Rocky George
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Rocky George (b. circa 1965 in Culver City, California) is an American heavy metal guitarist best known for being the lead guitarist of Suicidal Tendencies from 1985 to the band's first breakup in 1995. Since then he also played with 40 Cycle Hum and Cro-Mags. He has been a member of Fishbone since 2003.
Rocky had played in a few local bands before joining Suicidal Tendencies in 1985, replacing Grant Estes. His debut with the band was Join the Army. George is largely considered responsible for moving Suicidal Tendencies away from their hardcore punk roots into a more thrash oriented territory. He is also responsible for Robert Trujillo joining the band, who was a high school friend of his.
He is known for his prominent use of the whammy bar and multiple finger tapping (heard on many songs, including Suicidal's "You Can't Bring Me Down"). Rocky actually lost a fingertip after catching it in a door, but decided not to have it reattatched when doctors informed him it would leave the fingertip with no feeling. He felt it would diminish his ability to perform 8 finger tapping.
Rocky has used Ibanez guitars almost exclusively for years (particularly the RG series and Universe 7-strings). He is still endorsed by Ibanez. Despite rumors, however, Rocky did not design the RG series (although he does, as mentioned earlier, play them a lot and has a custom RG). He is also a long time user of Mesa Boogie amplifiers.
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| Mike Muir |
| Mike Clark | Dean Pleasants | Ron Brunner, Jr. | Steve Brunner |
| Former members: Mike Dunnigan | Mike Ball | Grant Estes | Jon Nelson | Rocky George | Andrew Evans | Louiche Mayorga | Bob Heathcote | Robert Trujillo | Josh Paul | Sean Dunnigan | Amery Smith | R. J. Herrera | Jimmy DeGrasso | Brooks Wackerman |
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| Albums and EPs: Suicidal Tendencies | Join the Army | How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today | Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu | Lights...Camera...Revolution! | Art of Rebellion | Still Cyco After All These Years | Suicidal for Life | Six the Hard Way (EP) | Freedumb | Free Your Soul and Save My Mind |
| Compilations: F.N.G. | Prime Cuts |
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