Rob Marcello

Rob Marcello

Danger Danger

Rob Marcello is certainly a technical wizard of the highest order–displaying dizzying speeds with amazing clarity and articulation. Rob’s playing displays many other qualities: conviction, passion, tone, phrasing, feel, sense of timing, arranging acumen and an ear for melody. Rob started playing at the age of 11 but didn’t start practicing like mad until he was 13 or 14. His earliest influences were Ace Frehley, the Rolling Stones, Eddie Van Halen, and Yngwie Malmsteen. Later on, he got into the Shrapnel guys like Vinnie Moore, Paul Gilbert, Bruce Bouillet, Joey Tafolla, and Jason Becker and honed his chops to the max. As Rob matured as both a player and musician, he started absorbing more fusion-oriented players such as Larry Carlton, Al DiMeola, Shawn Lane, Carl Verheyen, Andy Timmons and Scott Henderson. But Rob is more than about incredible guitar playing and is more interested in good songs–hence his love for everything that ranges from Kiss to Def Leppard to Eddie Money to even Ashley Simpson. As Rob says, “A good song is a good song. Great guitar playing alone will never rescue a poor song.”

Currently the guitarist in Danger Danger, Rob keeps himself busy working on solo projects and a new vocal hard rock band as well as being a full-time clinician for Roland/Boss. Hailing from Sweden like one of his heroes–Yngwie Malmsteen–Rob came to the US with nothing but a guitar and a suitcase to pursue his rock and roll dreams. Rob’s first gig was with a band called Ironhorse that featured Ron Keel on vocals. That gig gave Rob some notoriety in the guitar circles. Other bands that Rob played in were Twenty 4 Seven featuring Bobby Blotzer of Ratt and M.V.P. featuring ex-Yngwie and Loudness vocalist Mike Vescera. It wasn’t too long before Rob was tabbed to replace the highly respected Andy Timmons in Danger Danger.

  • Ironhorse
  • Obsession
  • Twenty 4 Seven
  • Marcello-Vestry
  • Session

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