31-402: Draven may refer to: Jojo Draven , musician and composer Eric Draven , fictional hero of James O'Barr's comic book The Crow Draven (band) , English rock band Draven, a playable character in the video game League of Legends Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
62-619: A contributing columnist to Japanese music magazines and national newspapers. Speaking Japanese, he became a regular member of the cast of TXN 's musical TV program Hebimeta-san (ヘビメタさん) (anglicized as "Mr. Heavy-Metal") with Japanese idol Yoko Kumada until the show came to an end in 2005. Friedman had his own heavy metal TV program called Rock Fujiyama alongside Shelly, Ken Ayugai (Kenny Guy), Yorimasa Hisatake (Rock Ninja Yorimasa) and ex- Scanch member Rolly Teranishi from April 2006 until March 2007. From November till December 2005, he toured with singer Ami Suzuki on her "Suzuki Ami Around
93-482: A four-picture deal with Candybar Entertainment, a family entertainment production company, breaking her away from the horror genre. Marty Friedman Martin Adam Friedman ( Japanese : マーティン・アダム・フリードマン , Hepburn : Mātin Adamu Furīdoman ) (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He
124-490: A hit in 2012. In 2011, Friedman worked with Ayanocozey Show to make the song SAMURAI STRONG STYLE, theme of the Tokusatsu movie Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max . The catchphrase for the movie is "In Winter 2011, Movie War Will Evolve" ( 2011年冬、MOVIE大戦が〈進化〉する , Nisenjūichinen Fuyu, Mūbī Taisen ga Shinka Suru ) . Friedman and Ayanocozey had previously worked together when they joined
155-605: A keyboardist for several rock bands in the country. She learned to play guitar in her last year of Senior High School, after being told that she was too old to start learning a new instrument. Shortly afterward, she joined an all-female rock band as the guitarist and main songwriter and found some success touring and recording with the band before relocating to the U.S. where she studied at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California . There, she became
186-580: A two-level stage, and Friedman and his friends used it as a rehearsal space. Word quickly spread about their band, and, since they were in a rural area, people would come from miles around to socialize and listen to music. Rehearsals soon became live shows. Friedman formed and played lead guitar in several other bands, including Deuce, Hawaii (which had previously been called Vixen), and notably Cacophony . Cacophony featured neoclassical metal elements and synchronized twin guitar harmonies and counterpoints shared with guitarist Jason Becker . He played guitar on
217-583: Is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 until 1989, as well as his 13 solo albums and tours. Friedman has resided in Tokyo since 2003, where he has appeared on over 700 Japanese television programs such as Rock Fujiyama , Hebimeta-san , Kōhaku Uta Gassen and Jukebox English . He has released albums with several record labels, including Avex Trax , Universal , EMI , Prosthetic , and Shrapnel Records . Friedman took up
248-679: Is an Indonesian-born American musician and film score composer. She is a cast member of the Blue Man Group . She has worked as sole touring musician with illusionist Criss Angel . She was also the guitarist for the Shrapnel Records/Geffen Records recording artist all-female heavy metal band Phantom Blue and was the co-founder and original member of the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens . Born in Java , Indonesia, Jojo Draven started her music career as
279-461: Is genuinely curly but hates it; he prefers to have it straight. Friedman is known for his improvisation and for fusing Eastern music with Western music and other styles, such as neoclassical , thrash metal and later progressive rock . When playing, he often uses arpeggiated chords and various customized scales and arpeggios, some of which relate to Asian (Chinese and Japanese), Middle Eastern and other exotic scales, which are different from
310-539: The Bravely Default original soundtrack in 2013 as well as the Budokan concert tours among others. In combination with these tours he has also released his new album Inferno in 2014 which he is now touring across Europe going to places such as Norway, Poland, Netherlands and Germany. In 2014, Friedman collaborated again with Momoiro Clover Z, providing the guitar track for their single " Moon Pride ". The song
