THE SLAYLIST
MIYAKO
She’s a power metal powerhouse, but Lovebites’ shredder has been inspired by everyone from Polyphia to Elton John
WORDS: RICH HOBSON
“METALLICA’S MASTER OF Puppets is the first metal song that I learnt to play from beginning to end. Those riffs had me hooked! It made me appreciate how great James Hetfield’s downpicking is… my arm would be so tense that I’d get serious muscle pain the following day! DEEP PURPLE’s Burn is a classic, but it’s difficult to play. I really like the tone of Ritchie Blackmore’s Stratocaster. I used to think, ‘I want to be like Ritchie!’ but then I saw he’d smash up his guitar onstage and I thought, ‘Nah, I can’t be like Ritchie, I’d feel too sorry for the broken guitars!’ I also think the presence of two legendary singers, David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes, really elevate this song to another level.