User:Modulusmaximus/Greg Marra

Gregory Joseph Marra (born June 5, 1972 in Butler, Pennsylvania USA) is an American guitarist based out of Los Angeles. He has traveled the United States extensively performing guitar instructional clinics on behalf of Dimarzio pickups and Xotic Effects. Other sponsors also include Egnater Amps, Delaney Guitars, and Curt Mangan strings. Greg was featured in the May 2005 issue of Guitar Player magazine in Mike Varney's (Shrapnel Records) Spotlight column. In 2009 Delaney Guitars released a custom signature Greg Marra guitar designed in cooperation with Greg based on specs from some of his favorite guitars over the years. Greg's first record "Collective Disorder" came out in 2005. and has been broadcast all over the world. Greg enlisted Atma Anur (Shrapnel Records) on drums, as well as Jeff Bowders (Paul Gilbert Band) on drums, Bjorn Englen (Yngwie Malmsteen) on bass, Joey Heredia (L.A. Session Legend) on drums to accompany him while supporting Collective Disorder. Greg is working on his second self-titled album at his home studio "The Man Cave" with Ray Luzier (Korn, David Lee Roth) on drums, Andrew Freeman (The Offspring, Lynch Mob) on vocals, Philip Bynoe (Steve Vai Band) on bass, Joey Heredia on drums, and Jimmy D'Anda (Bulletboys) on drums. The album will be released in the fall of 2010.