- Akira Kajiyama
Infobox musical artist
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Name = Akira Kajiyama
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name =
Born =
Origin = flagicon|Japan Yamaguchi,Japan
Instrument =Guitar
Genre =Hard rock /Heavy metal
Occupation =Guitarist
Associated_acts = Goldbrick
Notable_instruments =Fender Stratocaster nihongo|Akira Kajiyama|梶山 章|Kajiyama Akira|extra= born in Yamaguchi,Japan is a Japanese guitarist who is known for the works withJoe Lynn Turner .Biography
Kajiyama's first commercial band was Precious which was formed by
Mandrake Root Records in 1987 in order to promote him. The band was dissolved after the only full-length album in 1991, and then Kajiyama became regarded as a kind of guitar legend in the Japanese hard rock/heavy metal scene. In 1998, Kajiyama and former Anthem vocalistYukio Morikawa released a tribute album to Rainbow in the name of nihongo|Niji Densetsu |虹伝説, and he got acquainted withJoe Lynn Turner who guested on the album. After that, Turner invited him for his solo album "Under Cover, Vol. 2". Since then Kajiyama has occasionally took part in his albums and Japan tours. Also Kajiyama and Morikawa formed Goldbrick in 2003.tyle
Kajiyama is under the influences of
Richie Blackmore ,Yngwie Malmsteen ,Al Di Meola ,Laurie Wisefield , and so on. He is extremely precise at shredding withalternate picking , what is famous as his style from Precious years, but he proclaims himself never a shredder. He says that the shredding style in Precious years was just requested by Mandrake Root records in order to promote him as a shredder, just same asShrapnel records did at that time.Discography
Precious
*"Crazy For Your Love" (EP, 1987)
*"Blasting Your Head" (EP, 1988)
*"To Glory We Steer" (1991)
*"Early Days" (demo tracks, 1996)
*"Secret Live" (reheasal tracks, 1999)nihongo|Niji Densetsu|虹伝説
*"Niji Densetsu" (1998, re-mastered in 2003)
With
Joe Lynn Turner *"Under Cover, Vol. 2" (1999)
*"Holy Man" (2000)
*"Slam" (2001)Akira Kajiyama + Joe Lynn Turner
*"Fire Without Flame " (2005)With
Hughes Turner Project *"HTP" (2002)
*"Live In Tokyo" (2002)Goldbrick
*"Goldbrick" (2003)
*"Live! Groovy Nights 2003" (2003)
*"Goldbrick II" (2004)
*"Max Body Groove -Goldbrick Live 2005-" (2005)With
Takenori Shimoyama *"Singer" (2006)
External links
* [http://www.akirakajiyama.com/ Official Akira Kajiyama Website]
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