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Michael Wilton Biography
Michael Wilton is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on February 23, 1962 in San Francisco, California, United States. Co-founder and guitarist of Queensryche, a progressive rock band. He has also been involved in projects such as Soulbender.
Geoff Tate is the singer of Queensryche and one of Wilton’s bandmates., the singer of Queensryche, is one of Wilton’s bandmates.
While attending junior high school and Interlake High School, Wilton began to explore the guitar world further by listening to hard rock and heavy metal music such as Judas Priest, UFO, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, and Deep Purple, and he began practicing seriously, for 2 hours per day. He changed his mind about playing bass guitar, and chose to play guitar instead. At age 16, his guitar teacher said, that Wilton “whipped on the guitar”, which got him the nickname “Whip”. He bought a Les Paul copy and a fuzzbox, and joined some garage bands with his school-mates, such as Joker, which was formed in 1978. In 1979, new sophomore Chris DeGarmo was briefly part of this band. By the end of the 1979–1980 school year, they disbanded.
Wilton remains a guitarist in Queensrÿche to date. After DeGarmo left Queensrÿche in 1998, Wilton gradually began performing most of the songs that previously featured DeGarmo doing the main solo live, including “Silent Lucidity”, “The Mission”, “En Force”, “I Am I”, “Take Hold of the Flame”, “Best I Can”, “The Killing Words”, “Bridge”, “The Lady Wore Black” and “Anybody Listening?”, amongst others. Queensrÿche had first taken in Kelly Gray as guitarist, who was replaced in 2002 by Mike Stone, and in February 2009 by Parker Lundgren, initially as a touring guitarist but mainly as a rhythm guitarist only joining in for dual guitar solos in songs like “Neue Regel” and “London”. After the band’s 2009 American Soldier tour, Wilton took over all of the solos.
When he was young, his father took him to various concerts.
| Name | Michael Wilton |
| First Name | Michael |
| Last Name | Wilton |
| Occupation | Guitarist |
| Birthday | February 23 |
| Birth Year | 1962 |
| Place of Birth | San Francisco |
| Home Town | California |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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In 2010, Wilton released the single “Coming for You” with his hard rock project Wratchet Head, which was intended for those Queensrÿche fans, “whose ears have longed to once again be filled with the classic, melodic and sometimes haunting sounds of ‘the earlier years'”. In 2012, he continued making music with Wratchet Head.
Michael Wilton Net Worth
Michael Wilton is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Wilton's net worth $15 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He studied jazz and classical art at the Cornish Institute of Allied Arts, Seattle.
His nickname is The Whip. It’s a result of the speed at which his fingers move across the fretboard.
Michael F. Wilton (born February 23, 1962) also known as The Whip, for how fast his fingers “whip” around the guitar fretboard, heavy metal and hard rock guitarist and songwriter, best known for being a lead and rhythm guitarist and songwriter in the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, which he co-founded in 1982.
| Net Worth | $15 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Guitarist |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
After high school, Wilton attended the Cornish Institute of Allied Arts in Seattle (now known as Cornish College of the Arts), where he studied among others music theory, jazz improvisation, gamelan music and classical music (piano and guitar). This was a big step in his life as he began to appreciate more ethnic and improvisational music, which later gave him influences as a progressive rock musician. After studying for 1–5 years, he ran out of money, but by this time, he had met bass guitarist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield. In 1980, Wilton and Rockenfield had founded a band called Cross+Fire, which DeGarmo and Jackson joined shortly thereafter. The quartet began to play at parties, by which time they called themselves The Mob. In late summer of 1982, Geoff Tate was involved as vocalist to record a four-song demo. The band changed its name to Queensrÿche, and the demo was released in 1983 as the eponymous EP Queensrÿche.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
In 2002, Wilton started a side-band with former Alice N’ Chains guitarist and My Sister’s Machine vocalist Nick Pollock, called Soulbender. They released one album in 2004 on Licking Lava Records, following which they played various shows around the Northwest. Soulbender subsequently went on an extensive hiatus. A new album, Soulbender 2, was announced to be released in 2014, with plans to tour in 2015.
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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael Wilton celebrates birthday on February 23 of every year.
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