Guthrie Govan (; born 27 December 1971) is an English guitarist and guitar teacher, known for his work with the bands the Aristocrats,

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and the Fellowship, as well as his solo project Erotic Cakes. More recently, he has collaborated with

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and

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. He is a noted guitar teacher, working with the UK magazine ''Guitar Techniques'', Guildford's Academy of Contemporary Music, Lick Library, and formerly the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. Govan was named "Guitarist of the Year" by '' Guitarist'' magazine in 1993.

Biography

Govan began playing guitar aged three, encouraged by his father, but initially learning mainly by ear. His father taught him three chords first, and introduced him to his record collection. Govan began listening to 1950s rock 'n' roll artists such as

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and Little Richard, and later

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, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and AC/DC, among others. He worked out chords and solos from listening to the records. Half-Scottish, Govan was also heavily influenced by

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, a Scottish guitarist best known for his work with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. At the age of nine, Govan and his brother Seth played guitar on a

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programme called Ace Reports. At secondary school he was exposed, via older classmates, to " shred" guitarists of the time. His first electric guitar was a

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, which he keeps at home. Guthrie Govan

After leaving school, Govan studied English at St Catherine's College at

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. He dropped out after a year to pursue a career in music. Govan states that he was torn between continuing his studies or focusing on becoming a musician; he ultimately decided to concentrate on the latter. Around this time, (by Govan's own estimation, 1991) he sent demos of his work to

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of Shrapnel Records. Varney was impressed and offered him a record deal. Govan declined, despite initiating contact in the first place. He explained that: "it was as though all I really wanted to know was that I was good enough ��I found I was getting a bit weary of the shred movement."Neville Martin, 'Guthrie Govan: Artist Interview', ''Guitar Techniques'', November 2006, pp. 14–15 In 1993, he won '' Guitarist'' magazine's "Guitarist of the Year" competition with his instrumental piece "Wonderful Slippery Thing." A version of this song was included on his debut solo album. The demo of the track earned him a place amongst several other entrants in the live final, which he then won. In the meantime, Govan hit upon the idea of transcribing music from records professionally, and submitted the most technically difficult piece he could think of (a

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transcription) to '' Guitar Techniques'' magazine. This earned him a job as a contributor to the magazine, ending a spell working in fast food.

Guitar teaching

Govan has since worked with ''Guitar Techniques'', providing transcriptions of songs, including his own track Wonderful Slippery Thing. Since the late 1990s, Govan has taught at the Guitar Institute in Acton, Thames Valley University, and the Academy of Contemporary Music. He formerly taught at Brighton Institute of Modern Music, and is invited to teach in seminars, masterclasses and clinics all around the world. In this context, he is known for his ability to teach a wide range of styles. Govan has published two books on guitar playing: ''Creative Guitar Volume 1: Cutting Edge Techniques'' and ''Creative Guitar Volume 2: Advanced Techniques.''

Asia, GPS and the Young Punx

Govan began his involvement with Asia playing on the album '' Aura,'' after the band was unable to secure the services of their first two choices for guest guitarists:

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or Steve Lukather. Govan explained that he was then chosen as an "affordable" option for the band, which had not experienced recent chart success. With his work on the album complete, Govan was added to the Asia line-up for the tour to support the new album. He wrote an instrumental song, Bad Asteroid, which itself was based on material from Govan's early 1990s demo. He went on to play on the band's 2004 album '' Silent Nation''. Guthrie govan

In 2006, Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes decided to reform the band with its original 3 members. Govan and two other band members, bassist/singer John Payne and Jay Schellen, along with keyboardist Erik Norlander continued under the name Asia Featuring John Payne. Govan left in mid-2009. He was replaced by virtuoso guitarist Mitch Perry, known for his work with Cher,

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, and the Michael Schenker Group. Since Govan's departure from Asia featuring John Payne, they have gone on to considerable international success. Payne, Govan and Schellen also formed

(named after the members' initials), and after the addition of Ryo Okumoto on keyboards the band released the album ''Window to the Soul'' (2006). Most of the material on that album was written for a proposed Asia album, but was scrapped by Geoff Downes when he reunited the original line-up of Asia. Govan performs on a number of tracks on ''Your Music Is Killing Me'', the debut album of UK electronic dance music act

and is part of their live act. He also appears in the music video for their track Rockall. Govan has played live guitar for

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, including a performance on Later With Jools Holland.

