Marty Friedman

One Bad M.F. Live! Prosthetic Records

Heavyweight six-stringer more than ably delivers the goods live Marty Friedman is quite a legend: ex-Megadeth, ex-Cacophony with Jason Becker and a long-time solo instrumentalist, he resides in Tokyo and often appears on Japanese TV. With his 14th solo album, One Bad M.F.

Live!, Friedman draws on 14 pieces from his 2018 Wall Of Sound tour and it’s quite an invigorating experience as the guitarist favours fast tempos and intense arrangements, within which he crafts his expressive guitar style. In some ways Friedman is as unique as players like Jeff Beck or Gary Moore, as he expands and exaggerates on typical guitar vocabulary, ranging from blazing runs and aggressively angular arpeggios to unusual modal phrasing and a rich vibrato enhanced by his bridge humbucker ‘crying tone’. [JS] Standout track: Undertow For fans of: Megadeth, Cacophony