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- "Extreme Guitar Shred" DVD Review in Metal UK Online
Music Magazine
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- The Great Kat – Extreme Guitar Shred
- TPR - 2005
- Publication date: 28 March 2005, 13:16:32 | Author: Stuart A Hamilton
- I remember when The Great Kat first came on the scene. The subject of much derision, she
is a classically-trained violin virtuoso who graduated from Julliard, before taking up
guitar to create her own classical metal shred fusion. And I suppose it's the detractors
who're red faced as The Great Kat is still going strong, and has now entered the DVD age.
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- Her gimmick is reworking classical music and playing it faster than anyone else. Well,
apart from the people ahead of her on Guitar One’s list of Top 10 Fastest Shredders
Of All Time. Personally, I was never fascinated with speed and hold Mike Varney personally
responsible for some dreadful records being released. But at least, here, with pictures,
there's more to try and hold the interest.
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- As you should be able to tell from the tracklisting, The Great Kat has adopted a
Genitorturer approach to her persona, and if the video for "Castration" doesn't
get the menfolk cupping their cups, nothing will.
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- For non-Americans, the “Zapateado” and “War” videos will be a tad
gung ho, but it never did Ted Nugent any harm in his homeland. “Torture Chamber”
and “Dominatrix” do just what they say on the box, and feature the vocal
shredding of the Great Kat, as well. You then get a taster of her live show in “Live
In Chicago”, to prove that she can do it outside the studio as well.
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- There's no denying that The Great Kat is a talented guitarist, but her music on record
still leaves me cold. However, the DVD adds an extra dimension and was certainly
entertaining. I'm not sure that the feminists out there will entirely approve of her man
baiting and leather outfits, but she holds nothing back in pursuit of her chosen musical
path
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