Nick Sterling

Nicholas James Sterling, (born July 18, 1990) is a guitar player and songwriter from Mesa, Arizona. He started learning guitar at the age of 7 years old; by the age of 10, he had released his first CD, Ten.[1] At age 10, he shared a stage with Alice Cooper at a New Year's Eve concert.[2] When he was 13, guitarist Dave Mason expressed admiration for his talent.[3] In 2005 he released his second CD, Life Goes On. Sterling played all the instruments, did the vocals and recorded both CDs himself. His third album Invisible was released in 2010.

Sterling has played with quite a few famous rock musicians and bands, including: Aerosmith, Kid Rock,[4] Cheap Trick, Cinderella, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Gary Hoey, Peter Frampton, Gavin Degraw, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Jackyl, Sebastian Bach, and Guns N' Roses.

Since 2008, he has been a columnist for Modern Guitars Magazine.[5]

On October 12, 2009, Sebastian Bach announced that after a long search he has chosen Sterling to be his new guitar player. Sterling joined Bach on stage for the first time in Helsinki, Finland, on December 12, 2009 when they opened for Alice Cooper.[6][7]

On August 13, 2012, Nick Sterling was fired by Bach after contractual disagreements over fair compensation of songs that Nick and Bach wrote together, that would be performed by Bach on AXS-TV. Bach didn't bend.[8] Bach also stated in a radio interview that Nick was fired for personal reasons involving on-going disagreements.


Solo

  1. Ten (2000) (Desert Dog)
  2. Life Goes On... (2005) (Desert Dog)
  3. Invisible (2010) (Desert Dog)

Sebastian Bach

  1. Kicking & Screaming (2011) (Frontier Records)

References

  1. ↑ Landers, Rick (2006-01-06). "Nick Sterling Interview", Modern Guitars Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  2. ↑ McLennan, Scott (2001-01-04). "Guitar prodigy, age 10, steals the show", Telegram & Gazette, p. C4.
  3. ↑ Molenda, Michael (April 2004). "Dave Mason on Nick Sterling", Guitar Player 38 (4): 176.
  4. ↑ Rodman, Sarah (2002-08-24). "Aerosmith rocks hometown crowd", Boston Herald, p. 27.
  5. ↑ no byline (2008-08-25). "Modern Guitars Launches New Column by Nick Sterling", Modern Guitars Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-12-27.
  6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=153441898346&ref=mf
  7. ↑ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=128615
  8. ↑ http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sebastian_bach_fires_young_guitarist.html

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