Jason Becker, (born July 22, 1969) is an American neo-classical metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Mike Varney-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman. They released Speed Metal Symphony in 1987 and Go Off! in 1988. Cacophony broke up in 1989 and Becker began doing solo work, having released his first album Perpetual Burn in 1988. He later joined David Lee Roth's band and recorded one album with him. However, Becker's success was hampered by his then-diagnosed Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and was given three to five years to live. In 1996, Becker eventually lost the ability to speak and now communicates with his eyes via a system developed by his father. Despite his disability, he continues composing by using a computer.
Discography
Cacophony
Speed Metal Symphony (1987)
1) Where My Fortune Lies
2) T)he Ninja
3) Concerto
4) Burn the Ground
5) Desert Island
6) Speed Metal Symphony
Go Off (1988)
1) X Ray Eyes
2) E.S.P.
3) Stranger
4) Go Off!
5) Black Cat
6) Sword of the Warrior
7) Floating World
8) Images SoloPerpetual Burn (1988)
1) Altitudes
2) Perpetual Burn
3) Mabel’s Fatal Fable
4) Air
5) Temple of the Absurd
6) Eleven Blue Egyptians
7) Dweller in the Cellar
8) Opus Pocus Perspective (1996)
1) Primal
2) Rain
3) End of the Beginning
4) Higher
5) Blue
6) Life and Death
7) Empire
8) Serrana
9) Meet Me In the Morning Raspberry Jams (1999)
1) Becker-Ola
2) Mandy's Throbbing Little Heart
3) Amma
4) When You Wish Upon A Star
5) Jasin Street
6) Beatle Grubs
7) Grilled Peeps
8) If You Have To Shoot..Shoot-Don't Talk
9) Purple Chewable Fern
10)Black Stallion Jam
11)Amarnath
12)Angel Eyes
13)Throat Hole
14)Dang Sea Of Samsara
15)Urmila
16)Thousand Million Suns
17)Clean Solo
18)Too Fast, No Good For You!
19)Sweet Baboon
20)Shock Tea
21)Ghost To The Post
22)Blood On The Traches
23)Oddly Enough
24)Crush
25)Vocal Silliness
Blackberry Jams (2003)
1) Go Off Intro
2) Groin Grabbingly Transcendent
3) Opitudes
4) Church Of The Weird
5) Mabels Air Could It BE Any Faster
6) Short X Ray Eyes
7) Airage
8) Perpetual Burn
9) Ashram Of You Lee
10)Images Intro
11)Mabel Simple Little Nibbling
12)Jewel
13)Kind Of Like A Spring
14)Air
15)Ten Yellow Pointy Kitties
16)Absurd Temple Jig
17)Part Of Stranger
18)There's That
19)Black Cat
20)Little Rippage
21)Perpetual Tudes
22)Floor Pie
23)El Beckero
24)Pocus I Say
25)Conglomeration Boy Meets Guitar
26)Little Dweller
27)Jewel No 2
28)Long X Ray Eyes
29)Altitudes Jam
30)Bemesderfers Wooping Stick
31)If It Weren't So Purdy I'd Call It A Skin Flute Collection (2008)
1) Rain
2) River of Longing(New Song)
3) Images
4) Opus Pocus
5) Higher
6) It's Showtime!
7) Altitudes
8) End of the Beginning
9) River of Longing (Reprise)(New Song)
10)Meet Me in the Morning
11)Air
12)Electric Prayer for Peace (New Song)
13)Mandy's Throbbing Little Heart
David Lee Roth
A Little Ain't Enough (1991))
1) A Lil’ Ain’t Enough
2) Shoot It
3) Lady Luck
4) Hammerhead Shark
5) Tell the Truth
6) Baby’s on Fire
7) 40 Below
8) Sensible Shoes
9) Last Call
10)The Dogtown Shuffle
11)It’s Showtime!
12)Drop in the Bucket TributeWarmth In The Wilderness - A Tribute To Jason Becker (2001)
CD1
1. A Little Ain't Enough - Stormwind
2. Altitudes - Torben Enevoldsen
3. Eleven Blues Egyptians - Ron Keel's Iron Horse
4. A Jam For Jason - Cosmosquad
5. Higher - David Martone
6. Becker Ola - Pua
7. Dogtown Shuffle - Rolf Munkes' Empire
8. Go Off - Evolution
9. Hammerhead Shark - Mark Boals/Lars Eric Mattsson
10. Jasin Street - Hit The Ground Runnin'
11. If You Have To Shout... - Tony Baena
12. Baby's On Fire - Josephine Of Phantom Blue
13. Sensible Shoes - Jeff Scheetz
14. ESP - Cyril Achard
15. Air - Phi Ansari Yaan-zek/Lale Larson
CD2
1. Opus Pocus - Project Alcazar
2. Mandy's Little Throbbing Heart - Eric Sands
3. Blue - Paul Nelson
4. It's Showtime - May Lian
5. Becker's Bolero - Jeff Pilson
6. Lydia's House - Mattias Ia Eklund
7. Drop In The Bucket - All The Usual Suspects
8. Forcefield - Rob Johnson
9. Urmila - Mistheria
10. Black Stallion Jam - Marty Friedman
11. Hawking - Paul Gilbert
12. Primal - Anders Johansson
13. Rain - Eric Zimmermann
14. Concerto - Mike Campese
15. Tell The Truth - Lars Eric Mattsson/Alex Mast/Pamme/Johnny Lima/Robin Mcauley
16. Outro Jam - Torben Enevoldsen/James Byrd/Patrick Rondat/Roh Thal/Mike Chlasciak/Sami Asp/Lars Eric Mattsson
Warmth In The Wilderness - A Tribute To Jason Becker VOL. 2 (2007)
CD1
1. Tommy Denander & Friends "Desert Island"
2. Lars Eric Mattsson "Colors"
3. Steve Vai "Feathers"
4. Terry Syrek "Temple Of The Absurd"
5. M. Friedman & M. Vasquez "The Brightest Star Of All"
6. David Valdes "Temple In The Cellar"
7. Randy Coven "Poem"
8. Milan Polak "Utopia"
9. Carlos Creator "Dialogues At The Moon"
10. Mistheria & Friends "When You WIsh Upon A Star (Jam)"
11. J.K. Northrup "I.M.N.U."
12. Stephen Ross "Perpetual Burn"
13. Steve Booke W/ Magic Elf "Life Afterlife"
14. Mario Parga "Hourglass"
CD2
1. Daniele Liverani "Meteor"
2. Rypdal & Tekro "Windcrystal"
3. Slav Simanic "Speed Metal Symphony"
4. Max Arminchiardi "Serrana"
5. Ray DeTone "Images"
6. K. LuBrant & B. Lambert "Party Favors"
7. Rick Brannon & Dean Lopes "Frankenfingers"
8. Scott Hughes "Jewel"
9. Rusty Cooley "Peace Of Mind Pt. 1"
10. Chris Hattingh "Angel Eyes"
11. Joseph A. Glean`s Valed. "The End Of The Beginning"
12. Joe Becker "Warmth In The Wilderness"
13. Edge Of Time "Lady Luck"
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