Kyōji Yamamoto

Kyōji Yamamoto

is the guitarist for Japanese hard rock band Vow Wow, and also has a solo career. He is known to have used the "hammer" (tapping) technique before Eddie Van Halen. In 1986 he was asked by producer Wilfried F. Rimensberger to participate in recordings of Phenomena, the legendary rock music concept started in 1985. [Phenomena reording credits and related Bio]

Kyoji Yamamoto's (Kyoji Yamamoto's solo project) discography

* Horizon (1980)
* Electric Cinema (1982)
* Guitar Man (1982)
* Mind Arc (1998)
* Requiem (1999)
* Time (2005)

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