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 Buddy HollyBuddy Holly was one of the early pioneers of rock and roll, along with Chuck Berry he helped shape the future of modern music, paving the way for The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones and all that followed. Whereas Elvis had a great voice and stage presence, he was mot a great instrumentalist or songwriter. Holly was among the first to concern himself with all aspects of his music, including recording. He was a prolific songwriter and though equipment was primitive at the time his guitar playing was innovative and along with Chuck Berry he can be credited with making the guitar the most important instrument in all genres of modern music. More...  Steve StevensBorn in Brooklyn, New York on May 5th, 1959, Steve Stevens is a Songwriter and Guitarist. His real name is Steven Schneider. As a Guitarist he is more well known for his position in playing alongside such people as Billy Idol, Michael Jackson and Motley Crue's Vince Neil. Although he has also performed in his own, critically acclaimed, solo projects, notably Flamenco-a-go-go and The Atomic Playboys and also collaborations such as:- Bozzio Levin Stevens, a.k.a. Black Light Syndrome. He is still sought after and held in high regard as a Session Guitarist. More...  Pat MethenyPat Metheny is one of the leading voices in the field of contemporary jazz, and had also made a great success in the fusion genre, written music for film scores and collaborated with most of the great jazz musicians of our time. He is regarded as creme a'la creme amongst musicians, and has a distinguished sound and an unique composition style. He has been awarded 17 Grammys in different genres during the years (10 for PMG) , and is still touring between 120-240 day's a year. More...  Glenn HughesI'm proud to announce we have a new wiki:er, Staffy! Here's on of his articles:  John "Sco" ScofieldJohn "Sco" Scofield is stated as one of the "Big Three", now living jazz guitar players. Along with Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell he has pioneered the sound of modern jazz since the seventies, influented by soul, blues and fusion. Considering himself as a post-modern be-bop player, he states that Joe Henderson is one of his role models. His sound as well as phrasing and bluesy influences, makes him an unmistakeable voice in the art of jazz. After his work with Miles Davis he won the Down Beat 's International Critics Poll in 1986, both matters leading to international fame and recognizion as one of the top players around. John is married to... More...  John WilliamsJohn Williams is a classical guitarist of note and should not be confused with the other John Williams who composes music for countless movies. John is probably best known for his version of Cavatina played on classical guitar which was a massive hit and was used as the theme song to the film The Deer Hunter starring Robert De Niro and for his work with the rock/classical fusion band Sky. More...  Jeff BeckJeff Beck is an innovative English rock/blues/fusion guitarist, who has released 24 albums on his own or in the different bands he has taken part in. He has won four Grammy Awards, is ranked 14th on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time" list, and belongs to the "Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame" due to his career along with "The Yardbirds" . [...] Geoffrey Arnold Beck, known as Jeff Beck, was born on 24th June 1944 in Wallington, England. He grew up listening to the radio and hearing his mother play piano, and he tried to build his own guitars until he bought his first real electric guitar. After leaving school he went through several jobs like decorator and car painter before starting to work as a session musician. More...  Ace FrehleyPaul Daniel "Ace" Frehley, born April 27, 1951,is an American guitarist best known as an original member and lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss. He took on the persona of 'Spaceman' when the band adopted costumes and theatrics. Frehley played with the group from its inception in 1973 until his departure in 1982. After leaving Kiss, Frehley embarked on a moderately successful solo career, which was put on hold when he rejoined Kiss in 1996 for a highly successful reunion tour. His second tenure with Kiss lasted until 2002, when he left at the conclusion... More...  Les Paul**Rest in Peace**  Adrian VandenbergBorn in Netherlands, on January 31st 1954. He started playing guitar at the age of 17 and is best known for his time with the legendary band Whitesnake fronted by ex-Deep Purple singer David Coverdale. His style is versatile and can shred with the best, yet also he`s melodic, playing with great feel and expression. [...]Once joining Whitesnake he helped to complete the 1987 album, after a successful World Tour he co-wrote all of the music for Whitesnakes "Slip of the Tongue" album, unfortunatly Vandenburg was never to play... More...  