Doug Aldrich (born February 19, 1964) is an American hard rock guitarist. He founded the band

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with Keith St. John in 1998 and has played with

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, Dio, Lion,

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and

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. He is currently a member of

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. He has also released several solo albums. Doug toured with former

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bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes' band in 2015. It was announced in early 2016 that he would be replacing

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as guitarist of The Dead Daisies.

Biography

Aldrich began playing guitar at age 11, inspired by his older sister's

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albums. Aldrich's first guitar was a cheap

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-copy purchased from a

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catalog. Fresh out of high school, Aldrich met the girlfriend of Kiss drummer

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, who told him that he was the type of guitarist Kiss was looking for to replace

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. He subsequently auditioned for

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in 1982 but the spot ultimately went to

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.Classic Rock presents Whitesnake The Official Magazine pg.127 Aldrich said that although the members of Kiss treated him very well during the audition process,

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told him to "lose this number" when Aldrich attempted to talk with him again months later. Aldrich joined L.A. glam band Lion in 1983, recording two albums and one EP before the band broke up in 1989. He was briefly a member of

, replacing founding guitarist

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in 1989. He participated in the writing and recording of

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(1990) before leaving the band. In early 2014, Aldrich joined the critically acclaimed production show ''

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'' at the

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, where he performed six shows a week with other rock 'n' roll greats including Robin McAuley (formerly Survivor, MSG), John Payne (Asia), Howard Leese (Bad Company, Heart), Paul Shortino (Quiet Riot) and Andrew Freeman (Offspring), among others. As of late 2015 this collaboration was still on ongoing project. During 2015, Aldrich joined the Glenn Hughes solo European tour as guitarist, along with drummer Pontus Engborg, to complete the power trio with Hughes on bass and vocals. In late January 2016, it was announced that Aldrich would be replacing Richard Fortus as guitarist in The Dead Daisies, as Fortus will be participating in the Guns N' Roses reunion. As of late January 2016 Aldrich was in Nashville with The Dead Daisies, working on a follow-up album to ''Revolución'' (2015). As a member of The Dead Daisies Aldrich is being reunited with bassist Marco Mendoza; the two previously performed together in

. In November 2016, Aldrich performed with The Dead Daisies on the Kiss Kruise VI event.

Equipment

Aldrich was previously endorsed by

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. He used their

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and Soloist Superstrats as well as his own signature model which has bridge and neck position humbucking pickups were "Full-shred" pickups which

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specially wired. California-based

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currently offers Aldrich signature humbucking pickups. He plays various

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s through Suhr/ Cameron hot-rodded

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JMPs and Vintage Modern amps. In 2016, Aldrich became an official endorsee of

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. Aldrich sums up his philosophy of playing this way, "I'm not one of those guys that follows whatever is trendy. I'd rather do what I do best and do it to the best of my ability."

Discography

Other works

*1989 – ''One – Minoru Niihara'' *1989 – ''Cutting Air Act 1 – Air Pavilion'' *1996 – ''La Saga du Metal 7'' – Melodique – Progressif *1997 (Japan) & 1999 (Europe) – ''Windows'' – Mike Vescera Project *1998 (Japan) & 2000 (Europe) – ''Ignition'' –

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*1999 – ''A Tribute to Early Van Halen'' – The Atomic Punks (Ralph Saenz) *1999 – ''Here Before'' –

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*2000 – ''Mikazuki in Rock'' *2001 – ''Art of Mackin – Ghetto Dynasty *2001–2002 – ''Superhero & More...'' –

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*2002 – ''(1989–2002) From There to Here'' –

*2003 – ''Wake the Nations'' –

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and Friends *2003 – ''Guitar Zeus 1'' – Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus *2003 – ''Sho（照）Twist Songs'' – Sera Masanori *2003 – ''Wild Souls'' –

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*2005 – ''The Real Thing'' – Christian Tolle *2007 – ''

Live for Tomorrow ''Live for Tomorrow'' is the first solo album by American hard rock bassist Marco Mendoza. It was produced and co-written by Richie Kotzen, who also recorded most of the guitar tracks and made several vocal appearances. The album also features ...

