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Rusty Cooley
12+ albums
guitar virtuosoinstrumentalShredmetalProgressive metal
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Rusty Cooley is a Texas-born shred guitarist. He has released a solo album on Finnish hard rock label Lion Music and a number of instructional DVDs and CD-ROMs. He has played in locally successful bands Revolution, Dominion, and Outworld. He writes a column called "Metal Guru" for Guitar Player magazine. Guitarist Rusty Cooley received his first guitar on his 15th birthday and never looked back. Unsatisfied with local Instructors, Rusty began teaching himself through Doug Mark’s Metal Method and various other instructional books and video’s. During High School he took music theory classes and also attended the National Guitar Workshop. Rusty performed solo guitar in high school talent shows. He performed such pieces as Van Halen’s “Eruption” and Randy Rhoads “Revelation Mother Earth” solo. During his senior year he was offered his first teaching job at the same store that just three years earlier, he had bought his first guitar. Some of Rusty’s early influences included: Rhoads, Malmsteen, Becker, Gilbert, Holdsworth, Paganini, Bach, Vai, Gambale, Moore, MacAlpine, Taffolla, Friedman, Howe, Kotzen, Firkins, and Housholder. He was also influenced by many styles including: Jazz, Classical, Funk, Blues and even Country if you can believe that. There where times when Rusty was pulled in so many different directions by music, he didn’t know if he wanted to be a Classical Conductor or a Jazz guitarist. After graduating High School, Rusty continued studying Music Theory at the lo
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Rusty Cooley
Rusty Cooley (Special Edition)
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The Alchemists
Shawn Lane Remembered vol I
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A Tribute To Jason Becker Vol. 2 (Disc 2)
Warmth in the Wilderness vol II - A Tribute to Jason Becker
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(debut album)
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Heavy Instrumentals Vol. 15
Shawn Lane Remembered-Vol I
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Rusty Cooley [Special Edition]
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Shared
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Shawn Lane Remembered Vol.1