341-870: The Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on February 27, 2023. Friedman reunited with Megadeth again at Wacken Open Air for the songs " Trust ", " Tornado of Souls ", " Symphony of Destruction " and " Holy Wars... The Punishment Due " on August 4, 2023. Friedman appeared on the Tourniquet albums Where Moth and Rust Destroy (2003) and Antiseptic Bloodbath (2012), and Tourniquet drummer Ted Kirkpatrick 's solo album Onward to Freedom In 2003, Friedman collaborated with Nanase Aikawa on her third mini album R.U.O.K. In 2021 he toured with Aikawa on her 25th anniversary concert tour. In 2009, Friedman collaborated with Emma Gelotte and Tinna Karlsdotter from " All Ends " as
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#1732801550304372-544: The 1989 album In Your Face by Christian rock band Shout . In 1988, he recorded demos for Jet Red that eventually were released as bonus tracks on the 2009 Jet Red release "Flight Plan". In August 1988, he released his first solo album, Dragon's Kiss . When Cacophony disbanded in 1989, Friedman auditioned for the thrash metal band Megadeth after a tip from his friend Bob Nalbandian. Friedman officially joined Megadeth in February 1990. Friedman's audition can be seen on
403-608: The Japanese promotional super-group FANTA , releasing the 2010 single "Fantastic Love". Friedman stood for the "F" in FANTA, Ayanocozey stood for the first "A", and the other members of the group made up the other letters. Friedman recorded with Daniel Tompkins of Tesseract in Tompkins' band Skyharbor 's debut album, Blinding White Noise . At the end of 2012, a full album containing heavy metal covers of Momoiro Clover Z's songs
434-504: The Maidens was "Adrianne Smith," a female version of Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith . Draven's tenure in both Phantom Blue and the Maidens earned her three Los Angeles Rock City Awards for Best Female Guitarist. Shortly after the release of the band's self-titled debut album in 2005, Draven left the Maidens to pursue a career in composing film scores – many of which have been produced and/or directed by her husband, Danny Draven. She
465-725: The Megadeth DVD Arsenal of Megadeth . The first album he recorded with them was Rust in Peace , which was released on September 24, 1990. Rust in Peace was certified platinum by the RIAA in 1994 and was nominated for the Best Metal Performance Grammy at the 33rd Grammy Awards . Friedman further developed his style of playing exotic scale solos from the Cacophony era, and integrated it into
496-616: The World" live house tour, which took place in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya . Friedman was featured on Jukebox , a television program in which Friedman and two Japanese people translate the lyrics of various English songs into understandable Japanese. He has also made guest appearances on the television programs Eigo de Shabera Night and Tamori Club . In 2008, Friedman played the role of Paul Weinberg, an English language teacher, in Isshin Inudou's Gou-Gou Datte Neko de Aru . Friedman
527-683: The arena. Friedman is of Jewish descent. He lives in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. Shortly after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , Friedman began auctioning off a great variety of his musical equipment and paraphernalia that he used as a member of Megadeth and Cacophony , including some of the earliest productions of Jackson Kelly guitars and his signature Carvin V220. In December 2012, Friedman married Japanese cellist Hiyori Okuda in Yokohama . In 2018, Friedman confirmed that his hair
558-507: The band was on January 9, 2000 at 4th & B in San Diego . Friedman later stated that he got tired of "holding the flag" for traditional metal and felt that he could not evolve as a musician. In an interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com in March 2007, Friedman claimed that he wanted Megadeth to move towards a more aggressive sound and that he'd rather have been playing straight pop music than
589-405: The guitar at the age of 14 after attending a KISS concert, and is largely self-taught. He rushed to form a band and started playing original songs, the reason being that originals are easier to play than covers. "Because," he says, "even if you screw up, you just claim that the song is written like that and no one can challenge you." The mother of one of Friedman's friends ran an event center with
620-648: The lead guitarist for the song "With Me", which was featured in the game, Sonic and the Black Knight . In 2010, Friedman launched a record label under Avex Group , called Gokukara Records. In February 2010, during C. J. Ramone 's Japan tour, he made a guest appearance on guitar for " California Sun ", a cover song previously released by The Ramones on their 1977 album, Leave Home . In 2011, Friedman collaborated with Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z , providing guitar for their song " Mōretsu Uchū Kōkyōkyoku Dai 7 Gakushō "Mugen no Ai" ", which would become
