Jeffrey "Jeff" Kollman is an American guitar player from
Toledo, Ohio
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, best known for his work with
Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats,
Glenn Hughes,
UFO
An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are id ...
offshoot
Mogg/
Way, progressive rock trio, Cosmosquad, and his 90s progressive metal band, Edwin Dare.
In addition to Cosmosquad and the Bombastic Meatbats, he is currently a member of the
Alan Parsons Live Project,
Asia feat. John Payne, as well as L.A. blues rockers Bleeding Harp and has toured and gigged with Japanese superstar
Eikichi Yazawa
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and a prominent figure in Japanese popular music. Yoko Yazawa of The Generous is his daughter. He has been nicknamed as Ei-chan (永ちゃん), Boss or The King of Rock.
Biography
Sources:
1949-1967: Early Lif ...
,
Foreigner's
Lou Gramm
Lou Gramm (born Louis Andrew Grammatico; 2 May 1950) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for being the lead singer of the rock band Foreigner from 1977 to 1990 and 1992 to 2003 during which time the band had numerous successful albu ...
, former
Skid Row
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vocalist
Sebastian Bach
Sebastian Philip Bierk (born April 3, 1968), known professionally as Sebastian Bach, is a Canadian-American singer who achieved mainstream success as the frontman of the hard rock band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. He has acted on Broadway and ha ...
, the
Michael Schenker Group
The Michael Schenker Group (often abbreviated as MSG) are a guitar-oriented hard rock band, formed in London in 1979 by former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker. In 1986, Schenker and vocalist Robin McAuley formed the McAuley Sche ...
, British rockers
UFO
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, bassist
Marco Mendoza and the
Danny Seraphine
Daniel Peter Seraphine (born August 28, 1948) is an American drummer, record producer, theatrical producer and film producer. He is best known as the original drummer and a founding member of the rock band Chicago, a tenure which lasted fr ...
led California Transit Authority (CTA), among others. He has also worked extensively with contemporary jazz keyboardist Lao Tizer.
Kollman has worked as a session guitarist, producer, songwriter, and actor. He has written music for movies and TV, including a commercial which ran during the
2007 Super Bowl. He is the owner and operator of Marmaduke Records, which has released the bulk of his albums. Kollman has been a Los Angeles resident since 1997 where he lives with his family.
Biography
Inspired by bands including
Kiss
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and
Van Halen
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, and guitarist
Randy Rhoads, Kollman began playing guitar when he was 12 years old. He made his recording debut at 14, after joining Ohio hardcore punk band The Stain. The Stain was featured on 1984's ''The Sounds of Hollywood #3'' compilation and issued a full-length album, ''I Know the Scam'', in 1986, both on L.A.-based label
Mystic Records
Mystic Records is an American record label and music production company specializing in hardcore punk, crossover thrash, underground music, vintage and cult records. It is owned and operated by Doug Moody. The label was first established in Hollywo ...
.
In 1986, Kollman formed the metal band VXN with his brother and drummer Tommy Kollman, vocalist Bryce Barnes and bassist Nep Sindel, and self-released a 6-song mini-LP in 1987, followed by the cassette-only full-length album, ''The Question'', in 1988. The band would morph into Edwin Dare with the addition of bassist Kevin Chown and release three albums between 1992 and 1998 and build a strong fan base around parts of the Midwest through extensive touring. During this time, Kollman also released a pair of solo albums. After the demise of Edwin Dare, Kollman and Chown continued to collaborate on various projects, including Crumb Bros., JKB (Jeff Kollman Band) and, most notably,
Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats.
Kollman moved to
Phoenix, Arizona
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in 1995, where he worked as a session musician for
Linda McCartney
Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney ( Eastman; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, animal rights activist, vegetarian cookbook author and advocate, and entrepreneur. She was the keyboardist in th ...
,
Lyle Lovett
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,
Wayman Tisdale
Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 – May 15, 2009) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma, and others. There he crossed paths with
MSG
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drummer
Shane Gaalaas
Shane Gaalaas (born August 8, 1967) is a Canadian-born drummer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter best known for his long running affiliation with Japanese rock superstars B'z, whom he joined in 2002, and his extensive work with guitar virtuo ...
and bassist
Barry Sparks
Barry Sparks (born June 20, 1968 in Lucasville, Ohio) is an American Rock bassist/Guitarist from legendary bands such as Yngwie Malmsteen, the Michael Schenker Group, UFO, Dokken, and Ted Nugent, amongst others. Currently Sparks is part of the to ...
