George Lynch
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Lynch was born in Spokane, Washington and raised near Sacramento, California. He is a highly respected modern guitarist often compared with other guitar heroes such as Randy Rhoads, Steve Vai, Andy Timmons, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, and Yngwie J. Malmsteen. Lynch is well known for his famous legato technique and common use of the scale he calls the ‘Gothic Octave’. Twice Lynch auditioned for the position of Ozzy Osbourne’s lead guitarist, once in 1979 – losing to Randy Rhoads – and another time in 1982 to replace Brad Gillis. According to Lynch, he was hired for three days before Ozzy changed his mind and decided to go with Jake E. Lee. Lee, however claims that Lynch “got the gig, but only went on the road for two weeks to watch the show, and never actually played with Ozzy.”
Lynch came to fame in the 1980s through his work as the lead guitarist in the band Dokken (whom he had been a member of since the late 1970s). Dokken had a string of successful platinum albums such as “Under lock and key” and “Back For the attack”, that prominently featured Lynch’s inventive lead guitar work and cemented his reputation as a bonafide guitar hero. The instrumental track “Mr Scary” on Back for the attack contributed to his popularity among guitar players. The band earned a grammy nomination for the “best rock instrumental” in 1989…
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HaxellMence
http://www.guitarworld.com/poll-greatest-guitarist-all-time-round-1-zakk-wylde-vs-george-lynch VOTE FOR MR. SCARY!
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guitar_focus
Love Power from The Mamma Head rocks so hard!
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vote this one up people http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/Lynch+Mob/+images/69486928
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Kilmisterfan11
great music ^^
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Mr_Scarier
New Album Is Sweet! [2] totally agree. the best solo album since Sacred Groove
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DeValanten
New Album Is Sweet!
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nitehawk868
awesome guitarist....one of the best!!!!!
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metallicagirl83
people vote up for the third pic! It rocks
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TheKnitLA
For fans in SoCal, GEORGE LYNCH is coming to Knitting Factory in Hollywood on Sunday, June 14th! Tickets and info here: http://la.knittingfactory.com/show.php?event_id=123757
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StuZilla
When I requested, George’s friendship on MySpace I found out that he has a guitar lessons series and I highly recommend the series to all guitar players.
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madmansmelody
Love his style....
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2stein
I have to say: akarshshekhar is absolutely right. This guy should play in G3. Would fit in pretty cool with Vai.
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Check out this link for the world's most underated axeman! www.davesharman.com
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jewofunk
Check out Souls of We, George Lynch's latest project, featuring London LeGrand from Brides of Destruction.
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Blazedd
Gurthaur im not sure your freaky posers really knows how to play guitar -_-
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Faithless_Heart
Gurthaur lick my ballz george lynch is the best!!!
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akarshshekhar
George Lynch should play in the G3
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akarshshekhar
AMAZING!TRULY AMAZING!
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god!!!
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