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Are there any famous asian guitar players at all???? Seriously.
Name one. The only one i can think of is John Myung from Dream Theater... [Edited 10/17/04 11:13am] Official member of the Paw Power Posse 
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I prefer Leek Mi Baus you look better on your facebook page than you do in person  | |
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A few that may not be famous, but can play...
Kazumi Watanabe (fusion) Takashi Yoshimatsu (classical) Keiko Fujiie (classical) Fareed Haque (classical/fusion) (since a reviewer described Fareed as "South Asian guitarist" it gives me an excuse to list him) 
Stringed other than guitar: Jake Shimabukuro (ukulele) (Don't laugh at the instrument, this guy is good.) Tetsuo Sakurai (bass) tA  Tribal Disorder
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i think kim stone is asian
he plays bass for the rippingtons | |
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theAudience said:
Kazumi Watanabe (fusion)
Ya beat me to him! Kazumi is the Man!
       
In addition to more than twenty solo albums, he's played with Bill Bruford, Marcus Miller, Wayne Shorter, Jeff Berlin, Sly and Robbie, Omar Hakim, Lee Ritenour, Darryl Jones, Mike Mainieri, Tony Williams, Kenny Kikland, etc...and straddles styles, from Straight-Ahead Jazz To Rock, Fusion,Reggae, and Pop... There's also Issei Noro of Casiopea(Fusion/Pop), Akira Wada of the group Prism(Jazz/Rock/Fusion) and Nguyen Le (jazz/rock/Fusion) ... [Edited 10/17/04 15:55pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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James Iha from the Smashing Pumpkins, and more recently with A Perfect Circle. http://www.facebook.com/p...111?ref=ts
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Akira Takasaki - he's a cult hero/legend among heavy metal guitarists. He was/is the guitarist in a band called Loudness. An awesome player who had his own specially designed guitars (like a certain purple guy we know). He fit in (technique wise) with the "hair-band" musicians, who were some of the best players in the business.
I'm sure you can check out some of their stuff on Amazon.com. My author page: https://www.amazon.com/au...eretttruth | |
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JesseDezz said: Akira Takasaki - he's a cult hero/legend among heavy metal guitarists. He was/is the guitarist in a band called Loudness. An awesome player who had his own specially designed guitars (like a certain purple guy we know). He fit in (technique wise) with the "hair-band" musicians, who were some of the best players in the business.
I'm sure you can check out some of their stuff on Amazon.com. Yeah, that cat was raw business!!! I wasn't big on loudness, but I do remember seeing him live and he tore it up!!! | |
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Oh yeah, there's also Harry K. Kody from Shotgun Messiah. He was another bad-ass on guitar - lots of Ibanez whammy-bar abuse. The band was supposedly from Sweden, but all the members "looked" Asian. In fact, I think the lead singer's name was Vinny San or somethin' like that.
Harry K. Kody and Shotgun Messiah were part of the last breed (late '80's/early 90's) of "hair-bands". They had a few videos on MTV's Headbanger's Ball, back in the day. My author page: https://www.amazon.com/au...eretttruth | |
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Aziz Ibrahim , who briefly replaced John Squire in the Stone Roses, but who has much more successfully played alongside Ian Brown. Very inventive guitarist, distinct Asian influence on his playing. Once played with Simply Red, though, so he ain't perfect!! | |
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Does Indonesia (South East Asia) count? If so, Eddie Van Halen is half Indonesian. (Does half count?)
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UptownDeb said: Does Indonesia (South East Asia) count? If so, Eddie Van Halen is half Indonesian. (Does half count?)
[Edited 10/19/04 6:46am] wow, didn't know that  Official member of the Paw Power Posse
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UptownDeb said: Does Indonesia (South East Asia) count? If so, Eddie Van Halen is half Indonesian. (Does half count?)
[Edited 10/19/04 6:46am] No SHIT!!!! | |
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JesseDezz said: Akira Takasaki - he's a cult hero/legend among heavy metal guitarists. He was/is the guitarist in a band called Loudness. An awesome player who had his own specially designed guitars (like a certain purple guy we know). He fit in (technique wise) with the "hair-band" musicians, who were some of the best players in the business.
I'm sure you can check out some of their stuff on Amazon.com. Yep, he's the cat that I was going to mention. I have one Loudness album. He's no joke. Their hair was through the roof too! SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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