, with whom he formed the all-instrumental progressive rock trio, Cosmosquad. In 1997, the group released their eponymous debut, the first of four studio albums to date. In 1998, Kollman filled in for Sparks on bass for MSG on their
G3 tour of Europe. That year,
Mike Varney
Mike Varney is an American record producer and music publisher. He is the founder of the Shrapnel Label Group, which includes Shrapnel Records, Tone Center Records, and Blues Bureau International. He also has a 50% stake in Magna Carta Record ...
of
Shrapnel Records
Shrapnel Records is an American record label founded in 1980 by record producer Mike Varney.
History
Guitarist Marty Friedman (formerly of Megadeth and Cacophony), one of the label's most successful artists, first appeared on the album ''Unsu ...
contacted Kollman to help write and record the ''Permanent Mark'' album with
Artension
Artension is a North American neoclassical progressive metal band, founded in 1993 by keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij. The band split up after recording seven albums from 1996 to 2004, but reformed in 2016 with the intention of releasing an eighth ...
vocalist
John West. This led to Jeff teaming up with the core of the classic
UFO
An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are id ...
line-up, as Mogg/Way, for the 1999 ''Chocolate Box'' album. Kollman and UFO vocalist
Phil Mogg
Phillip John Mogg (born 15 April 1948, Wood Green, London) is the lead singer for the English rock band UFO, which he formed with longtime friends Pete Way and Andy Parker.Buckley, Peter (1999) ''The Rough Guide to Rock'', Rough Guides, , p. ...
reunited, as $ign of 4, for another album collaboration, ''Dancing with St. Peter'', released in fall 2002.
In 2003, after a UK tour with $ign of 4, Kollman began working with bassist/vocalist
Glenn Hughes (of
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal music, heavy metal and modern hard rock music, but their musical style has changed over the course of its existence. Ori ...
fame) and drummer Robin DiMaggio in a short-lived, pop-oriented trio named Shape 68. He also produced, co-wrote and played guitar for Hughes' 2003 hard rock album ''
Songs in the Key of Rock'' and would become Hughes' new touring guitar player. Also in 2003, Kollman co-produced the ''
HTP 2'' project, featuring Hughes and former
Rainbow
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vocalist
Joe Lynn Turner
Joe Lynn Turner (born Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito, August 2, 1951) is an American singer known for his work in the hard rock bands Rainbow, Yngwie J. Malmsteen and Deep Purple.
During his career, Turner fronted and played guitar with pop ro ...
.
In 2005, Kollman filled in for UFO bassist
Pete Way
Peter Frederick Way (7 August 1950 – 14 August 2020) was an English hard rock and heavy metal bassist. He was bassist for the rock band UFO from 1968 to 1982; Way rejoined the band briefly in 1988–1989, and full-time from 1991 to 2008. He ...
for the duration of the band's U.S. summer tour. He earned his
SAG
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* Sag pond, a body of water collected in the lowest parts of a depression
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* Ivan Sag (1949–2013), American linguist
...
card with a part in the
Hank Garland
Walter Louis Garland (11 November 1930 – 27 December 2004), professionally Hank Garland, was an American guitarist and songwriter. He started as a country musician, played rock and roll as it became popular in the 1950s, and released a jazz al ...
biographical movie ''
Crazy
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'', portraying guitarist
Barry Galbraith
Joseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919 – January 13, 1983) was an American jazz guitarist.
Galbraith moved to New York City from McDonald, PA in the early 1940s and found work playing with Babe Russin, Art Tatum, Red Norvo, Hal McIntyre, an ...
