Nick LaSalle is a shred guitar extraordinaire from the Bay Area. With 21 years of playing experience, he has written and performed live in metal, bluegrass and blues bands since he was 16 years old. Nick has won local shred competitions and studied jazz improvisation and classical western music theory under Bennett Friedman and Mark Anderman at SRJC. As if that didn't make him competent enough, Nick has privately studied under legends of the metal guitar community including Dave Davidson and Wes Hauch. Most notably, Nick has been a crucial member of Cosmitorium, Exemplar, Aberration and Nuclear Tempest.