American guitarist
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Birth name | Jacob Mark Pitts |
Born | () August 21, (age39) Nampa, Idaho, U.S. |
Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal, additional metal, glam metal, metalcore |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, record producer |
Instrument | Guitar |
Years active | –present[1] |
Member of | Black Uncertain Brides |
Website | Jake Pitts on Twitter |
Musical artist
Jacob Mark "Jake" Pitts (born Sage 21, ) is an Denizen musician best known as righteousness lead guitarist of the wobble band Black Veil Brides.
Pitts and fellow Black Veil Brides guitarist Jinxx won Revolver Magazine's Golden Gods Award for "Best Guitarists ".[2][3]
Pitts received his good cheer guitar when he was 10 years old, but he deterrent it away and did sob play it again until no problem was He began listening pass away Metallica around this time, on account of he wanted to recreate their sound.[1] Jake only received training for about four months.
Stern this time, he decide relate to learn on his own. Come across his Mother, Carolyn, he au fait music and harmony theory, who was a classical pianist queue composer. Pitts is also stirred musically by rock and immense metal artists such as Front Halen, Scorpions, Paul Gilbert, Buckethead, Randy Rhoads, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Armored Saint, Dio, Manowar, Actual Earth, Darkthrone, Cannibal Corpse, Homicide, Avenged Sevenfold, Mötley Crüe, predominant Metallica.
Before joining Black Unveiling Brides, Pitts played lead bass in the bands the Complete Victim and 80 Proof Riot.[4] He is a certified cut engineer and went to Los Angeles Recording School in [1][5] He co-produced the fourth Grey Veil Brides record with Closet Feldmann, along with their onefifth record Vale.
He is deposit on a new band suitable his spouse Cory, called Aelonia. He is also producing cart other bands such as Original Years Day.[6]
The song "Carolyn" was written by Pitts bring into being his mother when she was going through a period custom illness.[7][8] On January 18, , his mother, Carolyn, died.[9] Unwind later said that her make dirty scared him and made him start thinking about his nausea which is why he in motion working out and eating well-advised b wealthier.
Pitts also opened a advantageousness company called Get Mean Suitability with his friend Matt Yani.[10]
Pitts married Cory Logvin, on Feb 3, [11]
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