Artist description Guitar One Magazine, has named Michael Angelo, Number 1 Shredder Of All Time, in the 2003 April issue! The Wisconsin Area Music Industry has just nominated Michael Angelo, for 2003 Guitarst of the Year! Michael Angelo lives in the midwest, and has been in the music industry practically his whole life. His reputation of being the fastest guitar in the world, has yet to be challenged. Many remember him from Holland and Nitro in the 80s. His music has evolved with the times and his many endeavors have allowed him the freedom of performing with several artists in the National scene. He is a Master at recording/producing. His recording studio, Monster Mix Studios, has created a CD for the Flyin Ryan Brothers, that has been nominated for a Grammy! Michael Angelo has signed an exclusive artist endorsement with Dean Guitars. Dean is celebrating 25 years in the music industry. Michael will be performing a minimum of 60 shows for them across the country in 2003 and played his new Dean Double-Guitar at the NAMM show in January 2003. Dean Zelinsky designed this exquisite guitar, himself. Michael Angelo is the original inventor of the Double neck guitar, and the quad neck guitar. Michael is working on a new instrumental CD, which will be available in the spring of 2003. He also released Holiday Strings, a smooth/easy listening holiday CD that is available at music stores, and at his label M.A.C.E. records. He has signed an agreement to have 2 of his songs placed on a soundtrack for a movie called Carnivore. The soundtrack disc, on Dark Star records, is available across the USA. Michael has recently returned from a tour of Asia and will be returning to the US stages this spring. Other CDs currently featuring Michael includes, Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity, Planet Gemini, C4, Michael Angelo No Boundaries and Tradition, a CD to accompany his video Speed Kills. The video is an instructional tape on shredding and it has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. In conjunction with Dean guitars, Michael will be releasing a new instructional DVD this spring. It will be available at music stores all over the US. Michael will also perform at in Germany at the 2003 European Awards Show in March.

