Racer X

Racer X is an American heavy metal and speed metal band coming from Los Angeles, California, the United States. The band was founded in 1985 by guitarist Paul Gilbert and bassist Juan Alderete who participate in other projects as well (Alderete is a bassist of Mars Volta and Gilbert went on to achieve a great success with Mr. Big). The current band’s line-up composes of Juan Alderete (bass), Paul Gilbert (lead and rhythm guitar), Jeff Martin (vocals) and Scott Travis (drums). The band released their debut album Street Lethal in 1986. The debut album made the band popular due to Paul Gilbert neoclassical style of playing the guitar. Though the band wasn’t playing anything neoclassical, they reached the success as a live band. In 1989, they broke up but reunited in 10 years. You can download Racer X’s debut album in mp3 from our site.