Bruce Bouillet has played guitar for a variety of bands, most notably Racer X, The Scream, DC-10, and Epidemic.
11 Facts About Bruce Bouillet
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Bruce Bouillet was born on a naval base in Memphis, Tennessee, and relocated to Vincennes, Indiana at a very young age.
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At age 12, Bruce Bouillet saw Judas Priest open for KISS on the Unleashed in the East Tour, thinking they were a religious band, and immediately committed himself to becoming a guitar player with the full support of his parents.
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Bruce Bouillet, starstruck, filled out a questionnaire and demanded to learn the techniques that he'd seen onstage.
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Gilbert was demonstrating a difficult and innovative string-skipping sequence, and Bruce Bouillet was able to harmonize it on the spot.
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However, Bruce Bouillet later became jaded at Racer X's marketability when they failed to sell out a 1200-seat club on a weekday.
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Bruce Bouillet played on Racer X's Second Heat, Live Extreme - Vol.
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Bruce Bouillet formed the band Epidemic on Elektra Records in 2001.
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In 2005, Bruce Bouillet won a Grammy for his work with Bob Kulick on the production, recording, and mixing Motorhead's cover of Metallica's "Whiplash".
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Bruce Bouillet completed a G3 tour in 2007 that featured Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci, and Joe Satriani.
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Bruce Bouillet has a daughter, Tara, two nieces, Anna and Danielle, and three nephews, Evan, Chandler, Blair.