Name	Mike Varney
Landscape	no
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Instrument	Guitar
Genre	Instrumental rock, hard rock, progressive metal, shred guitar, speed metal, blues-rock, blues, jazz, jazz fusion
Occupation	Musician, producer
Years active	1980–present
Label	Shrapnel, Tone Center, Blues Bureau, Magna Carta
Associated acts	The Nuns, Yngwie Malmsteen, Victor Wooten, Scott Henderson, Steve Smith, Michael Landau, Steeler, Racer X, Eric Gales
Url	shrapnelrecords.com

Mike Varney is an American musician, record producer, music publisher and impresario. 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 Records, a New York-based label. Other releases included the Guitar on the Edge series of compilation albums (1992–94), which was a four-volume showcase featuring many up-and-coming guitarists at the time such as Greg Howe (who would later go on to release the majority of his discography on Shrapnel), Brett Garsed, T. J. Helmerich, Blues Saraceno, and others.

Varney became the authority on Novato guitar talent in the late 1970s and early 1980s including artists Bob Gilles, Greg Strong, and Dan Meblin, who eventually recorded in some capacity with Shrapnel Records. Other talent from Novato during that period included Guitar Player Magazine editor Matt Blackett, Pat Gilles, Tom Watson, Joe Basso, and Chris Reed.

Shrapnel Records

Shrapnel Records was founded in 1980 by Mike Varney at the age of 22. It was the first record company in the USA strictly dedicated to Heavy metal. As other labels followed suit, Shrapnel set itself apart from the pack by focusing on bands featuring guitarists of extraordinary ability and was at the forefront of the neo-classical electric guitar and shred movements. Shrapnel Records was the first label to bring renowned guitarists to world attention such as Yngwie Malmsteen (Steeler), Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Racer X, Tony MacAlpine, Vinnie Moore, Greg Howe, Richie Kotzen, John5 and many others. Today Shrapnel continues to record guitarists of extraordinary ability and has also returned, in part, to its metal roots in releasing some classic metal and hard rock records due to a resurgent market interest. }}

Category:American record producers Category:Living people

Name	Yngwie Malmsteen
Background	solo_singer
Alias	Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Birth name	Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck
Born	June 30, 1963Stockholm, Sweden
Instrument	Guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals, sitar, cello
Genre	Heavy metal, neo-classical metal, power metal, speed metal, glam metal, hard rock
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer
Years active	1978–present
Label	Polydor, Polygram, Elektra Rising Force Records
Associated acts	Steeler, Alcatrazz, Rising Force, Hear 'n Aid, G3
Url	Official website
Notable instruments	Yngwie Malmsteen Signature Stratocaster

Yngwie Johann Malmsteen ( ; born June 30, 1963) is a Swedish virtuoso guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Malmsteen became known for his neo-classical playing approach in heavy metal music which became a new musical style in the early eighties. He is considered by many to be one of the most talented rock guitarists of all time and is considered to be a pioneer of shred guitar.

Early life

Malmsteen was born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck in Stockholm, Sweden, as the third child of a musically-inclined family. At age seven, he saw a television news report on the death of Jimi Hendrix, an event which had a profound impact on his musical path. To quote his official website, "The day Jimi Hendrix died, the thumb-sucking, molly-coddled plebeian Yngwie died, and was replaced by a Dionysian, guitar-shredding god". At the age of 10 he took his mother's maiden name Malmsten as his surname, slightly changed it to Malmsteen, and Anglicised his given name Yngve to "Yngwie". Yngwie also created his first band "Track On Earth" at the age of 10, consisting of himself and a friend from school on drums (Armin). Malmsteen was a teenager when he first encountered the music of the 19th century violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini, whom he cites as his biggest classical music influence.

Recording career

1980s

In late 1982 Malmsteen was brought to the U.S. by Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records, who had heard a demo tape of Malmsteen's playing. He had brief engagements with Steeler, for their self-titled album of 1983, then Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz, for their 1983 debut No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll, and the 1984 live album Live Sentence. Malmsteen released his first solo album Rising Force in 1984, which featured Barrie Barlow of Jethro Tull on drums. His album was really meant to be an instrumental side-project of Alcatrazz, but it contained vocals, and Malmsteen left Alcatrazz soon after the release of Rising Force.