Erotic Cakes and the Fellowship

Govan's debut solo album, ''Erotic Cakes'', was released through Cornford Records in August 2006. In the album's sleeve notes, Govan states the album is a Simpsons reference (From the Episode " Treehouse of Horror VI"); he also explains that when playing live, the band is billed as Erotic Cakes rather than simply Guthrie Govan.''Erotic Cakes'', Cornford Records, 2006 In addition to bass by Govan's brother Seth and drumming by Pete Riley, the album features guitar solos by

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(whose Los Angeles studio was used to record the guitar tracks on the album) on Ner Ner and Bumblefoot on Rhode Island Shred respectively. Seth Govan and Pete Riley also complete the Erotic Cakes live band. Previous versions of Waves and Rhode Island Shred appeared on the compilation ''Guitar on the Edge, Vol 1. no.4'' (Legato Records, 1993). A version of his Guitarist of the Year winning piece, Wonderful Slippery Thing appears on the album. While this is his first album, Govan had been collaborating with drummer Pete Riley on the music since the mid-1990s. Govan faced a set-back after the albums were produced when several thousand copies of ''Erotic Cakes'' were stolen during a warehouse robbery and were never recovered, but the record company said that "if the thieves can sell all of the records they have a job here with us". The Erotic Cakes band line up, with the addition of saxophonist Zak Barrett, also forms jazz-fusion band the Fellowship. The band used to play at the Bassment club in Chelmsford, Essex, every Thursday night and did so for several years. They continue to play at the Bassment club to this day, normally just two or three times a year. Guthrie Govan The Aristrocrats

The Aristocrats

In late 2011, Govan announced a new tour with a new band the Aristocrats, featuring

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on bass and

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on drums. Their self-titled debut album was released worldwide in September 2011, followed by

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in 2013. In January 2015 The Aristocrats released their second live CD/DVD

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through all official channels and a very special so-called official self-released bootleg double CD Secret Show - Live in Osaka, which was available only in their own webstore and during the live concerts at the merchandise table. The band's third official studio album, Tres Caballeros, was released on 23 June 2015. In March 2019 The Aristocrats recorded their fourth studio album ( You Know What...?) in the Brotheryn Studios (Ojai, CA), which was released 28 June 2019. Most recently, the band toured around North America in 2022, and is scheduled to tour in Asia and Europe in 2023.

Steven Wilson

Govan was the lead guitarist in

's band, performing on '' The Raven That Refused to Sing'', '' Hand. Cannot. Erase.'', and '' 4½'', and was a full-time touring musician for Wilson's band until April 2015. Govan left the band because of touring priorities with the Aristocrats whose touring schedule was clashing with Wilson's. Govan recommended Dave Kilminster as his replacement.

Hans Zimmer

Since 2016 Guthrie Govan is also the lead guitarist in ''Hans Zimmer Live'' live band and has toured the world with this ensemble. Zimmer found Govan on YouTube where he saw Govan play a fretless guitar. After some messages were exchanged on Govan's official Facebook page (Govan thought he was dealing with an imposter first, until Zimmer sent him his private phone number and asked Govan to call him), he became part of the live band. In addition, he has contributed to a number of Hans Zimmer soundtracks such as ''The Boss Baby'' (2017), ''X-Men: Dark Phoenix'' (2019), ''The Lion King'' (2019), and ''Dune'' (2021).

Other Projects

In 2013, Govan held a guitar workshop with Paul Gilbert. He is also one of the guest stars on

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's album ''Intermezzo'', released in November 2013. Govan was also a guest guitarist on one song, '' Electric in My Veins'', in Nick Johnston's solo album, ''In a Locked Room on the Moon'' Govan was a guest guitar soloist in the song "Have a Blast" by Periphery. In 2016, Govan played alongside

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and

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in G3 2016 touring across Europe. The trek made its way through Italy and Germany and featured support from Mike Keneally on guitar, keyboards and vocals as well as Govan's band, the Aristocrats: bassist

and drummer

Solo tours and guitar masterclasses

Since 2015 Guthrie Govan has been undertaking more frequently solo tours, mostly in Asia where he has a lot of fans requesting him to perform live. He has toured extensively since then (when there were no tours scheduled with The Aristocrats or Hans Zimmer) across India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, South Korea & Japan. In India he has been using in his band drummer Gino Banks and protege bass player

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, both high profiled players in India. For concerts in Japan he relies on protege drummer Senri Kawaguchi, keyboard player Akira Ishiguro and bassist

. During tours in Russia he teamed up with bassist Anton Davidyants and Hungarian drummer Gergo Borlai. Govan is also a very in-demand clinician, often undertaking specialised guitar masterclasses around the globe.

Influences and technique

Govan's earliest influences were Jimi Hendrix and Cream-era Eric Clapton; as such he describes himself as coming from a "blues rock background". While he is "wary" of 1980s technique driven guitar music ("shred") he cites the imagination of

(as well as Frank Zappa, with whom Vai played) and the passion of

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. Jazz and fusion elements are an important part of his style: he cites Joe Pass, Allan Holdsworth, Jeff Beck and

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as pivotal influences in this respect. He also admires a lot of modern guitar players with different styles such as

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and

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. Although a very able player in a diversity of styles, Govan has a distinct playing style typically characterised by long, smooth runs often using chromatic notes to "fill in gaps", his fast and fluid tapping up and down the neck, funky slapping, and occasional use of extreme effects. Govan has said that the guitar is simply a "typewriter" for getting a musical message across. Due to his experience in listening to music and working out riffs, Govan states that he is often able to visualise playing in his head without even playing and said that he pretty much has all of the notes in his head before writing something or learning to play something to produce the sounds that he wants.

Equipment

An overview of all past and current gear Guthrie Govan uses. In October 2012, Govan was seen using a

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guitar on tour. It was later confirmed to be a (koa) prototype. Govan stated in January 2013 that he and Suhr parted ways officially. In July 2013, Charvel made it official that they had joined forces with Govan, who had been using their guitars for a few months. Govan's model sported a caramelised basswood body, birdseye maple top, a caramelised maple neck, Sperzel locking tuners, custom pick-ups by Michael Frank-Braun and a custom in-house developed (floating) tremolo bridge similar in design to a Floyd Rose, but without fine-tuners. In January 2014 at the NAMM Show, Charvel officially introduced the Charvel USA Guthrie Govan Signature Model in two versions: one with a Birdseye Maple top and the other with a Flame Maple top, both equipped with custom pickups. In 2017 Charvel added a newer lighter baked Ash body signature model to the GG-signature models and upgraded the former models with a single coil-humbucker switch. In the past he has used

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: three different Guthrie Govan Signature Model guitars, three custom Standards, a Modern 24-fret model, a Classic and Classic T. Before becoming a

endorser he used a PRS guitar, as seen in many instructional videos from his early career. Govan used a Strandberg 8-string while on tour with

. He also plays a Vigier fretless guitar (not endorsed). Since 2013, Govan has started using amplifiers designed and produced by Victory Amplification for both Steven Wilson and the Aristocrats tours. He has been working closely with designer Martin Kidd (who was originally the brain behind the Cornford amps) getting the V30 and V30 Mk II made the way he likes a tube amp to sound. Since 2013, Govan has been taking his carry-on V30 across the globe. For the Hans Zimmer tours, Govan uses a Kemper profiler, because with an orchestra on stage and using in-ears it is not advised to blast loud noises through a cabinet. In the past, Govan also has used Cornford amps. The sleeve notes of ''Erotic Cakes'' state he has used an RK100, MK50 and Hellcat. On the European tour of 2010 and 2011 he played Brunetti amplifiers (CustomWork Mercury 50) like his friend Dave Kilminster. With "The Aristocrats" he was using Suhr Badger 30 amps live, as well as a CAA PT-100 and the Badger 30 on the debut album. Guthrie Govan, as stated before, uses his beloved Victory V30 MkII amplifier but to get the desired tone he prefers to use 4 x 12 cabinets with Celestion V30 Vintage speakers inside, slightly having a preference for cabinets made by Mesa (for the thick wood), Orange, Bogner. Mid 2022 Guthrie stopped using real amps for live shows. Govan has been an analog fan concerning pedals, but for a few years (since 2016) he has been moving towards using a Fractal FX-8 live on tours. The small footprint makes it easier traveling for a musician and the current digital solution comes extremely close to the former analog experiences. Since mid 2022 Guthrie has changed his performance live gear to a Fractal FM9 (FX and amp simulator) and no longer uses any amplifier but only a powered monitor. This is an all digital switch. As of October 2018 Govan used D'Addario NYXL 10-46 guitar strings. Before he was a Rotosound endorsed artist. "NYXL's last longer, are brighter and last for four shows", Guthrie said. Updates from Guthrie since mid July 2020. Guthrie switched from 10's to 11's.

Discography

Solo albums

*'' Erotic Cakes'' (2006)

JTC backing tracks album

*'' West Coast Grooves'' (2013)

With Asia

* '' Aura'' (2001) * ''America: Live in the USA'' (2003, 2CD & DVD) * '' Silent Nation'' (2004)

With the Aristocrats

Studio albums *'' The Aristocrats'' (2011) *''

'' (2013) *'' Tres Caballeros'' (2015) *'' You Know What...?'' (2019) Live albums *''

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'' (2012) *''

'' (2015) *'' Secret Show: Live in Osaka'' (2015)

With Steven Wilson

*'' The Raven That Refused to Sing'' (2013) *'' Hand. Cannot. Erase.'' (2015) *'' 4½'' (2016)

With GPS

*''Window to the Soul'' (2006) *''Live in Japan'' (2006)

Collaborations and guest solos

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– ''Periphery II: This Time It's Personal'' (guitar solo on "Have a Blast") (2012) * Various Artists – Jason Becker's Not Dead Yet! (Live in Haarlem) (2012) *

– ''Symbolic Fox'' (2012) *Docker's Guild - The Mystic Technocracy – ''Season 1: The Age of Ignorance'' (2012) * Richard Hallebeek – ''Richard Hallebeek Project II: Pain in the Jazz'', (2013), Richie Rich Music *

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– '' Freak Guitar: The Smorgasbord'', (2013), Favored Nations * Nick Johnston – ''In a Locked Room on the Moon'' (2013) *Nick Johnston – ''Atomic Mind'' - Guest Solo on track "Silver Tongued Devil"(2014) * Lee Ritenour – ''6 String Theory'' (2010), Fives, with

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– ''Explorations'' (guitar solo on "Screaming Head") (2014) * Dewa Budjana - ''Zentuary'' (2016) - (Guest Solo on track "Suniakala") *

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'' (2017) * Nad Sylvan - ''The Bride Said No'' (second guitar solo on "What Have You Done") (2017) * Jason Becker – '' Triumphant Hearts'' (guitar solo on "River of Longing") (2018) *

– ''Wired for Madness'' (guitar solo on "Off the Ground") (2019) * Yiorgos Fakanas Group - ''The Nest .. Live in Athens'' (guitar) (2019) *

- ''Scenes From The Flood'' (guitar on the song Sweet Water) (2019) *

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- '' Namah'' (guitar on the song "I Can See You") (2019) * DarWin - ''A Frozen War'' (Solos on 'Nightmare of My Dreams' and 'Eternal Life') (2020) * ANYWHEREDOOR - ''Observables'' (All guitars on 'Too Phart Gone') (2021)

Movie soundtracks

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'' -

OST - Guitar, Banjo, Koto (2017) *'' X-Men: Dark Phoenix'' -

OST - Guitars (2019) *'' The Lion King 2019'' -

OST - Guitars (2019) *'' Xperiments from Dark Phoenix'' -

- Guitars (2019) *'' Dune'' -

- Guitars (2021)

References

External links

Guthrie Govan Official Facebook pageCornford Records on Myspace
Samples of the debut album
A YouTube clip of Govan improvising
Sample of his fusion-jazz style
Another YouTube clip of Govan improvising
Bluesy style showcasing Govan's string overbends to create melody
Official Aristocrats Band Site
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