Andy James

An English guitar virtuoso who also operates his own six-string academy, Andy James is known for his blazing picking, online video lessons, and original musical output, both as a solo artist and as a member of British heavy metal ensemble Sacred Mother Tongue. Citing a wide array of influences that include John Petrucci, Lamb of God, Steve Vai, Symphony X, and Greg Howe, just to name a few, James cut his teeth in the early 2000s with Northampton-based melodic death metal and later heavy metal/hard rock outfit Sacred Mother Tongue, who issued two full-length albums (2009's Th...