Marty Friedman at Aladdin Theater

Thrash metal, J-pop and celebrity are three words rarely appearing in proximity to one another. Guitarist Marty Friedman may be the first to acknowledge this. Yet, he is perhaps the sole exception; the first to whom each applies in equal measure. Murmurs of Friedman’s talent were first audible in the late 1980s when he paired with guitar prodigy Jason Becker in Cacophony, an instrumental metal group revered for... read more