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Ahrue Luster is the current lead guitarist for the Latin Metal band Ill Niņo. He is also the former guitarist for Machine Head as well as Manmade God and Bay Area Thrash Metal act, The Horde of Torment. Ahrue joined Ill Niņo during the recording of their second album, Confession. He was asked to try out by long time friend, Dave Chavarri, who he had originally met during the San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal heyday of late 80’s and early 90’s.
Although he wasn’t the original lead guitarist of Ill Niņo, Ahrue has become one of the main songwriters and musical contributors. Ill Niņo is a great fit for Ahrue musically because of his love of, not only aggressive, heavy music, but many other styles of music, including the cultural music of South America and Spain.
Ahrue grew up listening to Metal but as he became more and more of a musician, he began to explore many other styles of music. His first professional recording experience was with Machine Head on their most controversial release, The Burning Red. The record received mixed response. It was both praised and hated by fans as well as the press. The Burning Red is Machine Head’s second best selling album in the United States, however it sold as many albums in 3 years as Burn My Eyes sold in almost 8.
Ahrue plays a custom gauge of Nickel
Steel Electric.
Ahrue said:
I’ve been playing on Dean Markley strings for more than 20 years. The reason is simple; there’s
no better guitar string out there!
Be sure to visit the Ahrue Luster with website at:
www.MySpace.com/ahrueluster.
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