Jason Becker, (born July 22, 1969) is an American
neo-classical metalNeo-classical metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that is heavily influenced by classical music. It refers to a very technical performance consisting of elements borrowed from both classical and heavy metal music...
guitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as acoustic guitars, electric guitars, classical guitars and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :...
and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the
Mike VarneyMike Varney is an American hard rock record producer, publisher and impresario. Varney founded record labels Shrapnel Records, Tone Center and Blues Bureau International, in addition to discovering a number of important guitarists in the shred guitar, hard rock, progressive metal and speed metal...
-produced duo
CacophonyCacophony was an American metal band formed in 1986 by guitarists Marty Friedman and Jason Becker. Cacophony is often recognized for its technically challenging, neo-classical metal and speed metal elements, as well as featuring two shred guitarists...
with his friend
Marty FriedmanMarty Friedman is an American guitarist. He is most widely recognized for his tenure as lead/rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth for close to ten years...
. They released
Speed Metal SymphonySpeed Metal Symphony is the debut album of Neo-classical metal band Cacophony released in 1987 on Shrapnel Records.Quote from Jason Becker's site:"This CD is chock-full of aggressive harmonies and weird counterpoint and polyphony. This was my first CD. I was seventeen. I learned so much from Marty...
in 1987 and
Go Off!Go Off! is the second and final album of the speed metal band Cacophony released in 1988 on Shrapnel Records.-Track listing:#"X-Ray Eyes" – 5:10 #"E.S.P." – 6:06 ...
in 1988. Cacophony broke up in 1989 and Becker began doing solo work, having released his first album
Perpetual BurnPerpetual Burn is the debut studio album by guitarist Jason Becker, released in 1988 on Shrapnel Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Jason Becker – guitar, keyboard, bass guitar, producer...
in 1988. He later joined
David Lee RothDavid Lee Roth is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the original and current lead singer of Van Halen. In addition to his work with Van Halen, Roth is a successful solo artist, having released several platinum and gold solo albums...
's band and recorded
one albumA Little Ain't Enough was the third full-length album by David Lee Roth , released in 1991. It was certified Gold on April 11, 1991. Produced by Bob Rock, the album featured the lead guitar work of Jason Becker, a then up-and-coming guitarist who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...
with him. However, Becker's success was hampered by his then-diagnosed
amyotrophic lateral sclerosisAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a form of motor neuron disease. ALS, sometimes called Maladie de Charcot, is a progressive, fatal, neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons, the nerve cells in the central nervous system that control voluntary muscle movement...
(Lou Gehrig's Disease) and was given three to five years to live. In 1996, Becker eventually lost the ability to speak and now communicates with his eyes via a system developed by his father. Despite his disability, he continues
composingMusical composition is:* an original piece of music* the structure of a musical piece* the process of creating a new piece of music- Musical compositions :...
by using a computer.
Style
Jason Becker studied the works of violinist
Niccolò PaganiniNiccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His caprice in A minor, Op. 1 No...
and was a playing partner with Marty Friedman. He later arranged Paganini's 5th Caprice, performing it during an instructional guitar video. Becker's compositions often include high speed scalar and arpeggio passages, both of which are trademarks of his '
shredShred guitar or shred refers to lead electric guitar playing that relies heavily on fast passages; the act of playing fast passages on an electric guitar is termed "shredding". While one critic argues that shred guitar is associated with ".....
' style of guitar playing. He demonstrated the arpeggio sequence during a clinic at the
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. A video of this performance first appeared on his
Hot Licks guitar instructional video..
Becker started out playing alongside
Marty FriedmanMarty Friedman is an American guitarist. He is most widely recognized for his tenure as lead/rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth for close to ten years...
in the Mike Varney produced-duo, Cacophony. Becker and Friedman toured together with Cacophony in
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and across the United States. In 1989 Becker left to pursue a solo career, having released his first solo album titled '
Perpetual BurnPerpetual Burn is the debut studio album by guitarist Jason Becker, released in 1988 on Shrapnel Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Jason Becker – guitar, keyboard, bass guitar, producer...
