Latest about Marty Friedman
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“
The shred legend spills the beans on the third album in his Tokyo Jukebox series, which celebrates his love for Japan
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Marty Friedman was preparing for a Madonna audition when he landed the gig with Megadeth
“Luckily, I got into a gig that was more suited for what I was able to do,” the shredder explains
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Hear Marty Friedman, Nuno Bettencourt, Alex Skolnick and Richard Shaw shred over mind-bending new Lost Symphony track
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
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
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
“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
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“
Eddie's greatness? It was the “brown sound“, how he attacked the guitar, and the magic of the live show, says Friedman
