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Shredders!! The Oral History Of Spped Guitar (and more) by Greg Prato!
‘What I would do is, I would get up, I would play guitar, I would take a food break—which was breakfast—and then I would play guitar again, play until the afternoon, take a short break, run some errands, maybe grab a snack, come back, and play some more.’
Kirk Hammett
‘I just said, I’m not going to be that longhaired guitar player plugging into a set of Marshalls anymore. I’m just leaving that behind. I’m going to do something different and artistic.’
Joe Satriani
‘After I had heard Edward and Yngwie, I realized that you could create tone where the notes are really clear.’
Steve Vai
‘Well, one person’s shred is another person’s slow hand…’
George Lynch
‘Guitar solos, were part of the overindulgence of popular music… according to the punk rocjers and the indie underground’
Kim Thayil