.
in 2007, Kollman and collaborator Jono Brown landed a
Super Bowl
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commercial for Garmin GSP navigation systems. The 30second spo
aired just before
Super Bowl XLI
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half-time and featured vocals by
Grim Reaper
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frontman
Steve Grimmett. That same year, Kollman,
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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drummer
Chad Smith
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and keyboardist Ed Roth, who had met playing with Glenn Hughes, formed an all-instrumental band inspired by their shared love of 70s
funk rock
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and
fusion
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Fusion may also refer to:
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. Still unnamed at the time, the group, rounded out by Kollman's former Edwin Dare bandmate Kevin Chown on bass, debuted at the 2008
NAMM
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show in
Anaheim, California
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. The band became
Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats upon the release of their debut album, ''Meet the Meatbats'', in 2009. ''More Meat'' followed in 2010, and a live recording, ''Live Meat and Potatoes'', in 2012.
Kollman would team up with Glenn Hughes for a tour of Europe in 2009, documented via the ''Live In Wolverhampton'' 2-CD and DVD release, recorded over the course of two nights, June 6 and 7, in the singer's hometown of Bilston, England. Returning to the UK in 2011, Kollman appeared at the
Goodwood Festival of Speed
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by special invitation of
Lord March, playing the ''
Star Spangled Banner'' on the roof of Goodwood House on July 4;
Brian May
Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and astrophysicist, who achieved worldwide fame as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen (band), Queen. May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Fredd ...
of
Queen
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also performed.
In 2012, Kollman released ''Silence in the Corridor'', his first studio solo album in more than a dozen years. The album's title track is a tribute to
Gary Moore
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, and the title was inspired by Moore's 1982 solo album, ''
Corridors of Power''. It was followed by the release of two digital-only singles, "Waiting in Dark Places" and "Electric Overload", the latter a duet with fellow guitarist Jeff Marshall.
In the early morning hours of December 15, 2012, Kollman's brother Tommy was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy in
Fort Myers Beach, Florida. A memorial concert event was held in the brothers' old stomping grounds in South Toledo, Ohio, on May 24 and 25, 2013, with Cosmosquad headlining. Kollman released a digital single, "Brother to Brother", as a tribute in July 2013.
Kollman joined drummer
Ray Luzier
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, bassist
Billy Sheehan
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and DJ Sluggo for a performance at the 25th anniversary
Guitar Center
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Guitar Center oversees various subsidiaries in ...
Drum-Off at L.A.'s
Club Nokia
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on January 18, 2014 where he also played with
Bombastic Meatbats who were joined by special guest
Steve Lukather
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He released two new digital-only singles, "Eve of Reflection" and "Old Kentucky Thunder", on January 27, 2014. Two more digital singles, "In The Hills of Granada" and "Another Rainy Saturday", were made available March 17, 2014.
In February 2014, Kollman filled in for guitarist
Marc Bonilla
Marc Henry Bonilla (born July 3, 1955) is an American guitarist and composer, who has worked as a sideman to artists such as Keith Emerson, Ronnie Montrose, Glenn Hughes, Edgar Winter and David Coverdale.
Career
Early years and film work
...
with California Transit Authority (CTA), led by legendary founding member and drummer of
Chicago
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Danny Seraphine
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, for a handful of U.S. East Coast shows. Later that same month he would join old friend Mark Mikel on the inaugural Progressive Nation at Sea cruise, masterminded by former
Dream Theater
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drummer
Mike Portnoy
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. Released on
YouTube
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in March 2014, Kollman collaborated with fusion trio 107и on a cover of
Bill Bruford
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's "Beelzebub" off his 1978 solo album, ''
Feels Good to Me'
In July 2014, Kollman released the mostly acoustic ''Hills of Granada'' album, including "In the Hills of Granada", "Another Rainy Saturday", "Old Kentucky Thunder", "Eve of Reflection", "Brother to Brother", "Electric Overload" and "Waiting In Dark Places", all previously released as digital singles.
After featuring on the 2012 "Seasons Will Change" single and vide
with
Asia Featuring John Payne
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, Kollman also took part in the recording of 2014's ''Recollections: A Tribute to British Prog'', which contains covers by
King Crimson
King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...
,
ELP,
Yes,
Genesis
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, and
The Alan Parsons Project
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, among others. The aforementioned "Seasons Will Change" would re-surface in early 2018 as part of the eponymous debut album by Dukes Of The Orient, spearheaded by John Payne and keyboardist Erik Norlander.
In the summer of 2015, Kollman joined former
Skid Row
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vocalist
Sebastian Bach
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for a run of U.S. dates and for a second consecutive year toured Japan with vocalist
Eikichi Yazawa
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and a prominent figure in Japanese popular music. Yoko Yazawa of The Generous is his daughter. He has been nicknamed as Ei-chan (永ちゃん), Boss or The King of Rock.
