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Jason Becker is an American guitarist, musician, and composer born in Richmond in 1969. He is a member of the band Cacophony and has released music through Shrapnel Records. His work spans genres including neo-classical metal, heavy metal, instrumental rock, and metal.
Becker began his work period in 1986 and plays the guitar. He is recognized for styles such as shred and instrumental performance. He speaks English and is identified as a male artist within the United States.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 87,672
- Total plays
- 2,177,989
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Born July 22, 1969, Jason Becker is a neo-classical guitarist who achieved fame at age 16 as a technical virtuoso and guitar prodigy. As part of the Mike Varney-produced duo Cacophony (with Marty Friedman, who later achieved fame in legendary thrash metal band Megadeth), Jason released two albums: Speed Metal Symphony (1987) and Go Off! (1988). He also released a solo album titled Perpetual Burn in 1988. Now aged 20, he was asked to join David Lee Roth's band and recorded A Little Aint Enough (
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jason
- Family name
- Becker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Richmond
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- neo-classical metal
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Shrapnel Records
- Official website
- www.jasonbecker.com
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- Commons category
- Jason Becker
- date of birth
- 1969-07-22
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- social media followers
- 23888
- name in native language
- Jason Becker
- member of
- Cacophony
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