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Marty Friedman

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Hard Rock
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Instrumental Metal
Heavy Metal
Industrial Metal

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2 апр 2025 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN On His Music Career: 'I've Pretty Much A Hundred Percent Only Done Exactly What I Wanna Do'
25 мар 2025 :
11 мар 2025 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN On His Unconventional Picking Style: 'It Has Little To Nothing To Do With My Playing'
3 мар 2025 :
26 фев 2025 :	Watch: MARTY FRIEDMAN Performs At Whisky A Go Go During 'Live Drama 2025' U.S. Tour
16 фев 2025 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'When I Was A Kid, I Was A Huge ULI JON ROTH Fan'
13 фев 2025 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN On METALLICA: 'I Continue To Respect Them, And There's Still Lots To Learn From Them'
12 фев 2025 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN On Living In Japan: 'I Believe It's The Safest Country In The World'
8 фев 2025 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Wouldn't Rule Out Joining Another Band: 'If I Love The Music, I'm There'
28 янв 2025 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Opens Up About Panic Attacks He Was Experiencing At The End Of His Time With MEGADETH: 'It Was A Monster'
27 янв 2025 :	Watch: MARTY FRIEDMAN Kicks Off 'Live Drama' 2025 U.S. Tour In Las Vegas
26 янв 2025 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Shares Official Visualizer For 'A Prayer' Single From 'Drama' Album
17 янв 2025 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'Belonging Is Extremely Overrated'
14 дек 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Says He Was Initially 'Angry', Then 'Puzzled And Sad' About MEGADETH's 'Salary Offer' For 'Rust In Peace' Lineup Reunion
9 дек 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Says It Was 'Natural' For Him To Rejoin MEGADETH On Stage Last Year
28 ноя 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Explains Why Japanese People 'Of All Types' Relate To Heavy Metal And Why 'That Doesn't Happen In America'
12 ноя 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN's Advice To Young Guitarists: 'You Must Create Opportunities To Play In Front Of Other People'
6 ноя 2024 :
2 окт 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Says His Autobiography Addresses 'A Lot Of Unanswered MEGADETH Questions'
17 сен 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN On The Possibility Of Him Rejoining MEGADETH: 'I Don't Think That's Realistic'
3 сен 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Will Stay Out On The Road 'For A Long, Long Time' In Support Of His New Solo Album 'Drama'
19 июл 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Plays His Favourite Riffs From RAMONES, THE RUNAWAYS, KISS, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT And More (Video)
14 июл 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN's 'Dreaming Japanese' Autobiography Cover Unveiled
10 июл 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Hasn't Listened To MEGADETH's 'Risk' Album Since It Was Recorded
7 июл 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'Key To Living Happily Outside Your Home Country Is Realizing That You Will Never 'Belong' To Another Culture'
17 июн 2024 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Says His Upcoming Autobiography Will Include Things That He Has 'Never Said' And 'Couldn't Say' In The Media

8 мар 2023

MARTY FRIEDMAN Doesn't Mind KISS Using Backing Tracks During Live Concerts, Says Fans Shouldn't 'Concentrate On Those Things'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman says that he has no issue with singers who lip sync during their concerts.

In recent years, more and more artists have been given a pass for relying on pre-recorded tracks, drum triggers and other assorted technology that makes concerts more synthetic but also more consistent. For better or worse, pre-recorded tracks are becoming increasingly common for touring artists of all levels and genres and they're not just used in pop music — many rock artists utilize playback tracks to varying degrees.

Friedman addressed some rock acts' reliance on pre-recorded tracks in a Cameo video message requested by the Syncin' Stanley YouTube channel. Asked for his opinion on singers like KISS's Paul Stanley reportedly using backing tracks for their lead vocals, the guitarist said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Who cares? I don't really know anything about that side of it — I don't know if he does or if he doesn't — but if you're caring about lip syncing and things that are going on, you can't go to any gigs anymore because even gigs at the… indie bands are doing all kinds of stuff with tracks and click tracks and adding vocals and adding choruses and adding keyboards. So when you talk about bands that are playing arenas and stadiums, they are doing so much stuff that wasn't around in the original days of KISS. So if you get pissed off about something like lip syncing, then you can't go to anything anymore; you really can't. And it's singing. Singing in KISS, I mean, it's not like you're going to see Celine Dion or something where you really give a shit how many octaves someone can sing. KISS is so many more things than just singing.

"I think people who are bagging on anyone for lip syncing or running tracks or any of that stuff… What are you gonna do? It's 2023," Friedman continued. "Technology has allowed things to happen and things to evolve. And it's not 1976 anymore. Just be glad that a band that you like is still doing something that you can go see or not go see. So I would just say don't concentrate on those things. Concentrate on the joy that you originally got from the band, and whether you wanna go see them now or not see them now, that's cool. But you've just gotta give thanks, man. These guys [Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons] gave their lives — decades and decades. They could have been on the beach; they could have been hanging around. But what were they doing? They were doing in-stores and they were doing meet-and-greets and they were doing soundchecks and they were doing gigs and traveling — all that stuff… They're, like, in their 70s now, so you've gotta give it up to those guys. And they have my ultimate respect."