Michael Angelo BatioMichael began his recording career with a group called Holland and their first album called Little Monsters was met with moderate success. He is the Most famous for his solo records such as No Bounderies Batio is also known for the fact that he taught Tom Morello while attending college. He also supposedly gave lessons to guitarist Mark Tremonti. Michael Angelo Batio is an incredible guitarist and is well know for using guitars with two necks and sometimes even four necks. I dont think I could ever do that myself... He often uses a custom dean guitar. More...  Steve VaiSteven "Steve" Siro Vai, born June 6 1960, is a famous guitarist and composer. He is famed for his incredible technique and extremely fast shredding. In 1974 Steve took guitar lessons from fellow guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani. He attended the Berklee College of Music and toured with Frank Zappa. Steve Vai often tours with Joe Satriani, his former guitar teacher, on the G3 tour. Vai has performed on the tour from 1996-1997 and 2000-2006. More...  Eric JohnsonEric Johnson is a guitarist and songwriter born August 17, 1954 in Austin Texas, USA. Although best known for his solo work, Eric Johnson is also associated with other projects and appearing on many other records such as "Distant Star" by Steve Morse and "The Washing Away of Wrong" by John5. Eric Johnson has been widely appraised for his guitar skills by many guitar magazines including Guitar World and Total Guitar as well as other well known guitar players such as Joe Satriani, Allan Hodsworth, Steve Morse, B.B King and Stevie Ray Vaughn. Eric Johnson has also appeared on the G3 tour with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. More...  Paul GilbertCarbondale, Illinois, that's the name of Paul Gilbert´s hometown and there is where he was born (6th november 1966). Paul first picked up a guitar at the age of 5, even though it only was a toy guitar it surely started his interest for music. His main influences back then were bands such as The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Another huge influence he had was his blues-playing uncle, Jimi Kidd. Today Paul is not only one of the fastest metal guitar players out there but also considered to be among the most technical ones. More...  Eric ClaptonEric Clapton "Slow Hand" is a famous English guitarist, singer and composer. He excels in blues, and was ranked nº4 in Rolling Stone's "100 Guitarists of all time". He has released or taken part in over 50 different albums, either on his own or in the different formations he has taken part in his large career. He also belongs to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame three times: for Cream, The Yardbirds and his solo albums. He is nº53 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". On top of that, he also belongs to the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, England, in 1945. His father abandoned his mother and he never got to meet him. Later on, his mother left him to be raised by his grandparents. He started playing guitar at the age of 13, he was self-taught... More...
 Bradley NowellMusic was an important part of Nowell's upbringing. Nowell's mother, Nancy Nowell-Watilo, had perfect pitch, which Bradley himself inherited, and Brad's father, Jim Nowell, was fond of Jimmy Buffett and often played guitar during family gatherings. On holidays, Brad often played guitar and sang with his father and uncles for hours. Brad was often able to play a song on the guitar after hearing it only once. Bradley grew up with the stigma of attention deficit disorder and the associated (incorrect) assumption that he wasn’t very clever. Coupled with his parents’ divorce made for a difficult childhood. More...  Vivian CampbellBorn in Belfast, Northern Ireland 1962 on August 25th full name : Vivian Partick Campbell Biggest influence , Gary Moore, Vivian`s style in early years reflects that of Garys in many ways, lightening speed with pinpoint accuracy. Joined his first band in 1978 at the age of 16, "Sweet Savage" , he was to tour as a support act with Thin Lizzy and Motorhead, whilst on tour he had attracted some attention from bass player Jimmy Bain who was forming a band with rock legend singer Ronnie James Dio & drummer Vinnie Appice. Dio required a power metal guitarist, and Vivian at the age of 19 was asked to audition. More...  