Richie Kotzen
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Born in Reading, Pennsylvania on February 3, 1970, Richie Kotzen was soon taken by music and first began playing piano at the age of five. At the age of seven he was inspired by New York City band Kiss to learn the electric guitar. Relentlessly developing chops and his own unique voice on the guitar, Kotzen was eventually discovered by Shrapnel Records’ Mike Varney, and he recorded his first album by the age of 18. During that same year, he also graced the cover of several publications including Guitar World Magazine. He created the video Rock Chops for REH video in 1989, highlighting many of his formative techniques, including using wide-intervals and fluid sweeping.
In 1993, Kotzen made his big break when he joined the rock band Poison at age 20, co-writing and performing on the album Native Tongue. This album produced two top twenty singles which Richie wrote, Stand and Until You Suffer Some. Kotzen was subsequently fired from the band when it was discovered that he had been romantically involved with Deanna Eve, the ex-fiance of Poison drummer Rikki Rockett. Kotzen and Eve later married and divorced. In 1999 Kotzen replaced Paul Gilbert as guitarist in the mainstream rock band Mr. Big. Kotzen maintained the band’s enormous success, performing on the Mr. Big record Get Over It, which sold more than 1,975,000 copies in its first two weeks in Japan, eventually reaching platinum status. Kotzen also contributed guitars to Mr. Big’s subsequent release Actual Size. The record included the Kotzen song Shine, which debuted at number one on Japanese radio charts.
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Into The Black
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A Best of Collection
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Get Up
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Change
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candyema
HIGH♥ 24 HOURS♥
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mcrgirl1000
the older he is, the better he gets (musically ;)
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kyprios1
One of the best and most underrated rock artists ever.
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StrAzzA_666
inner galactic fusion experience kicks ass !
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WatsonPepeLives
Great first 3 recods
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aneasthesia
I lol'd so hard.
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helljaeger
"Richie Kotzen erlernte im Alter von sieben Jahren das Gitarrenspiel." Mag ja ein super Gitarrist sein aber den kann ich echt nicht ernst nehmen. Mit dem Namen...
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karol483
Simply a God. Period. [3]
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Mathilde_Tahon
His best album is Into The Black.
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fmaratz
I think Slow is a very good album. Plus it sounds GREAT. Yes, it is maybe his most "pop" album, so what? By the way, a song like "I Don't Wanna Lie" should have been a HUGE hit in a normal world.
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satanistrue2you
I am not sure how i feel about 24 hours. It has a lot of mediocre with some good. not as bad as Slow though.
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Amurpo
most underrated musician ever
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nandosarkis
yea, they are both incredible, the only thing is that richie is way better and still underrated...but who said life is fair?
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schizofrenzz
I am so innocent i swear to god...
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DeValanten
Please, stop comparing Richie with John Mayer... they both are incredible!
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jeandrummer
Richie Kotzen >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> John Mayer
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callmesnake
I like john mayer too but hell yeah, richie sounds better to me! also, john is kinda turned pop now :(
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adhisatyanugra
Richie Kotzen > John Mayer
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rissarr
24 Hours is yet another brilliant album.
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vaniorsioli
KOZTEN ♥ KOZTEN ♥ KOZTEN ♥ KOZTEN ♥ KOZTEN ♥ KOZTEN ♥
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