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BIOGRAPHY-Michael Lee Ostrander
Location-Albuquerque, New Mexico
Style-Shred Metal, Techno Metal and Blues Rock Instrumentals
Endorsed by DiMarzio pickups and Dava picks

Michael is an Instrumental Guitarist with 30 years of Metal/Industrial and Rock Band, Studio, Touring and Live Performance experience , recently signed to MYSTERIA Records

Michaels music has a very unique sound, having the appeal of Shred but avoiding the clichés of the style and forging his own voice on the instrumentThe Unknown Shredders guitar style is unmistakable and unconventional, yet melodic and fast enough to appease fans of Shred without being strictly Neoclassical

The upcoming CD entitled I Shred, Therefore, I Am is Michaels most versatile effort to date, The guitarist is branching out from his Shred Metal roots with a couple of Blues/Rock tunes that have serious grooves and a Non-Metal approach to the solosTheres also a song that captures the sound of Arabic instruments,all done with a guitar and a Whammy pedal

Michael performs Live sans band with backing tracks and has opened for Favored Nations Recording Artist ANDY TIMMONS at a Mesa Boogie/Ibanez performance clinic in Sept 2006 and 80s Metal act GREAT WHITE, which was his 1st show performing as a One-Man Band in the late 90s-Being his first show as a One-Man band Michael didnt know what to expect ,but the 800+ crowd went nutsThey loved it!!!

Michael has also opened for ULI ROTH,MICHAEL SCHENKER and BLUES SARACENO with his former band SYSTEMIC and has been featured in Guitar Player magazine, Guitar 2001 Magazine and on Guitar Nine.com

A New Instrumental CD entitled I Shred, Therefore, I Am is currently being printed and duplicated, scheduled for a Summer 2009 release on MYSTERIA Records

Distribution has just begun being secured around the globe with Japan, New Zealand and Australia ready to assault their country with the One-Man Shred Machines musical offerings

Released in 1998 Michaels 1st Full-Length CD Tomb of the Unknown Shredder garnered tons of plays on the net and a very enthusiastic response on MP3.com, 2 New Mexico Music Industry Coalition Awards, sold close to 2000 CDs independently, as well as some great reviews in the underground fanzine /webzine scene

The New Jersey native,who has resided in Albuquerque since age 16 was described as Joe Satriani on Acid by one author and Andy Timmons was quoted as saying,when he took the stage after Michaels set Wow, Maybe, I should take some lessons from that guy!!

Michael has also been in various Metal bands since arriving on the desert soil, the most notable and recent being SYSTEMIC

The group disbanded in 2004, but not before releasing 2 CDs,playing lots of Live shows and opening for the Guitar heroes mentioned above as well as Motorhead, Drowning Pool, Adema and American Head Charge

Along with making a new CD, Michael is storming the Internet with websites featuring his music for listen and sale and its paying off with 8 Tracks of the Day, 1 Track of the Week and Numerous Reviewers Pick Awards on Garageband.com

Michael was also featured in a column entitled My Space Hordes in GUITAR PLAYER magazines October 2008 issue

www.theunknownshredder.com
www.myspace.com/michaelleeostr ander
www.youtube.com/hd147man
www.davapick.com
www.garageband.com/michaelleeo strander


Contact-Michael Ostrander
3522 Wyoming Blvd NE Apt 101
Albuquerque,NM 87111

E-Mail-unknown shredder@comcast.net