by Zenae Zukowski | Jul 6, 2017 | News
In a recent interview with AXS, Dave Mustaine revealed one of the main reasons why ex Guitarist, Marty Friedman, left the band. Essentially, it had a lot to do with the song “Breadline” from 1999’s Risk. AXS asked how he chooses which guitarist should play a solo when...
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 Zenae Zukowski | Jun 2, 2017 | New Music, News, Releases
It’s been three years since former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman released 2014’s Inferno, and now we finally get to hear new material. Friedman’s next solo effort Wall of Sound will be released this summer on August 4th via Prosthetic Records. He unleashed a taste...
by Alix Vallecillo | Jan 19, 2016 | In Memoriam, News
The week started with a low note with the passing of Eagle’s guitarist and singer, Glenn Frey yesterday at the age of 67. Frey had been battling a series of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis, and pneumonia while recovering...
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...