Tracy G
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| Birth name | Tracy Grijalva |
| Born | January 3, 1959 Whittier, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Heavy metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
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| Website | tracyg |
Tracy Grijalva (born January 3, 1959), known as Tracy G, is an American heavy metal guitarist best known for his time with Dio from 1993 to 1999.
Early life[edit]
Tracy's first band experience was in band called the Grijalva Brothers with his father as member. Growing up he had a few guitar instructors, one of them told him that he would have a hard time playing because "his fingers were too small". Grijalva, being the determined musician that he was, would practice until his fingers hurt.
Influences[edit]
Tracy gives credit to Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) and Donny Simmons (Yankee Rose, Stormer)[1] for influencing his playing, especially referring to Simmons as 'his idol'.[2]
Career[edit]
He would later play in a variety of bands, including with future member of Great White, Jack Russell. He also put together the bands Love/Hate with singer Jizzy Pearl, and Swift Kick with whom he released an EP "Long Live Rock" in 1984.[3] He would play at almost any club he could find to get his publicity out. He also played with vocalist Rudy Torres and drummer Audie Desbrow (Great White) in Riff Raff, a very popular band around southern California in the early days of hard rock and heavy metal.
Tracy then joined Dio. In his six years with the band, Tracy G was featured on two studio albums, (Strange Highways and Angry Machines), and one live album (Inferno: Last in Live). He left the band in 1999 when he was asked to play rhythm guitar while Craig Goldy took lead. [citation needed] Dio decided to bring back Goldy, who had played with him on the Dream Evil album.
Tracy G formed The Tracy G Group, which included Jeremy Masana on bass guitar, Donnie Rodriguez on drums and, respectively, Tracy G on guitar.[4]
Further, Tracy G is in the band Goad-ed. They have released two album,s and Tracy has released numerous solo albums as well.[5] Tracy is working with members of Barren Cross in a new project called Gale Force. The album is called subhuman and was released in 2021. [citation needed]
Discography[edit]
Dio[edit]
- Strange Highways (1993)
- Angry Machines (1996)
- Inferno: Last in Live (1998)
- Live in London, Hammersmith Apollo 1993
Swift Kick[edit]
- Long Live Rock (1984)
Rags[edit]
- Tear 'Em Up (1988; re-released in 2003)
WWIII[edit]
- WWIII (1990)
Eightball Cholos[edit]
- Satan's Whore (1996)
Tracy G[edit]
- The G Factory (1997)
- Compilation Volume I (1999)
- Baron Von Troglenstein (1999)
- A Spooky G X-Mas (2001)
- Katt Gutt (2001)
- Deviating From the Set List (2002)
- Grijalva (2007)
- A Frosty G Christmas (2009)
Tracy G & The B.M.B.[edit]
- Watch Out for The Cucui (1999)
Tracy G & Michael Beatty[edit]
- Me, Myself, and The Rain (1999)
Tracy G & The Starr Track Vatos[edit]
- Stripper Bootleg Live (2002)
The Tracy G Group[edit]
- The Tracy G Group (2003)
- Erector Pili (2006)
- Controlled Chaos (2011)
- Tramp (2017)
Curly Fester and The Blues Quartet[edit]
- ...Live Sessions (2003)
Driven[edit]
- Work in Progress (1999)
- Citizen X (1999)
- Driven (2000)
- Self Inflicted (2001)
The Mark Bramlett Band[edit]
- Fast Women and Slow Horses (2000)
Goad-ed[edit]
- Goad-ed (2005)
- To Die is Gain (2008)
Epic[edit]
- Metaphor (2006)
Vessyl[edit]
- Freakz Unite (2007)
Ranfa[edit]
- Little hard blues (2007)
Special guest in the song "I learned my lesson well"
Robot Lords of Tokyo[edit]
- Virtue & Vice (2012)
Pain Savior[edit]
- Dead Weight on a Dying Planet (2013)
Barking Spider[edit]
- Warrior by Night (single) (2014)
References[edit]
- ^ Renoff, Gregg (2015). Van Halen Rising. ECW Press.
- ^ Renoff, Greg (2015). Van Halen Rising. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-77041-263-7.
- ^ "Tracy G Official Website". www.tracyg.com. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
- ^ "Forever Dio Guitarist Announces New Singer for Goaded". Blabbermouth.net. April 11, 2007.
- ^ "Tracy G Official Website".
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