Milan Polak - ALL LEAD & BACKING VOCALS, ALL ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITARS, ELECTRIC SITAR
Fabio Trentini - basses, samplers, minimoog, sound treatments and programming
Simon Michael - drums
Milan Polak has also played and/or recorded with:
Steve Bailey, Randy Coven, Dimebag Darrell, Falco, Marty Friedman, Paul Gilbert, Fabrizio Grossi, Ken Hensley, Shawn Lane, Thomas Lang, Lale Larson, John Macaluso, Billy Sheehan, Matt Sorum & other members of Guns n' Roses, Subway To Sally ("Bastard"), Joey Tafolla, Neil Taylor (Robbie Williams), Tangerine Dream, Jeff Waters and others.
Steve Lukather (solo artist, Toto, session player)
"My friend Milan is a very talented player with a heart of gold. Make sure to check him out!!!"
Paul Gilbert (solo artist, Racer X, Mr. Big)
"Wow! You play really well. Keep playing great guitar!"
Billy Sheehan (Steve Vai, Mr. Big)
"Great playin' Milan - pleasure to jam w/you!"
Marty Friedman (solo artist, Megadeth, Cacophony)
"Your playing is great! It was excellent jamming, we'll do again..."
Jeff Scott Soto (Journey, Y. J. Malmsteen's Rising Force, Talisman, Soul SirkUS)
"Hey bro, your CD kicks ass....keep trudging ahead, see you at the top soon!!!"
Hans "Falco" Hölzel (solo artist)
"I toured all over Europe and auditioned the hottest studio cats but just could not find anyone who impressed me. Then I met Milan!"
Kip Winger (solo artist, Winger, Alice Cooper)
"Milan Polak is one of the best guitarist I've heard in years"
Steve Blucher (DiMarzio Inc.)
"Very much the equal of the best guitarists in the world, Milan demonstrates his knowledge of other player's approaches without resorting to imitation or predictable playing. Dreamscapes showcases a variety of styles, but Milan demonstrates an easily recognizable signature touch throughout."
Mark Varney (head of legato records)
"I chose Milan for anchor man on both 'Guitar on the Edge'-CD's because I wanted the CDs to end with something that would totally blow away someone who had been listening to the CD up to that point."
John Stix (guitar)
"Bach rock, hard rock or squeezing the blues, Milan has it covered. Dynamic and forceful, he's got the tones, phrasing and technique that he needs to get to the big show."
Matt Williams (head of Liquid Note Records)
"The thing I love most about Milan's playing is the way he combines super-technique with emotion-soaked string bends and vibrant vibrato. Style is everything. Note choice, diversity and phrasing: you know it's Milan in about 5 notes. There's not many guitarists you can say that about anymore!"
Simon Badham (Essential Guitarist)
"A cursory listen to any of Milan Polak's solo discography reveals a truly ferocious musical talent, but one not solely confined to the world of shred guitar. Milan is a guy who can evidently play and laugh at the best of them."
Andy Craven (virtuosityone.com)
"Milan is one of the hottest players currently on the scene and is not only extremely proficient in practically every style you can imagine but also knows how to write engaging music and present in such a way that it has its own unique voice and character."
Scott Jeslis (metalexpressradio.com)
"The name Milan Polak might best be described as a bit of a guitar deity. His impressive resume certainly exudes enough highlights that could easily position him on top of such a pedestal."
Kevan J. Geier (tremol-no)
"I've heard TONS of guitar stuff in the last 15 years or so. This one stands out to me. Milan covers so many different styles and genres - everything from metal to flamenco to shred-fu to the blues-ish ballad. He's shown me that he's the Leatherman of guitar. Totally and completely versatile. It's easy to see why Falco chose him as a guitarist."
MJBrady (ProGGnosis)
"Milan shows excellent flair for technical arrangements that fully compliment his amazing playing."
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PRESS:
"Torn is one of the best songs I've heard all year and gives bands like Gotthard and Europe a run for their money! For fans of Milan’s early instrumental albums fear not as he still plays some enjoyable solos.
