Michael Angelo Batio

Chicago-based ambidextrous heavy metal guitar virtuoso Michael Angelo Batio is known for his lightning-fast guitar techniques, as well as his inventions, such as the double guitar, which he prominently uses in his recordings and performances. Batio is also well known as a guitar instructor, and has released several instructional videos demonstrating his techniques. Batio began playing guitar as a child, and quickly developed an unusually fast guitar picking technique. After graduating from Northeastern Illinois University with a degree in music theory and composition, he becam...