Rick Renstrom is the guitar world's newest hope for a guitar hero. Taking from the old and adding the new, all language of guitar is spoken. Rick's musical influences are Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Ritchie Blackmore, Uli Jon Roth, Al DiMeola, Andy LaRocque, Vinnie Moore, Ronni Le Tekro, Bach and Mozart. Rick delivers with control, fury, and passionate fire.
At the age of fifteen, after seeing Yngwie on a TV special, Rick decided to start playing guitar. By the time he was sixteen, he was attending the University of Akron majoring in music, playing with his band Shattered Innocence 3-4 nights a week, and still in high school. Rick studied classical guitar, jazz guitar, theory, composition and overall musicianship. Rick also played in other bands during this period: China Blue, Bastille, Metal Wolf and Wicked Ways.
Rick's past endeavor's included guitar duties for Rob Rocks Rage Of Creation band and a studio musician for several bands. Rick won the "Best Lead Guitarist" at the 1996 CFMA Awards, 1998 won the M.A.R.S. Guitar challenge and 2001 recieved "Best Metal Guitarist" at the Orlando Metal Awards.
With the advent of MP3 technology, Rick converted his music to MP3's and has received a huge success on the worldwide MP3.com. Ricks song Opus Lix went to Number 1 on 6/27/2000 and held on to the spot for over 3 weeks and remained in the top 10 for over 3 months and "Symphony 40" reached as high as Number 2 with over 70, 000 downloads to his credit.
In 2002, Rick signed with Mascot Records for all of Europe. Rick has also been featured on The Guitar Odyssey: Tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen (GNW Records and JVC/Victor), Massacre recording artist's Powergod "Bleed For The God's" metal tribute and Lion Musics Warmth in the Wilderness: A Tribute to Jason Becker. Rick has released a solo album, "Until the Bitter End" in Europe through Mascot Records and in the U.S. with Thrash Corner.
Rick was also guitarist and writer on Leash Law's "Dogface" album release worldwide through Black Lotus Records. To date, Rick has recorded on 9 total albums and has collectively played to over 100, 000 fans worldwide.
