Ro Panuganti

Ro Panuganti is an American YouTube musician. He specializes in covering music from video games, movies, television, and other composers by doing progressive metal remixes.
==History==
===2011===
Ro joined YouTube on February 18, 2009 using the pseudonym Swiggles1987. Ro stated that he first got into music when he was 5 years of age. The first instrument he played was a piano. He them switched over to playing a trumpet before going with a guitar. His biggest influences were bands and artists such as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, and Metallica.
His first video came on January 21, 2011 which featured a cover of the intro theme from the TV show Monk. Ro stated that Monk was one of his favorite TV shows growing up. Nine months later, his next video showed a cover of "Jump" by Van Halen. He also did of cover of "Crushing Day" by Joe Satriani.
===2012===
On March 4, 2012, Ro did his first ever video game cover, a remix of Bob-Omb Battlefield from Super Mario 64. The next two videos were covers by artists, "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix and "Crystal Planet" by Joe Satriani. His next video game cover was the Sons of Skyrim from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim featuring Zoncis on another guitar. It was the first video Ro posted with another user collaborating. His next cover was the opening theme from Pokemon Red & Blue. Afterwards, he did a medley of The Lord of the Rings, and then another one involving The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The next wave of individual covers were Onett from Earthbound, Mute City from F-Zero featuring jparecki95, City Escape from Sonic Adventure 2, the intro theme from Super Smash Bros. Melee, Corneria from Star Fox 64, and Midna's Lament from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. His next medley contained various themes from many different shows that premiered on Cartoon Network. His next cover, Metal Harbor from Sonic Adventure 2, featured Auddy7 and anippani as additional collaborators. The next two covers were the Comet Observatory from Super Mario Galaxy and Lethal Lava Land from Super Mario 64. A cover of One Final Effort from Halo 3 featured Mklachu and Krissalad. Next came a medley involving The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. The next set of individual covers were Gerudo Valley from Ocarina of Time, the main theme from The Adventures of Tintin, Celadon City from Pokemon Red & Blue, and Hyrule Castle from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
==Style of play==
Ro mainly uses an electric guitar and bass guitar during most of his covers. During a few of his covers, he has also played the piano, ocarina, and a slew of Indian instruments. Ro states that he is not much of a good singer, but has done some vocals on some covers.
==References==
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2009