Biography
Sources:
1949-1967: Early Lif ...
, highlighted by the 'Rock In Dome' show at Tokyo's giant
Tokyo Dome
is an indoor stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium. Construction on the stadium began on May 16, 1985, and it opened on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of th ...
on September 5, 2015, documented via the ''Rock In Dome'' Blu-Ray and DVD release. Kollman was back with Yazawa for yet another tour of Japan in late 2016.
In the fall of 2016, Kollman released Jeff & Tommy Kollman - ''Teenage Metal Years'', a compilation of early all-instrumental demos recorded in 1983 and '84 on a Fostex X-15 4-track recorder in their parents' basement with his late brother Tommy on drums.
Kollman would also surface in yet another progressive rock project, Artifact, alongside vocalist
Jeff Scott Soto
Jeff Scott Soto (born November 4, 1965) is an American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for being the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen's first two albums, and (briefly) the lead vocalist for Journey in 2006–2007. Soto also sa ...
, drummer
Joel Taylor, flutist/saxophonist
Gary Meek Gary Meek (born March 16, 1961) is an American jazz and Jazz fusion, fusion saxophone and Keyboard instrument, keyboard artist. As a featured artist or session musician he has contributed to more than 150 albums.
Biography
Gary Meek was born in 1 ...
, bassist Eugene Sharikov, and keyboardist Edward Tsiselsky whose debut single ''Life Is Good
was issued in October 2016; the band's full-length debut, also titled ''Life Is Good'', surfaced in August 2017 under the name RTfact. Everyone but Soto had previously worked together on the more jazz oriented 2015 album ''Revelation'' by Yuri Volodarsky & Friends. Kollman, Taylor and Meek had also taken part in recording the yet-to-be-released ''Vision of Sound - The King Crimson Story'' tribute album, a Russian-American collaborate effort spearheaded by Sharikov and keyboardist Dmitry Ilugdin.
In early 2017, Kollman returned with his long running progressive metal/fusion trio, Cosmosquad, and their first new release in a decade, titled ''The Morbid Tango
On May 9, it was announced that Kollman would join the
Alan Parsons Live Project for their 13-city "I Robot & Greatest Hits" tour of Germany that same month. He has since joined Parsons on a permanent basis and subsequently appeared on his 2019 album, ''
The Secret (Alan Parsons album), The Secret''.
In September 2017, Kollman reunited with
Glenn Hughes for a tour of Australia and New Zealand performing the music of
Deep Purple
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focusing on the band's Mk III and Mk IV eras that featured Hughes. Kollman also toured the U.S. with Hughes in August and September 2018. More recently, Kollman has played guitar for legendary vocalist
Lou Gramm
Lou Gramm (born Louis Andrew Grammatico; 2 May 1950) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for being the lead singer of the rock band Foreigner from 1977 to 1990 and 1992 to 2003 during which time the band had numerous successful albu ...
of
Foreigner fame, with
Asia feat. John Payne becoming Gramm's de facto new backing band in 2019.
On March 18, 2021, Kollman released the song "Superstring Theor
as a digital single on his
Bandcamp
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site and announced a May 21 release date for his sixth instrumental solo album, ''East of Heaven'', with contributions from long time collaborators Shane Gaalaas and Jono Brown on drums,
Cirque du Soleil
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music director, Paul Shihadeh, on bass, and his Eikichi Yazawa band mate,
Guy Allison, on keyboards.
On April 30, 2021, Kollman released a newly re-discovered version of "A Jam For Jason", which originally appeared on ''
Warmth in the Wilderness: A Tribute to Jason Becker'' in 2001, to raise funds for
ALS
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stricken musician
Jason Becker
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. Dubbed Cosmosquad & The Jasonauts - "A Jam For Jason MMXXI", the Bandcamp exclusive features the original Cosmosquad line-up of Kollman,
Shane Gaalaas
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, and
Barry Sparks
Barry Sparks (born June 20, 1968 in Lucasville, Ohio) is an American Rock bassist/Guitarist from legendary bands such as Yngwie Malmsteen, the Michael Schenker Group, UFO, Dokken, and Ted Nugent, amongst others. Currently Sparks is part of the to ...