' in 1988, and has since released 'Perspective' and 'Collection' , as well as two albums of demos, entitled '
The Raspberry JamsThe Raspberry Jams: A Collection Of Demos, Songs, And Ideas On Guitar is an album by Jason Becker. It was originally released October 19, 1999.-Track listing:# "Becker-Ola"# "Mandy's Throbbing Little Heart"# "Amma"# "When You Wish Upon a Star"...
' and '
The Blackberry JamsThe Blackberry Jams is a collection of private recordings made by Jason Becker between 1987 and 1988.-Track listing:#"Go Off intro"#"Groin Grabbingly Transcendent"#"Opitudes"#"Church Of The Weird"#"Mabels Air Could It Be Any Faster"...
'.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
At the age of 20, he joined
David Lee RothDavid Lee Roth is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the original and current lead singer of Van Halen. In addition to his work with Van Halen, Roth is a successful solo artist, having released several platinum and gold solo albums...
's band, replacing
Steve VaiSteven "Steve" Siro Vai is an Italian American instrumental rock guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, producer, beekeeper, and actor. After starting his professional career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai would also record and tour in Zappa's backing band starting in 1980...
, who went on to join
WhitesnakeWhitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple but by the mid eighties Whitesnake had moved away from the early blues-rock influenced heavy metal to a more commercial hard rock style.They were recently...
. While recording the
A Little Ain't EnoughA Little Ain't Enough was the third full-length album by David Lee Roth , released in 1991. It was certified Gold on April 11, 1991. Produced by Bob Rock, the album featured the lead guitar work of Jason Becker, a then up-and-coming guitarist who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...
album in 1989, and preparing for the subsequent tour, Becker began to feel what he called a "lazy limp" on his left leg. He was soon diagnosed with
Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a form of motor neuron disease. ALS, sometimes called Maladie de Charcot, is a progressive, fatal, neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons, the nerve cells in the central nervous system that control voluntary muscle movement...
(Lou Gehrig's Disease) and given three to five years to live. He could barely finish the recording, using low-gauge (thin) guitar strings and other techniques, which would make it easier to play with his weakening hands. Although he managed to finish the album, which got released in 1991, he did not join the supporting tour due to his inability to perform on stage; former Lizzy Borden guitarist
Joe HolmesJoe Holmes was born on June 11 1963 in New Jersey. As a child, Holmes took lessons from guitarist Randy Rhoads in 1979. Holmes joined an L.A based band Terriff in 1983. Holmes left Terriff to join Lizzy Borden in 1987. Joe left Lizzy Borden in 1988...
took Becker's place on tour.
Due to his illness, he eventually lost the ability to speak and now communicates with his eyes via a system developed by his father. Although his ALS gradually robbed him of his ability to play guitar, to walk, and eventually even to speak, he still remains mentally sharp and, with the aid of a
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, continues
composingMusical composition is:* an original piece of music* the structure of a musical piece* the process of creating a new piece of music- Musical compositions :...
. In the back of the
Perspective CD case, Becker states "I have Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. It has crippled my body and speech, but not my mind." His medical condition has remained stable since 1997. In 2003, Jason posted on his website that he was feeling better and had gained some weight, while the folder for his 2008 album
CollectionCollection is an album by Jason Becker released by Shrapnel Records on November 4th, 2008. The album includes three new songs in addition to some older recordings...
also mentions an upcoming book.
Perspective and the Berry Jams
In 1996 Becker released an album entitled
Perspective, an instrumental album composed by him (with the exception of
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's song "
Meet Me in the Morning"Meet Me in the Morning" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released on his 15th studio album Blood on the Tracks in 1975. The song is also featured in the 2009 movie Away We Go....
"). The writing of the music had been started before ALS completely crippled his abilities. By using guitar and later, when he was unable to use both hands, a keyboard, he continued to compose while his disease worsened. However, when Becker could no longer physically play even a keyboard, his friend and music producer Mike Bemesderfer helped him with a music-composing computer program which could read the movements of his head and eyes enabling Becker to continue to compose after he lost control of his entire body.
