Marty Friedman has spent much of his career celebrating Japanese culture. He kicked that pursuit into overdrive after leaving Megadeth, making a home there and becoming something of a national ...

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has once again clarified his recent comments in which he said that hoped the traditional guitar solo would die "a slow and painful death". In an interview that ...

During his September 23 guitar clinic at Kadıköy Sahne in Istanbul, Turkey, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman spoke about the importance of developing your own sound and style. He said in part ...

Marty Friedman understands the guitar's popularity has been on the decline amid rock's fade from the mainstream and credited YouTubers and their ingenuity for serving as the new playground for ...

AXS-TV wants viewers to tune in and tune up to a new primetime series–Marty Music Guitar Academy–that will have its premiere on July 11. "We strive to bring our audience the ultimate music experience, ...

Six-string slinger Marty Friedman has returned with his new solo album Drama, a mostly instrumental affair spanning a wide range of genre influences. While many rock performers focus on one genre or ...

As Coyle points out, guitar-driven music is enjoying a resurgence, particularly of the instrumental/shred variety. "I feel like this environment, especially for high-level, virtuosic instrumental type ...

He doesn't provide a shred of evidence to support his claim. "So 'Guitar Solo' is trending in Japan right now. Why, you ask? It's because it has been reported (true or not, who knows) that in Japan it ...

Marty Schwartz is the guitar teacher of guitar teachers. So, it makes sense that he went to the guitar stores of all guitar stores and spent quite a bit of time at Guitar Center. When one watches his ...