Rising Force won the Guitar Player Magazine's award for Best Rock Album and was also nominated for a Grammy for 'Best Rock Instrumental', achieving #60 on the Billboard album chart. Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force (as his band was thereafter known) next released Marching Out (1985). Jeff Scott Soto filled vocal duties on these initial albums. His third album, Trilogy, featuring the vocals of Mark Boals, was released in 1986. In 1987, another singer, former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner joined his band. That year, Malmsteen was in a serious car accident, smashing his Jaguar E-Type into a tree and putting him in a coma for a week. Nerve damage to his right hand was reported. During his time in the hospital, Malmsteen's mother died from cancer. In the summer of 1988 he released his fourth album, Odyssey. Odyssey would be his biggest hit album, mainly because of its first single "Heaven Tonight". Shows in Russia during the Odyssey tour were recorded, and released in 1989 as his fifth album Trial By Fire: Live in Leningrad.

Malmsteen's "Neo-classical" style of metal became popular among some guitarists during the mid 1980s, with contemporaries such as Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Tony MacAlpine and Vinnie Moore becoming prominent. In late 1988, Malmsteen's signature Fender Stratocaster guitar was released, making him and Eric Clapton the first artists to be honored by Fender.

1990s

In the early 1990s, Malmsteen released the albums Eclipse (1990), The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection (1991), Fire and Ice (1992) and The Seventh Sign (1994). Despite his early success, and continuous success in Europe and Asia, by the early 1990s 1980s heavy metal styles such as neoclassical metal and lengthy, virtuoso shred guitar solos had become unfashionable in the US.

In 1993, Malmsteen's future mother-in-law, opposed to his engagement to her daughter, had him falsely arrested for holding the woman hostage with a gun. The charges were quickly dropped. Malmsteen continued to record and release albums under the Japanese record label Pony Canyon, and maintained a devoted following from some fans in Europe and Japan, and to a lesser extent in the USA. In 2000, he once again acquired a contract with a US record label, Spitfire, and released his 1990s catalog into the US market for the first time, including what he regards as his masterpiece, Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra, recorded with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague.

2000s

After the release of War to End All Wars in 2000, singer Mark Boals left the band. He was replaced by former Rainbow vocalist Doogie White. White's vocals were well received by fans. In 2003, Malmsteen joined Joe Satriani and Steve Vai as part of the G3 supergroup. Malmsteen made two guest appearances on keyboardist Derek Sherinian's albums Black Utopia (2003), and Blood of the Snake (2006) where Malmsteen is heard on the same tracks as Al Di Meola and Zakk Wylde. In 2004, Malmsteen made two cameo appearances on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.

Malmsteen released Unleash the Fury in 2005. (This title may be a reference to an audio recording that supposedly captured Malmsteen's immoderate response to a flight attendant who spilled a beverage on him. The recording found popularity in filesharing networks as an example of the absurd behavior of celebrities.) He is married to April (Ebru Solmaz, born in Istanbul, Turkey) and has a son named Antonio after Antonio Vivaldi, and they live in Miami, Florida. A noted Ferrari enthusiast, Malmsteen owned a black 1985 308 GTS for 18 years before selling it on eBay, and a red 1962 250 GTO. In 2007, Malmsteen was honored in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. Players can receive the "Yngwie Malmsteen" award by hitting 1000 or more notes in succession. February 2008 saw the replacement of singer Doogie White with former Iced Earth and Judas Priest and current Beyond Fear singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, with whom Malmsteen had once recorded a cover of Ozzy Osbourne's song "Mr. Crowley", for the 2000 Osbourne tribute album . The first Malmsteen album to feature Owens is titled Perpetual Flame and was released on October 14. On November 25, 2008, Malmsteen had three of his songs ("Caprici Di Diablo", "Damnation Game", and "Red Devil") released as downloadable content for the video games Rock Band and Rock Band 2. In 2008 Malmsteen was a special guest on the VH1 Classic show "That Metal Show". In the 10th of March 2009, Malmsteen's label Rising Force has launched his new release Angels of Love, an instrumental album which features acoustic arrangements of some of his best-known ballads.

In August 2009, Time magazine named Malmsteen #9 on its list of the 10 best electric guitar players of all-time. Malmsteen recently released another album compilation entitled High Impact on December 8, 2009.