Several years later Becker released
Raspberry Jams (1999) and
Blackberry Jams (2003), the first contained various unreleased
demoA demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for musicians to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
-tracks and the latter contained demo-tracks and alternate versions of songs that were later reworked and published into other albums.
Two tribute albums to Jason Becker have been issued. Respectively entitled
Warmth in the Wilderness I and
Warmth in the Wilderness II, they feature guitarists such as
Steve VaiSteven "Steve" Siro Vai is an Italian American instrumental rock guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, producer, beekeeper, and actor. After starting his professional career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai would also record and tour in Zappa's backing band starting in 1980...
,
Paul GilbertPaul Brandon Gilbert is an American musician. He is well known for his guitar work with Racer X and Mr. Big, as well as many solo albums. He also joined Joe Satriani and John Petrucci on the 2007 G3 tour....
,
Marty FriedmanMarty Friedman is an American guitarist. He is most widely recognized for his tenure as lead/rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth for close to ten years...
, Joe Becker,
Rusty Cooley-Early life:Rusty received his first equipment on his fifteenth birthday. From that day on Cooley immersed himself in music, practicing upwards of 3 hours a day. Rusty took guitar lessons for a while but became dissatisfied with local guitar instructors and decided to become self-taught...
, and
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. The album profits were sent to Becker to help him with his medical finances.
Collection
On November 4, 2008,
Shrapnel RecordsShrapnel Records is a guitar-oriented record label started in 1980 by record producer Mike Varney. Guitarist Marty Friedman , one of the label's most successful artists, first appeared on the album Unsung Guitar Heroes II in 1980 with the band Vixen...
released a new Jason Becker album entitled
Collection. The album includes three new songs in addition to some older recordings (some never before released) and features
Marty FriedmanMarty Friedman is an American guitarist. He is most widely recognized for his tenure as lead/rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth for close to ten years...
,
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,
Joe SatrianiJoseph "Satch" Satriani is an American multi-instrumentalist, known as an instrumental rock guitarist, who has been nominated for Grammy Awards. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor, and some of his former students have achieved fame with their guitar skills...
,
Michael Lee FirkinsMichael Lee Firkins is an electric guitar player whose sound fuses bluegrass, country, blues, and jazz elements into his distorted rock sound. He is noted amongst guitarists for his prolific use of hybrid picking at high speeds....
,
Steve VaiSteven "Steve" Siro Vai is an Italian American instrumental rock guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, producer, beekeeper, and actor. After starting his professional career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai would also record and tour in Zappa's backing band starting in 1980...
, and Steve Hunter.
Track Listing:
- Rain
- River of Longing
- Images
- Opus Pocus
- Higher
- It's Showtime!
- Altitudes
- End of The Beginning
- River of Longing (Reprise)
- Meet Me in The Morning
- Air
- Electric Prayer for Peace
- Mandy's Throbbing Little Heart
Enhanced CD Features:
- End of The Beginning Demos (5 Tracks)
- Go Off! Intro
- Noodling For Rob and Tony
Equipment
In the early days of Cacophony, Jason used Hurricane Guitars. The first Cacophony album was recorded with a white Hurricane EX Series model [apparently a Limited Edition] with a
DiMarzioDiMarzio is an American-based electronic manufacturing company, famous for its guitar pickups...
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model
humbuckerA conventional humbucker is a type of electric guitar pickup, first patented by Seth Lover and the Gibson company, that uses two coils, both generating string signal. Humbuckers have high output since both coils are in series and the magnetic circuit is low loss...
pickup in the bridge position and a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard with 22 frets. For
Perpetual BurnPerpetual Burn is the debut studio album by guitarist Jason Becker, released in 1988 on Shrapnel Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Jason Becker – guitar, keyboard, bass guitar, producer...
he used another Hurricane EX Series model with unknown model
DiMarzioDiMarzio is an American-based electronic manufacturing company, famous for its guitar pickups...
