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ETHAN BROSH
to use it.
I understand you’re in a band called Burning
Heat.
I have two main bands – one is my instrumental
band, which is the Ethan Brosh Band, which is the band
I’ll be playing with in Philadelphia, and then another
band with a singer, called Burning Heat. So it’s two different projects.
By Lady Spitfire
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his interview came about because of my friends
Nina and Gary Rump, the people who operate
the Legendary Dobbs nightclub in Philadelphia, “where
legends are discovered”. Ethan Brosh was direct support
for Jake E. Lee’s Red Dragon Cartel on December 3, and
this interview was broadcast live on my show Livewire
with Lady Spitfire on Thanksgiving Night in advance of
the show.
One unfortunate technical note: The first couple of
minutes of the recorded interview ended up “lost”, but
as the recording begins Ethan was starting to describe
how he first met Jake E. Lee.
Just to give you a little bit of background Ethan
Brosh is a heavy metal guitarist from Boston, Massachusetts. Ethan is best known for his solo work and for
his work as the lead guitarist in the band Burning Heat.
Growing up in Israel, at a very young age Ethan
took piano lessons briefly after being inspired by classical music and classical composer Bach. He later became
intrigued by hearing his brothers cassette tape of Iron
Maiden album Number of the Beast at the age of 11 and
picked up classical and electric guitar at age 12
Ethan moved to the United States in 2001 where
he became a student at the Berklee College of MusicHe
graduated with honors in 2004 and then returned as a
teacher in 2008 and 2009
Ethan was signed to Magna Carta Records which
released his debut instrumental album “Out of Oblivion” and distributed it worldwide on March 24, 2009.
The album features Mike Mangini (Dream Theater, Extreme, Steve Vai) on drums and guest appearances by
George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob), Greg Howe (Michael Jackson) and Joe Stump (Holy Hell).[ The album
was mixed and mastered by Chris Tsangarites (Judas
Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen).
Additionally he was the guitar player of the band
Angels of Babylon along with Rhino (Manowar, Holy
Hell), David Fefolt (Forgotten Realm, Valhalla) and David Ellefson (Megadeth). The debut album, “Kingdom
of Evil” was released on January, 29th 2010 on Metal
Heaven Records in Europe, In May 2010 on Hydrant
Records in Japan, And on July 29 on BurnHill Union
Records in America and the rest of the world. Angels
of Babylon was featured in several magazines including Burrn! magazine in Japan and as a result Ethan was
interviewed/featured in the June issue of Young Guitar
magazine in Japan.
Ethan is known for his love of vintage 1980s amplifiers and guitars such as the Washburn EC29, BC Rich
Gunslinger and ADA MP1 PreampIn more recent years
Ethan has been exclusively playing through the ISP
Technologies Theta amp in all its different versions.
In June 2012, Brosh released a mu ͥ