Technique and style

Malmsteen is known for his technical fluency and neo-classical metal compositions, often incorporating high speed picking with harmonic minor scales, diminished scales and using sweep picked arpeggios. He is often considered one of the most talented rock guitarists of all time and is considered to be a pioneer of shred guitar.

Also, Malmsteen favors the harmonic minor scale, and often uses diminished arpeggios and phrygian scales and draws an influence from Bach and Beethoven. In an interview, Malmsteen explained that his regular use of harmonic minor was because in the 1980s he was trying to move away from the blues-based pentatonic scales that were frequently used at the time.

Musical equipment

Malmsteen has been a longtime user of Fender Stratocasters (possibly influenced by his idols, Jimi Hendrix and Ritchie Blackmore). His most famous Stratocaster is his 1972 blonde Strat, nicknamed "The Duck" because of its yellow finish and the Donald Duck stickers on the body. He also has a signature Stratocaster. It comes in a Vintage White finish with a maple neck, either a maple or rosewood fretboard with scalloped frets and, from 2010, Seymour Duncan YJM Model pickups. For amplification, Malmsteen has always used Marshall heads and cabinets. Malmsteen has a signature Overdrive/Pre Amp pedal named the YJM308 by the company DOD. His signature pedal was closely designed to sound like the original 1970's(grey) DOD 250 which was the pedal he used throughout his career until 2002.

Band members

; Current members

Tim "Ripper" Owens—vocals (2008–present)

Bjorn Englen—bass (2008–present)

Patrick Johansson—drums, percussion (2001–present)

Nick Marino—keyboards (2010–present)

Discography

;Steeler

;Alcatrazz

;Solo

See also

Guitar Moves

Shredding

Sweeping

G3 Tour

References

External links

Gaspar Muntwyler - Capricho Arabe/Preludio Obsesivo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ijX0Zvg_Mc

Official website

Audio Interview with Yngwie on GuitarJamDaily.com

HardRadio.com interview with Yngwie

How to pronounce Yngwie Malmsteen in Swedish (Svenska)

http://baroqueandloud.fr-bb.com/index.forum : French forum of Yngwie Malmsteen

A very complete biography of Malmsteen in French, made by Michaël Mhamdi from Baroque and Loud Forum: http://malmsteenforum.free.fr/

Category:Swedish expatriates in the United States Category:American people of Swedish descent Category:Swedish heavy metal guitarists Category:Swedish rock guitarists Category:G3 Category:Lead guitarists Category:People from Stockholm Category:1963 births Category:Living people

Name	Stoney Curtis
Gender	male
Hair color	Brown
Ethnicity	Caucasian
Alias	Harry O, Mr. Cheeks, Dave Flash, Rock Gibraltar, Dr. Dirty, Stoney Curtis
Iafd	Cheeks
Afdb	6362
Spelling	US

Stoney Curtis is an American pornographic actor, director and producer. He founded the adult film companies Celestial Productions in 1998, and Lethal Hardcore in 2004. In 2010 he was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.

References

Category:Male pornographic film actors Category:American pornographic film directors Category:Living people

Name	Jason Becker
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born	July 22, 1969
Instrument	Guitar, bass, Keyboards
Genre	Neo-classical metal, instrumental rock, speed metal, heavy metal, hard rock
Occupation	Musician, songwriter
Years active	1986–present
Label	Shrapnel
Associated acts	CacophonyDavid Lee RothMarty Friedman
Url	JasonBecker.com
Notable instruments	Carvin Guitars, Hurricane Guitars, Peavey Guitars

Jason Becker (born July 22, 1969) is an American neo-classical metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Mike Varney-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman. They released Speed Metal Symphony in 1987 and Go Off! in 1988. Cacophony broke up in 1989 and Becker began doing solo work, having released his first album Perpetual Burn in 1988. He later joined David Lee Roth's band and recorded one album with him. However, Becker's success was hampered by his then-diagnosed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and was given three to five years to live. In 1996, Becker eventually lost the ability to speak and now communicates with his eyes via a system developed by his father. Despite his disability, he continues composing by using a computer and has released Collection.

Hometown, Birth Place, School

Jason was born and raised in the city, Richmond, California by his parents, Gary and Pat Becker. He was born on 23rd Street in Richmond Hospital in 1969. He graduated from Kennedy High School where he performed Malmsteen's Black Star with his band at a talent show.