If you like melodic hard rock with some neat musical twists then what are you waiting for go grab this album." (****1/2)
- JASON RITCHIE, WWW.GETREADYTOROCK.COM
"Another superb album from Mr. Polak and one that showcases perfectly just what a real talent the man is."
- WWW.THEMAYFAIRMALLZINE.COM
"Milan Polak's fourth release and second vocal album, Murphy's Law, is straight melodic hard rock made more interesting by clever innovation from rock, prog, jazz fusion, and Polak's own novel guitar work. There's nothing conventional about Murphy's Law, and we're better for it. Recommended! (4/5) "
- CRAIG HARTRANFT, WWW.DANGERDOG.COM
"On Murphy’s Law you’ll find a honest piece of straight Hard rock like you didn’t hear for a while. (8.6/10)"
- DICK DIJK, WWW.FURYROCKS.COM
"Great song writing, great guitar, great musicianship and great vocals are the simplest way to sum it all up. “Murphy’s Law” represents a refreshing slice of quality modern rock that should give the market leaders something rather big to worry about. (97.5%)"
- ANDY CRAVEN, WWW.VIRTUOSITYONE.COM
"What I most enjoy about Milan is his ability to allow his guitar play and songwriting to co-exist without coming off as self-indulgent or excessive. Two winners in a row - I’d much rather hear this material spilling forth on all rock radio stations than the same 20 song tight play list. (5/6)"
- MATT COE, WWW.IMHOTEP.NO
"This is a great CD with a lot of attitude and shows Milan Polak to be a complete musician – much more than just another six-string phenom. (9/10) "
- JOE MIS, WWW.HARDROCKHAVEN.NET
"If you go in this direction musically and you’re a bit fed up with the crop of musicians being pushed States side, MILAN POLAK is definitely one to watch." (7,5/10)
- JONATHAN SMITH, HTTP://WWW.METAL-OBSERVER.COM
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Throughout his career guitarist extraordinaire Milan Polak has already played with Falco, members of Guns n’ Roses, Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, Steve Vai), Marty Friedman (Ex-Megadeth), Dimebag Darrell (Pantera) a.m.o.
He was featured in "Guitar for the Practicing Musician" as well as on several CD samplers of the world’s best guitarists such as M. Varney’s "Guitar On The Edge – The World’s Hottest Guitarists" (with the likes of Steve Vai, Greg Howe and Marty Friedman). His two instrumental albums "Dreamscapes" and "Guitar Odyssey" received overwhelming praise & great reviews worldwide and stayed in the top seller charts of guitar9 for months. The jazz/fusion CD "J.A.M." reached number 2 in the UK Jazzwise Charts.
His album "Straight" featuring Milan Polak on vocals as well, was recorded with high-class musicians (who played with the likes of Malmsteen, Dreamtheater, Vai, Steve Lukather, Glenn Hughes, George Lynch) in NY and received great feedback worldwide, e.g. "Album of the Year" (Netherlands) and "Album of the Month" (Italy). Other nominations were "Top 10 Albums of the Year" (Italy), "Top 30 releases of 2007" (UK) and "Best Guitarist of 2007" (UK). The renowned English "Fireworks Magazine" voted the song "The Glowing Of A Cigarette" no. 2 of the "Top 200 songs of 2007".
Milan Polak also co-wrote and played all the guitars on the album "Bastard" (Nuclear Blast) for the German band Subway To Sally in 2007, which entered the German album charts at 7 and was voted "Album of the Month" by Germany's biggest metal magazine "Metal Hammer". Above all, their song "Auf Kiel" won the German "Bundesvision song contest 2008".
In June 2009 Milan Polak released his new vocal album “Murphy’s Law” which immediately entered the Guitar9 "Most Popular Vocal" charts at no.1 and stayed there for several weeks. So far the album has received great feedback.
Hi Milan, hope y're enjoying the new week my very special friend...& y're keeping warm? Have you met up with Brian yet?
Cheers & a few more cheers,
Doug
You are welcome any time. Thanks for the friendship and feel free to read my articles. Maybe I can write one on you some time. Have a wicked sexy evening. Much Love, Eilene
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