Tracy G

Tracy Grijalva ( born January 3, 1959 in Whittier, California ), also known as Tracy G, is an American heavy metal or fusion guitarist. His parents are from Mexico.

Tracy Grijalva began in early adolescence playing the guitar even though he wanted to be a drummer originally. His parents rented out a guitar for him, to get him to practice. They promised, in the event that he should practice for three months to get him on your own Guitar. At the age of eight he already had his second instrument, own Fender 'Blue Flower' Telecaster. His first job as a guitarist, he held in his father's band.

Tracy noticed especially by the first album of the band World War Three. In the aftermath of the cooperation with the emigrated to Los Angeles, German singer Mandy Lion at World War III for some time put into the band Dio of heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio foot, with whom he released three albums.

Tracy G is currently busy with his solo project The Tracy G Group, as well as with his bands goaded and Epic.

Particularly indicative of the play by Tracy G are the numerous, spectacular sound effects with which he enriched the guitar scene since the 90s.

Discography

• WWIII - Same ( 1990)
• Dio - Strange Highways (1994 )
• Dio - Angry Machines (1996 )
• Dio - Dio 's Inferno The Last in Live (1998)
• Driven - Self Inflicted (2001)
• The Tracy G Group - Same ( 2003)
• The Tracy G Group - Erector Pili (2005)
• Goaded - Same ( 2005)
• Goaded - To Die Is Gain ( 2008)