Kirk HammetHe was born in San Francisco to a Filipino mother and an Irish Merchant Marine father. As a child and teenager, he showed great interest in his older brother Rick's extensive collection of guitars and hard rock records, including material by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Status Quo, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and UFO. One of his biggest influences was Jimi Hendrix. He took up the guitar for the first time at the age of fifteen.Hammett's musical interests eventually drew him into the fledgling thrash metal genre. In 1982, he formed the group Exodus with vocalist Paul Baloff, guitarist Gary Holt, bassist Geoff Andrews, and drummer Tom Hunting. More...  John PetrucciJohn Peter Petrucci was born July 12, 1967 in Kings Park, Long Island, New York. He is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. As well as the guitarist he is also the band's main lyricist. He won the "Guitarist of the Year 2007" award in Total Guitar Magazine. Petrucci first played guitar at the age of eight when his sister was allowed to stay up past her bed time to practice the organ. He soon dropped it when his plan failed. When he was 12, he began playing again, and began to practice seriously, at least 6 hours a day. He was a largely self-taught guitarist who developed his skills through attempts to match the skill of his idols, who included Steve Morse, Steve Howe, Steve Vai, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Al Di Meola, Alex Lifeson and Allan Holdsworth. More...  Stevie Ray VaughanStevie Ray Vaughan was born on October 3, 1954 in Dallas, Texas. Neither of his parents had any strong musical talent but were avid music fans. They would take Vaughan and his older brother Jimmie to concerts. Stevie initially wanted to play the drums as his primary instrumentbut Michael Quinn gave him a guitar when he was seven years old. Stevies brother gave him his first guitar lessons. Stevie said his brother was one of the biggest influences on his playing and he was the reason he wanted to play too. More...  Rory GallagherGallagher's first bands were showbands which played the popular hits of the day. In 1965 he turned Impact into an R'n'B group which played gigs in Ireland and Spain. He formed Taste in 1966, but the line-up which gained fame was formed in 1967, featuring Gallagher on guitar and vocals, John Wilson on drums and Richard McCracken on bass. The group released the albums, Taste and On the Boards, and made two live recordings, Live at Montreux and Live at the Isle of Wight. The latter appeared long after the band's break-up, which occurred shortly after their appearance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival (Headlined by Jimi Hendrix). More...  BucketheadBuckethead was born in 1969 with the name of Brian Carroll. He is an American guitarist who is known for wearing a plastic mask and KFC Bucket on his head while performing. His style of music is very diverse from thrash metal, funk, electronica, and jazz. He is best known for playing guitar, but plays many instruments such as Bass guitar, banjo, ukelele, piano, keyboard, and drums. Buckethead has worked with many famous music artists such as Bootsy Collins, Les Claypool, Guns n' Roses, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Serj Tankian, Saul Williams, Viggo Mortensen and Bill Laswell. He has also wrote music for some major movie productions such as Saw II, Mortal Kombat, and even created the Power Rangers Theme Song for the Power Rangers Movie. More...  John FruscianteJohn Anthony Frusciante was born on March the fifth in 1970. He is an American guitarist, songwriter, singer and record producer. He is most famous as being the guitarist of the band “The Red Hot Chili Peppers”. He has recorded five albums with RHCP (red hot chilli peppers) and nice albums under his own name. He also did two musical collaborations with Josh Klinghoffer and Joe Lally. His solo albums contain a variety of musical styles, experimental rock, ambient music, new wave, electronic etc. Frusciante’s playing style very melodic and emotional. John joined the RHCP when he was eighteen. He once saw them playing when he was a little boy, and he saw them as his great heroes. He first appeared on the band’s album Mother’s milk, released in 1989. Their next album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, was a big success. John was overwhelmed by their popularity and couldn’t handle it. He entered a long period of heroin addiction. In 1998 he rehabilitated and rejoined the peppers. They recorded their new album Californication with John as their guitarist again. His solo albums started to appear in the period of drug addiction. More...  