BIOGRAPHY
Welcome the italian guitar player and composer Fabrizio Chiruzzi's official web site. Fabrizio was born the march 23th, 1977 at Chieri (TO) and he moved when he was a child in the south of Italy, in a small and boring citadel called Menfi ( AG ) where he grew up showing a deep interest to sea world, sharks and biology. When he was a kid he stared collecting shells, shark teeth and jaws, reading gothic and horror literature, his favourites writers are E.A. Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and few others. In 1992 he began to move his interest to Occultism and Ufology and at the same time he started to write horror tales that were published for Joppolo and LibroItaliano editors. In that period he fallen to crime world, expecially to the psychopatology and the distorted behaviours. He was a great true and the cruelest crimes they perpetuated.
In 1995 his passion to heavy metal music become concrete when he bought his first guitar, a Century guitar: a cheap red guitar with rosewood neck, 22 vintage frets and a cromated Floyd Rose alike bridge. two single coils and an humbucker really noisy. A small Marshall amp and a Korg AX 30g pedal board multieffects processor. During 2007 he started collaborating in some video productions together with the most famous italian religion researcher Luigi Cascioli ( author of the book The Fable of Christ, which exposes the evedences of the non existence of a man called Jesus Christ) some of these videos are available freely for download on www.video.google.it

* Training: self-taught man since October 1995 (starting point)

* Occupation: musician/guitarist/composer/arranger/clinician/ columnist for the italian music magazine Basimedia and for several guitar based web sites.

* Genre: from pop to heavy metal

* Credits: Rockaos Festival ( 2nd classified); winner of an international guitar competition promoted by HARD! magazine

* Similar artists/influences: Michael Angelo, Michael Romeo, George Bellas, Joe Stump, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Brett garsed, Greg Howe, Ministry, Front Line Assembly, Skold, Shotgun Messiah, Die Krupps, Annihilator, Children of Bodom, Manowar, Testament, Kitaro, Suzanne Ciani, Doug Smith, Joaquin Lievano.
Fabrizio is a proud endorser
REVIEWS
# December 1999 by Guitar9.com
# December 1999 by Renegade2k.com
# May 2001 by Metal Shock
# May 2001 by belice.it
# May 2001 by HMportal.com
# May 2001 by Guitarchef.cjb.net
# October 2001 by Hard!
# October 2001 by Basimedia
# October 2001 by Axe Magazine
# October 2001 by TheShredZone.com
# November 2001 by Metailthelaw.com
# November 2001 by Guitarmania.com
# November 2001 by L'araldo
# Febbruary 2002 by Psycho!
# Febbruary 2002 by RoughEdge.com
# Febbruary 2002 by guitarlords.com
# May 2002 by metalloitaliano.it
# June 2002 by truemetal.it
# June 2002 by guitar-heroes.com
# July 2002 by metal.it
# May 2005 by Laurie Monk " Trust in Shredding "

Read all the reviews here
INTERVIEWS
* May 2000 by Hard! - The Ultra zone Experience
* May 2001 by Tele Radio Sciacca
* October 2001 by www.rockreunion.com
* October 2001 by the newspaper La sicilia
* November 2001 by Guitarmania.com
* November 2001 by guitar-heroes.com
* January 2002 by Basimedia
All the interview are collected inside the Dominance Factor Project CD Rom and in all the named site and mags.
IMPORTANT LIVE EVENTS
* December 1998 Rockaos Festival ( II Edition ) 2nd classified.
* March 2000 The Ultra zone Tour Experience, Fabrizio VS Steve Vai ( click here for pics)
* June 2003 clinician for YAMAHA MUSICA ITALIA at AR.CO.IN Trapani, Italy
* July 2003 clinician for YAMAHA MUSICA ITALIA at Inycon Menfi, Italy
* Agoust 2006 " la notte bianca " music festival. presentation of the Ztar to the crowd
You'll find all the pics of the above listed events in the " pics" section.
RELEASES
* December 1999, first edition of The Dominance Factor Project CD-Rom
* May 2001, Gates Of Doom ( buy it at www.guitar9.com)
* August 2001. a jam for www.guitar-heroes.com
* December 2001. solo for the album " Stars " by Matt Cafissi
* Febbruary 2002, Psychosonic compilation