Marty Friedman

Dave Mustaine claims that bringing guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza back into Megadeth would be like putting "a rotten tooth back in your mouth."

Shredder supreme Marty Friedman, a former member of Megadeth, will release his latest solo album 'Inferno' on May 27 in North America. You can listen to the song 'Steroidhead' from the album above.

What if all it took to add some of Marty Friedman's incredible chops to your music was a simple point and click? The former Megadeth guitarist's new 'Exotic Guitar' loop library is designed for that specific purpose. Each of the library's 65 loops were personally developed and recorded by Friedman, and offer you the chance to infuse his diverse skills and mind-blowing fretwork into your music at a

Metal knows no cultural boundaries. Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman, who played on the band's landmark albums like 'Rust in Peace' and 'Countdown to Extinction,' has invited guitarist Yossi Sassi of Israeli metal band Orphaned Land to play alongside him when he performs at Reading 3 Club in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 31st...

Heavy metal became big business in the 1980s. MTV's emergence early in the decade had a profound effect on the scene, and during no other time did major labels sign more metal and hard rock bands. The main scenes that sprung up during that decade were thrash and what many called hair or glam metal -- plus let's not forget all of their many offshoots...