Frank ZappaFrank Zappa was a musician born December 21, 1940. He played guitar, keyboards, synclavier(synth/sampler), and vocals. He was born Frank Vincent Zappa in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up with interest in multiple genres of music. In 1965, Zappa joined the Mothers of Invention (previously the Soul Giants and later, simply the Mothers). Zappa greatly extended the range of rock, composing oratorios, symphonic pieces, ballets, digitized extravaganzas for the Synclavier keyboard, and satirical musicals. A brilliant guitar soloist who recruited similarly adventurous musicians, Zappa helped further the art of improvisation in a rock context. Over the years, his ensembles included such notable musicians as keyboardist George Duke and guitarist Steve Vai. More...  James HetfieldJames Alan Hetfield was born in Downey, CA (a suburb of Los Angeles) on August 3, 1963, to Christian Science parents, a religion he would dismiss later on. During high school he started to play drums but quickly changed to the guitar His main influence was Aerosmith, and he has said that they were the reason why he wanted to play guitar. Other bands such as Black Sabbath, The Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin and Thin Lizzy also had a major influence on him.Together with Drummer Lars Ulrich he formed the future biggest Metalband of the World METALLICA as a contrary to the dominating glam Metal movement. Ulrich turned Hetfield on to the sounds of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement (Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Diamond Head, Venom, Saxon, Angel Witch, etc). In the early days, Hetfield did not have an interest in being a lead vocalist, that is... More...  Jason BeckerJason Becker is a US-guitarist who plays mostly in the style of neoclassical metal /rock. He's born on 22th july in 1969. To the guitar he came through his father who played classical guitar and his uncle, who played jazz guitar. In fact he started to play when he was 5(!) and performed at school a lot of times. It's also said that the gave even lessons to his guitarteacher. With 16 he met Marty Friedman, who should become his closest friend. The time Marty say Jason play, he was kind of enthusiasted, as a result the idea to make a record together came up. More...
 Angus YoungAngus Young was born on March 31, 1955 of William and Margaret Young in Glasgow, Scotland. He was one of nine children. He and all his siblings were brought up in Syndey, Australia. Angus started playing guitar when he was five years old. A local child had one and Angus would play it during visits. He got his own guitar by taking a banjo his family had lying around and restringing it like a guitar. Angus did not get into guitar playing seriously until his family moved from Scotland to Australia in 1963. He had been playing on an old Höfner guitar he inherited from | More...  Zakk WyldeBorn on the 01.14.1967 in Bayonne, New Jersey as Jeffery Philip Wielandt, Zakk Wylde has become a great influence in the Music world. He started playing guitar at the year of 8 but lost interest and picked the guitar up again at the age of 14 after trying out his friends Les Paul with a Big Muff Distortion Pedal. First he covered Black Sabbath and ZZ Top songs with his band Stone Henge, at High school he joined several other bands, including Zyris. While he was with Zyris he changed his name to Zachary Wyland. Without any More...  Bob DylanBob Dylan is born on the 24th of may in 1941 in Minnesota with the name Robert Allen Zimmerman. He is an american Folk- and Rock-musician, painter and also a poet. He plays the guitar, the piano, the harmonica and sings. He is said to be one of the most important musician of the 20th century. He began in the 1950s with Folk-music and turned in the mid-1960s to Rockmusic. Besides his music, the lyrics he wrote a very special; as they were influcend by the Folkmusician Woody Guthrie in his early times, they were influenced later on by symbolist poets like Charles Daudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud and Dylan Thomas. But since the end of the 70s the bible became an growing influcene on his writings. His oeuvre has – as his real life has – changed very often and More...  Luca TurilliLuca Turilli is a guitarist for the Italian symphonic powermetal band Rhapsody of Fire, his own solo project named Luca Turilli, and the newly founded band Luca Turilli's Dreamquest. His style of music is heavily influenced by classical musicians such as Antonio Vivaldi, Niccoló Paganini and Johann Sebastian Bach. He writes songs with great melodies which have that epic feel about them, so most of his songs could be played during a final battle in Lord of the Rings or another epic movie. When Luca was 21 years old, he started the band Thundercross. When they recorded their first demo, they renamed the band to Rhapsody. More...  