, and lead guitar contributions from
Chris Poland
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,
Vinnie Moore
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Biography
Moore was born in New Castle, Delaware. He began his professional career at age 12 after receiving a guitar as a Chris ...
,
Patrick Lachman
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Biography
Portland, Oregon native Lachman was a short-lived member of Dr. Mastermind, featuring former Wild Dogs vocalist Matt McCourt, before joining his ...
, and
Steve Morse
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.
2022 saw Kollman tour with both the Alan Parsons Live Project and Ekichi Yazawa in Japan. He also played on Parsons' latest studio album, ''From the New World'', co-writing the songs "The Secret" and "Obstacles". On January 13, 2023, he released the Miles Davis inspired digital single, "Green for Miles", a collaboration with Yazawa band mate, Guy Allison, and announced that he was working on a new studio album. The line-up would include Shane Gaalaas and Steve Jenkins on drums and bass, respectively, as well as special guests such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bombastic Meatbats drummer, Chad Smith.
Discography
Solo
2023 ''Green for Miles'' (digital single)
*2021 ''East of Heaven''
2021 ''Superstring Theory'' (digital single)
*2014 ''Hills of Granada''
2014 ''In the Hills of Granada'' (digital single)
2014 ''Another Rainy Saturday'' (digital single)
2014 ''Old Kentucky Thunder'' (digital single)
2014 ''Eve of Reflection'' (digital single)
2013 ''Brother to Brother'' (digital single)
2013 ''Electric Overload'' (digital single)
2012 ''Waiting In Dark Places'' (digital single)
*2012 ''Silence In The Corridor''
*2006 ''Guitar Screams Live!''
*1999 ''Shedding Skin''
*1995 ''Into The Unknown''
*1989 ''Schizoid''
with Alan Parsons
*2022 ''From the New World''
*2022 ''One Note Symphony: Live In Tel Aviv'' CD/DVD
*2021 ''The NeverEnding Show: Live In The Netherlands'' CD/DVD
*2019 ''
The Secret (Alan Parsons album), The Secret''
with Asia feat. John Payne
*2014 ''Recollections: A Tribute to British Prog''
2012 ''Seasons Will Change'' (single)
with Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats
*2012 ''Live Meat and Potatoes''
*2010 ''More Meat''
*2009 ''Meat the Meatbats''
with Glenn Hughes
*2011 ''Live In Wolverhampton''
*2009 ''Live In Wolverhampton 2 (Official Bootleg)'' DVD
*2003 ''
Songs in the Key of Rock''
with Lao Tizer
*2012 ''Downbeat''
*2010 ''TIZER live''
*2009 ''Passages''
*2006 ''Diversify''
*2001 ''Golden Soul''
with Cosmosquad
2021 ''A Jam For Jason MMXXI'' (digital single)
*2017 ''The Morbid Tango''
*2008 ''Lights... Camera... 'Squad!'' DVD
*2007 ''Acid Test''
*2003 ''Best of Cosmosquad''
*2002 ''Live at the Baked Potato''
*2002 ''Squadrophenia''
*1997 ''Cosmosquad''
with Edwin Dare
*1998 ''My Time to Die''
*1994 ''Can't Break Me''
*1992 ''The Unthinkable Deed''
Additional Discography
*2018 Bleeding Harp - ''Truth'' EP
*2016 Jeff & Tommy Kollman - ''Teenage Metal Years''
*2015
Eikichi Yazawa
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and a prominent figure in Japanese popular music. Yoko Yazawa of The Generous is his daughter. He has been nicknamed as Ei-chan (永ちゃん), Boss or The King of Rock.
Biography
Sources:
1949-1967: Early Lif ...
- ''Rock In Dome'' DVD
*2014 Mark Mikel - ''35th Anniversary Concert'' DVD
*2013 Kevin Chown – ''Light the Way'' EP
*2011 Pervadelic – ''Songs For Pervs''
*2010 Jeff Kollman Band – ''Empower... Devour!!!''
