Sham (Kamikaze)

Name: Shamril Salleh
Born: 1976
Profile: He is one of Malaysia’s top rock guitarist, musician and composer.

History: With a background families who loves music; he started at the early age of 5 years old, where he played piano, got bored and change his instrument to guitar at the age of 12 and started a band at the age of 14. One of the instructor in Guitar Institute of Malaysia (GIM) in early 90's, he later became a sessions for various artists and his major break through was in 1996 where he is the session guitarist in "KOOL" first album. He then formed a band called "Kamikaze" in the late 1999. He has performed with musician such as Andy Timmons, Neil Zaza and T.M. Stevens, and opened for the Joe Satriani/Steve Vai/ Yngwie Malmsteen G3 tour in 2000.

Influences: Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani.

Axology: Sham Kamikaze Squier Signature Stratocaster, Fender guitars, Music Man Luke, Gibson Les Paul.

(Here is a link for his Squier signature Start)

http://www.squierguitars.com/news/index.php?display_article=122

(Sham did Rock You Like A Hurricane cover with Orchestra)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0-gd9c1uIY