Steve LukatherSteve Lukather is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He is best knows for his work with Toto. He has also released solo albums, and has done a lot of sessions with other famous musicians. His work with Toto was mostly pop rock, but his solo work contains a much wider spectrum of genres. They contain rock, progressive music, jazz and funk. Steve Lukather was born Steven Lee Lukather on October 21, 1957 in San Fernando Valley, California. He started out playing keyboards and drums and then learned himself how to play guitar at the age of seven when his father bought him a Kay acoustic guitar and a copy of The beatles album More...  B.B. KingB.B. King is a legendary American Bluesman, gifted guitarist, composer and singer. King has taken part in more than 60 albums, with different artists or on his own. He has won 14 Grammys and received dozens of awards and honors over the years, and he still performs several nights a week. He belongs to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, and stands in the 3rd position of Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Riley Ben King, known as B.B. King, was born the 16th of September of 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. His father abandoned the family and his mother died when King was just 9 years old, so he spent the rest of his childhood living with More...  Jeff HealeyBorn:- Norman Jeffrey Healey March 25th 1966 - March 2nd 2008. Jeff Healey was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in the West End of the City. As an infant he had been adopted, his adoptive father was a local Firefighter. Healey lost his sight to Cancer (Retinoblastoma) when he was only 8 months old, having both his eyes Surgically removed and artificial ones implanted. He lived for 38 years Cancer free but developed Sarcoma in his legs and despite undergoing Surgery for this the sarcoma spread to his lungs causing his death in 2008. More...  This week... Randy Rhoads!Randy began playing guitar at the age of 6, he began learning on his grandfathers classical acoustic guitar learning folk music, shortly after he began taking piano lessons till the age of 12 when he became interested in rock guitar! Randy took lessons till the age of 14 then formed his first band ... More |
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New Articles!Hello Wiki readers! A lot of new articles are being written right at this moment! GuitarMasterClass.Net has a wiki competition, write an article about your favourtie band, guitarist, genre, technique, or anything else guitar related, earn some point and win wicked prices! The first price is a really nice Vox Tonelab ST, the second price is a Fender Champ, and the third prize a Pocket Pod! A lot of new articles are already made, like The Who and famous guitarrist Paul Kossoff. Please join us in this cool competition here.  New Article:Carlos SantanaSensible Jones has once again written a cool article on a very influential guitar player, this time it's Carlos Santana  New Article: Tommy EmmanuelI'm proud to present to you, the one and only Tommy Emmanuel, now in our wiki! Sensible Jones has made a great effort and brought you this article. Tommy was born in the Upper Hunter in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. He received his guitar in 1959 at the age of 4 - being taught by his mother to accompany her playing lap steel guitar. At the age of 7 he heard Chet Atkins on the radio. He vividly remembers this moment and says it greatly inspired him. By the age of 9, in 1964, he was a working professional musician. Recognizing the musical talents of Tommy and his brother Phil, their father created a family band, sold the family home and took... More...  New Article: SlashIt's finally there! Sensible Jones has finished a once started article on Slash, the God of Rock! From now on everyone can read about the life of the guitarist who has influenced many players with his style. Saul Hudson, or as most people call him, the legendary Slash, was born July 23, 1965, in West Hampstead, London, England. He was born to Tony and Ola Hudson, and has a younger brother, Albion Hudson. Most people know him as the former lead guitarist of the famous band Guns N' Roses, and is now currently shredding with Velvet Revolver. He is heralded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time.  New Article: Alex LifesonNoSkill made, again, a new article on Canadian guitarist! RUSH's guitarist Alex Lifeson is now in the wiki! For Rush, Lifeson plays electric and acoustic guitars as well as other stringed instruments such as mandola ...More.  New Article: Rik EmmettNoSkill keeps prolonging his Canadian serial, this time guitarist Rik Emmett, most well-known from the trio Triumph. Richard Gordon (Rik) Emmett (born July 10, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. Rik Emmett is unquestionably one of Canada's greatest musical gifts. Taking his first guitar lessons at age 12, his diverse playing styles of today could have been predicted in his childhood, with a wide array of influences, including The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix, as well as blues, jazz, flamenco and classical. More...  