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Jim Tasikas
Dimitrios Jim Tasikas (born March 19, 1975) is a Greek Americans, Greek-American guitarist and founder of the Rochester, New York, Rochester-based progressive metal band Contrarian (band), Contrarian. Early life Tasikas is a Greeks, Greek citizen, he holds dual citizenship with the United States and Greece. His father and mother are Greeks, Greek immigrants who moved to the United States, U.S. from Florina, Florina, Greece. Career Tasikas is the primary songwriter and performs a number of different roles in Contrarian (band), Contrarian. These include complex guitar parts, keyboards and occasional lead guitar. He shares guitar duties with Brian Mason, playing mainly technical rhythm sections. Tasikas is also known for his extensive guitar collection which has been featured in Decibel (magazine), Decibel Magazine. As of September 2020, Tasikas has been endorsed by ESP Guitars, ESP guitars and primarily uses their M Series guitars. ''Death By Metal Assistant Producer'' Tasikas ...
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Rochester, New York
Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, and Yonkers, New York, Yonkers, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 United States census. Located in Western New York, the city of Rochester forms the core of a larger Rochester metropolitan area, New York, metropolitan area with a population of 1 million people, across six counties. The city was one of the United States' first boomtowns, initially due to the fertile Genesee River Valley, which gave rise to numerous flour mills, and then as a manufacturing center, which spurred further rapid population growth. Rochester rose to prominence as the birthplace and home of some of America's most iconic companies, in particular Eastman Kodak, Xerox, and Bausch & Lomb (along with Wegmans, Gannett, Paychex, Western Union, French's, Cons ...
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