Marty Friedman reflects on his late-’80s Ozzy Osbourne audition, admitting musical perfection wasn’t enough to land the gig over Zakk Wylde.

The rocker revealed KISS' team approached him for a potential job playing in the band as "they were changing guitar players" Marty Friedman was ready to "Rock and Roll All Nite" with KISS, but his ...

Guitar great Marty Friedman says in a new Guitar World interview that he "hopes the traditional guitar solo dies a slow and painful death." That's a surprising take from one of metal's more celebrated ...

Marty Friedman has said that the “ex-Megadeth guitarist” tag often associated with his name “really, really bugs the shit out of me”. “Of course, once I left Megadeth, the tag ‘ex-Megadeth’ was stuck ...

Friedman sat down to a video chat with American Songwriter from Japan and offered his thoughts on our four favorite tracks from his latest offering. While it would be easy to label this piano-infused ...

It was over two decades ago that a guitarist left an iconic metal band. Now, this week, the musician has expanded upon his decision to part ways with the group, and how it feels to become a ...

Change is nothing new for Megadeth, with Kiko Loureiro being the most recent member to step away from the group this past fall. Though he chose Teemu Mäntysaari as his successor, he's claimed that he ...

It was over two decades ago that a guitarist left an iconic metal band. Now, this week, the musician has expanded upon his decision to part ways with the group, and how it feels to become a ...