Style

Considered a virtuoso guitarist and one of the top players of his time, Jason Becker studied the works of violinist Niccolò Paganini and was a playing partner with Marty Friedman. He later arranged Paganini's 5th Caprice, performing it during an instructional guitar video. Becker's compositions often include high speed scalar and arpeggio passages, both of which are trademarks of his 'shred' style of guitar playing. Often incorporating advanced techniques such as sweep picking, alternate picking, artificial harmonic accenting, and tapping; He was among the leaders of the field during the technical 'shred' guitar and Neo-Classical Metal trend of the mid to late eighties and is still respected and honored by his musician peers today. He demonstrated the arpeggio sequence during a clinic at the Atlanta Institute of Music. A video of this performance first appeared on his Hot Licks guitar instructional video.

Becker started out playing alongside Marty Friedman in the Mike Varney produced-duo, Cacophony. Becker and Friedman toured together with Cacophony in Japan and across the United States. In 1989 Becker left to pursue a solo career, having released his first solo album titled 'Perpetual Burn' in 1988, and has since released Perspective and Collection , as well as two albums of demos, entitled 'The Raspberry Jams' and 'The Blackberry Jams'.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

At the age of 20, he joined David Lee Roth's band, replacing Steve Vai, who went on to join Whitesnake. While recording the A Little Ain't Enough album in 1989, and preparing for the subsequent tour, Becker began to feel what he called a "lazy limp" on his left leg. He was soon diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and given three to five years to live. He could barely finish the recording, using low-gauge (thin) guitar strings and other techniques, which would make it easier to play with his weakening hands. Although he managed to finish the album, which was released in 1991, he did not join the supporting tour due to his inability to perform on stage; former Lizzy Borden guitarist Joe Holmes took Becker's place on tour.

Due to his illness, he eventually lost the ability to speak and now communicates with his eyes via a system developed by his father. Although his ALS gradually robbed him of his ability to play guitar, to walk, and eventually even to speak, he still remains mentally sharp and, with the aid of a computer, continues composing. In the back of the Perspective CD case, Becker states "I have Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. It has crippled my body and speech, but not my mind." His medical condition has remained stable since 1997. In 2003, Jason posted on his website that he was feeling better and had gained some weight, while the folder for his 2008 album Collection also mentions an upcoming book.

Perspective and the Berry Jams

In 1996, Becker released an album entitled Perspective, an instrumental album composed by him (with the exception of Bob Dylan's song "Meet Me in the Morning"). The writing of the music had been started before ALS completely crippled his abilities. By using guitar, and, later, when he was unable to use both hands, a keyboard, he continued to compose while his disease worsened. However, when Becker could no longer physically play even a keyboard, his friend and music producer Mike Bemesderfer helped him with a music-composing computer program which could read the movements of his head and eyes, enabling Becker to continue to compose after he lost control of his entire body.

Several years later, Becker released Raspberry Jams (1999) and Blackberry Jams (2003); the first contained various unreleased demo-tracks, and the latter contained demo-tracks and alternate versions of songs that were later reworked and published into other albums.

Two tribute albums to Jason Becker have been issued. Respectively entitled Warmth in the Wilderness I and Warmth in the Wilderness II, they feature guitarists such as Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Joe Becker, Rusty Cooley, and Mattias Eklundh. The album profits were sent to Becker to help him with his medical finances.

Collection

On November 4, 2008, Shrapnel Records released a new Jason Becker album entitled Collection. The album includes three new songs in addition to some older recordings (some never before released) and features Marty Friedman, Greg Howe, Joe Satriani, Michael Lee Firkins, Steve Vai, and Steve Hunter.

