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Glen Drover
Glen Drover (born May 25, 1969) is a Canadian heavy metal guitarist from Ottawa, Ontario. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of Megadeth and King Diamond, along with his brother Shawn Drover who also performed with Megadeth. History Glen Drover began playing guitar as a child, and was joined at age 10 by his brother Shawn on drums. The Drover brothers formed the band Eidolon in 1993, releasing seven albums to date. King Diamond (1998–2001) In 1998, Drover joined King Diamond, completed two North American tours, and appeared on the '' House of God'' album. Megadeth (2004–2008) In October 2004, Drover joined the heavy metal band Megadeth, bringing along his brother Shawn. Following an extensive world tour, Drover contributed to Megadeth's 2007 release, ''United Abominations'' as the lead guitarist and with co-writing credits for one song. In January 2008 Drover left Megadeth to focus on family life; the constant touring was starting to have a negative effect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer, responsible for the genre's development and popularization. Their music features complex arrangements and fast rhythm sections, dual lead guitars, and lyrical themes of war, politics, religion, death, and personal relationships. In 1985, Megadeth released their debut album, '' Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!'', on the independent record label Combat Records, to moderate success. It caught the attention of bigger labels, which led to Megadeth signing with Capitol Records. Their first major-label album, '' Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?'', was released in 1986 and was a major hit with the underground metal scene. Band members' substance abuse issues and personal disputes had brought M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by wikt:nonconformity, nonconformity, Free improvisation, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, Virtuoso, musical virtuosity and satire of American culture. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and ''musique concrète'' works, and produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. Zappa also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. He is considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse musicians of his generation. As a self-taught composer and performer, Zappa had diverse musical influences that led him to create music that was sometimes difficult to categorize. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for 20th-century classica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Broderick
Christopher Alan Broderick (born March 6, 1970) is an American musician, best known as a former guitarist of the heavy metal band Megadeth. He is also formerly the lead guitarist and keyboardist for Jag Panzer, appearing on four of Jag Panzer's albums '' The Age of Mastery'', ''Thane to the Throne'' (a concept album about Shakespeare's ''Macbeth''), ''Mechanized Warfare'' and '' Casting the Stones'' before moving on to Megadeth, replacing Glen Drover. Before joining Megadeth and while still in Jag Panzer, he was also a touring guitarist for Nevermore between 2001 and 2003 and then again between 2006 and 2007. He is now the lead guitarist for Act of Defiance, which he formed with fellow ex-Megadeth bandmate Shawn Drover, and also joined In Flames in 2019, as touring guitarist, before becoming the permanent rhythm guitarist in 2022. Biography Early years Broderick started playing guitar when he was 11 years old. His playing styles range from metal, classical, neoclassical, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The System Has Failed
''The System Has Failed'' is the tenth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released on September 14, 2004. It was the band's second and final studio album to be distributed by Sanctuary Records. ''The System Has Failed'' was the first album to be released after Dave Mustaine recovered from his arm injury sustained in 2002. It is also the first of three Megadeth records not to include original bassist and co-founder David Ellefson. Instead, the album features session players, including drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and guitarist, former Megadeth member Chris Poland. ''The System Has Failed'' received positive reception from critics and debuted at number 18 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album was generally thought of as being a return to form for the band, after the release of more commercially accessible albums through the 1990s. "Die Dead Enough" and "Of Mice and Men" were released as singles in 2004, and "The Scorpion" was released as a single in 2005. The track "B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Poland
Chris Poland (born December 1, 1957) is an American guitarist, best known as the former guitarist of the thrash metal band Megadeth. Since 2002, Poland has been the guitarist of the instrumental rock/jazz fusion bands OHM (band), OHM and OHMphrey, among others, and has appeared on several projects and albums from a variety of different genres. Biography Megadeth (1984–1987) Frontman Dave Mustaine referred to Poland as "an amazing guitar player—he can play circles around me".VH1: Megadeth – Behind the Music DVD – October 2001. Poland joined Megadeth in 1984, after seeing them play as a three-piece, and after being recommended to Mustaine and Ellefson by Megadeth's then-new drummer Gar Samuelson, a friend and former bandmate of Poland's. According to Mustaine, Poland was temporarily let go before Megadeth embarked on their first tour, but was swiftly brought back. He then remained in the band until he and Samuelson were fired in 1987, due to alleged substance abuse, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live In Buenos Aires
Live in Buenos Aires may refer to: * ''Live in Buenos Aires'' (Coldplay album) * '' Live in Buenos Aires 1979'', an album by Bill Evans See also * '' That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires'', an album by Megadeth * '' Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires'', an album and concert video by The Police {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsenal Of Megadeth
