Draft:John Bruno (musician)

John Bruno
John Bruno
Birth name	John Joseph Bruno II
Born	June 22, 1971 (age 53); Connecticut, U.S.
Genres	Rock, hard rock, heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, Guitarist, Music Store Owner
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1989–present
Website	Obsession Official

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John Bruno (born June 22, 1971) is an American Rock and heavy metal guitarist for various bands and projects such as Obsession, D-Metal Stars, AniMaze X, X Factor X and Super Guitar Disney.

Besides being a guitarist, John also owns the guitar store Route 1 Guitars LLC in Milford, Connecticut.

In mid 2016, John was the guitarist for D-Metal Stars which included Michael Vescera on vocals, Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy, Whitesnake, Quiet Riot) on bass, and BJ Zampa (Dokken, House of Lords) on drums, recorded a new project. D-Metal Stars "Metal Disney" was released in October 2016 on Walt Disney Records in the Japanese market. It reached No. 3 on the Amazon Japan Hard Rock / Metal Best Sellers chart, and No. 2 on the Children's Chart. The album was then released for the US Market on March 31, 2017, by UMG, Universal Music Group landing on the Billboard, iTunes, and Amazon charts.

In 2018, John played all rhythm guitars for a rock guitar project called "Disney Super Guitar" (titled "Super Guitar Disney" in Japanese market). Along with D-Metal Stars bandmates John Bruno (guitar) and BJ Zampa (drums), Vescera brought in his brother Chris Vescera to play Bass for the project. This is an instrumental release featuring a guest lead guitarist on each song. Featuring Zakk Wylde, Paul Gilbert, George Lynch, Richie Kotzen, Orianthi, Ron Thal, Mike Orlando, Phil X, Jeff Watson, and Tak Matsumoto. Super Guitar Disney became a No. 1 Best Seller on the Amazon Japan Anime Chart, and No. 3 Best Seller on Amazon Japan Rock Chart.

Mid-2018, the "AniMaze X" was launched. This is a project started by the members of D-Metal Stars that encompasses a wider variety of music themes such as super heros, popular cartoons, Broadway musicals and movie soundtracks all played in the Metal style. Live Metal performance with a theatrical style production. In 2021, AniMaze X was on Season 6 of the Wonderama TV show for 2 episodes, playing Live from Times Square in New York City.

Discography

Year	Band	Title	Note
1994	First Offence	When Worlds Collide	Studio
1997	X Factor X	X Factor X	Studio
2003	X Factor X	KUVRS	Studio
2006	Obsession	Carnival of Lies	Studio
2008	Obsession	Obsession	Compilation
2008	Michael Vescera	A Sign of Things to Come	3 songs
2012	Obsession	Order of Chaos	Studio
2012	Fatal Force	Unholy Rites	Studio
2012	Chris Bickley	Tapestry of souls	Guest Solo on "All or Nothing"
2016	D-Metal Stars	Metal Disney	Studio
2018	Disney Super Guitar	Disney Super Guitar	All Rhythm Guitars
2020	AniMaze X	AniMazing Xmas	Studio

References

External links

WPLR radio Live on air

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