Kirk Hammett Of Metallica Biography

Kirk Hammett Of Metallica Biography - Kirk Hammett was one of my favorite metal guitarist, there's so many great solo guitar of kirk hammett made metallica as one of the greatest metal band in the world. personally i love her solo on Master of Puppet. Hammett was ranked 11th on Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 5 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.

Biography of Kirk Hammet

Birth name Kirk Lee Hammett
Born November 18, 1962 (age 48)
San Francisco, California, USA
Genres Heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal
Occupations Musician, songwriter
Instruments Guitar, sitar, bass guitar
Years active 1979–present
Labels Warner Bros., Elektra, Vertigo, Megaforce
Associated acts Metallica, Exodus, Spastik Children

Hammett is also known for always having his picking hand taped up. During the course of a full tour, due to constantly palm muting and fast picking, the palm of his hand takes sizable abuse. Hammett's playing style is noted for his extensive use of the wah-wah pedal in his solos.

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Brian May of Queen Biography

Brian May of Queen Biography - Brian May was one of my favorite guitarist, i love may sound effect, brian may was using his red special guitar a self made guitar by brian may. he is genius. I love to hear many queen song's due to his guitar playing. his multiple sound effect solo on Killer Queen was one of my favorite.

n 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time. He was ranked 39th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

Biography of Brian May.

Birth name Brian Harold May
Born 19 July 1947 (age 63)
Hampton, London, England, UK
Genres Rock
Occupations Musician, songwriter, producer, astrophysicist, author
Instruments Guitar, vocals, banjo, bass, keyboards, piano, harp, autoharp, accordion
Years active 1965–present
Labels Hollywood, Parlophone
Associated acts Smile, Queen, Phenomena, G3, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Kerry Ellis

May explored a wide variety of styles in guitar, including sweep picking ("Was It All Worth It", "Chinese Torture"), tremolo ("Brighton Rock", "Stone Cold Crazy", "Death on two Legs", "Sweet Lady", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Get Down Make Love", "Dragon Attack"), tapping ("Bijou","It's Late","Resurrection", "Cyborg", "Rain Must Fall", "Business", "China Belle", "I Was Born To Love You"), slide guitar ("Drowse", "Tie Your Mother Down", "Radio Ga Ga"), Hendrix sounding licks ("Liar", "Brighton Rock"), tape-delay ("Brighton Rock", "White Man") and melodic parts ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "These Are the Days of Our Lives"). Some of his solos and orchestral parts were composed by Freddie Mercury, who then asked May to bring them to life ("Bicycle Race", "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon", "Killer Queen", "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy").[citation needed] May also performed notable acoustic works, including the acoustic guitar live version of "Love of My Life" from 1975's A Night at the Opera, the finger-picked solo of "White Queen" and the skiffle-influenced "'39".

Aided by the uniqueness of his guitar—the Red Special—May was often able to create strange and unusual sound effects. For example, he was able to imitate an orchestra in the song "Procession"; in "Get Down, Make Love" he was able to create sound effects with his guitar that were so unusual that many thought a synthesiser was being used; in "Good Company" he used his guitar to mimic a trombone, a piccolo and several other instruments for the song's Dixieland jazz band feel. Queen used a "No synthesizers were used on this album" sleeve note on their early albums to make this clear to the listeners.

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Paul Gilbert Biography

Paul Gilbert Biography - Paul gilbert was one of my favorite guitarist, he was best known as MR BIG Guitarist, Paul Gilbert also listed as one of the best guitar shredder in the world with his fast picking technique, string skipping and sweep picking technique. He also joined Joe Satriani and John Petrucci on the 2007 G3 tour. Paul gilbert use Ibanez PGM Signature guitar on most of his gigs.

He has been voted number 4 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time", as well as a spot in Guitar World's 50 Fastest Guitarists of All Time list.

Born as Paul Brandon Gilbert on November 6, 1966 in Illinois, USA, Talking about his influences, Paul mentions many different artists, including: Randy Rhoads, Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, John J Kirby, Tony Iommi, Alex Lifeson, Jimmy Page, Robin Trower, Pat Travers, Judas Priest, Akira Takasaki, Steve Clark, Jimi Hendrix, Kiss, and The Ramones. Paul has stated many times that he was heavily influenced by his uncle Jimi Kidd who was instrumental in getting Paul interested in playing the guitar. He is also a great fan of The Beach Boys and The Beatles. He states on the Space Ship Live DVD that George Harrison is one of his favorite guitar players. Guitar World magazine declared him one of 50 of the world's fastest guitarists of all time, along with Buckethead, Eddie Van Halen, and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Gilbert composes music in a wide variety of styles including pop, rock, metal, blues, funk and european classical music, but is perhaps best known for his versatility and speed. He is noted in particular for his efficient picking and his tendency to pick many notes rather than relying on legato for fast passages.

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