Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda (born August 5, 1955) is an American musician best known as a guitarist of the heavy metal band

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. He was a member of the band's classic lineup.

Career

In the early 1970s he recorded a couple of singles with a band called SPX, with Alan Diaz, Charlie Mercado and Frank Lopez. He joined Twisted Sister in 1975, becoming one of the band's classic members along with

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, Mark Mendoza and AJ Pero. He played on each of the band's first five albums before their first breakup in 1988. In 1989 he started the band

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. He also recorded a solo album named ''Axes To Axes'' in 2005 featuring

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and

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among others. In a 2006 interview with rock & roll comic C.C. Banana, Eddie revealed if Twisted Sister ever retired that it would still be possible for the band to continue performing under their alternate name Bent Brother. Eddie, along with other popular rock guitarists in the mid-80's, performed in the Hear 'n Aid project, launched by

, which had a similar goal as both Band Aid and

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. He rejoined Twisted Sister when the classic lineup reunited in 2003, playing on two more albums with the group, Still Hungry (2004) and A Twisted Christmas (2006). Eddie toured with Steve Steinman on the "

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" tour in late 2007. Following Pero's death in 2015, Ojeda embarked on Twisted Sister's farewell tour which concluded in 2016.

Equipment

Eddie is best known for his custom black/red "bullseye" guitar. In an interview, he explained that the bullseye was part of the original design of the Twisted Sister logo. The first version of the guitar was manufactured by

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in the 1980s. Eddie's current version is by Wayne Guitars, a company founded by Charvel's former owner, Wayne Charvel. He also uses a red/white bullseye Kramer USA 1984 Reissue. There has been much debate on whether or not

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stole Eddie's bullseye design for his guitars. According to an interview, Eddie never talked to Zakk about it. Furthermore, Zakk claims that his bullseye graphic was actually a mistake by the paint shop; it was originally going to be a spiral reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's film ''

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''.

Personal life

According to

, in the 1970s, Ojeda underwent throat surgery, which inspired the 1982 Twisted Sister song "Under the Blade". In 2019 he underwent surgery for a ruptured disk. In May 2019, in an interview with "22 Now", Ojeda said he would be relocating to Nashville.

Solo discography

* :es:Axes 2 Axes

References

External links

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Eddie Ojeda MySpace page
with C.C. Banana (July 30, 2006)
Eddie Ojeda interview on Maximum Threshold (w/ Domonic Rini and Dan Wingfield) June 23, 2007The History of Scarecrow
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