Marty Friedman (JP)
From Washington, D.C.
Popularity
Marty Friedman has one upcoming show in the Netherlands: on April 4, 2027 at Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer.
About
Also known as: Martin Adam Friedman, マーティ・フリードマン
Marty Friedman spent a decade as lead guitarist of Megadeth, playing on Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction, Youthanasia, Cryptic Writings and Risk. He folded the exotic scale soloing he had worked out in Cacophony, his twin guitar band with Jason Becker, straight into thrash metal. The band sold over ten million albums during his run, and Rust in Peace went platinum and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance. He also made solo records alongside all that, with Megadeth bandmate Nick Menza on drums. After leaving the band at the start of 2000, Friedman eventually moved to Tokyo and never really looked back. He has turned up on more than 700 Japanese TV programs, run his own label called Gokukara Records, and lent his guitar to everything from Nanase Aikawa's records to the idol group Momoiro Clover Z, whose song he played on became a hit in 2012. His solo catalogue now stands at 13 albums, and he even reunited with Megadeth on stage in 2023 in Tokyo and at Wacken Open Air.