Track Listing: # Rain # River of Longing # Images # Opus Pocus # Higher # It's Showtime! # Altitudes # End of The Beginning # River of Longing (Reprise) # Meet Me in The Morning # Air # Electric Prayer for Peace # Mandy's Throbbing Little Heart

Enhanced CD Features: # End of The Beginning Demos (5 Tracks) # Go Off! Intro # Noodling For Rob and Tony

Equipment

Jason's first guitar was a Franciscan acoustic. Prior to joining Cacophony in 1987, Jason worked his way through the Franciscan, a Takamine acoustic, a Fender Musicmaster, and finally, a black Fender Stratocaster with a DiMarzio Steve Morse humbucker in the bridge (seen in the Black Star video, circa 1986). In the early days of Cacophony, Jason used, and was endorsed by, Hurricane Guitars. The first Cacophony album was recorded with a white Hurricane EX Series model [apparently a Limited Edition] with a maple neck/rosewood fretboard, 22 frets, and an HSS pickup setup. For Perpetual Burn he used another Hurricane EX Series model, this one in blue, with unknown model DiMarzio pickups, maple neck with maple fretboard and 24 frets. For the 2nd Cacophony album, Jason switched over to Carvin gear, utilizing 2 DC200 models, one in a trans blue finish and maple body, one in a burgundy finish. Both have double cutaway bodies, Kahler locking tremolo systems, 6 in line machine heads and 2 active Carvin humbucker pickups. He used these up until he was diagnosed with ALS in 1989. During the period of 1989-1991, Jason used various guitars, most notably a Peavey custom model with the numbered fretboard markers. There are a few of these around. Also used were an Ibanez unknown model [probably an RG], a custom from Performance Guitars, a couple of unknown Strat style guitars and a black Hurricane EX Series with 3 pickups. As of very recently, Jason has allowed Paradise Guitars USA to release a Jason Becker signature guitar. It is similar in appearance to the numbered Peavey but with a different headstock shape. Jason used various types of amplifiers in his music. Before joining Cacophony, he used a small Peavey practice amp [possibly a backstage or an audition with the older style Peavey stripes]. For the first Cacophony album, Jason used an ADAMP1 preamp. Perpetual Burn was a 70s Marshall half stack and a BOSS Super Overdrive and Cacophony second album was a Carvin X100B stack. He also used the SX300H head at some point during that era. After Cacophony Jason used various amps, including a "Fender M80", an unknown Marshall amp, an ADA Preamp and possibly the aforementioned Peavey combo.

Strings

Dean Markley And SIT

Paradise Guitar

In 2008 Paradise Guitars worked with Jason to design a Jason Becker signature guitar. The design is based on the Peavey with colored number fret inlays. Features include a genuine alder body, maple neck with steel 2-way truss rod, maple 16" radius fingerboard, 24 jumbo thin frets with colored number fret marker inlays, black Floyd Rose Pro Style floating Tremolo with Floyd Rose Tremolo stop, Sperzel red satin tuners, 14 degree tilt-back headstock with black Paradise logo and matching tremolo and electronics plates. The pickups are DiMarzio pickups; a P.A.F. Pro-Custom in the neck colored yellow and red, a DP116 HS-2 in the neck colored green, and a Tone Zone-Custom in the bridge colored pink and blue. These colored pickups compliment the colored inlays and seem to give the guitar a rainbow effect. There is also a red 5-way switch and purple 1-11 volume knob.

Documentary Film

There is currently a documentary film being produced about Jason's life with a scheduled release date of 2012. The film will include interviews with Jason, his family and friends, and the various world-class musicians he has worked with. For more information visit http://www.JasonBeckerMovie.com

New Album

On the 20th of August, 2010, Jason declared that he is considering releasing an album of music he recorded when he was in his teenage years

Clinics

Guitar Center, El Cerrito, CA

Year: 02/26/2002

Gear: N/A

Atlanta Institute Of Music

Year: 1989

Gear: Carvin DC127, Marshall Amp, Alesis quadraverb

Japan Clinic

Year: 1989

Gear: Carvin DC127

Discography

Cacophony

Speed Metal Symphony (1987)

Go Off! (1988)

Marty Friedman

Dragon's Kiss (1988)

Joe Becker

Short Stories (2005)

Solo

Perpetual Burn (1988)

Perspective (1995)

The Raspberry Jams (1999)

The Blackberry Jams (2003)

Collection (2008)

David Lee Roth

A Little Ain't Enough (1991)

Other works

Richie Kotzen (1989, producer)

Instructional

Hot Licks - The Legendary Guitar of Jason Becker

References

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id;=6528617

Jason Becker Documentary

http://jasonbeckerguitar.com/board/read.php?25,2300,

External links

Jason Becker's Official Website

Jason's MySpace Page

Category:American rock guitarists Category:American heavy metal guitarists Category:People with motor neurone disease Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Lead guitarists

