Megadeth Guitarist Goes Pop!

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Former Megadeth "charisma guitarist" Marty Friedman (46) has been unashamedly gushing about his love of the J-pop scene for a few years now. And today he's cashing in on the mismatch of heavy metal axeman and sugar sweet pop music with the release of "Tokyo Jukebox," an instrumental album of J-pop covers. Friedman performed a few guitar licks for reporters at the Tokyo Tower observation deck yesterday, including his take on Mr. Children's "Gift" and a little enka in the form of Ishikawa Sayuri's "Amagigoe." Friedman performed as a member of Megadeth during their most successful decade from 1990-2000. After moving to Japan, he joined X Japan guitarist Pata and Luna Sea drummer Shinya as a backing musician to rock singer Aikawa Nanase in 2005. A more unlikely pairing was with...


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[gg.heato]

****ING MARTY!!. this guy's ****ing good. most megadeth fans will agree! now that hes playing jpop im more of a fan. **** so stoked about this. like jpop with attitude.....

[ender_ekg]

that's it? those are the songs? can't he get any poppier?

[gg.heato]

dude you cant expect a metalhead to go kitty pop all of a sudden.


[EDIT] Downloaded the album today. OMFG!!!. its like my pop turned metal. its ****ing great!!!. im sure if you like metal youll enjoy this variation of it.