Michael Angelo Batio rated as the fasted guitar player of all time

Michael Angelo Batio rated as the fasted guitar player of all time

In a recent vote-out survey conducted by the guitarworld.com, Michael Angelo Batio, has been rated as the fastest guitar player of all time, surpassing mega legends such as Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani and many more.

Although it may always remain to be a perennial argument as to who may be regarded as the best or the fastest guitarists (both being two different dimensions) of all time; but Batio’s rapid fire, fret-burning talent, topped with up-tempo rhythm and melody work has surely won the hearts of a massive lot.

Mike Batio, also known as MAB, has grown over the years to be considered as one of finest guitar players, honouring numerous genres but most importantly his all time favourite – metal and its subgenres.

In 2003, the maestro was voted as the “No. 1 Shredder of All Time” by Guitar One Magazine, and then as the “Top 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time” by Guitar World Magazine, and one of the “20 Greatest Shredders of All Time” by Total Guitar Magazine, both in April 2008. Batio also won the 2009 Guitar World Magazine Readers Choice award in the “Best Shredder” category.

Below is a complete time-line of Batio’s imposing journey as a guitar player, which now rests at the summit of fame and fortune.

1984 – Batio joined Chicago based, heavy metal band Holland, and debuted his recording career.

1985 – Atlantic Records signed Holland, after which the band released their debut album, Little Monsters, which received a sluggish response throughout USA. However, the group parted soon after the release, but Batio soon made his alliance with Michael Cordet, Allan Hearn and Paul Cammarata.

1987 – Batio joined glam metal artist Jim Gillette on his solo album Proud to Be Loud, before founding the band Nitro with T.J. Racer and Bobby Rock.

Batio also became one of the pioneers of video instructional material, after releasing his first instructional video with Star Licks Productions as part of the Masters Series.

1989 – Nitro released their first studio album, O.F.R., which received much airplay on MTV, was notable for featuring Batio playing his now famous ‘Quad Guitar’, a notion which FHM Magazine voted one of the “50 most outrageous moments in rock history”.

1992 – Comet and Racer had been replaced by Johnny Thunder and Ralph Carter respectively, after Nitro released its second studio album entitled Nitro II: H.W.D.W.S.

1993 – Batio founded his own record label, M.A.C.E. Music, which became one of the first labels online in later years.

1995 – Batio used his label to release his first recorded album, No Boundaries.

1997 – Batio’s second studio release was Planet Gemini, which showed a very progressive, experimental side to his playing.

1999 – Batio released his second instructional video, Jam with Angelo.

2000 – This was quickly followed by a fourth full-length album, Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity, which was credited to “Mike Batio and Rob Ross”, the latter being the drummer.

2001 – Batio released a CD with his band “C4,” covering songs from his Holland years and including the original ‘Call to Arms’. It was his 1st all vocal CD since recording with Nitro.

2003 – Batio released his first DVD, the title release in his Speed Kills series, followed by the second, Speed Lives, in 2004.

2005 – He released his highly anticipated studio album, Hands without Shadows, which featured guest appearances from musicians including Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti, Rudy Sarzo of Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, and Bill Peck.

2006 – DVD Speed Kills 2 was released, in addition to the first in the new Hands without Shadows series, Performance.

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