Stanley, who has been struggling to hit the high notes in many of KISS's classic songs for a number of years, has been accused of singing to a backing tape on KISS's ongoing "End Of The Road" tour.

Back in 2015, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons slammed bands who used backing tapes for not being honest enough to include that fact on their concert tickets.

"I have a problem when you charge $100 to see a live show and the artist uses backing tracks," Simmons said. "It's like the ingredients in food. If the first ingredient on the label is sugar, that's at least honest. It should be on every ticket — you're paying $100, 30 to 50 percent of the show is [on] backing tracks and they'll sing sometimes, sometimes they'll lip sync. At least be honest. It's not about backing tracks, it's about dishonesty.

"There's nobody with a synthesizer on our stage, there's no samples on the drums, there's nothing," Gene continued. "There's very few bands who do that now — AC/DC, METALLICA, us. I can't even say that about U2 or THE [ROLLING] STONES. There's very few bands who don't use [backing] tracks."

Last month, KISS's longtime manager Doc McGhee defended Stanley's vocal performance on "End Of The Road", explaining that the "Star Child" "fully sings to every song" at every concert. He explained: It's enhanced. It's just part of the process to make sure that everybody hears the songs the way they should be sang to begin with. Nobody wants to hear people do stuff that's not real, that's not what they came to hear."

When McGhee was asked to clarify if he was "actually saying there are backing tracks that [Paul is] singing to," Doc said: "He'll sing to tracks. It's all part of a process. Because everybody wants to hear everybody sing. But he fully sings to every song."

In March 2020, SHINEDOWN guitarist Zach Myers said that "90 percent" of rock artists use at least some pre-recorded tracks during their live performances. He told Rock Feed: "It bothers me that it bothers people. I'm, like, 'Why does this bother you?' It's the way it is. People have been doing this since the '80s. And we want the sound to be the best it can be. Could we go up there, just the four of us, and put on the best rock show ever? Of course. But that's not how we wanna do it."

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has previously said that he is "one of the last people" who are still not using pre-recorded tracks at their live shows. "I don't know how much longer I can say to you that I don't use tapes onstage, because I don't, and I never have," he told Consequence Of Sound. "And I still don't. When I have opening bands, and they're using tapes, and then I come out and I don't use tapes… sometimes, it makes me feel stupid, because I'm like, 'What am I doing, when all these kids half my age can come onstage and do all of my moves, but they don't have to warm up for an hour before the show, or weeks, before the first show?' Sometimes, I'm like, 'Why do I even bother, if the public is so used to this other way?' It's becoming very rare to come see a good band that's actually a real band — that's not miming or doing silly moves while a tape is running. It just becomes more rare as the years go on."

In 2019, IRON MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith said that he doesn't "agree" with certain rock artists relying on pre-recorded tracks during their live performances. "I tell you what, I see it with a lot of younger bands, and I don't think it's a good thing at all," he told the New York Post. "I mean, the music is getting too technical now. You have computerized recording systems, which we use, but I think we use them more for convenience than because we need to. We've toured with a couple bands that use tapes — it's not real. You're supposed to play live; it should be live. I don't agree with using tapes … I think it's a real shame."

One musician who has been open about his band's use of taped vocals during live performances is MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, who said: "We've used technology since '87." He added the group employed "sequencers, sub tones, background vox tracks, plus background singers and us. [MÖTLEY CRÜE also taped] stuff we can't tour with, like cello parts in ballads, etc.... We love it and don't hide it. It's a great tool to fill out the sound."

In a 2014 interview, MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars admitted that he wasn't comfortable with the fact that his band used pre-recorded backing vocals in its live shows, claiming that he preferred to watch groups whose performances are delivered entirely live. "I don't like it," he said. "I think a band like ours… I have to say '60s bands were my favorite — '60s and '70s bands — because they were real, like, three-piece bands or four-piece bands, and they just got up there and kicked it up. Made a mistake? So what? Sounded a little bit empty here or there? So what? It's the bigness and the rawness and the people that developed and wrote the songs and made them and presented them. To me, that's what I really like. I mean, I could put on a MÖTLEY CD and play with it all day long. I don't wanna do that."

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9 мар 2023

NickAfon

жалко что это никому не надо, (общесвто защиты прав потребителей?) но на афише надо крупно внизу писать. например - вокальных партий 30 % подкладка, клавиши и фоны 100 % подкладка. и фэны сами разберутся. что и как.
сейчас это благодатная тема для интервью чтобы написать фридман суппорт lip sincing. сам то марти не хочет пару подкладочек забахать?

9 мар 2023

Alias

Ну здесь мы впереди планеты всей. У нас вся "эстрада" шпарит под фанеру уже лет 30.

9 мар 2023

zombi101

марти да вот хер там в свое время Дио сказал - за фонограмму на концерте надо платить ксерокопиями денег так что на концерт кисс пойду распечатав 20 баксов на принте а че такоова не нравитцо ?

9 мар 2023

R0ck_N_R0lla

если бы вы собирались посмотреть на Селин Дион или кого-то ещё в таком духе, когда вас реально волнует, сколько октав кто-то может взять.
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унатуре, в случае с кисс больше должно волновать сколько слоев макияжа на лицах участников и какие еще товары со своим лого они выпустят