Kyōji Yamamoto

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Kyoji Yamamoto (山本 恭司, Yamamoto Kyōji^?) is the guitarist for Japanese hard rock band Vow Wow, and also has a solo career. He is known to have used the "hammer" (tapping) technique before Eddie Van Halen. In 1986 he was asked by producer Wilfried F. Rimensberger to participate in recordings of Phenomena, the legendary rock music concept started in 1985. He recorded in London and played on several tracks of their Dream Runner album working with artists like Glenn Hughes, John Wetton and Ray Gillen. The album is now regarded a rock music classic.

[edit] Kyoji Yamamoto's (Kyoji Yamamoto's solo project) discography

• Horizon (1980)
• Electric Cinema (1982)
• Guitar Man (1982)
• Mind Arc (1998)
• Requiem (1999)
• Time (2005)

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