Cacophony (Marty Friedman & Jason Becker)

Cacophony (Marty Friedman & Jason Becker)

SPEED METAL SYMPHONY (1987)

Speed Metal Symphony (1987)
Track listing

1. "Savage" – 5:50 (Marty Friedman)
2. "Where My Fortune Lies" – 4:33 (Friedman, Jason Becker)
3. "The Ninja" – 7:25 (Friedman)
4. "Concerto" – 4:37 (Friedman, Becker)
5. "Burn the Ground" – 6:51 (Friedman, Becker)
6. "Desert Island" – 6:25 (Friedman)
7. "Speed Metal Symphony" – 9:37 (Friedman, Becker)

Personnel

* Peter Marrino - vocals
* Jason Becker - guitar
* Marty Friedman - guitar, bass
* Atma Anur - drums

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GO OFF! (1988)

Go Off! (1988)
Track listing

1. "X-Ray Eyes" – 5:10 (Jason Becker, Marty Friedman)
2. "E.S.P." – 6:06 (Friedman)
3. "Stranger" – 3:24 (Becker, Steve Fontano)
4. "Go Off!" – 3:46 (Becker, Friedman)
5. "Black Cat" – 7:45 (Becker, Friedman)
6. "Sword of the Warrior" – 5:09 (Friedman, Fontano)
7. "Floating World" – 5:10 (Friedman)
8. "Images" – 3:43 (Becker)

Notes
Although Kenny Stavropoulos was listed as the drummer on the album sleeves, Deen Castronovo is credited for playing drums on this album.

Quote from Jason Becker's site: "The song I am most proud of is 'Images'. It was inspired by Debussy. I had written words for it, but they were so silly Peter couldn't make anything out of them. There are some magical moments on this CD. Deen's drumming is incredible."

Personnel

* Peter Marrino - Vocals
* Jason Becker - Guitar
* Marty Friedman - Guitar
* Jimmy O'shea - Bass
* Kenny Stavropoulos - Drums

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Band History
Origin San Francisco, California, USA
Genres Heavy Metal,Speed metal,Neo-classical metal
Years active 1986–1989
Labels Shrapnel

Cacophony was an American metal band formed in 1986 by guitarists Marty Friedman and Jason Becker. Cacophony is often recognized for its technically challenging, neo-classical metal and speed metal elements, as well as featuring two shred guitarists. The band broke up in 1989, with Friedman joining the successful thrash metal band Megadeth and Becker joining David Lee Roth's solo band.

Their first album, the predominantly instrumental Speed Metal Symphony, fused classical and hard rock styles with Friedman's preference of exotic scales (especially obvious in the song "The Ninja"). It featured exceptionally fast, melodic and technical music.
Their second release Go Off! was a more song-oriented album, while still displaying the virtuosity of the two guitarists. Besides Becker, Friedman and Marrino, it featured a new bassist and a new drummer. The drums were played by Deen Castronovo, however the picture of new drummer Kenny Stavropoulos was included on the back cover and one tour (the last) in the USA and Japan was with Kenny Stavropoulos and with vocalist - Dan Bryant (Hexx). The guitar playing is more technical and the harmonization of the lead lines and solos are different from the common twin-guitar harmonies made common inheavy metal by such bands as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.

Breakup
Though the second album was a commercial failure, it spawned cult followings around the band. Cacophony broke up with Jason Becker joining David Lee Roth and Marty Friedman joining Megadeth. Friedman and Becker have since left Megadeth and David Lee Roth's band respectively (in Becker's case due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). Both released several solo albums that include a wide variety of music.

Band members

* Peter Marrino - vocals
* Dan Byant - vocals for last tour
* Marty Friedman - guitar
* Jason Becker - guitar
* Jimmy O'Shea - bass
* Atma Anur - drums
* Craig Swain - bass
* Deen Castronovo - drums
* Kenny Stavropoulos - drums

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