Name	Glenn Hughes
Landscape	No
Background	solo_singer
Born	August 21, 1952Cannock, Staffordshire, England
Instrument	Bass, vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, trombone
Genre	Hard rock, funk rock, blues-rock, soul, funk, heavy metal
Occupation	Musician, singer-songwriter, producer
Years active	1968–present
Label	Frontiers, Pony Canyon, SPV GmbH, Yamaha Music, Zero Corporation
Associated acts	Finders Keepers, Trapeze, Deep Purple, Hughes/Thrall, Black Sabbath, Phenomena, Geoff Downes, Hughes Turner Project, Tony Iommi, Brazen Abbot, Michael Men Project, Black Country Communion
Url	Official website
Notable instruments	Fender Precision Bass

Glenn Hughes (born 21 August 1952) is an English rock bassist and vocalist, best-known as for playing bass and performing vocals for the Mk. III and IV line-ups of Deep Purple, as well as briefly fronting Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s. Hughes also maintains a notable solo career.

History

Hughes fronted Finders Keepers in the 1960s as bassist/vocalist, as well as the British funk rock band Trapeze. Hughes then went on to serve as bassist/vocalist for Deep Purple between 1973 and 1976, embarking on a solo career following his departure from the group. In 1982, he joined with ex-Pat Travers guitarist Pat Thrall to form Hughes/Thrall, they released one self-titled album which went virtually unnoticed at the time but is now often cited by many fans/musicians to be the their favourite Glenn Hughes album. In the mid-1980s, Hughes recorded several different albums with bands and artists including Phenomena (Phenomena, Phenomena II: Dream Runner), Gary Moore (Run For Cover), and Black Sabbath (Seventh Star, though this was to have been a solo album by Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, and only came out as a Sabbath album due to record label pressure). Beginning in the mid 1980s, Hughes' health problems due to over eating, drugs and alcohol began to seriously affect his musical projects, and this contributed to very short stints with Gary Moore and Tony Iommi, as Hughes was unable to tour with them properly due to his bad health. By the end of the decade, Hughes' realised his ongoing drug problem was derailing him, and by 1991 a clean, sober and fully rejuvenated Hughes returned with the vocal for the hit "America: What Time Is Love?" with KLF. He also recorded all the vocals for former Europe guitarist John Norum's solo album 'Face the Truth'. He then re-embarked on a solo career that he has primarily focused on to date. In 1999, Hughes did a short tribute tour to Tommy Bolin in Texas, with Tommy's brother Johnny (of Black Oak Arkansas) on drums.

In 2005 Hughes released Soul Mover supporting it with a European tour. He also collaborated with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi on the 2005 album Fused. Hughes then released Music for the Divine in 2006, which featured Red Hot Chili Peppers members Chad Smith and John Frusciante. Hughes toured in support of the album throughout Europe in autumn 2006.

Released on edel records on 17 November 2007 is Live in Australia, an acoustic CD and companion DVD of a performance at Sydney's famous "Basement" club. The show features songs from most recent Hughes albums, Purple classics and rare gems and covers.

His new album, First Underground Nuclear Kitchen was released on 9 May 2008 in Europe and on 12 May in the rest of the world.

He announced on tour that he is currently writing his autobiography with author Joel McIver. The book will be published in 2011 and features contributions by Tony Iommi, David Coverdale, Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Morello and a foreword by Lars Ulrich of Metallica.

It was announced by UK radio station, Planet Rock, on 14 January 2010, that Hughes was forming a new band called Black Country with Jason Bonham (drums), Joe Bonamassa (guitar) and Derek Sherinian (keyboards). An album is planned for release later in the year, however they have been forced to change the name to Black Country Communion after another band with the same name raised an objection.

In July 2010 he appeared as a guest vocalist (together with Masterplan singer Jørn Lande) fronting Heaven & Hell at the High Voltage Rock Festival in London as a tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio.

Influences

He stated that he grew up listening to many Motown bass players and he was a funky kind of bassist. He has cited acts like Marvin Gaye, Sly and the Family Stone, and Stevie Wonder as influences.

