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1 Early life  





2 Influences  





3 Career  





4 Discography  



4.1  Dio  





4.2  Swift Kick  





4.3  Rags  





4.4  WWIII  





4.5  Eightball Cholos  





4.6  Tracy G  





4.7  Tracy G & The B.M.B.  





4.8  Tracy G & Michael Beatty  





4.9  Tracy G & The Starr Track Vatos  





4.10  The Tracy G Group  





4.11  Curly Fester and The Blues Quartet  





4.12  Driven  





4.13  The Mark Bramlett Band  





4.14  Goad-ed  





4.15  Epic  





4.16  Vessyl  





4.17  Ranfa  





4.18  Robot Lords of Tokyo  





4.19  Pain Savior  





4.20  Barking Spider  







5 References  





6 External links  














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Tracy G
Birth nameTracy Grijalva
Born (1959-01-03) January 3, 1959 (age 65)
Whittier, California, U.S.
GenresHeavy metal
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Guitar
Member of
  • Eightball Cholos
  • Goad-ed
  • Formerly of
  • Love/Hate
  • Riff Raff
  • Websitetracyg.com

    Tracy Grijalva (born January 3, 1959), known as Tracy G, is an American heavy metal guitarist best known for his time with Dio from 1993 to 1999.

    Early life

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    Tracy's first band experience was in band called the Grijalva Brothers with his father as member. Growing up he had a few guitar instructors, one of them told him that he would have a hard time playing because "his fingers were too small". Grijalva, being the determined musician that he was, would practice until his fingers hurt.

    Influences

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    Tracy gives credit to Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) and Donny Simmons (Yankee Rose, Stormer)[1] for influencing his playing, especially referring to Simmons as 'his idol'.[2]

    Career

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    He would later play in a variety of bands, including with future member of Great White, Jack Russell. He also put together the bands Love/Hate with singer Jizzy Pearl, and Swift Kick with whom he released an EP "Long Live Rock" in 1984.[3] He would play at almost any club he could find to get his publicity out. He also played with vocalist Rudy Torres and drummer Audie Desbrow (Great White) in Riff Raff, a very popular band around southern California in the early days of hard rock and heavy metal.

    Tracy then joined Dio. In his six years with the band, Tracy G was featured on two studio albums, (Strange Highways and Angry Machines), and one live album (Inferno: Last in Live). He left the band in 1999 when he was asked to play rhythm guitar while Craig Goldy took lead. [citation needed] Dio decided to bring back Goldy, who had played with him on the Dream Evil album.

    Tracy G formed The Tracy G Group, which included Jeremy Masana on bass guitar, Donnie Rodriguez on drums and, respectively, Tracy G on guitar.[4]

    Further, Tracy G is in the band Goad-ed. They have released two album,s and Tracy has released numerous solo albums as well.[5] Tracy is working with members of Barren Cross in a new project called Gale Force. The album is called subhuman and was released in 2021. [citation needed]

    Discography

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    Dio

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    Swift Kick

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    Rags

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    WWIII

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    Eightball Cholos

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    Tracy G

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    Tracy G & The B.M.B.

    [edit]

    Tracy G & Michael Beatty

    [edit]

    Tracy G & The Starr Track Vatos

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    The Tracy G Group

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    Curly Fester and The Blues Quartet

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    Driven

    [edit]

    The Mark Bramlett Band

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    Goad-ed

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    Epic

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    Vessyl

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    Ranfa

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    Special guest in the song "I learned my lesson well"

    Robot Lords of Tokyo

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    Pain Savior

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    Barking Spider

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    References

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    1. ^ Renoff, Gregg (2015). Van Halen Rising. ECW Press.
  • ^ Renoff, Greg (2015). Van Halen Rising. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-77041-263-7.
  • ^ "Tracy G Official Website". www.tracyg.com. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  • ^ "Forever Dio Guitarist Announces New Singer for Goaded". Blabbermouth.net. April 11, 2007.
  • ^ "Tracy G Official Website".
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    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tracy_G&oldid=1181995271"

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