Kia must be working on building up their rock cred, because just a few months after featuring Motley Crue in their Super Bowl ad, the car company featured none other than Michael Angelo Batio in a new Canadian ad for the Korean-based car company.
Check out Batio's cameo around 25 seconds into the video below.
And if that's not enough MAB for you, check out this exclusive video of a spectacular double-shred medley filmed last fall at Guitar World HQ.
You can pick up the Learn to Shred: Volume 2 DVD starring Michael Angelo Batio here.
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Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.

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