Discography

Solo

Play Me Out (1977)

(1992)

From Now On... (1994)

Burning Japan Live (1994)

Feel (1995)

Addiction (1996)

Greatest Hits: The Voice of Rock (1996) (compilation)

Talk About It EP (1997) (previously-unreleased live and acoustic tracks)

The God of Voice: Best of Glenn Hughes (1998) (compilation)

The Way It Is (1999)

From the Archives Volume I - Incense & Peaches (2000)

Return of Crystal Karma (2000)

A Soulful Christmas (2000)

Days of Avalon (VHS) (2001) (first official solo video release)

Building the Machine (2001)

Different Stages - The Best of Glenn Hughes (2002)

Songs in the Key of Rock (2003)

Soulfully Live in the City of Angels (DVD and CD) (2004)

Soul Mover (2005)

Freak Flag Flyin' (2005)

Music for the Divine (2006)

This Time Around (2007) (compilation)

Live in Australia (DVD and CD) (2007)

First Underground Nuclear Kitchen (2008)

Official Bootleg: Live in Wolverhampton: Full Band Show (2009)

Official Bootleg: Live in Wolverhampton: 'You Are The Music' An Evening of Trapeze (2009)

Live In Wolverhampton (Official Bootleg) (2009) [DVD]

Solo other

Glenn Hughes Alive Drive (USB) (2009)

With Finders Keepers

"Sadie, the Cleaning Lady" (1968) (single)

With Trapeze

Trapeze (1970)

Medusa (1970)

You Are the Music...We're Just the Band (1972)

Welcome to the Real World (1993) (live 1992)

(1996) (best of 1970-1976)

On the Highwire (2003) (best of 1970-1994)

With Deep Purple

Burn (1974)

Stormbringer (1974)

Made in Europe (1975)

Come Taste the Band (1975)

Last Concert in Japan (1976)

Live in London (1982)

Singles A's & B's (1993)

On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat: Live in California 1976 (1995)

(1995)

California Jamming: Live 1974 (1996)

Mk. III: the Final Concerts (1996)

Days May Come and Days May Go, the California Rehearsals, June 1975 (2000)

1420 Beachwood Drive, the California Rehearsals, Part 2 (2000)

(2001)

Listen Learn Read On (2002)

Just Might Take Your Life (2003)

Perks and Tit (2004)

Live in Paris 1975 (2004)

Burn 30th Anniversary Edition (2004)

Live in California 74 (DVD) (2005)

Live in London (2007) (remastered)

Stormbringer 35th Anniversary Edition (2009)

Come Taste The Band 35th Anniversary Edition (2010)

With Tony Iommi

Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi - Seventh Star (1986)

Tony Iommi - The 1996 DEP Sessions (2004)

Tony Iommi - Fused (2005)

With Black Country Communion

Black Country (2010)

With others

Roger Glover and Guests - The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (1974)

Jon Lord - Windows (1974)

Tommy Bolin - Teaser (1975)

Various Artists - The Wizard's Convention (1976)

Pat Travers - Makin' Magic (1977)

4 On The Floor - same (1979)

Climax Blues Band - Lucky for Some (1981)

Hughes/Thrall - Hughes/Thrall (1982)

Night Ranger - Midnight Madness (1983)

Heaven - Where Angels Fear to Tread (1983)

Phenomena - same (1985)

Gary Moore - Run for Cover (1985)

Various Artists - Dragnet (motion picture soundtrack) (1987)

Phenomena II - Dream Runner (1987)

Whitesnake - Slip of the Tongue (1989)

XYZ - same (1989)

Notorious - same (1990)

Various Artists - Music from and Inspired by the Film (1990)

L.A. Blues Authority - same (1991)

The KLF - "" (single) (1992)

Lynch Mob - same (1992)

John Norum - Face the Truth (1992)

Geoff Downes/The New Dance Orchestra - Vox Humana (European version) (1993)

Sister Whiskey - Liquor and Poker (1993)

Marc Bonilla - American Matador (1993)

George Lynch - Sacred Groove (1993)

Stevie Salas - Stevie Salas Presents: The Electric Pow Wow (1993)

Mötley Crüe - Mötley Crüe (1994)

Manfred Ehlert's Amen - same (1994)

Various Artists - Smoke on the Water: A Tribute (1994)

L.A. Blues Authority Volume V - Cream of the Crop: A Tribute (1994)

Hank Davison & Friends - Real Live (1995)

Brazen Abbot - Live and Learn (1995)

Wet Paint - Shhh..! (1995)

Richie Kotzen - Wave of Emotion (1996)

