Rusty Cooley
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| Born | Houston, Texas |
| Genre(s) | Shred |
| Affiliation(s) | Outworld |
| Notable guitars | Dean Guitars |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Official site | Official Website |
Rusty Cooley is a guitarist from Houston, Texas.
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[edit] Early Life
Rusty received his first equipment (a Peavey T27 guitar and a Peavey Decade amp) on his 15th birthday. From that day on Rusty immersed himself in music, practicing upwards of four hours a day. Rusty took guitar lessons for awhile but became dissatisfied with local guitar instructors and decided to become self-taught. He relied on instructional books and movies like Doug Mark's Metal Method.
After only three years of playing he became a guitar teacher at the music store where he had purchased his first guitar.
After High School Rusty went to the local college and studied Music Theory.
Rusty joined Revolution in 1989 and stayed with them until 1993. During his time with Revolution they became one of the most well known bands in Houston, even opening for bands like: Nitro, Badlands, South Gang, and Every Mother's Nightmare.
Rusty formed a short-lived band called 'Dominion' after he left Revolution. The band broke up in 1995. During this time Rusty won the Guitar Master Series and was named "Best Guitarist" in Houston.
[edit] Solo Work
Rusty was dissatisified with local musicians and began to work on solo music in early-1996. He also began playing 7-string guitars exclusively at this time. His debut solo album Rusty Cooley was released in 2003 on Lion Music.
[edit] Currently
Rusty is a member of Outworld, which he formed in 1997. Outworld released it's debut album on November 13th, 2006.
[edit] Teaching
Rusty has been a guitar instructor since his third year of playing. He has also released five instructional products, done lessons for magazines (such as his Metal Guru column) and posted many lessons on sites such as Shredaholic. In addition to that he has taught for the National Guitar Workshop three times (1996, 1997, 1998) and done many clinics.
[edit] Endorsements
Currently Rusty is endorsed by Dean Guitars, EMG Pickups, Morley pedals, GHS strings, VHT, Rocktron, Eventide and Maxon.
He was previously endorsed by Jackson Guitars and, more recently, Ibanez Guitars.
His Signature Dean Model is scheduled for release at NAMM in early-2007.
[edit] Releases
[edit] Music
- Outworld - Outworld
- Rusty Cooley
- Book of Reflections
- Shawn Lane Remembered Vol. 1
- Warmth in the Wilderness 2 A Tribute to Jason Becker
- Prog Power 4
- Prog Power 3
- The Alchemist
- Fresh Blood Vol. 4
- Lick This
- Guitarapalooza Vol. l
- Ball One Strike One
- Across the Miles
- Revolution 4-song EP
[edit] Instructional Products
- Shred Guitar Manifesto
- Extreme Pentatonics
- The Art of Picking
- Rusty Cooley Performance/Clinic
- Rusty Cooley Performance/Clinic 2
[edit] Television Appearances
- Stay Tuned
- Metallurgy Live
- Metallurgy Unplugged
- World Class Guitar Techniques
- Robb’s Metal Works
