Young rock/fusion virtuoso Andy Wood started out on the mandolin at the very tender age of 5. Coming from a very music-oriented family in east Tennessee, Andy's first musical love was bluegrass - learning how to play the mandolin and becoming a proficient musician from his grandfather (Paul Birchfield) and his cousin Brian Arrowood, who is a monster fiddle player and currently the band leader for country artist Mat Stillwell.
DIAMOND PLATE formed in 2007 in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. DIAMOND PLATE unknowingly arrived at the right time, just as thrash-metal was beginning to make a huge comeback worldwide. Due to the ferocity of their music, coupled with a revived hunger for thrash, DIAMOND PLATE quickly established themselves as one of the top forces in the emerging U.S. thrash metal scene. A young but formidable three-piece, DIAMOND PLATE made their debut in early 2008 with their ferocious and critically acclaimed, “Mountains of Madness” E.
There are two bands named Nightblade. (1) Nightblade, a thrash metal band from Northamptonshire, UK. (2) Nightblade, a hard rock band from the West Midlands, UK.
(1) Nightblade were formed in March 2007. Rising from the ashes of former band Equalisis, making use of what they had musically and personally they went on the search for a new guitarist and after trying and failing with two they found Aidan Jones, third time lucky! It wasn't long before they hit the local scene (only a month and a single practice later infact) to wide acclaim.
Jennifer Batten is a guitarist who first received word-of-mouth attention that eventually led guitar magazines to take notice of her highly original approach to the electric guitar. On Guitar Player Monthly's premier compilation CD, John Stix wrote, "It was Jennifer's version of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" that was considered by her peers the "scariest and most requested cut on the disc." At one point Batten was in six different bands playing many genres including rock, metal, fusion and funk.
MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO (pronounced "Bay-tee-ohh") is an American instrumental rock guitarist from Chicago, Illinois. He attended Northeastern Illinois University and received a bachelor's degree in music theory. Having played guitar since the age of ten, Batio is often referred to as the fastest guitar shredder of all time. Batio began his recording career with Jim Gillette on Gillette's solo album, "Proud To Be Loud". The two metal stars, as well as bassist T.J. Racer and drummer Bobby Rock went on to found the metal band Nitro, releasing two albums.
?Formati alla fine degli anni '70, i Frogman Prog Trio si sono guadagnati nel tempo la fama di innovatori del prog\shredding\avantgarde\noise. L'incontro tra i tre componenti del gruppo, ovvero Rocco Oas, Tina Squit e Robert Dildert avvenne nel celebre jazz bar The Cavern di Liverpoollate (MI), mentre era in corso una competizione tra chitarristi. I tre, dopo aver offeso e avvilito i concorrenti per tutta la durata della manifestazione, additandoli come incompetenti, hanno cominciato a malmenarsi per voler dimostrare la propria superiorit
Collibus are a Manchester based Metal Band which are influenced by Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal and basically mixed together which makes the Collibus Sound. The band also love guitar solos so if you like guitar solos you will probably like this band.
Whitemare is a rock n roll band from Brighton, UK.
Al Di Meola's highly celebrated career has spanned a wide range of emotions into a unique style embodying the artists world inspired influences. From the velocity and heat of his early solo efforts to the challenge and triumph of the "Di Meola / McLaughlin / De Lucia (Guitar Trio)", from the Brazilian explorations of "Cielo e Terra" and "Soaring Through A Dream" to the global romanticism and Tango inflection of Al's acoustic group "World Synfonia" (self titled debut) and the 2nd "World Sinfonia" recording Heart of the Immigrants.