RAEL

I AM RICO RAEL. I AM RAEL. IT'S FOUNDING MEMBER, SONGWRITER, MANAGER, AND EVERYTHING ELSE INBETWEEN. THE JOURNEY HAS BEEN STRANGE............................ SINCE THE RIPE AGE OF THREE(3) I HAVE BEEN PLAYING BOTH ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITARS. SOME OF MY EARLIEST MEMORIES OF MUSIC ARE OF MYSELF JAMMING OUT TO HOT FOR THE TEACHER AND ERUPTION BY VAN-HALEN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, METALLICA WAS INTRODUCED TO MY EARS. I WAS 4. IT WAS SINGLE TAPE FOR EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. IT'S B SIDE WAS BREADFAN. MY BIOLOGICAL FATHER, ALEX RAEL AND HIS BROTHER, EDDIE ARE THE TWO PEOPLE WHO INSPIRED ME MOST TO PLAY THE GUITAR. THEY FORMED THE BAND NO PARKING TOGETHER, AND THAT WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION INTO THE WORLD OF SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL. STEVIE RAY VAUGHN HAD JUST DIED BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE HIM AND SANTANA'S ALBUM "MILAGRO" WAS THE NEXT INSPIRATION TO ME. IN SECOND GRADE, I HEARD DIMEBAG DARRELL FOR THE FIRST TIME. PANTERA. THAT WAS IT. FROM THEN ON EVERYTHING I DID ON THE GUITAR WAS AN ATEMPT AT BEING AS GREAT AS DIMEBAG(R.I.P. BROTHER). I PRACTICED EVERYDAY FOR HOURS ON END. MY FINGERS BLED, HOMEWORK WENT UNFINISHED, CHORES LEFT UNDONE. MY GUITAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY 1 PRIORITY. I COME FROM A RURAL MOUNTAIN VILLAGE IN TAOS, NM, CALLED VALDEZ. I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO HAVE TO WORK FOR YOUR LIVING. I HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. I HAVE STRUGGLED THROUGH INTENSE PAIN IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THE REALITY I NOW SEE DAILY. IT IS MY GOAL TO SPREAD MUSIC TO THE WORLD AND THROUGH DOING SO I WANT THE PEOPLE WHO HEAR IT TO BE SHOWN THEIR TRUE SELVES. THE DARKNESS WITHIN US ALL. I WANT TO BRING THAT TO LIFE.

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