Michael Angelo Batio

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Michael Angelo Batio (pronounced /ˈbeɪti.oʊ/, also known as Mike Batio or MAB (born in 1956) is a Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal guitarist and columnist from Chicago, Illinois. Batio was voted the "No. 1 Shredder of All Time" by Guitar One Magazine in 2003. He was also listed as one of the "Top 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time" by Guitar World Magazine, for which he wrote the column Time to Burn, and one of the "20 Greatest Shredders of All Time" by Total Guitar Magazine, both in April 2008. Batio also won the 2009 Guitar World Magazine Readers Choice award in the "Best Shredder" category.
MAB started playing the piano and composing music at the age of five, and first played guitar at the age of ten, reportedly playing faster than his teacher within two years. At the age of fourteen he started playing jazz guitar, and within two years he had won the Chicago-based "All-State Jazz Solo Award". He attended Northeastern Illinois University and achieved a ...

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Michael Angelo Batio discography

Hands Without Shadows 2: Voices [Full-length] 2009 / M.A.C.E.
2 X Again [Best of/Compilation] 2007 / M.A.C.E.
Hands Without Shadows [Full-length] 2005 / Mace excellent
Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity part 2 [Best of/Compilation] 2004 / M.A.C.E.
Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity [Full-length] 2000 / M.A.C.E. good
Tradition [Full-length] 1999 / 12
Planet Gemini [Full-length] 1997 / M.A.C.E. good
Holiday Strings [Full-length] 1996 / Self-Released
No Boundaries [Full-length] 1995 / M.A.C.E. good

Country: United States
Genres: Shred, Neoclassical
Years: 1995 - 2009

Michael Angelo Batio

Michael Angelo Batio discography

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