Martin Vanz

ABOUT

Hi there I'm Vanz, a guitarist from Belgium who came to LA to find nice and creative musicians to form a band and play as many gigs as possible. I've been playing a lot of different genres and styles since I started out 6 years ago. From blues, classic and hardrock to grunge, heavy metal and rap, funk and soul. So yeah I like a lot of stuff and like to experiment with all of this styles. Guitarists that definitely influenced my style of playing are Slash, Jimi Hendrix, John Frusciante, Hillel Slovak, Jimmy Page, Tom Morello, Kurt Cobain, Josh Homme, Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Gilmour, Angus Young, Robby Krieger, Dimebag Darell, Kirk Hammett,...

Screen name:: Martin Vanz
Member since:: Nov 24 2014; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Touring
Years playing music:: 6
Gigs played:: 50 to 100
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:: 6-7 nights a week
Most available:: Days

Influences

Red hot chili peppers, Queens of the stone age, Rage against the machine, Guns N' Roses, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Parliament/Funkadelic, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures, Sublime, Bob Marley, Aerosmith, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Metallica, Kyuss, Iron Maiden, Pantera, Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Run-DMC, De La Soul, Grandmaster Flash, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Wu Tang Clan, Cypress Hill,...