Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 8, 2021
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 via social media: “Hey everyone, Jason is aware of, and overwhelmed by […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on March 13, 2019
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 with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s Disease) but still continues to release music. […]
Posted by Metal Insider on February 1, 2019
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 Dadaian’s latest effort, we asked him who his top five influential guitarists are. Check out his list below and order the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 29, 2017
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 gradually lost the ability to walk or speak, but uses […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on November 20, 2015
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 Becker, Marty Friedman, Paul Gilbert, and many other shredders in their roster. The […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 8, 2014
[youtube]http://youtu.be/tPny5Bx-LLs[/youtube] Even if you’re not a fan of guitar shredders, Marty Friedman’s Prosthetic debut, Inferno, has a little something for everyone. The former Megadeth guitarist turned Japanese superstar crams in songs with vocals from members of Revocation (“Sociopaths”), Children of Bodom (“Lycanthrope”) and Danko Jones (“I Can’t Relax” and “Lycanthrope”). a song with Rodrigo y Gabriela, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 6, 2014
[youtube]http://youtu.be/xH6l4Ye3U9w[/youtube] Any guitarist worth their salt knows who Marty Friedman is. While most metal fans might remember him as the guitarist of Megadeth throughout the ’90s when the band were at their commercial peak, he was an extremely well-known shredder via his ’80’s output with Jason Becker in Cacophony before that. Interestingly enough, when he […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on February 9, 2011
Virtuoso guitarist Jason Becker is best known for his work on David Lee Roth’s 1991 album A Little Ain’t Enough, as well as a series of shredding solo albums on Shrapnel Records. But shortly after joining Roth’s band and at the age of 20, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, aka Lou Gehrig’s […]
