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Wikipedia / Doug Aldrich

Doug Aldrich (born February 19, 1963) is an American hard rock guitarist. He founded the band Burning Rain with Keith St. John in 1998 and has played with Whitesnake, Dio, Lion, Hurricane, House of Lords, Bad Moon Rising and Revolution Saints. He has also released several solo albums. Doug toured with former Deep Purple bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes' band in 2015. It was announced in early 2016 that he would be replacing Richard Fortus as guitarist of The Dead Daisies.

Biography

Aldrich began playing guitar at age 11, inspired by his older sister's Jeff Beck albums. Aldrich's first guitar was a cheap Les Paul-copy purchased from a Sears catalog. Fresh out of high school, Aldrich met the girlfriend of Kiss drummer Eric Carr, who told him that he was the type of guitarist Kiss was looking for to replace Ace Frehley. He subsequently auditioned for Kiss in 1982 but the spot ultimately went to Vinnie Vincent. Aldrich said that although the members of Kiss treated him very well during the audition process, Gene Simmons told him to "lose this number" when Aldrich attempted to talk with him again months later.

Aldrich joined the L.A. glam band Lion in 1983, recording two albums and one EP before the band broke up in 1989.

When Aldrich was in Lion recording their first album at Scotti Brothers' Recording Studio, he was invited to join the Slaughter, but turned down the invite since the Lion project was just taking off. Nevertheless, Aldrich did play some guitar for Slaughter during those early days.

Aldrich was briefly a member of Hurricane, replacing founding guitarist Robert Sarzo in 1989. He participated in the writing and recording of Slave to the Thrill (1990) before leaving the band.

In early 2014, Aldrich joined the critically acclaimed production show Raiding the Rock Vault at the Tropicana Las Vegas, where he performed six shows a week with other rock 'n' roll artists including Robin McAuley (formerly Survivor, MSG), John Payne (Asia), Howard Leese (Bad Company, Heart), Paul Shortino (Quiet Riot) and Andrew Freeman (The Offspring, Last in Line), among others. As of late 2015, this collaboration was still on ongoing project.

During 2015, Aldrich joined the Glenn Hughes solo European tour as guitarist, along with drummer Pontus Engborg, to complete the power trio with Hughes on bass and vocals.

In late January 2016, it was announced that Aldrich was replacing Richard Fortus as guitarist in The Dead Daisies, as Fortus would be participating in the Guns N' Roses reunion. As of late January 2016 Aldrich was in Nashville with The Dead Daisies, working on a follow-up album to Revolución (2015). Aldrich joined bassist Marco Mendoza in the band; the two previously performed together in Whitesnake. In November 2016, The Dead Daisies performed on the Kiss Kruise VI event.

Equipment

Aldrich 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. California-based Suhr Guitars currently offers Aldrich signature humbucking pickups.

He plays various Gibson Les Pauls, Fender Stratocasters through Suhr/ Cameron hot-rodded Marshall JMPs and Vintage Modern amps. In 2016, Aldrich became an official endorsee of ESP Guitars.

Aldrich sums up his philosophy of playing this way: "I'm not one of those guys that follows whatever is trendy. I'd rather do what I do best and do it to the best of my ability."

Discography

Lion

Bad Moon Rising

Solo Albums

Burning Rain

Dio

Whitesnake

Revolution Saints

The Dead Daisies

Guest Appearances

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)

  • We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year (2011)

  • A World with Heroes: KISS 40th Anniversary (Calling Dr. Love) (2013)

  • Thriller: A Metal Tribute to Michael Jackson (2013)

  • This Is Your Life: Tribute To Ronnie James Dio (2014)

  • Super Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne:(Japanese Edition) (2014)

  • The House is Rocking: A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan (2015)

  • Immortal Randy Rhoads: The Ultimate Tribute (2015)

  • Moore Blues for Gary: A Tribute to Gary Moore by Bob Daisley and Friends (2018)

  • Harder & Heavier: 60's British Invasion Goes Metal (2023)

  • Ride The Rainbow: The Ultimate Tribute To Blackmore's Rainbow (2026)

Film and television

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