Jake Dreyer
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jacob Daniel Dreyer |
| Born | May 2, 1992 |
| Origin | Panama City Beach, Florida, US |
| Genres | Progressive metal, thrash metal, speed metal, hard rock, heavy metal, instrumental rock, power metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass |
| Years active | 2005 – present |
| Associated acts | White Wizzard, DeadRingers Guild, Kobra and the Lotus, Witherfall, Iced Earth |
| Website | jakedreyer |
Jake Dreyer (born May 2, 1992) is the lead guitarist and songwriter for the Progressive Metal band Witherfall and lead guitarist for Iced Earth. Dreyer was also a touring and session guitarist for the bands White Wizzard and Kobra and the Lotus.
At the age of 6, Jake started playing guitar after he heard the AC/DC song "Hells Bells". "I instantly knew that I wanted to do that too. I was hooked," says Dreyer during a July 2011 interview with Noisecreep. "Like anyone else, my tastes broadened over the years. So once I started progressing in my playing, I looked for heavier bands like Megadeth and Testament. In high school, I discovered all of the Shrapnel Records guys, but Yngwie Malmsteen was the first guitarist I heard that really changed my life. There was something about his playing that just pulled me in," remembers Dreyer. Jake released four EPs and an album before graduating high school. During that time, he also studied under Chris Broderick (Megadeth, Jag Panzer, Nevermore) and David Shankle, (Manowar), and won the 2007, 2008, and 2009 award for best guitarist of the year.
Toward the end of 2007, Jake formed the melodic metal band DeadRingers Guild. During their 3 years together as a group, the band went on to release 2 professionally recorded EP's, 2008's DeadRingers Guild and 2010s DeadRingers Guild II and tour across the nation, sharing the stage with many national and international acts such as Paul Di'Anno (Ex-Iron Maiden), Enforcer, Cauldron, and Dark Castle. The former EP contained a single written by Jake called "War Path", which become a Finalist in the Hard Rock/Metal category of the 2009 Independent Music Awards. The aforementioned award is often referred to as the "indie grammy". In September 2010, Jake left DeadRingers Guild to go out to Los Angeles to attend school at the Musicians Institute."Once that happened, the rest of the guys in the band just kind of did their own individual things. There is no bad blood between anybody in the band. I still talk to those guys all the time", Jake said in an August 2011 Metal Underground interview.
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