Marty Friedman is an American guitarist best known for spending nearly a decade as lead and rhythm guitarist for thrash metal legends Megadeth. Since 2003, he's been based in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, where he's become a fixture in the Japanese music scene—hosting TV shows like Rock Fujiyama and Jukebox English, collaborating with major j-pop and j-rock acts like KOTOKO and Nana Kitade, and playing lead guitar for artists including Nanase Aikawa.
He produced Animetal USA, a Japan-based heavy metal band that serves as a tribute to Eizo Sakamoto's original Animetal project. He also wrote "Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee," which Animetal USA recorded with vocalist Hironobu Kageyama.
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