pickups, maple neck with maple fretboard and 24 frets. For the 2nd Cacophony album, Jason switched over to
CarvinThis article refers to a French commune. For the guitar manufacturer see Carvin Corporation. For the late New Orleans political consultant see Jim Carvin.Carvin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France....
gear, utilizing 2 DC200 models, one in a trans blue finish and maple body, one in a burgundy finish. Both have double cutaway bodies,
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locking tremolo systems, 6 in line headstocks and 2 active Carvin humbucker pickups. He used these up until he was diagnosed with
ALSALS may refer to:* Alliance for the Liberation of Somalia* The Montreal Alouettes Canadian Football Club* als, the ISO 639-3 code for Tosk Albanian* Als Island, a Danish island in the Baltic Sea* Singapore Area Licensing Scheme...
in 1989. During the period of 1989-1991, Jason used various guitars, most notably a
PeaveyPeavey may refer to:*Peavey , a logging tool used to move timber*Peavey Electronics, an American audio equipment manufacturer**Hartley Peavey, the founder of Peavey Electronics**List of Peavey guitars, guitars made by Peavey Electronics...
custom model with the numbered fretboard markers. There are a few of these around. Also used were an
IbanezIbanez is a guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki and based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in the United States and Europe.-History:...
unknown model [probably an RG], a custom from Performance Guitars, a couple of unknown Strat style guitars and a black Hurricane EX Series with 3 pickups. As of very recently, Jason has allowed Paradise Guitars USA to release a Jason Becker signature guitar. It is similar in appearance to the numbered Peavey but with a different headstock shape. In his earliest days of playing, Jason used an unknown model acoustic and a black stratocaster type guitar [possibly a MIJ Fender]. Amp wise, Jason used various pieces. In his pre Cacophony days, he used a small
PeaveyPeavey may refer to:*Peavey , a logging tool used to move timber*Peavey Electronics, an American audio equipment manufacturer**Hartley Peavey, the founder of Peavey Electronics**List of Peavey guitars, guitars made by Peavey Electronics...
practice amp [possibly a backstage or an audition with the older style
PeaveyPeavey may refer to:*Peavey , a logging tool used to move timber*Peavey Electronics, an American audio equipment manufacturer**Hartley Peavey, the founder of Peavey Electronics**List of Peavey guitars, guitars made by Peavey Electronics...
stripes]. For the first Cacophony album, Jason used an
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MP1 preamp.
Perpetual BurnPerpetual Burn is the debut studio album by guitarist Jason Becker, released in 1988 on Shrapnel Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Jason Becker – guitar, keyboard, bass guitar, producer...
was a 70s Marshall half stack and a BOSS Super Overdrive and Cacophony second album was a
CarvinThis article refers to a French commune. For the guitar manufacturer see Carvin Corporation. For the late New Orleans political consultant see Jim Carvin.Carvin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France....
X100B stack. He also used the SX300H head at some point during that era. After Cacophony Jason used various amps, including a "Fender M80", an unknown Marshall amp, an ADA Preamp and possibly the aforementioned
PeaveyPeavey may refer to:*Peavey , a logging tool used to move timber*Peavey Electronics, an American audio equipment manufacturer**Hartley Peavey, the founder of Peavey Electronics**List of Peavey guitars, guitars made by Peavey Electronics...
combo.
Paradise Guitar
In 2008 Paradise Guitars worked with Jason to design a Jason Becker signature guitar. The design is based on the wooden
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with colored number
fretA fret is a raised portion on the neck of a stringed instrument, that extends generally across the full width of the neck. On most modern western instruments, frets are metal strips inserted into the fingerboard...
inlaysInlay on guitars or similar fretted instruments are decorative materials set into the wooden surface of the instrument using standard inlay techniques. Although inlay can be done on any part of a guitar, it is most commonly found on the fretboard, headstock —typically the manufacturer's logo— and...
