Artist Name

Jason Becker

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2003 - The Blackberry Jams

1999 - The Raspberry Jams

1996 - Perspective

1988 - Perpetual Burn

Members
1 Male

Popularity

37

Followers
126,801

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Progressive Metal

Style
Metal

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Born

1969

Active
1969 to Present...

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Track	Last.FM Listens	Loves
Air	96,454	4 users
Altitudes	167,933	4 users
Perpetual Burn	109,677	4 users
Mabel's Fatal Fable	73,162	3 users
Opus Pocus	63,984	3 users

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Jason Eli Becker (born July 22, 1969) is an American neo-classical metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Mike Varney-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman. They released Speed Metal Symphony in 1987 and Go Off! in 1988. Cacophony broke up in 1989 and Becker began doing solo work, having released his first album Perpetual Burn in 1988. He later joined David Lee Roth's band and recorded one album with him. However, Becker's success was hampered by his then-diagnosed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and he was given three to five years to live. In 1996, Becker eventually lost the ability to speak and now communicates with his eyes via a system developed by his father. Despite his disability, he continues composing by using a computer and has since released Collection, a "best of" album of his favorite songs and three new songs.