Original Date:01/04/1999 3:16:04pm

what do you feel about eddie van halen.joe satriani and steve vai?do you like their music?

Original Date:01/03/1999 5:17:29pm

Been a fan since high school.Never seen anyone play like Frank,and never will !!!!!!

Original Date:01/03/1999 7:38:06am

Frank Marino is a Guitar Maniac! We all love him! If you love the blues? Visit my kick ass Jonny Lang site!

Original Date:01/02/1999 6:09:07am

Hello! Frank, if you read this, I would be grateful if you could answer a few questions about my favourite album,"Mahogany Rush IV". Did you write the songs with the mellotron and moogparts in mind, or were the arrangements completed during the recording process? What inspired you to use the keyboards in the first place? Did you record demos in those days, or did you have a clear vision of what the album would sound like before you went into the studio? Along Beatles and Hendrix I play your records to my kids all the time to make sure that at least some great music will survive into the next millennium! I´m looking forward to hear your next album!!!Happy new year!

Original Date:01/02/1999 1:42:43am

Frank Marino has been one of the best guitar players in rock for the last 20 years. To anyone who has a taste for a power blues sound mixed with a rock backbone, Frank Marino is the master. I strongly suggest Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush Live, World Anthem, Cal Jam II and What's Next? as some of his best work. You can't mention people like Eddie Van Halen, Ted Nugent or Angus Young without throwing Frank's name in there. Perhaps these guys are a little long in the tooth, but I guarantee you the guitar players coming up through the ranks today, know who the icons are. Frank Marino is one of them! I strongly suggest seeing him live when he comes to a theater near you.............

Original Date:12/30/1998 9:58:00am

PLEASE TOUR SOUTH TEXAS AGAIN. I LOVED SEEING YOU MANY YEARS AGO IN SAN ANTONIO. ALWAYS LOVED YOUR MUSIC.

Original Date:12/30/1998 8:45:42am

all i have to say is frank kicks ASS!!!!!

Original Date:12/29/1998 9:31:29am

EVER SINCE THE DEATH OF JIMI I WAITED FOR SOMETHING OR SOMEONE TO FILL THE EMPTY VOID...I WAS TURNED ONTO YOU WHEN MAXOOM FIRST WAS RELEASED. HAVE BEEN A DEVOTED FAN EVER SINCE!WHEN WILL YOU RELEASE SOMETHING NEW AGAIN & TOUR THE MIDWEST?YOU PLAYED HERE IN PEORIA, IL IN 93 I BELIEVE?KILLER SHOW!!! PLEASE COME BACK!WE MISS YOU, NEED YOU & LOVE YOU...PEACE BE WITH YOU MY BROTHER.TOMMY JERNIGAN

Original Date:12/29/1998 7:11:04am

I AM A LATE CONVERT TO FRANK'S MUSIC. HIS GUITAR PLAYING HAS ALWAYS STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME. I WAS RE-AQUAINTED WITH HIS MUSIC BY HERM OF THE "ELECTRIC BLUES" WEB SITE. HERM POSTED THE LIVE VERSION OF "I'M A KING BEE" ON HIS SITE AND I PLAYED THE HECK OUT OF IT. GREAT SITE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!! MARK

Original Date:12/28/1998 1:22:13pm

My first concert was Frank & M.R. in Feb. '74. I was 13 and had no idea what to expect. It blew me away! I saw Frank again about 4 years ago in Austin, TX and he still blew me away. I'm bummed that Juggernaut is not out on CD. I love Strange Dreams. One incident I'd like to share: I was playing side 2 of Live for a friend who had never heard of Frank and when it got to the solo part on Who Do You Love he said "I think that guy's tearin' it up." Duh! My son-in-law and I are starting a band and we do a decent job on Dragonfly,people seem to like it, but we obviously don't hold a candle to Frank's playing. Frank, please come back to Texas soon, you have a lot of friends here and with all this crappy alternative stuff going on it would be a relief to see someone who actually knows how to play a guitar again. Thanks for your time and this site! Brad.

Original Date:12/27/1998 12:40:06am

I just remember hearing MR for the first time. I had bought LIVE on the hopes that it had a good live feel too it, though I knew nothing about the band. Talkin bout a feeling still gives me goosebumps! I would say that IV is my second favourite.

Original Date:12/26/1998 8:05:54pm

Franke Their is a band out of Waterloo Ont Canada called The Martyrs of Melody they are finishing thier first release at the Helm Recording Studios They are tracking and mixing it on an old Neve console and 2" 16 track. The drumer is Dan lorin of Harbinger and the second guitar player is Shane Shedler,the bass player is Allen Affelt whom was killed tragicly in june by a drunk driver when coming from a gig in Hamilton,and the leader and main writer of the band is a guitar player who opened for you in the summer of 1988 & 1989, Gary Mundell The songs are long and intense and packed full of the most heart wrenching melodys and 2 part harmony you will ever hear. (THESE GUYS ARE FRIGHTENING) The lyrics sound like the words of a wise old man with love,condemnation,and under standing. They reflect the sounds of you, Black Sabbath, Hendrix, HawkWind, Floyd, and Uli Roth, with an amazing Twist, it sounds Brand new. Hope I can get you a copy of thier project,I was fortunate to be assitant engineer on this cd, and I using Gary's computer at the studio to sign your guest book and if he knew he'd probably kill me but I could'nt resist. Love all your work and hope to see you live again soon Mike.

