A few weeks ago, I announced that Marty Friedman was due to release a new album in late August. I had not followed up on that until today, and it turns out the album now has a name: Bad D.N.A., and here’s the cover:
A few weeks ago, I announced that Marty Friedman was due to release a new album in late August. I had not followed up on that until today, and it turns out the album now has a name: Bad D.N.A., and here’s the cover:
This just in, CD Japan announces a new, and as yet untitled, record by Marty Friedman to be released on 25 August 2010.
The description is a bit odd though it says:
Original album release from Marty Friedman for the first time in four years. Features Japanese traditional music player and classic musician as guest performers. Main arranger and track maker is CMJK.
Have they forgotten about Tokyo Jukebox? Or does that not count as “original”? For the CD Japan page, see http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=YICQ-10011 and I’ll post more info when it’s available.
Marty Friedman is currently on tour in Australia for various clinics and the guys at Iheartguitar have managed to catch him for a quick interview. Here’s a quick snippet:
A while back, you had a signature Ibanez guitar based off the SZ-shape. More recently you’ve been photographed playing Les Pauls. Are you still with Ibanez? And what is it about Les Pauls that does it for you?
I will play anything that sounds great and stays in tune. Believe it or not, very few guitars can do that to my scrutiny. I think Les Pauls are great looking and sounding guitars. Lately I have been playing mostly PRS and Gibson, but I play Ibanez and some others too.
Catch the whole interview on the iheartguitar blog
That’s not exactly fresh news but I thought it was worth mentioning nonetheless. A new Marty Friedman album is due to be released later this month on the 20th of May in Japan. (more…)