Doug Aldrich

Doug Aldrich
Aldrich performing live with Whitesnake in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Douglas Aldrich
Born	(1964-02-19) February 19, 1964 (age 57) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Musician songwriter
Instruments	Guitar bass vocals
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Geffen SPV Frontiers Spitfire Eagle Enigma Z
Associated acts	Whitesnake Dio Hurricane Burning Rain Lion Brunette House of Lords Bad Moon Rising Revolution Saints Glenn Hughes The Dead Daisies
Website	dougaldrich.burningrain.net

Doug Aldrich is a Los Angeles-based hard rock guitarist. He was born February 19, 1964 and founded the band Burning Rain with Keith St. John in 1998 and has played with the bands: Whitesnake, Dio, Lion, Hurricane, House of Lords, Bad Moon Rising and Revolution Saints. He is currently a member of the band The Dead Daisies. He has also released several solo albums. Doug toured with former Deep Purple bassist and vocalist Glenn Hughes' band in 2015. It was announced in early 2016 that he would be replacing Richard Fortus as guitarist of The Dead Daisies.^[1]

Biography[]

Aldrich began playing guitar at age 11-- inspired by his older sister's Jeff Beck albums. Aldrich's first guitar was a cheap Les Paul-copy purchased from a Sears catalog. Fresh out of high school, Aldrich met the girlfriend of Kiss drummer Eric Carr-- who told him that he was the type of guitarist Kiss was looking for to replace Ace Frehley. He subsequently auditioned for Kiss in 1982 but the spot ultimately went to Vinnie Vincent.^[2] Aldrich said that although the members of Kiss treated him very well during the audition process Gene Simmons told him to "lose this number" when Aldrich attempted to talk with him again months later.^[3]

Aldrich joined L.A. glam band Lion in 1983-- recording two albums and one EP before the band broke up in 1989. He was briefly a member of Hurricane-- replacing founding guitarist Robert Sarzo in 1989. He participated in the writing and recording of Slave to the Thrill (1990) before leaving the band.

Aldrich joined the critically acclaimed production show Raiding the Rock Vault at the Tropicana Las Vegas in early 2014 where he performed six shows a week with other rock 'n' roll greats including: Robin McAuley (formerly Survivor, MSG), John Payne (Asia), Howard Leese (Bad Company, Heart), Paul Shortino (Quiet Riot) and Andrew Freeman (Offspring), among others. This collaboration was still on ongoing project as of late 2015.^[4]

Doug joined the Glenn Hughes solo European tour as guitarist during 2015 (along with drummer Pontus Engborg)-- to complete the power trio with Hughes on bass and vocals.^[5]

It was announced in late January 2016 that Aldrich would be replacing Richard Fortus as guitarist in The Dead Daisies-- as Fortus was to be participating in the Guns N' Roses reunion.^[6] Aldrich was in Nashville with The Dead Daisies as of late January 2016 working on a follow-up album to Revolución (2015). Aldrich is reunited As a member of The Dead Daisies with bassist Marco Mendoza. The two previously performed together in Whitesnake. Aldrich performed with The Dead Daisies on the Kiss Kruise VI event in November 2016.

Equipment[]

Aldrich was endorsed by Jackson Guitars. He used their Dinky and Soloist Superstrats as well as his own signature model which has bridge and neck position-- humbucking pickups were "Full-shred" pickups which Seymour Duncan specially wired. California-based Suhr Guitars currently offers Aldrich signature humbucking pickups.^[7] He plays various Gibson Les Pauls and Fender Stratocasters through Suhr/ Cameron hot-rodded Marshall JMPs and Vintage Modern amps. Aldrich became an official endorsee of ESP Guitars in 2016. Aldrich sums up his philosophy of playing this way: "I'm not one of those guys that follows whatever is trendy. I'd rather do what I do best and do it to the best of my ability."^[8]

Discography[]

Other works[]

• 1989 –
• 1989 –
• 1996 - La Saga du Metal 7 -
• 1997 (Japan) & 1999 (Europe) – Windows –
• 1998 (Japan) & 2000 (Europe) – Ignition – Mark Boals
• 1999 – – The Atomic Punks (Ralph Saenz)
• 1999 – – Stone
• 2000 –
• 2001 – –
• 2001–2002 – – Brian McKnight
• 2002 – – Brian McKnight
• 2003 – – Ken Tamplin and Friends
• 2003 – –
• 2003 – –
• 2003 - - On The Road
• 2005 – The Real Thing –
• 2007 – Live for Tomorrow – Marco Mendoza
• 2007 –
• 2007 – – Masanori Sera
• 2008 – Anthology – House of Lords
• 2009 – Play My Game – Tim "Ripper" Owens
• 2009 – Spirit of Christmas – Northern Light Orchestra
• 2009 – – Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus
• 2009 – – Stargazer
• 2009 – –
• 2010 – –
• 2010 – – Northern Light Orchestra
• 2011 – Oceana – Derek Sherinian
• 2013 – Artpop – Lady Gaga (guitar on "Manicure")
• 2013 – Living Like a Runaway – Lita Ford
• 2013 – – Alex De Rosso
• 2013 – – Northern Light Orchestra
• 2014 – I'm Not Your Suicide – Michael Sweet
• 2014 – –
• 2014 – –
• 2014 – –
• 2014 – – Raiding the Rock Vault
• 2014 – –
• 2015 – –
• 2015 – –
• 2016 – –
• 2017 – –
• 2017 – –
• 2017 – –
• 2017 – – Northern Light Orchestra
• 2018 - - Doro Pesch
• 2018 - Forever Warriors, Forever United - Doro Pesch
• 2018 - -
• 2018 - -
• 2019 - You're The Voice -
• 2019 - -
• 2020 - - Make a Wish

Tribute albums[]

• (1996)
• (1998)
• (2000)
• (2000)
• Metallic Assault: A Tribute to Metallica (2000)
• (2000)
• (2001)
• (2002)
• Spin the Bottle: An All-Star Tribute to KISS (2004)
• Metallic Attack: Metallica - The Ultimate Tribute (2004)
• (2004)
• (2004)
• (2006)
• (2006)
• (2006)
• (2007)
• (2007)
• (2008)
• We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year (2011)
• (2013)
• (2013)
• (2014)
• (2014)
• (2015)
• (2015)
• (2018)

Movies and TV Games[]

• (1984)
• (1986)
• The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1986)
• (1987)
• Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators (1995)
• (1996)
• (2014)
• (2016)
• - The Dead Daisies (2019)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Burning Rain official website
• Lion website
• Bad Moon Rising website