# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marty-friedman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:06:58.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marty-friedman"
name: "Marty Friedman"
slug: "marty-friedman"
description: "Martin Adam Friedman  is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 until 1989, as well as his 13 solo albums and tours. Friedman has resided in Tokyo since 2003, where he has appeared on over 700 Japanese television programs such as Rock Fujiyama, Hebimeta-san, Kōhaku Uta Gassen and Jukebox English. He has released albums with several record labels, including Avex Trax, Universal, EMI, Prosthetic, and Shrapnel Records."
tagline: "American guitarist"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1962-12-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump