Chad I Ginsburg

Chad Ginsburg
Ginsburg performing with CKY at Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, England on July 9, 2009.
Background information
Birth name	Chad I. Ginsburg
Also known as	CIG, the CIG man
Born	April 24, 1972 (1972-04-24) (age 39) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Heavy metal, alternative metal, experimental rock, hard rock, alternative rock
Occupations	Guitarist
Instruments	Guitar, bass, backing vocals, keyboards
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Distant
Associated acts	CKY, Rudy & Blitz,
Website	www.ckyalliance.com

Chad I. Ginsburg (born April 24, 1972) is an American musician and music producer, best known for playing guitar in the alternative rock band CKY.^[1]

Ginsburg moved to Bucks County, PA when he was 8. As a young child he played drums but at age nine Ginsburg started playing guitar, taking lessons until he outplayed his first teacher, then eventually continued studying under Richie Kotzen for a period of time.

In 1993 Ginsburg formed a band called Rudy + Blitz with Dante Cimino and Dave Kloos. Rudy + Blitz were signed to Ruffhouse/Columbia Records. The band was dropped from the label due to conflicts, their album was never released by the label, though Ginsburg who obtained the rights to it later released it on his own.^[2]

Ginsburg, who had produced Rudy + Blitz's album, worked in recording studios. Ginsburg was working in GroundHog Studios in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, when he met future band mates Deron Miller and Jess Margera. They were working on recording an album for their band oiL, that would end up becoming CKY's Volume 1 album. After hearing a demo of Disengage The Simulator, Ginsburg immediately wanted to be part of the band having recently left Rudy + Blitz. The band changed their name to CKY, when Ginsburg joined becoming the lead guitarist..

Ginsburg has stated that his main influences as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Richie Kotzen, Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen and GG Allin. Ginsburg has performed a few times with the late GG Allin's former band The Murder Junkies and is friends with GG's brother Merle Allin.^[3]

After many years endorsing Ibanez guitars, Ginsburg switched to ESP guitars in 2009. He has been seen using an ESP/LTD Eclipse in the video for "A♯1 Roller Rager", and a ESP/LTD M Series guitar on stage.

References

1. ^ "CKY Ready To Release 'An Instant Classic'". MTV. May 9, 2005. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1501499/20050509/cky.jhtml. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
2. ^ "Rudy + Blitz Protest Record Label". City Paper. July 4, 1996. http://citypaper.net/articles/062796/article008.shtml. 
3. ^ "Chad Ginsburg Performs With The Murder Junkies". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmSrOT-Nr-Q. 

Persondata
Name	Ginsburg, Chad I
Alternative names	The CIG Man
Short description
Date of birth	April 24, 1972
Place of birth	Philadelphia, PA
Date of death	july 20, 2011
Place of death	new hope, pa