RICHIE KOTZEN

Hard Rock / Metal Related • United States
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Richie Kotzen (born February 3, 1970 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

At a young age, Richie Kotzen was taken by music and first began playing piano at the age of five. At the age of seven he was inspired by the band KISS to learn the electric guitar. Relentlessly developing chops and his own unique voice on the guitar, he started his career in a band named Arthurs Museum. Kotzen was eventually discovered by Shrapnel Records' Mike Varney, and he recorded his first solo album by the age of 19. He created the video Rock Chops for REH video in 1989, highlighting many of his formative techniques, including using wide-intervals and fluid sweeping.

In 1991, Kotzen made his big break when he joined the rock band Poison at age 21, co-writing and performing on the album Native Tongue. This album produced two top twenty singles which Richie
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RICHIE KOTZEN Richie Kotzen album cover 4.79 | 3 ratings
Richie Kotzen
Hard Rock 1989
RICHIE KOTZEN Fever Dream album cover 4.17 | 3 ratings
Fever Dream
Hard Rock 1990
RICHIE KOTZEN Electric Joy album cover 4.50 | 2 ratings
Electric Joy
Hard Rock 1991
RICHIE KOTZEN Mother Head's Family Reunion album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
Mother Head's Family Reunion
Hard Rock 1994
RICHIE KOTZEN The Inner Galactic Fusion Experience album cover 4.92 | 2 ratings
The Inner Galactic Fusion Experience
Hard Rock 1995
RICHIE KOTZEN Tilt album cover 4.75 | 2 ratings
Tilt
Hard Rock 1995
RICHIE KOTZEN Wave Of Emotion album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Wave Of Emotion
Hard Rock 1996
RICHIE KOTZEN Something To Say album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Something To Say
Hard Rock 1997
RICHIE KOTZEN Project album cover 5.00 | 1 ratings
Project
Hard Rock 1997
RICHIE KOTZEN What Is... album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
What Is...
Hard Rock 1998
RICHIE KOTZEN Bi-Polar Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bi-Polar Blues
Hard Rock 1999
RICHIE KOTZEN Break It All Down album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Break It All Down
Hard Rock 1999
RICHIE KOTZEN Vertú album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Vertú
Hard Rock 1999
RICHIE KOTZEN Slow album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slow
Hard Rock 2001
RICHIE KOTZEN Change album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Change
Hard Rock 2003
RICHIE KOTZEN Acoustic Cuts album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Acoustic Cuts
Metal Related 2003
RICHIE KOTZEN Get Up album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Get Up
Hard Rock 2004
RICHIE KOTZEN Nothing To Lose album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nothing To Lose
Hard Rock 2005
RICHIE KOTZEN Ai Senshi Z×R album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ai Senshi Z×R
Hard Rock 2006
RICHIE KOTZEN Into The Black album cover 3.75 | 2 ratings
Into The Black
Hard Rock 2006
RICHIE KOTZEN Go Faster album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Go Faster
Hard Rock 2007
RICHIE KOTZEN Peac Sign album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Peac Sign
Hard Rock 2009
RICHIE KOTZEN 24 Hours album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
24 Hours
Hard Rock 2011
RICHIE KOTZEN Cannibals album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cannibals
Hard Rock 2015

RICHIE KOTZEN EPs & splits

RICHIE KOTZEN Times Gonna Tell album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Times Gonna Tell
Hard Rock 1996

RICHIE KOTZEN live albums

RICHIE KOTZEN Live In Sao Paulo album cover 5.00 | 1 ratings
Live In Sao Paulo
Hard Rock 2008

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RICHIE KOTZEN The Best Of Richie Kotzen album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best Of Richie Kotzen
Hard Rock 2004
RICHIE KOTZEN Instrumental Collection: The Shrapnel Years album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Instrumental Collection: The Shrapnel Years
Hard Rock 2006
RICHIE KOTZEN The Essential Richie Kotzen album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Essential Richie Kotzen
Hard Rock 2014

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