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Paul Gilbert is an American guitarist and composer born in Carbondale in 1966. He is a member of the band Racer X and has released music through Universal Music Group. His work spans the genres of hard rock, heavy metal, and rock. Gilbert began his professional career in 1983 and is educated at the Musicians Institute.
He is recognized for his skills as a guitar virtuoso, particularly within instrumental rock. His musical style is often associated with the tag of shred guitar. Gilbert is male and holds citizenship in the United States.
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, MusicBrainz, Last.fm. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 142
Top works
- overcoming depression
- Carry Each Other
- ACT Practitioner's Guide to the Science of Compassion
- Compassionate-Mind Guide to Overcoming Anxiety
- Terrorism
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1966
Discography
Member of
- Racer X1985–1988
- Mr. Big1989–1997
- Racer Xsince 1999
- Hammer of the Gods2003–2003
- Yellow Matter Custard2003–2003
- Cygnus and the Sea Monsters2005–2005
- G32007–2007
- Mr. Big2009–2024
- The Christmas Bunch Recording Company
- pintSIZE
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 150,372
- Total plays
- 4,650,296
Tags
Paul Gilbert is well known for his highly-acclaimed technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr. Big . After he parted ways with Mr. Big in 1996, Paul pursued his career as a solo guitarist and has evolved into a successful solo artist/singer/songwriter. Gilbert composes music in a wide variety of styles including pop, rock, metal, blues, jazz, funk and classical, but is perhaps best known for his versatility and speed. His guitar work is characterised <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Gil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Family name
- Gilbert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Carbondale
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Musicians Institute
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Universal Music Group
- Official website
- www.paulgilbert.com
- Image
- Mr. Big - Wacken Open Air 2024 04.jpg
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- Commons category
- Paul Gilbert
- date of birth
- 1966-11-06
- member of
- Racer X
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- social media followers
- 204000
- name in native language
- Paul Gilbert
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