Former Megadeth American guitarist Marty Friedman has signed a deal with Prosthetic Records for the North American release of three of his recent solo albums, namely 2010's Bad D.N.A., 2008's Future Addict, which have only been available in Japan, and 2006's Loudspeaker, originally released in the US by Shrapnel Records.

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"Bad D.N.A.", the new video from Marty Friedman, can be viewed at this location. The clip was directed by Visual Trap.

"Bad D.N.A." comes off the band's forthcoming album, Bad D.N.A., which will be released on August 25th via Avex in Japan.


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An update was posted at Marty Friedman's website, He, together with Paul Gibert, will appear on a special DVD of Young Guitar magazine. Also it reports that "Marty is making progress on his upcoming solo album. Engineer/co-producer Allen Isaacs (Sex Machine Guns, Mayo Okamoto) is in Los Angeles editing the first batch of tracks. Recording will commence in Tokyo in December."

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"Marty's live performance in Kobe,Japan with Aikawa Nanase is now available worldwide on DVD!!
The short version of this video was broadcast on NHK in Japan and now you can own the full concert. GO HERE--
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBD-32036#

The electrifying energetic set contains 22 songs including all her hits and some songs rarely played live too. It's a perfect introduction to those new to j-pop/j-rock.
Marty has a track on the new Favored Nations album, "Acoustic Christmas" Hear Marty's playing in a completely different way than ever before!
Get it at:
http://stores.musictoday.com/store/dept.asp?dept%5Fid=1316&band%5Fid=482&sfid=2

LIVE SHOWS:

NEW LIVE SHOW ADDED-
10/10 OKINAWA, JAPAN (with Sera Masanori)

11/10 Osaka, JAPAN (Quattro)
11/13 Tokyo, JAPAN (Amlux Hall)
Marty will perform music from his solo albums. His band will feature Jun-ji (ex-Siam Shade) on drums, Masaki (Animetal) on bass. John Petrucci will also appear at the Osaka show on 11/10".

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Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman recently spoke to Australia's Guitar magazine about the possibility of him collaborating with Dave Mustaine again in the not-too-distant future. Asked what the latest word is on a potential MEGADETH reunion with him on guitar, Marty said, "There really is no word on that. I don't have any interest in that now. But I never say never. Who knows? The guys are all my buds. There is no debating the great chemistry between us." With regards to whether that means that he has changed his mind about the issues that originally influenced him to leave the band, he said, " great question, but you are thinking too deep into it. I would just need to see something musically exciting happening to even consider it. Something even greater than it was before. I am not at all interested in just picking up where the band left off. There would have to be some kind of interesting twist to it." Read the rest of the interview

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Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has revealed that he was asked to participate in MEGADETH mastermind Dave Mustaine's upcoming solo project but declined the offer, citing the possibility of a future MEGADETH reunion as the reason for his decision.

In a brand-new interview posted at MartyFriedman.com, Marty was asked to clear up the MEGADETH reunion rumors which have been brewing ever since Mustaine announced his plans to record an album of new solo material. "What reunion?" he responded. "I'm sure I answered this somewhere , but I don't know anything about any plans for that. I am on good terms with both of them and I hope only the best in whatever they want to do. I was flattered to be asked by Mustaine to participate in a solo project that he's working on, but as much as I'd like to, I decided not to mainly because I wouldn't want to take away any thunder from a full-fledged possible MEGADETH reunion, if that were to ever come to pass in the future. I hear through the grapevine that his new music is gonna be killer." Read the rest of the interview here: http://www.martyfriedman.com/archivedetail.php?id=90

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