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Marty Friedman 	Marty Friedman
 	
Background Information	Background Information
Birth name 	Martin Adam Friedman
Born 	December 8, 1962Washington, DC, USA
Genres 	Thrash Metal Neo-classical Shred Metal J-Rock / J-Pop
Instrument 	Guitar
Years active 	1982 - present
Associated acts 	MegadethCacophonyHawaiiJason Becker
Marty FriedmanFor those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia have an article about Marty "Maati" Friedman. (born Martin Adam Friedman, on December 8, 1962) is a His name is Marty Friedman. That sounds like a reliable source to me. guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 1999. He now resides in "Visit Japan in the fourth year. Broadly active in Tokyo." -Marty's official website., where he hosts a number of TV shows, including 
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==Music Career==
Friedman is a largely self-taught guitarist, with no formal training in music theoryI am scales and so can you!. Despite this, he is esteemed for his improvisational skills and his unique ability to fuse a wide variety of unorthodox world music styles with metal, which conventionally took its inspirations from Western Classical music, such as that of Bach, Haydn, and Paganini. On stage, Friedman is known for his energetic, passionate playing styleEnergetic and passionate. In contrast to the sweep picking of his neo-classical contemporaries and the alternate picking method favored in thrash, Friedman uses . Friedman is instantly recognizable for his vast arsenal of exotic scales, though he says he never studied scales and plays everything by ear"The misconception about me is that I know technical stuff." -Marty.
===Pre-Megadeth===
While in high school, Friedman teamed up with Tom Gattis to form the band Deuce, which played music inspired by KISS, Rush, The Ramones, and The ScorpionsYes, SCORPIONS. In 1982, Friedman formed the band Vixen, which put out an album before realizing "Vixen" is a girl band name. The band reformed as Hawaii and put out three more albums before it broke up in 1985From the bastions, in the deepest fathoms of the sea, came spewing forth in a cloud of volcanic ash and raining fire, a structure of molten rock forming ONE NATION UNDERGROUND.
In 1986, Friedman was approached by Jason Becker, a young guitar prodigy in search of a new teacher. Together, they formed the band Cacophony, renowned for its technically challenging, complexly harmonized guitar solos (duets) and ridiculous lyrics. Cacophony put out two albums, Speed Metal Symphony and Go Off!, and toured the United States and Japan, before Friedman and Becker went their separate ways in 1989There were fears that this talented virtuoso would land in a pop rock band wasting his talent.. 
===Megadeth===
thumb|right|Megadeth's lineup: Marty Friedman, Dave Mustaine, 
After the 1989 release of So Far, So Good... So What!, Megadeth band leader Dave Mustaine once again fired half his lineup and set about rebuilding the band. As per tradition, he replaced drummer Chuck Behler with his own drum tech, Nick Menza"I'm not saying that we will have another guitar tech there who is going to take over Marty's gig..." -Dave Mustaine; The search for a new lead guitarist was not as easy, with many auditions held over the course of over seven monthshttp://www.myspace.com/fallen_hero_dimebag. Friedman was eventually selected for being 
In 1990, Megadeth released its first album with the new lineup. Rust In Peace was hailed as "awesome" and "heavy" and "really difficult to play" by fans and citics alike, and to this day is acclaimed as a definitive thrash metal album. The album went on to sell over million copies in the US, and was nominated twice for the Best Metal Performance Grammy; it lost both times to MetallicaIt's an honor just to be nominated seven times.
Countdown to Extinction, Megadeth's 1992 album, was a stylistic departure from the band's previous releases. While still driven by fast technical riffs, the songs were shorter and more radio-friendly. The change was motivated by , , and . The move paid off and the album was Megadeth's most successful release. The trend continuted with Youthanasia, the band's 1994 album. 
The late 90s saw Megadeth complete its transformation from thrash metal to mainstream radio rock. Cryptic Writings (1996) and Risk (1999) together produced six top 20 singles, inclusing Megadeth's first #1 hit song, Trust. However, Mustaine began to feel pressure from long-time fans to return to the band's former thrash sound. He informed the band of his decision during the Risk tour, and Friedman, who , left the band"Remember the reason that Marty is not in Megadeth anymore: he wanted to be in a pop band with a female singer in Japan. He quit." - Dave Mustaine.
While Friedman was in Megadeth, the band sold a total of over million albums worldwideBut would you trust a source that lists his fifth solo album as his debut?.
==Career on Japanese television==
==References==
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