. Features include a genuine
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body,
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neckThe neck is the part of certain string instruments that projects from the main body and is the base of the fingerboard, where the fingers are placed to stop the strings at different pitches. Guitars, lutes, the violin family, and the mandolin family are examples of instruments which have necks.The...
with steel 2-way
truss rodA truss rod is a guitar part used to stabilize and adjust the lengthwise forward curvature , of the neck. Usually it is a steel rod that runs inside the neck and has a bolt that can be used to adjust its tension...
, maple 16" radius
fingerboardThe fingerboard is a part of most stringed instruments. It is a thin, long strip of wood that is laminated to the front of the neck of an instrument and above which the strings run...
, 24 jumbo thin frets with colored number fret marker inlays, black
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Pro Style floating
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with Floyd Rose Tremolo stop, Sperzel red satin
tunersA machine head is part of a string instrument ranging from guitars to double basses, a geared apparatus for tensioning and thereby tuning a string, usually located at the headstock. A headstock has several machine heads, one per string...
, 14 degree tilt-back
headstockHeadstock or peghead is a part of guitar or similar stringed instrument. The main function of a headstock is holding the instrument's strings. Strings go from the bridge past the nut and are usually fixed on machine heads on headstock...
with black Paradise logo and matching tremolo and electronics plates. The pickups are
DiMarzioDiMarzio is an American-based electronic manufacturing company, famous for its guitar pickups...
pickups; a
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Pro-Custom in the neck colored yellow and red, a DP116 HS-2 in the neck colored green, and a Tone Zone-Custom in the
bridgeA bridge is a device for supporting the strings on a stringed instrument and transmitting the vibration of those strings to some other structural component of the instrument in order to transfer the sound to the surrounding air.- Explanation :...
colored pink and blue. These colored pickups compliment the colored inlays and seem to give the guitar a
rainbowA rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere...
effect. There is also a red 5-way switch and purple 1-11 volume knob.
Discography
Cacophony
- Speed Metal Symphony
Speed Metal Symphony is the debut album of Neo-classical metal band Cacophony released in 1987 on Shrapnel Records.Quote from Jason Becker's site:"This CD is chock-full of aggressive harmonies and weird counterpoint and polyphony. This was my first CD. I was seventeen. I learned so much from Marty...
(1987)
- Go Off!
Go Off! is the second and final album of the speed metal band Cacophony released in 1988 on Shrapnel Records.-Track listing:#"X-Ray Eyes" – 5:10 #"E.S.P." – 6:06 ...
(1988)
Marty Friedman
Solo
- Perpetual Burn
Perpetual Burn is the debut studio album by guitarist Jason Becker, released in 1988 on Shrapnel Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Jason Becker – guitar, keyboard, bass guitar, producer...
(1988)
- Perspective (1995)
- The Raspberry Jams
The Raspberry Jams: A Collection Of Demos, Songs, And Ideas On Guitar is an album by Jason Becker. It was originally released October 19, 1999.-Track listing:# "Becker-Ola"# "Mandy's Throbbing Little Heart"# "Amma"# "When You Wish Upon a Star"...
(1999)
- The Blackberry Jams
The Blackberry Jams is a collection of private recordings made by Jason Becker between 1987 and 1988.-Track listing:#"Go Off intro"#"Groin Grabbingly Transcendent"#"Opitudes"#"Church Of The Weird"#"Mabels Air Could It Be Any Faster"...
(2003)
- Collection
Collection is an album by Jason Becker released by Shrapnel Records on November 4th, 2008. The album includes three new songs in addition to some older recordings...
(2008)
David Lee Roth
- A Little Ain't Enough
A Little Ain't Enough was the third full-length album by David Lee Roth , released in 1991. It was certified Gold on April 11, 1991. Produced by Bob Rock, the album featured the lead guitar work of Jason Becker, a then up-and-coming guitarist who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...
(1991)
Other works
- Richie Kotzen
Richie Kotzen is the self-titled debut studio album by guitarist Richie Kotzen, released in 1989 on Shrapnel Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Richie Kotzen – guitar, keyboard*Steve Smith – drums*Stuart Hamm – bass guitar*Jason Becker – producer...
(1989, producer)
Instructional
- Hot Licks - The Legendary Guitar of Jason Becker
External links