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Doug Aldrich

Background information
Birth name Doug Aldrich
Born February 19, 1964 (1964-02-19) (age 45)
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Genres Hard rock, heavy metal
Occupations Musician, Songwriter
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1986–present
Labels Geffen, SPV, Spitfire Records, Eagle Records, Enigma Records, Z Records
Associated acts Whitesnake, Dio, Hurricane, Burning Rain, Lion, House of Lords, Bad Moon Rising
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul
Fender Stratocaster

Doug Aldrich (born February 19, 1964 in Raleigh, North Carolina), is a Los Angeles-based hard rock electric guitarist, since 2003 a member of Whitesnake. He founded the band Burning Rain with Keith St.John in 1998 and has played previously with the bands Dio, Lion, Hurricane, House of Lords, and Bad Moon Rising. He has also released several solo albums.

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Equipment

Doug was previously endorsed by Jackson Guitars. He used their Dinky and Soloist superstrats as well as his own signature model which has bridge and neck position humbucking pickups were "Full-shred" pickups which Seymour Duncan specially wired. More recently though California-based Suhr Guitars came out with Doug Aldrich signature humbucking pickups, which are actually found on their superstrat-style 24-Fret Moderns. Currently, he plays various Gibson Les Pauls and Fender Stratocasters through hot-rodded Marshall JMPs and Vintage Modern amps.

Discography

Solo

Lion

  • 1986 - Power Love
  • 1987 - Dangerous Attraction
  • 1989 - Trouble In Angel City

Hurricane

House of Lords

Bad Moon Rising

  • 1991 - Full Moon Fever (Mini Album)
  • 1991 - Bad Moon Rising
  • 1993 - Blood
  • 1993 - Blood On The Streets (Mini Album)
  • 1995 - Opium For The Masses
  • 1995 - Moonchild (Single)
  • 1995 - Junkyard Haze (EP)
  • 1999 - Flames On The Moon
  • 2005 - Full Moon Collection

Burning Rain

Dio

Whitesnake

Other works

  • 1989 - One - Minoru Niihara
  • 1989 - Cutting Air Act 1 - Air Pavilion
  • 1997 (Japan) & 1999 (Europe) - Windows - Mike Vescera Project
  • 1998 (Japan) & 2000 (Europe) - Ignition - Mark Boals
  • 1999 - A Tribute To Early Van Halen - The Atomic Punks (Ralph Saenz)
  • 1999 - Here Before - Stone
  • 2000 - Mikazuki in Rock
  • 2001 - Art of Mackin' - Ghetto Dynasty
  • 2001-2002 - Superhero & More... - Brian McKnight
  • 2002 - (1989-2002) From There To Here - Brian McKnight
  • 2003 - Wake The Nations - Ken Tamplin and Friends
  • 2003 - Guitar Zeus 1 - Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus
  • 2003 - Sho(照)Twist Songs - Sera Masanori
  • 2005 - The Real Thing - Christian Tolle
  • 2007 - Live for Tomorrow - Marco Mendoza
  • 2007 - Jacaranda (Twist International) - Masanori Sera

Tribute albums

  • Crossfire - A Salute To Stevie Ray Vaughan (1996)
  • Forever Mod: A Tribute to Rod Stewart (1998)
  • Little Guitars: A Tribute to Van Halen (2000)
  • Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy (2000)
  • Metallic Assault: A Tribute To Metallica (2000)
  • Tie Your MIX Down: A Tribute To Queen (2000)
  • Stone Cold Queen: A Tribute To Queen (2001)
  • One Way Street - Let The Tribute Do The Talkin': A Tribute To Aerosmith (2002)
  • Spin the Bottle: An All-Star Tribute to Kiss (2004)
  • Metallic Attack: Metallica The Ultimate Tribute' (2004)
  • We Salute You: A Tribute To AC/DC (2004)
  • Numbers From The Beast: An All Star Salute to Iron Maiden (2004)
  • An 80's Metal Tribute To Van Halen (2006)
  • Butchering the Beatles: A Headbashing Tribute To The Beatles (2006)
  • Flying High Again: Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne (2006)
  • Frankie Banali & Friends: Led Zeppelin Tribute - 24/7/365 (2007)
  • The Omnibus Album: This Is Guitar Gods (2007)
  • Northern Light Orchestra: The Spirit of Christmas (2008)

Videography

  • 1997 - The Electro-Lesson / Guitar Instructional Video
  • 2005 - Dio - Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City
  • 2006 - Dio - Holy Diver Live
  • 2006 - Whitesnake - In the Still of the Night Live

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