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Marty Friedman on why streaming listeners are skipping guitar solos: “Solos often have an obligatory existence – they must be there for a deeper reason”

By Sam Roche published 10 May 22

The former Megadeth man says guitar solos are often included to meet a quota, rather than because the song actually requires one

Leslie West (left) and Corky Laing of Mountain, perform during Hippifest in Vienna, Virginia

Slash, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Friedman, George Lynch, Dee Snider and more to feature on all-star Leslie West tribute album

By Jackson Maxwell published 11 November 21

Hear the album's first single – Wylde's loving, tough-as-nails interpretation of Mountain's Blood Of The Sun – now

Marty Friedman enlists Mateus Asato for a soaring instrumental cover of Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over

By Sam Roche published 5 August 21

The performance was recorded at Friedman's April show in Osaka for his Tokyo Jukebox Tour 2021

Marty Friedman: "I spend 80 percent of my time on the arrangement. If I have that beautiful frame, the notes I play inside it are going to really come through"

By Joe Bosso published 27 July 21

On the goosebumps-inducing Tokyo Jukebox 3, shred great Friedman tackles the Japanese pop charts

Paul Gilbert, Steve Lukather, Marty Friedman, Kirk Fletcher, Steve Morse and Michael Landau

6 guitar pros on how to prepare your playing for tour

By Jason Sidwell published 24 June 21

Paul Gilbert, Steve Lukather, Marty Friedman, Kirk Fletcher, Steve Morse and Michael Landau on how they get stage-ready

Marty Friedman explains why “playing slow is a thousand times more difficult than playing fast”

By Sam Roche published 21 June 21

The former Megadeth man on why he doesn't like being labeled a “shredder”

Marty Friedman: “Much of the Japanese music that is currently very popular has a melodic structure that echoes a lot of '70s Western rock and pop“

By Milton Mermikides published 15 June 21

The shred legend spills the beans on the third album in his Tokyo Jukebox series, which celebrates his love for Japan

Marty Friedman was preparing for a Madonna audition when he landed the gig with Megadeth

By Sam Roche published 8 June 21

“Luckily, I got into a gig that was more suited for what I was able to do,” the shredder explains

[L-R] Marty Friedman, Nuno Bettencourt, Alex Skolnick and Richard Shaw

Hear Marty Friedman, Nuno Bettencourt, Alex Skolnick and Richard Shaw shred over mind-bending new Lost Symphony track

By Sam Roche published 17 May 21

Take Another Piece is the first single from the group's equally star-studded forthcoming album, Chapter III

Marty Friedman unveils grandiose, shred-heavy new single, Kaze Ga Fuiteiru

By Sam Roche published 25 March 21

As Tokyo Jukebox's April 16 release date draws closer, the virtuoso has offered up another taster of what's to come

World's greatest guitar heroes assemble for mammoth virtual Jason Becker fundraiser

By Matt Owen published 23 March 21

The two-month-long fundraising marathon will see Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Marty Friedman, Nita Strauss and many, many more appear on Herman Li's Twitch channel to raise money for Becker

Marty Friedman says social media guitar stars saved the instrument from extinction

By Matt Owen published 17 March 21

“These guys are bringing the instrument to a whole new level. It’s a very exciting time for guitar”

Marty Friedman unveils new single Makenaide, announces worldwide Tokyo Jukebox 3 release date

By Sam Roche published 18 February 21

Save the date: April 16 is set to bring a tsunami of shred

Marty Friedman pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen: “Eddie’s guitar sound was a mammoth. It was by far the biggest thing we’d ever heard“

By Guitar World Staff published 12 February 21

Eddie's greatness? It was the “brown sound“, how he attacked the guitar, and the magic of the live show, says Friedman

Jackson Pro Series Signature Marty Friedman MF-1, Purple Mirror

Jackson releases Marty Friedman's striking new signature model, the Pro Series Signature MF-1 Purple Mirror

By Sam Roche published 3 February 21

A striking cracked purple mirror top, passive EMG MF signature humbuckers and a TOM-style adjustable bridge head up its specs

Purple Mirror Marty Friedman and surprisingly traditional Misha Mansoor models headline Jackson’s 2021 signature series

By Richard Bienstock published 11 January 21

Also on tap are collaborations with Black Dahlia Murder’s Brandon Ellis and Gojira’s Christian Andreu

Marty Friedman is doing a New Year's livestream

Marty Friedman talks jamming with Megadeth’s Kiko Loureiro, his love of Fleetwood Mac and why he wishes his playing was more accessible

By Richard Bienstock published 22 December 20

The virtuoso goes deep ahead of his New Year’s Day “multi-dimensional” livestream

Marty Friedman announces “multi-dimensional” New Year’s Day livestream

By Richard Bienstock published 10 December 20

The guitarist will debut songs from his forthcoming Tokyo Jukebox 3

From Egyptian death metal to folk-ambient tranquility: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Jackson Maxwell, Michael Astley-Brown published 29 October 20

Take the temperature of guitar music with killer cuts from Marty Friedman, Adrianne Lenker, Sevendust, Lydia Loveless and more

Marty Friedman teamed up with Two Minutes to Late Night for a cover of Fleetwood Mac's You Make Loving Fun

Marty Friedman teams up with Mastodon, Baroness members to shred Fleetwood Mac’s You Make Loving Fun

By Richard Bienstock published 14 September 20

Believe in miracles with the latest quarantine video jam from Two Minutes to Late Night

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