*2005 Crumb Bros. – ''State of Your Mind''
*2004 JKB (Jeff Kollman Band) – ''Bleeding The Soul''
*2002 $ign of 4 – ''Dancing with St. Peter''
*1999 Mogg/Way – ''Chocolate Box''
*1998
John West – ''Permanent Mark''
*1997 Donna Roth – ''Like I Do''
*1995 Kevin Chown – ''Freudian Slip''
*1988 VXN - ''The Question''
*1987 VXN – ''s/t'' EP
*1986 The Stain – ''I Know the Scam''
Compilations, session work & guest appearances
*2022
Lana Lane
Lana Lane is an American rock singer. She sings lead in her eponymous band, and has sung backing vocals for the band Rocket Scientists and guest sung on Ayreon and Erik Norlander albums.
She is married to music producer Erik Norlander, who co- ...
- ''Neptune Blue''
*2021 Agnes - ''Hegemony Shift''
*2018 Dukes Of The Orient - ''Dukes of the Orient''
*2017 RTfact - ''Life Is Good''
2016 Artifact - ''Life Is Good'' (single)
*2016
Erik Norlander
Erik Norlander (born 6 February 1967) is an American musician known for his work in the progressive rock genre. From 2007 to 2014, he was the touring and recording keyboardist for Asia Featuring John Payne. He is also the managing director of ...
- ''Surreal''
*2015 Yuri Volodarsky & Friends - ''Revelation''
*2015
Shane Gaalaas
Shane Gaalaas (born August 8, 1967) is a Canadian-born drummer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter best known for his long running affiliation with Japanese rock superstars B'z, whom he joined in 2002, and his extensive work with guitar virtuo ...
- ''Bitter Suites From The Red Room''
*2012 Prashant Aswani - ''Visions''
*2010 Various – ''Mr. Bolin's Late Night Revival - Tommy Bolin Tribute''
*2010 Ray Reindeau - ''Atmospheres''
*2007 Various - ''
...And Back to Earth Again - Ten Years of MeteorCity'' (w/ Cosmosquad)
*2005 Shane Gaalaas – ''Hinge''
*2005
Christopher Maloney
Christopher Patrick Maloney is an American singer-songwriter, bass guitarist and music educator. He is widely known for his work with instrumental hard rock band Cosmosquad, his stints in Hardline and with Dweezil Zappa, as an independent solo ...
– ''The Terrors of Intimacy''
*2004
Vitalij Kuprij
Ring of Fire is an American neoclassical/progressive/power metal band from Chula Vista, California formed in 2000. Fronted by former Yngwie J. Malmsteen collaborator Mark Boals after the release of his solo album ''Ring of Fire'', the band also in ...
– ''Forward and Beyond''
*2004 Barefoot Bride – ''s/t''
*2003 Various – ''
A Tribute to the Beast, Vol. 2'' (w/ Cosmosquad)
*2003 Hughes Turner Project – ''
HTP 2''
*2003
Rob Rock
Robert Rock (born June 29, 1959) is an American heavy metal singer who is best known as the longtime frontman of Impellitteri, a position he has held from 1987 to 1988, 1992 to 2000, and now from 2008 to the present day. Rock has also released ...
– ''
Eyes of Eternity
Eyes are organs of the visual system. They provide living organisms with vision, the ability to receive and process visual detail, as well as enabling several photo response functions that are independent of vision. Eyes detect light and conve ...
''
*2002
Mark Boals
Mark Robert Boals (born December 5, 1958) is an American heavy metal vocalist and occasional bassist, best known for his vocals with Yngwie Malmsteen. He is currently a member of the band Foundry.
Boals' first album with Malmsteen, 1986's '' ...
– ''Edge of the World''
*2001 Various – ''
Warmth in the Wilderness: A Tribute to Jason Becker'' (w/ Cosmosquad)
*2000 Various – ''
Slave to the Power – The Iron Maiden Tribute'' (w/ Cosmosquad)
*2000 Various – ''The Blues Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd''
*1998 The Original Moon – ''Graffiti''
*1991 Various – ''Resume Vol. 1: Burnin
*1988 Various – ''Revenge of the Kamakazi Stegosaurus From Outer Space!'' (w/ The Stain)
*1985 Various – ''Let's Die'' (w/ The Stain)
*1984 Various – ''The Sounds of Hollywood #3'' (w/ The Stain)
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External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American male guitarists
Guitarists from Ohio
Musicians from Toledo, Ohio
Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats members