Anthony Edward Aaron Aedy (born 19 December 1969) is an English guitarist who is best known as the rhythm guitarist of the

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Paradise Lost ''Paradise Lost'' is an Epic poetry, epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The poem concerns the Bible, biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their ex ...

. He founded the band in 1988 alongside Stephen Edmondson, Gregor Mackintosh and

Nick Holmes Nicholas John Arthur Holmes (born 7 January 1971) is an English singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the gothic metal/doom metal band Paradise Lost and Swedish death metal supergroup Bloodbath. Biography Holmes formed Paradise Lost in l ...

. Outside from playing the rhythm guitar, sometimes he plays acoustic guitar on some albums such as '' Shades of God'' and ''

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''. Just like his bandmate Gregor Mackintosh, he is left-handed, but has always played right-handed guitars because they are cheaper than left-handed guitars. He has also remixed the compilation of German

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titled ''The Final Remixes''.

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