page_title: Tosin Abasi
section_title: Influences
hierarchical_section_title: Tosin Abasi / Influences
caption_attribution_description: English: Animals as Leaders @Roma-circolo degli artisti 2011
context_page_description: Oluwatosin Ayoyinka Olumide "Tosin" Abasi, is an American musician, best known as the founder and lead guitarist of the instrumental progressive metal band Animals as Leaders. He has recorded and released four albums with Animals as Leaders: a self-titled debut, Weightless, The Joy of Motion and their most recent album, The Madness of Many. A guitar virtuoso, Guitar World ranks Abasi at #97 on their list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time.
context_section_description: His favoured guitarists, musicians and bands include Steve Vai, Allan Holdsworth, Fredrik Thordendal of Meshuggah, Thom Yorke of Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Mike Einziger of Incubus, and Dream Theater.
  He is a Transcendental Meditation practitioner.
caption: Tosin Abasi playing a .Strandberg* Headless 8-string
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