Let us not forget Buckethead. If anybod is doing anything original with Shred these days, it's him.

I think there will always be a place for Shred as there will always be a place for any kind of music out there. There will always be a small, faithful audience, while the large, rather unfaithful audience will shift from genre to genre as they become popular. It's the way the world works.

I've said this before, and I've said this again: Stay true to yourself and the music that you know in your heart that you have to make, and you'll never go wrong. Maybe you'll be workin' at Burger King and playing for crowds of six to ten people, but you'll be satisfied.