John Roth (musician)

John Roth
Genres	Glam metal, progressive metal
Instruments	Guitar, backing vocals
Labels	Epic Atlantic Frontiers
Associated acts	Winger Giant Black Oak Arkansas Starship

John Roth is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the rock bands Winger,^[1] Black Oak Arkansas,^[2] and Giant, has been touring and recording with national acts since the mid 1980s. John got his start at the age of 19 when Jim Dandy, lead vocalist of Black Oak Arkansas, asked him to join the band as lead guitarist in 1986.

After touring the U.S. and Canada with Black Oak in the mid 1980s, John joined forces with Survivor's lead vocalist Jimi Jamison in 1989 to record Jamison's first solo release When Love Comes Down. The first single, "Rock Hard", co-written by Roth, was featured on the hit television series Baywatch.

After touring with Jamison in the early 1990s, Roth joined Winger in 1993 for a tour of the U.S. and Japan in support of the band's third record, Pull, as well as appearing in the band's videos “Down Incognito” and “Who’s The One”.

Since the 1990s, Roth has continued to tour and record with Winger on a number of projects including The Very Best of Winger, Winger IV, and the Winger Live concert DVD in 2009, the band released their 5th studio effort Karma, and by fall of 2010 has completed a tour of 19 countries supporting the release. Most recently the band has released their 6th studio album "Better Days Comin" (2014) and will tour in support of.

In 2009, Roth joined melodic rock band Giant as lead guitarist to record their fourth studio album Promise Land. The record was released on February 26 in Europe, and March 9 in the USA.

In 2012, Roth joined Starship featuring Micky Thomas as their lead guitarist.

Roth, along with Kory Myers, Scotty T, and Ted Partin make up Tom, Dick, and Harry based out of Memphis.

References

↑ Anne Erickson (2010-03-23). "Interview: John Roth - Meet Giant''s New Guitarist". Premierguitar.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
↑ https://web.archive.org/20110103052556/http://johnroth.com:80/Official-bio-page2.htm. Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Winger

Kip Winger Reb Beach Rod Morgenstein John Roth Paul Taylor Cenk Eroglu

Studio albums	Winger In the Heart of the Young Pull IV Karma Better Days Comin'

Compilations	The Very Best of Winger Demo Anthology

Singles	"Madalaine" "Seventeen" "Headed for a Heartbreak" "Hungry" "Can't Get Enuff" "Miles Away" "Easy Come Easy Go" "Down Incognito" "Spell I'm Under" "Who's The One"

Live albums	Winger Live

Videography	The Videos, Vol. 1 In the Heart of the Young, Vols. 1 & 2 The Making of Pull Winger Live

Giant

Terry Brock John Roth David Huff Mike Brignardello Dann Huff Alan Pasqua Jeff Peterson Mark Oakley Larry Hall

Studio albums	Last of the Runaways Time To Burn

Record labels	A&M Records Epic Records Frontiers Records

Portal:Biography Portal:Rock music

Black Oak Arkansas

James L. Mangrum Rickie Lee "Risky"/"Ricochet" Reynolds Hal McCormack George Hughen Johnnie Bolin Tommy Aldridge Shawn Lane Angelo Earl John Roth Ruby Starr

Studio albums	Black Oak Arkansas (1971) High on the Hog (1973)

Collaboration albums	Hot & Nasty: The Best of Black Oak Arkansas (1992)

Singles	"Jim Dandy"

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