''Arsenal of Megadeth'' is a DVD by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released on March 21, 2006 via Capitol. Presented as an anthology of the band's first 20 years, the two-disc DVD set contains music videos, live performances, interviews, home videos, and special appearances. ''Arsenal of Megadeth'' was certified gold in the United States and platinum in Canada and Argentina. Track listing Disc one # Excerpt from ''Talk Radio'' (1986) # "Peace Sells" music video # 1986 interview # " Wake Up Dead" music video (1988) # Penelope Spheeris ''Cutting Edge Happy Hour'' interview # "In My Darkest Hour" music video # '' So Far, So Good... So What!'' interview # " Anarchy in the U.K." music video # " No More Mr. Nice Guy" music video (1990) # Marty Friedman audition # ''Rust in Peace'' TV spot # Clash of the Titans tour, 1990 # " Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" music video # Excerpt from '' Headbangers Ball'' 1991 # " Hangar 18" music video # "Go to Hell" music video (1992) # Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NightMare World
NightMare World are an English power metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2006. History No Regrets EP In 2007 NightMare World recorded a three-track EP at Thin Ice Stuios. It was engineered, produced and mixed by Karl Groom of Threshold and was released in early 2009. All three tracks were later reproduced entirely on the band's debut album, ''In The Fullness Of Time''. The band played a few select shows including Bloodstock 2009 promoting the EP. ''In The Fullness Of Time'' The band began work on their debut album in early 2010 and chose to continue working with Karl Groom at Thin Ice Studios. The album was recorded over a period of four years and was finally mastered by Peter Van't Riet in April 2014. The album also featured orchestration by Daniel Reeves, AKA Casino Brown (Ted Maul, Akercocke). Shortly after, the band signed to Pure Steel Records and the album was released on 15 May 2015. Amongst other dates, the band performed at Hammerfest IX, and supporting Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discordia (song)
"Discordia" is a song by Queensrÿche vocalist Todd La Torre and former Megadeth/King Diamond guitarist Glen Drover. Writing and recording Drover and La Torre had previously shared the stage together, when Drover joined Queensrÿche during their show at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto on March 7, 2013, where they played the song "Take Hold of the Flame" from Queensrÿche's 1984 album '' The Warning'' as an encore. "Discordia" was conceived as part of a project spearheaded by Drover, who explained: "I was thinking about doing an album of heavier stuff and have a bunch of guest musicians and singers on it. Chuck Billy ( Testament) was going to do something on it, Henning Basse and I covered an old Eidolon In ancient Greek literature, an eidolon (; grc, εἴδωλον 'image, idol, double, apparition, phantom, ghost'; plural: eidola or eidolons) is a spirit-image of a living or dead person; a shade or phantom look-alike of the human form. Liter ... song that was never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd La Torre
Todd La Torre (; born February 19, 1974) is an American singer and drummer. He is the lead singer for progressive metal band Queensrÿche, and a former lead vocalist of the bands Crimson Glory and Rising West. Originally from St. Petersburg, Florida, he learned to play the drums at a young age. Early life La Torre was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida in a musical family. His mother would take him to jazz and R&B concerts of David Sanborn, Spyro Gyra, Lee Ritenour, George Benson and Al Jarreau, while his father introduced him to music of Earl Klugh, Steely Dan and Billy Joel. La Torre got his first drum set at the age of seven. At age 10, his mother got him a classical guitar, and he started taking guitar lessons. When he was 13 years old, his father got him a drum kit, and since the age of 14, he was involved in the local Tampa, Florida music scene as a member of the Seminole High School band and as drummer with local rock bands, playing hundreds of shows. He would al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensrÿche
Queensrÿche is an American heavy metal band. It formed in 1982 in Bellevue, Washington, out of the local band the Mob. The band has released 16 studio albums, one EP, and several DVDs, and continues to tour and record. The original lineup consisted of guitarists Michael Wilton and Chris DeGarmo, drummer Scott Rockenfield, bassist Eddie Jackson, and lead vocalist Geoff Tate. Queensrÿche has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including over six million albums in the United States. They are considered one of the leaders of the progressive metal scene of the mid-to-late 1980s, and often referred to as one of the "Big Three" of the genre, along with Dream Theater and Fates Warning. The band received worldwide acclaim after the release of their 1988 album '' Operation: Mindcrime'', which is often considered one of the greatest heavy metal concept albums of all time. Their next album, ''Empire'' (1990), was also very successful and included the hit single "Silent Lucidity" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Tate
Geoff Tate (born Jeffrey Wayne Tate, January 14, 1959; he later changed his first name to Geoffery or Geoffrey) (Pp. 11, 48). is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, who had commercial success with their 1988 album '' Operation: Mindcrime'' and 1990 album ''Empire''. Tate is ranked fourteenth on ''Hit Parader''s list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. He was voted No. 2 on ''That Metal Show's'' top 5 hard rock vocalists of the 1980s. In 2012, he won the Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Award for "Voice in Progressive Heavy Metal". In 2015, he placed ninth on OC Weekly's list of the 10 Best High-Pitched Metal Singers. After his farewell tour as Queensrÿche, he renamed his band Operation: Mindcrime, after the Queensrÿche album of the same name. Early years Tate was born in Stuttgart, which was then part of West Germany, to American parents. His mother's side of the family is from New Orleans. Shortly after his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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