651-409: The motion picture Hell Asylum . Since then, she has gone to score other independent films such as Patient Seven starring Hollywood's favorite bad guy Michael Ironside . In 2016, she joined other accomplished female composers in a Los Angeles showcase honoring long-time composer Deborah Lurie, in which Hollywood director Joss Whedon was in attendance and promoted the ladies. In 2018, she signed
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#1732801550304682-485: The music of Megadeth. In July 1992, Megadeth released Countdown to Extinction , which was a more commercial album, aimed at a wider audience, and sold double platinum. Friedman played on Megadeth's further releases Youthanasia (1994), Cryptic Writings (1997), and Risk (1999). After a total of five studio albums with Megadeth, in December 1999 Friedman announced his departure from Megadeth. His last show with
713-474: The pop-influenced metal Megadeth was playing at the time. During Friedman's time in the band, they sold over ten million albums worldwide. During his time in Megadeth, Friedman released three solo albums between 1992 and 1996, which featured Megadeth bandmate Nick Menza on drums. Friedman reunited with Megadeth for the songs "Countdown to Extinction", " Tornado of Souls " and " Symphony of Destruction " at
744-497: The protégé of Alex Skolnick , guitarist of the heavy metal band Testament . In 1996, Draven joined the all-female band Phantom Blue as their main guitarist. She remained with the band until its demise in late 2001. On June of that same year, she and drummer Linda McDonald joined vocalist Jenny Warren , bassist Melanie Sisneros and guitarist Sara Marsh (formerly of Bandit) to form the tribute band The Iron Maidens ("World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden "). Her stage name in
775-509: The title Draven . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draven&oldid=1249876041 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jojo Draven Jojo Draven
806-595: The typical minor/major pentatonic and seven modes based on the Major scale. As a right-handed guitarist, Friedman has an unorthodox picking technique; the angle in which his hand is clenched goes against the conventional palm mute frequently used by right-handed players in metal music. He also frequently utilizes upstrokes as opposed to downstrokes, especially on the B and high E strings. Rather than strictly picking from his elbow or wrist, Friedman will also pick moving his fingers—a technique known as "circle picking". Friedman
837-610: Was a guest star in the Adult Swim original Metalocalypse by playing driving teacher Mr. Gojira. He has appeared on Cool Japan several times as a music expert. In 2009, Friedman appeared on The Quiz Show , a Japanese TV drama starring Sho Sakurai as a guest professor. In January 2014, Friedman took part in New Japan Pro-Wrestling 's Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome event, playing Hiroshi Tanahashi to
868-415: Was also released by a band named "Metal Clone X". Although band members remained anonymous, Friedman was cited as label producer and arranger. In 2013, Friedman released his first library of guitar loops on LoopArtists. Friedman recorded collections of clean-tone, high gain lead and rhythm guitar loops that are intended for use in a production and remix environment. Friedman has been doing concert tours for
899-509: Was also used as the opening theme music for the television series Sailor Moon Crystal , which premiered in July that year. In 2018, he collaborated with Man with a Mission 's Jean-Ken Johnny, KenKen, and Kōji Fujimoto for the song "The Perfect World", which was used as main theme for the Netflix original anime series B: The Beginning . Friedman appears on Japanese television and is also
930-520: Was featured in the album Warmth in the Wilderness , a tribute album to pay homage to Jason Becker, appearing in the album alongside Marty Friedman , Paul Gilbert and Vinnie Moore . In 2001, she recorded "Baby's on Fire" featuring Ralph Saenz (lead singer for Steel Panther) on vocals, Ray Luzier (drummer for Korn and David Lee Roth Band) on drums, Tip Petersen on bass, and Jojo Draven on guitar. In April 2011, through an audition process Draven
961-480: Was hired as guitarist for the Blue Man Group in Las Vegas, Nevada , beating many other male candidates. In March 2015, illusionist Criss Angel came to a Blue Man Group show and upon seeing Draven on stage told her that he wanted her to play for his touring show. By April 2015, he hired Draven and she went on a residency tour with his Supernaturalists show. In 2001, Draven composed her first film score for