Pat O’Brien (guitarist)

Pat O'Brien (guitarist)

Pat O’Brien is the lead guitarist for the death metal band Cannibal Corpse. He is also a former member of the heavy metal band Nevermore, and a former touring musician with the thrash metal band Slayer. In April 2011 he filled in for Gary Holt when he left Slayer to play with his own band Exodus. In 2011 he released a solo album called Shock Waves.

About Pat O’Brien (guitarist) in brief

Summary Pat O'Brien (guitarist)Pat O’Brien is the lead guitarist for the death metal band Cannibal Corpse. He is also a former member of the heavy metal band Nevermore, and a former touring musician with the thrash metal band Slayer. He has been credited on some of the band’s more technically complicated songs. In April 2011 he filled in for Gary Holt when he left Slayer to play with his own band Exodus’ Gary Holt had been filling in for the now deceased guitarist Jeff Hanneman since February 26, 2011. In 2006 he played on lead guitar on My Prey Prey, a track on the album The Wretched Spawn. He collaborated on Leather Waves, his solo album, which came out in 1989. He currently lives in Tampa, Florida, with his wife and two children. He plays classical guitar and has studied classical and jazz guitar. He also plays electric guitar and is a keen hunter and fisherman. He was inspired by Andrés Segovia, who is his favourite guitarist. He says he has never been able to play the guitar he loves the most, ACDC, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Mercyful Fate, Metallica and ACDC as well as ACDC and Black Sabbath as his main influences.

He played in heavy metal bands such as Chastain and Prizoner in the 1980s. In the 1990s he evolved from heavy metal to death metal. In 1997 he was approached by Cannibal corpse through several relations. After auditioning for the band, he ultimately became a permanent member replacing Rob Barrett. Since Gallery of Suicide he has been featured on every Cannibal. Corpse album since Gallery ofsuicide. He lives with his family in Tampa and has a wife and three children. His hobbies involve music and hunting. He and his wife have two children, a son and a daughter. He works as a personal trainer and a personal chef. He enjoys playing the guitar and hunting with his son and daughter. In 2011 he released a solo album called Shock Waves. In 2012 he released his second album, Shock Waves, which is available on iTunes and other online retailers.