Micheal Romeo is an American guitarist for the metal band Symphony X. People tend to tie them to the progressive metal genre for their often melodic sound and use of symphonic styles of music. Micheal Romeo started with music when he was ten years old with piano lessons and also played the clarinet. But it wasn't until hearing a Kiss album that he quickly picked up guitar.
In 1994, Symphony X released their self-titled debut album which many fans don't really call it Symphony X since it doesn't have vocalist Russell Allen who fans consider to make up the Symphony X sound, a long side with Romeo. Romeo used an Esp M-II guitar for majority of Symphony X years until recently switching to Caparison guitars having his own custom Michael Romeo guitar. His preferred amplifier in studios is Engl fireball and SE E670 series, but he is seen using other like Marshall and Madison and even Triple Rectifier Mesa Boogies.
Michael's solo album "The Dark Chapter" consists of nine songs that Romeo produced him. It essentially revolves around themes created through stories and poems by writer Edgar Allen Poe. Songs like the "Masque of Red Death" and "The Cask of Amontillado." Even the album art uses themes like the raven from Poe's poem and a pendulum guitar from Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum." This guy has serious talent.
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He's repetitive,has no feeling,looks like a tool,plays corny music,and is to old and ugly to play guitar good.He looks like a rip off of other guitarists and sounds like it too IMO.
ReplyDeleteI would like to hear some of his stuff. Do you have the album?
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