Bands are often asked about their influences, and for Ol Drake, lead guitarist of UK thrashers EVILE, this is something he's been getting a lot of since Evile became one of the most talked about modern thrash bands.
Ol explains: "The one thing people always ask me at shows is 'who is your favourite guitarist?' or 'what's your favourite guitar solo?', so I thought I'd make a few videos to show people my favourites, my influences and me just playing what I like to play when I'm messing around on the axe.
Included is work by Jeff Waters (ANNIHILATOR) who was probably the biggest influence to me on guitar, Marty Friedman/MEGADETH who made me re-evaluate my approach to playing rhythm and lead, and KirkHammett (METALLICA) who originally opened me up (ooh matron) to playing lead guitar.
Keep checking back for new videos, I always like to take a quick break from writing to play some old classics!"
Check out videos of Ol playing some of his favorites, below:
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