New Article: Randy BachmanNoSkill has, once again, written a cool article on a cool guitarist! Randy Bachman (BTO) is featured in the Wiki from now on! Randolph Charles Bachman, (born September 27, 1943) was lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s-70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Bachman was also a member of the band Brave Belt with Chad Allan and a band called Ironhorse, and has recorded numerous solo albums. More...  New Article: Guthrie GovanThis man has been in our Guitarist Top 5 for the past months, but didn't have his own article until now. Sensible Jones wrote this article on request, and he did great! Guthrie Govan (born December 27, 1971 in Chelmsford, Essex, England) is a guitarist known for his work with the bands Asia (2001-2006), GPS, The Young Punx and The Fellowship as well as Erotic Cakes (a vehicle for his own music). He is a noted guitar teacher through his work with the UK magazine Guitar Techniques, Guildford’s Academy of Contemporary Music and currently the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. He is also a former winner of Guitarist magazine's "Guitarist of the Year" competition. More...  New Article: Ry CooderOnce again, we have a famous name covered in our Wiki, this time Sensible Jones let his fingers hit the keyboard and made a cool article on Ry Cooder! During the 1960s, Cooder briefly attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Cooder first attracted attention in the 1960s, playing with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, after previously having worked with Taj Mahal in the Rising Sons. He also played with Randy Newman at this time, including on 12 Songs and possibly Newman's first album, Randy Newman. Van Dyke Parks worked with Newman and then with Cooder during the 60s. Parks arranged Cooder's "One Meatball" according to Parks' 1984 interview by Bob Claster. More...  New Article: Ali Farka ToureSensible Jones has, again, wrote a cool wiki article on a guitarist! This time it's Ali Farka Toure. Ali Ibrahim “Farka” Touré (October 31, 1939 – March 7, 2006) was a Malian singer and guitarist, and one of the African continent’s most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, the blues. The belief that the latter is historically derived from the former is reflected in Martin Scorsese’s often quoted characterization of Touré’s tradition as constituting "the DNA of the blues". Touré was ranked number 76 on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. More...  New Article: Kurt CobainFran has been busy again, and made a new wiki article for us! Kurt Cobain will be featured from now on! Kurt Donald Cobain was born on the 20th of February 1967 in Hoquaim, near Seattle but his family soon moved to Aberdeen, Washington. His parent's divorce at the early age of seven had a severe influence over his life, making him feel angry and anti-social, which later reflected in some of his best songs.  New Article: Frank MarinoWhitesnake's first ever wiki article is a nice one! Here is, Frank Marino, Mahogany Rush guitarist. Frank Marino is the guitarist of Mahogany Rush. He was born Francesco Antonio Marino on November 20, 1954 in Montreal, Canada. Half Italian and half Arab, Frank is one of five children.He grew up in the time of peace and hippie movement,therefore he only spent seven years in school. It was during those days that his experimentation with LSD would lead him to what was later to become the definition of his life. More...  New Article: Trevor RabinNoSkill wrote a new article, this time South African guitarist and vocalist Trevor Rabin. Rabin was born Trevor Charles Rabin and comes from a family of classical musicians in Johannesburg, South Africa, where his father Godfrey was lead violinist for the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Educated at a public school in Johannesburg, he took formal piano training before discovering the guitar at age 12. His parents encouraged his talents toward rock music, although Rabin would maintain his interest in Classical music throughout his career. Rabin also briefly More...  New Article: Steve HackettNoSkill has written the last article in his Genesis serial, this time Steve Hackett! new article, this time Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970. Hackett remained with the band for eight albums before leaving in 1977 to pursue a solo career. In 1986, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with another progressive guitarist, Steve Howe of Yes and Asia. The group More...
