Ostrander is super-duper fast and precise,and he attacks this shred workout like a bazillion pirahnas blowing blood geysers around a herd of drowning cows,This impressive player uses his song as an opportuntiy to blow chops-MICHAEL MOLENDA-GUITAR PLAYER magazine.............Wow,Maybe I should take some lessons from that guy!!-ANDY TIMMONS
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Michael Lee OstranderOrigin-Born in Jersey City,NJ and raised in Cresskill,NJ until age 16Location-Albuquerque,NMStyle-Metal and Blues/Rock Rhythms,Synths meets Techno,Metal and Rock beats combined with Shredding/Melodic solosEndorsed by DAVA picks and DIMARZIO pickupsIve been described as Joe Satriani on Acid by 1 fanzine author
Andy Timmons was quoted as saying when he took the stage after my set at Grandmas Music and Sound Sept of 2006 "Wow,Maybe I should take lessons from that guy" That meant alot coming from a player of his caliberAndy was a super cool guy,very dow to earth and Im honored to have shared the stage with him!!I am an accomplished Guitarist with 25 years of Metal/Shred/Industrial/Rock Band,Studio and Live Performance experienceI have won 2 Guitar competitions in Albuquerque in 1989 and 1993 and 3 New Mexico Music Industry Coalition Awards in 1995,1998 and 1999,two of which were for songs from my first Instrumental CD...the other being from the band ENFORCER which I was a member of from 1987-1995
I have also had my song "Digital Web" from the "Tomb" CD featured on Guitar 2001's Compilation CD entitled "Lick This" that also featured the likes of RUSTY COOLEY and TERRY SYREKIve opened Live as a One-Man Band for GREAT WHITE(1995)and ANDY TIMMONS(Sept 2006)I have 1 Instrumental CD available for listen/download on my Official website www.theunknownshredder.com and 2 tracks here on MySpace from my upcoming CD "I Shred Therefore I Am" as well as some Shredding videos on You Tube"Tomb of the Unknown Shredder" which I released 500 copies of in 1998,garnered tons of plays on mp3.com and some great reviews in the underground fanzine networkYou can purchase "Tomb" for .99 a song right here on MySpaceI was also featured in"The Undiscovered" column on GuitarNine.com and for the month of May 2008 they ran the feature again as "The Rediscovered" with the original reviewsI have recorded a new CD entitled "I Shred,Therefore,I Am" which is slated for a Spring 2009 releaseI have played in various Metal bands since arriving in Albuquerque at 16 and have contributed guitar work to DATUM NOIR and some guitar and screaming/growling vocals for DIVERJE Both of those were Industrial/Metal projects in the late 90'sMy last band SYSTEMIC formed in 2000 was very popular in the Albuquerque Metal scene and regionally but ended up disbanding in 2004,but not before releasing 2 CD's which sold 2000 copies+ locally and internationally,received over 10,000 plays on mp3.com,played many Live shows in New Mexico, LA,Scottsdale,El Paso,Denver and New Orleans,The band also had an MTV style video made by drummer Mike C. as the kick-off video on Heavycore's Nationally released DVD "Roasting Posers"
SYSTEMIC also opened for DROWNING POOL,MOTORHEAD,ADEMA,AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE,ULI JON ROTH,MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP and BLUES SARACENOS TRANSMISSION OKOn the upcoming CD Michael is expanding his style and sound,with 2 Blues/Rock instrumentals,an Egyptian sounding Wood Flute solo(courtesy of engineer Donn H)on the title track and "Hookah Lounge" a tune that sounds like actual Middle Eastern/Arabic music but was all done with a guitar.....Michael has moved beyond Metal and Shred with his upcoming release and has forged a very unique voice as an up and coming Guitar Hero
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