Liesegang - No Strings Attached (1996)

Asia - Archiva Vol. 1 (1996)

Various Artists - To Cry You a Song: A Collection of Tull Tales (1996)

Various Artists - Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen (1996)

Amen - Aguilar (1996)

Glenn Hughes/Geoff Downes - The Work Tapes (1998)

Glenn Hughes, Johnnie Bolin & Friends - Tommy Bolin: 1997 Tribute (1998)

Stuart Smith - Heaven and Earth (1998)

Various Artists - Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper (1999)

Various Artists - Encores, Legends & Paradox: A Tribute to the Music of ELP (1999)

The Bobaloos - The Bobaloos (1999)

Niacin - Deep (1999)

Erik Norlander - Into the Sunset (2000)

Tidewater Grain - Here on the Outside (2000)

Voodoo Hill - same (2000)

Craig Erickson Project - Shine (2000)

Nikolo Kotzev - Nostradamus (2001)

Max Magagni - Twister (2001)

Various Artists - Stone Cold Queen: A Tribute (2001)

Various Artists - Another Hair of the Dog - A Tribute to Nazareth (2001)

Various Artists - Let the Tribute Do the Talking - A Tribute to Aerosmith (2001)

Ape Quartet - Please Where Do We Live? (2001)

Voices of Classic Rock - Voices for America (2001)

Ellis - Ellis Three (E-III) (2001)

Hughes Turner Project - HTP (2002)

Hughes Turner Project - Live in Tokyo (2002)

The Alchemist - Songs from the Westside (2002)

An All Star Lineup Performing the Songs of Pink Floyd - same (2002)

Ryo Okumoto - Coming Through (2002)

Jeff Scott Soto - Prism (2002)

Various Artists - Influences & Connections, Volume 1, Mr.Big (2003)

Hughes Turner Project - HTP 2 (2003)

Chris Catena - Freak Out! (2003)

Rata Blanca/Glenn Hughes - Vivo (2003)

Aina - Days of Rising Doom (2003)

Voodoo Hill - Wild Seed of Mother Earth (2004)

Monkey Business - Kiss Me On My Ego (2005)

Michael Men Project - Made in Moscow (2005)

Phenomena - Psychofantasy (2006)

Moonstone Project - Time to Take a Stand (2006)

The Lizards - Against All Odds (2006)

Quiet Riot - Rehab (2006)

Hughes/Thrall - Hughes/Thrall (remastered) (2007)

Ken Hensley - Blood on the Highway (2007)

Robin George/Glenn Hughes - Sweet Revenge (2008)

Keith Emerson/Glenn Hughes/Marc Bonilla - Boys Club - Live From California (2008)

Monkey Business - Twilight Of Jesters? (2009)

Abbey Road - A Tribute To The Beatles (2009)

Moonstone Project - Rebel On The Run (2009)

Various Artists - An All-Star Salute To Christmas (2009)

One Soul Thrust - 1st (2010)

Kens Dojo - Reincarnation (2010)

Various Artists - Back Against the Wall (2005)

Film & TV appearances

1991 Deep Purple - Heavy Metal Pioneers (Warner, archive footage) 1992 The Black Sabbath Story Vol. 2 (archive footage) 1995 Rock Family Trees, ep. 'Deep Purple' (BBC, interviewee) 2005 Heavy: The Story of Metal, ep. 'Looks That Kill' (VH1, interviewee) 2008 Guitar Gods - Ritchie Blackmore (interviewee) 2008 Deep Purple - In Their Own Words (interviewee) 2009 A Shot of Whisky (History of The Whisky A Go Go club in LA) (TV, interviewee) 2009 Spicks And Specks (Guest on music games show, 26 August)

Music videos

1982 I Got Your Number (with Pat Thrall) 1982 The Look In Your Eyes (with Pat Thrall) 1986 No Stranger To Love (with Black Sabbath) 1992 America (What Time Is Love) (with KLF) 1994 Pickin' Up The Pieces 1994 Why Don't You Stay 1995 Save Me Tonight 2000 Days Of Avalon 2005 Soul Mover 2006 Black Light 2006 The Divine 2006 This House (dir. Jon Cohan) 2007 Monkey Man (featuring Jimmy Barnes) 2008 Love Communion 2009 Gumball (with Monkey Business)

References

External links

Official Website

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