Kenny Marquez
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Kenny Marquez
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kenneth Edward Marquez |
| Genres | Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, Commercial Metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, Bass, keyboards, piano, vocals |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Allied Artists Music Group, Columbia Records, Warner Bros. Records, Capitol Records |
| Associated acts | Renegade, Luis Cardenas, Tony De La Rosa |
| Website | www.RenegadeUSA.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| B.C. Rich Guitars | |
Kenny Marquez is a guitarist who gained fame in the 1980s as a member of the "Chicano rock" band Renegade.
As one of the members of the multi-million selling rocker quartet, Renegade, Within the Latin community, Renegade and its members have been referred to as "Chicano Rock Gods.
Marquez was born in East LA at USC Medical Center. His mother was a product of the radical 1960s and 1970s. Involved in the protests and boycotts of the day, Marquez often saw his mother on TV, participating in sit-ins and playing her guitar. Marquez's mother taught him how to play "House of the Rising Sun" on the guitar at the age of six or seven.
While attending Jr. High, Marquez enrolled in Guitar class to see what he could gain. Playing everything from hard rock tunes to John Denver's "Lady," Kenny Marquez got noticed for his talents as a musician. He notes, "People called me the human jukebox at school. I could play anything. I've had that ability as long as I can remember."
Marquez appeared regularly in school theatrical productions (He loves "Annie Get Your Gun"), and was often featured as a soloist at concerts and plays. Although the high school he attended was considered a "rough one," Marquez credits the music as a way to stay out of trouble and create a persona for himself. "I'd bring my guitar to school with me every day," he says. "But I was popular with ALL the various cliques in school because I could play anything." Marquez tasted his first band experience during his second year. "I played with a band whose guitar player hung with an older kid by the name of Michael Anthony who went on to play in Van Halen. Tony Cogiano gave Kenny tips on playing lead guitar and by the time he was in his teens, the band was playing The Whiskey and Gazzarri's and at the same time, gaining limited experience in the recording studio.
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