'' – Marco Mendoza *2007 – ''Wolfman Jack's Halloween Special: Fun for Kids'' *2007 – ''Jacaranda'' –

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*2008 – ''

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'' –

*2009 – '' Play My Game'' –

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*2009 – '' Spirit of Christmas'' –

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*2009 – ''Conquering Heroes'' – Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus *2009 – ''Stargazer'' – Stargazer *2009 – ''Pulling the Trigger'' – Cooper Inc. *2010 – ''Harder and Heavier'' – 60's British Invasion Goes Metal *2010 – ''Celebrate Christmas'' –

*2011 – ''Oceana'' –

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*2013 – ''

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'' –

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(guitar on "Manicure") *2013 – '' Living Like a Runaway'' –

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*2013 – ''Lions & Lambs'' –

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*2013 – ''Star Of The East'' –

*2014 – ''

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'' –

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*2014 – ''On the Road'' – Wild Souls *2014 – ''Eye of the Nine'' – Eye of the Nine *2014 – ''Knights of Badassdom'' – Brendan McCreary *2014 – ''Songs from the Vault, Volume 2'' –

*2014 – ''Yurica / Hanatan'' – The Flower of Dim World *2015 – ''Hard To Bleed'' – Phill Rocker *2015 – ''Rise of the Animal'' – Wolfpakk *2016 – ''Now and Then'' – Christian Tolle Project *2017 – ''Just A Lie'' – David Scott Cooper *2017 – ''Howling Wolves'' – Sera Masanori *2017 – ''Jake J and the Killjoys'' – Jake J and the Killjoys *2017 – ''Star Of The East'' –

*2018 – ''All For Metal'' –

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*2018 – '' Forever Warriors, Forever United'' –

*2018 – ''Dónde Terminaré'' – La Beriso 20 Años *2018 – ''Point Blank'' – Christian Tolle Project *2019 – ''

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'' – The Planet Rock All Stars *2019 – ''IRONBUNNY'' – Tettsui no Alternative *2020 – ''Truth in Unity'' – Chris Catena's Rock City Tribe *2020 – ''Shortino'' – '' Make a Wish''

Tribute albums

*''Crossfire: A Salute to Stevie Ray Vaughan'' (1996) *''Forever Mod: A Tribute to Rod Stewart'' (1998) *''Little Guitars: A Tribute to Van Halen'' (2000) *''Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy'' (2000) *'' Metallic Assault: A Tribute to Metallica'' (2000) *''Tie Your MIX Down: A Tribute to Queen'' (2000) *''Stone Cold Queen: A Tribute to Queen'' (2001) *''One Way Street – Let the Tribute Do the Talkin': A Tribute to Aerosmith'' (2002) *''

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: An All-Star Tribute to

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'' (2004) *'' Metallic Attack: Metallica – The Ultimate Tribute'' (2004) *''We Salute You: A Tribute to AC/DC'' (2004) *''Numbers from the Beast: An All Star Salute to Iron Maiden'' (2004) *''An 80's Metal Tribute to Van Halen'' (2006) *''Butchering the Beatles: A Headbashing Tribute to the Beatles'' (2006) *''Flying High Again: Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne'' (2006) *''Frankie Banali & Friends: Led Zeppelin Tribute – 24/7/365'' (2007) *''The Omnibus Album: This Is Guitar Gods'' (2007) *''Northern Light Orchestra: The Spirit of Christmas'' (2008) *''

We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year ''We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year'' is a compilation album of Christmas songs played by an all-star collection of hard rock and heavy metal artists released on October 14, 2008. Each track puts together a unique supergro ...

'' (2011) *''A World with Heroes: KISS 40th Anniversary (Calling Dr. Love)'' (2013) *''Thriller: A Metal Tribute to Michael Jackson'' (2013) *''This Is Your Life: Tribute To Ronnie James Dio'' (2014) *''Super Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne:(Japanese Edition)'' (2014) *''The House is Rocking: A Tribute To Stevie Ray Vaughan'' (2015) *''Immortal Randy Rhoads: The Ultimate Tribute'' (2015) *''Moore Blues For Gary: A Tribute To Gary Moore By Bob Daisley And Friends'' (2018)

Film and television

* ''Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Soundtrack'' (1984) * ''The Wraith – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (1986) * '' The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (1986) * ''Holiday Greetings From The Epic, Portrait And CBS Associated Families'' (1987) * '' Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators'' (1995) * ''Digital Pinball: Necronomicon'' (1996) * ''Knights of Badassdom: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2014) * ''Instruments of Destruction 1986 Transformers: The Movie 30th Anniversary'' (2016) * ''Welcome to Daisyland: TV series soundtrack'' –

(2019)

References

External links

*
Burning Rain official website

Lion website

Bad Moon Rising website
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