sensory Records has announced the signing of CYNTHESIS. The band's debut album, "DeEvolution", is scheduled for release in the spring. The CD is currently being mixed by talented producer/engineer Dino Alden (Marty Friedman, Tony Macalpine, Vinnie Moore, ZERO HOUR). The artwork will be created by De...

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GUS G.: I'm A Bigger BLACK SABBATH Fan Than OZZY OSBOURNE Fan

Guitar Player magazine recently conducted an interview with FIREWIND/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar Player: How big an influence was Ozzy's music on you? Gus: Very big. I'm a huge BLACK SABBATH fan. I'm a bigger SABBATH fan than Ozzy fan, to be...

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TOURNIQUET Seeks Funding For New Album

Christian neo-classical progressive thrash metal band TOURNIQUET has issued the following update: "We're continually encouraged by the flood of people asking 'When will we get a new TOURNIQUET album?' Well, we've been working to make it happen. "Here's the deal: due to the current great opportunitie...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Appear In New Japanese Movie

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has just completed filming for the upcoming Japanese movie "Maebashi Visual Kei". Due in Japan in early 2011, the film was directed by Otsuru Gitan and is described as "a dramatic and moving look inside the trials and tribulations of a fictitious Visual Kei b...

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ROSS THE BOSS: New Song Available For Streaming

Former MANOWAR guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman will release the second album under the ROSS THE BOSS banner, "Hailstorm", in Europe on November 1 via AFM Records (three days earlier in Germany). "Hailstorm" track listing: 01. I.A.G. (1:15) 02. Kingdom Arise (4:57) 03. Dead Man's Curve (3:33) 04....

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JASON BECKER Documentary Film Production Company Seeking Donations

The production company behind "Perpetual Burn: The Story Of Jason Becker" is seeking additional funding for the official Jason Becker documentary film. Jason Becker began his career as a Shrapnel recording artist by joining forces with guitar virtuoso Marty Friedman to form seminal progressive metal...

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ROSS THE BOSS: 'Hailstorm' Preview Clip Available

Former MANOWAR guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman will release the second album under the ROSS THE BOSS banner, "Hailstorm", in Europe on November 1 via AFM Records (three days earlier in Germany). "Hailstorm" track listing: 01. I.A.G. (1:15) 02. Kingdom Arise (4:57) 03. Dead Man's Curve (3:33) 04....

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Launches Record Label

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has created and is now heading up the brand new record label, Gokukara Records. The label is a subsidiary of Japan's major label giant Avex. Friedman's solo releases will continue with Avex, and new artists that he works with will come out on Gokukara. The fi...

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'Detroit Metal City' Movie Coming To DVD

VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced the DVD release on November 9 of "Detroit Metal City". The live-action comedy, directed by Toshio Lee and based on the popular manga comic created by Kiminori Wakasugi, is presented in...

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ROSS THE BOSS: 'Hailstorm' Track Listing Revealed

Former MANOWAR guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman will release the second album under the ROSS THE BOSS banner, "Hailstorm", in Europe on November 1 via AFM Records (three days earlier in Germany). "Hailstorm" track listing: 01. I.A.G. (1:15) 02. Kingdom Arise (4:57) 03. Dead Man's Curve (3:33) 04....