Original Date:12/26/1998 9:23:31am

Im a 46 year old Marino head, I have been listening to Frank for more than twenty yrs. He still touchs me with his music an his playing, he is the greatest.....

Original Date:12/26/1998 2:56:46am

Hey Willy, Looks like Frank has it sewn up as the most under rated guitarist ever. Finally getting the recognition he deserves maybe. C-ya!!

Original Date:12/24/1998 7:18:50pm

I feel gifted to have experienced Frank's gifts through his music. It is music that has been a cherished part of my life to enjoy. When I attempted to be a proficient Rock guitarist in my earlier years, often tried to play along with his work to learn how to do it right. I miss the days when finding his releases was a bit less chalenging. Am glad to have located this medium for which I can express my admiration for Frank's work which has touched my life in a positive way - inspirational work that comes from the soul. Mr. Marino will always go down in my books as one of the truly elite of Jam-Meister Extraordinaires in the history of the world. Now when is that new CD coming out???

Original Date:12/23/1998 1:17:39am

I bought "Dragonfly" as a Christmas Gift for a friend. I've heard of Frank but never heard him. WOW!!! His version of Johnny B Goode is probably the best I've ever heard. It even beats Hendrix!!!! I'm hooked. Frank, don't ever stop rockin'!!!

Original Date:12/22/1998 3:14:22pm

Hey Frank, keep that SG burning....and you what, Ted Nugent is a "jerk"!!! Later...Mike

Original Date:12/22/1998 7:34:05am

Because I grew up living in Tokyo, Japan, I only had one opportunity to see Frank live. It was an experience I'll never forget. It was in 1978 at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo. Frank played the most incredible, powerful, dimension-shattering, mind-blowing concert I have ever seen. I was totally unprepared for the intensity--way beyond his recorded works. At one point, I swear to god, it sounded like several symphonic/ethereal electric guitars were playing in blended tone and full rainbow spectrum harmony. I couldn't see exactly what Frank was going, but I could tell he was intensely focused on his guitar and somehow producing the this heavenly, out of this world, multi guitar effect. And friends, I was totally sober! When Frank blasted us away with "Electric Reflections of War", my friend next to me, who had never taken a drug in her life, told me she was feeling spacy and disoriented from the intensity of the music. I said, "don't worry, hang in there. Frank knows what he is doing. This war song is suppossed to conjure up dark and disturbing emotions, but he'll return you to a more pleasant "place" eventually." And, true to my word, with World Anthem, my friend recovered. Frank fulfilled one of my greatest desires by finishing the concert off with Purple Haze. I had never seen Hendrix live, but thanks to Frank I felt like I got to hear Hendrix alive, with better technology, and eight more years practice! Frank, I hope you read this. Your concert was the greatest musical experience of my life. To this day I have never had any experience quite like it. I honestly believe something special, something spiritual, happened that evening. After the concert, completely sober people were walking around stunned, dazed. I overheard Japanese fans saying they couldn't believe how much more intense the live performance was than the album. I also witnessed several fans who actually had to get up and walk out during the concert, I believe, because the experience was just too intense for them. (This happened at the same time my friend said she was feeling the disorientation). My friend told me she gained an insight into what an altered state must be like. And I told her she was right--thanks to the power of music! Thank you for that unforgettable experience. I wish you peace and happiness. Mark

Original Date:12/21/1998 1:02:11pm

Discovered Frank through my next door neighbor. Spent the next several yeaars copying his licks, and also Johnny Winter licks. The "New Rock 'n' Roll" solo on the Live album just absolutely shreds. I've been practicing those licks 20 years. I played a couple of SG Gibsons and wow what a great neck;kinda flat and really fast. I saw Mahogany Rush only once. That was at Winterland in '78. I still remember that show and have found out years later that some of my friends were at that show. I liked the end when the guitar played itself. I've listened to Frank's licks at 16 speed on my old turntable and tried to figure them out that way. Frank's fast even at 16 speed. I really like the Jimi style blues licks that Frank seems to have mastered. The ones that rotate between the 7th, 5th and root notes. I haven't been able to get that yet, and I think Frank's the only one who can play them the way Jimi did which was super fast. I've got a copy of "Tales of the Unexpected" on CD that I play on my computer here at work. Can't wait to install the new stereo in my truck so that I can blast the Live album while I cruise down the road. Thanks for a great web site. -Kevin Luce-

Original Date:12/16/1998 6:33:42pm

I first heard Frank at afriends house back in the mid seventies. His brother had strange universe and 4.After hearing the first song fipped.Itwas thebest guitar work i had ever heard.I've bee a fan ever since.i enjoyed every album he's put out.It's too bad the recording industry does'nt support him the way his fans do. FRANK MARINO RULES! From one of his biggest fan, Bubba.