George Lynch Interview 2021 – George Lynch, a man whose bands won’t fit in one tweet, is back to talk about his latest release, The End Machine, Phase Two. Out now on Frontiers records and available everywhere. In addition, he talks about Gene Simmons wanting to change his name, playing on the top of a volcano, being reversed pranked by Aerosmith, finding out something very special about a guitar cabinet he bought from Eddie Van Halen & more.
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About George Lynch (Source: Wiki)
George Lynch (born September 28, 1954) is an American hard rock guitarist and songwriter. Lynch is best known for his work with heavy metal band Dokken and his post-Dokken solo band, Lynch Mob. Lynch is considered to be one of the most influential and famous 1980s metal guitarists. He is known for his unique playing style and sound. He is ranked No. 47 on “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” by Guitar World magazine[1] and is also ranked No. 10 on “Top 10 Metal Guitarists of All Time” by Gibson.[2]
George Lynch Associated Bands: The Boyz, Xciter, Dokken, Hear ‘n Aid, Lynch Mob, Lynch/Pilson, Souls of We, T & N, Shadowtrain, KXM, The Infidels, Ultraphonix, Sweet & Lynch, The End Machine
George Lynch Second Dokken reunion in 2011 rumor
On November 29, 2009, during an encore at a Dokken show at The House of Blues in Anaheim, George Lynch and Jeff Pilson joined Mick Brown and Don Dokken for two songs. The “glory days” line-up being on stage together for the first time in 12 years. In early 2010, Lynch announced a reunion of Dokken’s glory days line-up. The announcement was followed by a retraction on February 24. A 2011 Reunion was ruled out in late 2010, when Lynch released a statement on his website claiming that Don did not want the reunion to occur.[14]
T & N was formed from 3/4 of the classic Dokken line-up of Lynch, Jeff Pilson, and Mick Brown. In December 2011, they announced plans for a studio album to be released in 2012.[15] The trio’s original name was Tooth & Nail, but due to legal issues with another band having already trademarked the name, Tooth & Nail was shortened to T & N in March 2012. They released the album Slave to the Empire on October 31, 2012.
George Lynch Recent activities
In the fall of 2011, Lynch announced plans for a documentary movie, “Shadowtrain: Under A Crooked Sky” about the destruction of the Native American community.[16] A crowd-funding campaign was launched in March 2013 to complete the project.[17] As of late 2014, the movie was still a work in progress.[18] Lynch has also put together Shadowtrain, the band, featuring documentary filmmaker and drummer Vincent Nicastro, Pueblo Native American vocalist Gregg Analla (Tribe of Gypsies, Slaviour, Seventhsign), ex-Lynch Mob bassist Gabe Rosales, and keyboardist Donnie Dickman.
2014 saw the release of the KXM debut album, Lynch’s all-star project with vocalist/bassist Doug Pinnick of King’s X and drummer Ray Luzier of Korn. Lynch announced yet another project, The Infidels, with War rhythm section Pancho Tomaselli and Sal Rodriguez, and rapper Sen Dog from Cypress Hill.[19]
Lynch completed an album with Stryper frontman Michael Sweet, Only to Rise, released January 27, 2015 on Frontiers Records under the name Sweet & Lynch. The recording line-up features the former Pride & Glory rhythm section James Lomenzo and Brian Tichy on bass and drums, respectively.[20] The duo released a second album, Unified, on November 10, 2017.[21]
On April 25, 2016. Lynch was announced to be partnering with John Romero and Adrian Carmack to provide the soundtrack to the currently unreleased game Blackroom, which had a release date for Summer 2018.
In 2018, Lynch teamed up with Living Colour vocalist Corey Glover to form the side project Ultraphonix, which released the album Original Human Music.[22]
