by Zenae Zukowski | Apr 8, 2021 | News
Jason Becker, the legendary guitarist who has been living with ALS for over thirty years, has been hospitalized. According to his mother, Becker has been experiencing “shortness of breath and a rapid heart rate,” as she explained in the below statement...
by Chris Annunziata | Mar 13, 2019 | News, Updates
Jason Becker, most notably known for his work with Marty Friedman (Cacophony) and David Lee Roth, is scheduled to undergo surgery to drain abscess in his lungs on March 21st. For the past 30 years, the guitarist has had an ongoing battle with...
by Metal Insider | Feb 1, 2019 | Lists, Top 5
Steve Dadaian’s new album Follow the Light came out today (2/1). The fusion guitarist has already shared videos for “Follow the Light,” “Soul Connection” and a guitar playthrough for the song “Red River.” To celebrate...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 29, 2017 | Health, Heath
If you’re not familiar with Jason Becker, you should be. The virtuouso guitarist made records with Marty Friedman (as Cacophony) and played on a David Lee Roth solo album, all before he was 23. Then he was diagnosed with ALS (or Lou Gehrig’s Disease). He...
by Alix Vallecillo | Nov 20, 2015 | Digital Media, News
If you are an avid guitar-shredder or at least enjoy the art of that genre, you may know who Shrapnel Records is, but for those who don’t, they’re a instrumental-oriented label established in the early 80’s that has guitar-centric artists like Jason...