 New Article: Daryl StuermerNoSkill continues his Geneses serial with this time Genesis guitarist Daryl Stuermer. Stuermer was born on November 27, 1952 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Discovered playing with his Milwaukee band Sweetbottom, Stuermer auditioned for and won a spot backing up jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty in 1975, with whom Stuermer recorded four albums. In late 1977, Stuermer on insistence of friend Alphonso Johnson was recommended as a replacement for Steve Hackett when Hackett left Genesis. He joined up with Genesis as touring guitarist and bass player at first and retained that More...  New Article: Mike RutherfordNo Skill starts a series of three Genesis guitarist, part one: Mike Rutherford. Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English musician. He was a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist, 12-string guitarist, and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of guitarist. He also fronted Mike + The Mechanics. More...  New Article: Billy GibbonsSensible Jones wrote, once again, a new article, this time about Bily Gibbons from ZZ top! Billy F. Gibbons (born December 16, 1949), nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the guitarist for ZZ Top. He is also the lead vocalist and composer for many of the band's classic songs. A Houston native, Gibbons is known for playing a 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar he calls Miss Pearly Gates. He is known to play his guitar using a quarter or a peso as a pick, lending a distinctive sound to his playing, and for his extensive use of harmonics. More... New Article: Ace FrehleyNoSkill, GMC member, wrote a new article for the Guitarist Project! The subject, Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley! Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley, born April 27, 1951,is an American guitarist best known as an original member and lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss. He took on the persona of 'Spaceman' when the band adopted costumes and theatrics. Frehley played with the group from its inception in 1973 until his departure in 1982. After leaving Kiss, Frehley embarked More...  New Article: Tony Iommi by FranThe man himself, Fran, wrote a new article for our wiki! The subject, this time, is Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi. Tony Iommi was born on February 19th in Birmingham, England. He started playing guitar as a teenager, going through several rock/blues bands before he decided to start his own band "Earth" along three guys he knew from school: bassist Terry "Geezer" Butler, drummer Bill Ward, and singer John Ozzy Osbourne. One sad event was to take place early on Tony's life though, one that almost deprived the world from one of the best known guitarists: working in a metal factory, a machine sliced off the tips of his right hand, and being Tony left More...  New Article: Django Reinhardt by SJJean "Django" Reinhardt was born in Belgium on 23 January 1910 and died in France on 16 May 1953. One of the first prominent European jazz musicians, Reinhardt remains one of the most renowned jazz guitarists due to his innovative and distinctive playing. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli he cofounded the Quintette du Hot Club de France, More...  New Article: Peter Green by Sensible Jones (SJ) once again!Peter Allen Greenbaum (aka Peter Green) born:- 29th October 1946 in Bethnal Green, London, UK.
Founder member of Fleetwood Mac and a prominent figure in the British Blues Movement of the 60's.
BB King once said of Peter:- "He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats."  New Article: Shawn Lane by Sensible Jones... Again!Shawn Lane was born in Memphis, Tennessee. At the age of eight he accompanied his sisters on the piano, but did not play guitar seriously until he was ten. Lane progressed very rapidly on the guitar, and he found it to be his natural instrument. At thirteen, he began to practice heavily, developing his technical abilities. Word began to spread around Memphis about a talented young guitar player More... New Article: Vernon Reid by Sensible JonesVernon Reid born August 22, 1958. Vernon is an English guitarist, songwriter, composer and bandleader. Best known as the founder and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Living Colour. Reid was named #66 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.More...  New Article, again from Sensible Jones, this time: Female guitarist Jennifer Batten
The 80’s was the time of the male dominated ‘Shred’ genre of Guitar Playing, but with one notable exception………The fleet-fingered and digitally dexterous Jennifer!!!
Jennifer was born in Upstate New York. She got her first Guitar at age 8, having been inspired by her sister who already owned one. Other big influences from around that time were The Beatles and The Monkees More... |
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