Author Archive: John Parks

Night Ranger’s Brad Gillis: “I would have loved to have made a studio record with Ozzy but I rolled the dice to play with my brothers in Night Ranger”

June 18, 2014 | By John Parks | Reply More

Night Ranger’s Brad Gillis: “I would have loved to have made a studio record with Ozzy but I rolled the dice to play with my brothers in Night Ranger”

Night Ranger has just released their 11th studio album, “High Road” and are currently out on the road supporting it and playing all the hits that made the band a household name for the MTV generation. All the trademark elements of the Night Ranger sound are evident on “High Road”; the subtle keyboard flourishes, the […]

Marty Friedman: “It got so good that it was really hard to kind of escape Japan and come out to do tours in other countries.”

June 11, 2014 | By John Parks | Reply More

Marty Friedman: “It got so good that it was really hard to kind of escape Japan and come out to do tours in other countries.”

After moving overseas and becoming what some media have called “Japan’s version of Ryan Seacrest”, longtime Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman is back in the U.S.A. via the Prosthetic Records release of his latest solo album, Inferno this past month. “Inferno” is one of the best guitar-based records I’ve heard in many moons and features […]