Neil Citron
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Neil Citron is a guitarist who played briefly with heavy metal band Quiet Riot
in 2006. Although he contributes guitar to the album Rehab
, he left shortly after the release and was replaced by Alex Grossi
.
He is also a sound engineer and mixer. In 2002, he received a Grammy Award
in the Best Pop Instrumental Album
category for engineering No Substitutions: Live in Osaka
by Larry Carlton
and Steve Lukather
.
Has been training in the martial arts for over 35 years. Holds a third-degree black belt in American
Tang Soo Do
style of Karate
under former Chuck Norris
black belt Dennis Ichikawa. He also holds sixth-degree black belts in several Korea
n styles - Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido
, and Sib Pal Gi.
Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot is an American Heavy Metal band. They are best known for their hit singles "Metal Health" and "Cum On Feel the Noize". They were founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni, under the original name Mach 1, before changing the name to Little Women and finally Quiet...
in 2006. Although he contributes guitar to the album Rehab
Rehab (Quiet Riot album)
Rehab is the 11th album released from the heavy metal band Quiet Riot in 2006. It is their first studio release since 2001's Guilty Pleasures. The album is a departure from their "party-rock" past and offers a more mature sound...
, he left shortly after the release and was replaced by Alex Grossi
Alex Grossi
Alex Grossi is an American guitarist, best known as the guitarist of heavy metal band Quiet Riot.-Early life and career:...
.
He is also a sound engineer and mixer. In 2002, he received a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in the Best Pop Instrumental Album
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality instrumental albums in the pop music genre...
category for engineering No Substitutions: Live in Osaka
No Substitutions: Live in Osaka
No Substitutions: Live in Osaka is a live album by Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather, released in 2001 through Favored Nations. In 2002, the album won Carlton and Lukather the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.-Reception:-Track listing:...
by Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands...
and Steve Lukather
Steve Lukather
Steve "Luke" Lukather is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Lukather has played with many artists, released several solo albums, and worked as a composer, arranger, and session guitarist on more than 1,500 albums...
.
Has been training in the martial arts for over 35 years. Holds a third-degree black belt in American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Tang Soo Do
Tang Soo Do
Tang Soo Do is a Korean martial art promoted by Hwang Kee that has roots in various martial arts, including taekkyeon and Subak.-Etymology:...
style of Karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
under former Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do...
black belt Dennis Ichikawa. He also holds sixth-degree black belts in several Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n styles - Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido
Hapkido
Hapkido is a dynamic and also eclectic Korean martial art. It is a form of self-defense that employs joint locks, techniques of other martial arts, as well as kicks, punches, and other striking attacks...
, and Sib Pal Gi.