Music Style Progressive Shred Rock

Musical Influences Joe Satriani

Artist History 1. Michael started playing piano and composing at age 5 and started playing guitar at age 10. 2. Michael has had 2 major label record deals. 3. Michael has recorded, filmed... MTV video's, Movies, TV commercials, Radio commercials, Industrial films. 4. Michael has performed over 1000 shows in 28 different countries since 1994. 5. Michael won the "Artist of the Year" award in 1999 from the Musicians Friend music corporation after performing in every single "superstore" in the United States at their grand openings. 6. Michael invented the "Double-Guitar" and the String Dampeners that he uses on the guitar. 7. Michael has recently signed an exclusive endorsement contract with Dean Guitars. He is scheduled to perform a minimum of 55 shows for Dean Guitars in 2003. 8. Michael Angelo performed the National Anthem at The Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday March 11th, 2002. This was the 6 month anniversary of the 9-11 attack on the USA. Michael performed for a sold out crowd of over 18,000 people for the L.A. Kings vs. the Chicago Blackhawks NHL game. It was televised on the Fox network all over the US. Michael played a great original version of The Star Spangled Banner flawlessly and with heartfelt emotion. Even the announcers from Fox commented on how great his rendition was. Michael released his Christmas classic CD "Holiday SAtrings" on M.A.C.E. Records in November 2001. Michael's project called C4 released their debut CD "Call to Arms" on M.A.C.E. Music Records in 2001. Michael released a new instrumental solo CD called "Tradition" in June 2000. This year Michael has also performed with members from the platinum band "Smash Mouth" and "Tanya Tucker" to name a few, played at one of the biggest concert events of the year- "Summerfest" in Milwaukee, Wi. with Kenny Wayne Shepherd and performed in prestigious venues such as "House of Blues". Michael released his 4th solo CD titled "Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity" on M.A.C.E. Music Records in January 2000. Michael performed with the legendary "Jimi Hendrix Experience" bass player Noel Redding in Holland in December 1999. Michael engineered, produced and mixed numerous CD's at Monster Mix Studio in 1999 as well as this year. He also performed with several different bands. "Holland" is one of the bands. Michael performed on 7 different CD´s and released his 3rd instructional video in 1998. Four of the CD´s were released on M.A.C.E. Music, Inc. records, one was recorded with Jim Peterik (Survivor) and the other two were guest appearances on other guitarists records. He also performed 109 shows (9 different countries) in 1998. One of the 7 disc's was Michael's 3rd solo CD. Michael performed 217 shows in 1997 in 16 different countries. Michael has toured the world playing concerts with his band and performing guitar workshops. The 28 countries he has toured in are: U.S.A (43 states including Alaska), ENGLAND (28 times since '93), SCOTLAND, IRELAND, WALES, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, SPAIN, ITALY, PORTUGAL, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, FINLAND, DENMARK, SWITZERLAND, LITHUANIA, CANADA, MEXICO, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, RUSSIA, TURKEY, JAPAN, CHINA (2 times), (The) PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA, EL SALVADOR and SINGAPORE. Michael released his 2nd solo CD in 1997 titled "Planet Gemini" on M.A.C.E. Music, Inc. Records. Michael co-wrote the song "Freight Train" in the band Nitro and it is featured in the Hulk Hogan movie: Suburban Commando's. June 1995, Michael's first solo CD "No Boundaries" is released worldwide on M.A.C.E. Music, Inc. Records. Michael is an "in demand" session guitarist. He has done TV, radio and industrial film music for: Burger King, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC, United Airlines, United Way, McDonalds and the Chicago Wolves hockey team among others. Michael starred in the made for cable movie "Shock'em Dead". The movie played on Showtime, Cinemax, The Movie Channel and Pay-Per-View. The band "Nitro" (with Michael on guitar) released the disc "O.F.R." on Rhino/Capital records. Michael produced the record and it "hit" the Billboard charts. "Nitro" made 3 MTV video's, hosted MTV's "Headbangers Ball" (where Michael played live) and toured to sold-out shows everywhere. Michael has a no.1, best-selling "Star-Licks" instructional video. Over 100,000 videos have been sold worldwide. This video was Star Licks no.1 bestseller for 2 years straight! The band "Holland" (with Michael as guitarist) on Atlantic records toured with Aerosmith playing stadiums averaging over 20,000 people per show. Michael invented and was the worlds first player of the twin-necked, left and right-handed Double-Guitar. He plays the guitar right or left-handed. He also plays both guitars together in harmonies or two separate parts together at the same time. Michael is from Chicago and has a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition from Northeastern Illinois University. At 14 he was playing Jazz and by 16 won an award for outstanding Jazz soloist on guitar. Below is a message from the L.A. Kings regarding Michael Angelo's performance of the National Anthem on 3-11-02. Michael, Hey, how are you? The Anthem on Monday was simply amazing! We've had great feedback on your performance, both from fans and from people within the organization. It was great to have you perform at the game and it would be great to have you again sometime in the future. Again, thank you for coming out, it was phenomenal. If you're ever back through LA be sure to drop a me a line. We're just gearing up for the Kings playoff run, so I'm cutting this short. You floored our entire fan base in only 90 seconds, it's taken the Kings a bit longer to manage that! Have a great day, and thanks again. All the Best, G. Wyatt Tinnen II Los Angeles Kings

Group Members Michael Angelo Batio, lead guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, & vocals. Several stellar musicians share spots as performers in his band.

Instruments Dean Guitars, Double neck guitar,

Albums Lucid Intervals & Moments of Clarity; Planet Gemini, No Boundaries, Holland, Tradition, C4 Call to Arms,

Press Reviews "Laser guided fretwork and the fastest of fingers: Mr. Angelo is practically a god. Seriously"! Total Guitar Magazine in the UK "A few things you should know about Michael Angelo: 1) He can play faster than you. 2) He can do it with both hands at once. This amazing ambidextrous guitarist..." Guitar World Magazine

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Location Midwest, WI - USA

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