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Jason Becker's father, Gary, right, demonstrates the speaking system he invented for Becker in 1996, center, in which he only uses his eyes to make words by moving them to each "square" of letters ...
With dreams of being the next Poison or Whitesnake, two young shred virtuosos took their songwriting to the next level for their 1988 Shrapnel Records classic ...
At the start of the 1990s, young guitarist Jason Becker was riding high, having joined forces with ex-Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth to record what would become Roth's third full-length solo ...
Electric guitar virtuoso Matteo Mancuso is the latest guitarist to link up with Jason Becker, with the pair sharing a moment “that beautifully bridged generations of guitar greatness”.. Becker ...
Jason Becker now composes music by flicking his eyes and blinking over an alphabet board his father invented, painstakingly spelling out each word or note one at a time. With eye-reading software not ...
Jason Becker, with his ex-girlfriend Kristin Kelly, watches the screening of "Not Dead Yet", a documentary that explores the life of the rock guitarist paralyzed by ALS 20 years ago.
Jason Becker brings a whole nother meaning to the overused term “guitar hero.” The Richmond musician was well on his way to stardom in the early ’90s when he landed the prime job as lead ...
Guitarist Jason Becker has returned home from the hospital, where he was receiving treatment for a bacterial infection. Last week, Becker’s mother, Pat Becker, revealed that the iconic guitarist has ...
Jason Becker has gifted young shred sensation Maya Neelakantan one of his guitars after a “very emotional” meeting. Lauded as the “future of heavy metal” by Testament vocalist Chuck Billy ...
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet By the end of Jesse Vile's engaging docu, even those who had never heard of Jason Becker will probably leave as fans.
Earlier this week, Pat Becker, mother of legendary guitarist Jason Becker, revealed that her son has recently been “in constant contact with his doctors” after “experiencing shortness of breath and a ...