Michael Wilton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Wilton
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Feb 23, 1962(1962-02-23)
Age	62
Birthplace	San Francisco
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Michael Wilton Biography

Michael Wilton is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on February 23, 1962 in San Francisco, California, United States. Co-founder and guitarist of Queensryche, a progressive rock band. He has also been involved in projects such as Soulbender.

Geoff Tate is the singer of Queensryche and one of Wilton’s bandmates., the singer of Queensryche, is one of Wilton’s bandmates.

While attending junior high school and Interlake High School, Wilton began to explore the guitar world further by listening to hard rock and heavy metal music such as Judas Priest, UFO, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, and Deep Purple, and he began practicing seriously, for 2 hours per day. He changed his mind about playing bass guitar, and chose to play guitar instead. At age 16, his guitar teacher said, that Wilton “whipped on the guitar”, which got him the nickname “Whip”. He bought a Les Paul copy and a fuzzbox, and joined some garage bands with his school-mates, such as Joker, which was formed in 1978. In 1979, new sophomore Chris DeGarmo was briefly part of this band. By the end of the 1979–1980 school year, they disbanded.

Wilton remains a guitarist in Queensrÿche to date. After DeGarmo left Queensrÿche in 1998, Wilton gradually began performing most of the songs that previously featured DeGarmo doing the main solo live, including “Silent Lucidity”, “The Mission”, “En Force”, “I Am I”, “Take Hold of the Flame”, “Best I Can”, “The Killing Words”, “Bridge”, “The Lady Wore Black” and “Anybody Listening?”, amongst others. Queensrÿche had first taken in Kelly Gray as guitarist, who was replaced in 2002 by Mike Stone, and in February 2009 by Parker Lundgren, initially as a touring guitarist but mainly as a rhythm guitarist only joining in for dual guitar solos in songs like “Neue Regel” and “London”. After the band’s 2009 American Soldier tour, Wilton took over all of the solos.

When he was young, his father took him to various concerts.

Michael Wilton Net Worth

Michael Wilton is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Wilton 's net worth $15 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He studied jazz and classical art at the Cornish Institute of Allied Arts, Seattle.

His nickname is The Whip. It’s a result of the speed at which his fingers move across the fretboard.

Michael F. Wilton (born February 23, 1962) also known as The Whip, for how fast his fingers “whip” around the guitar fretboard, heavy metal and hard rock guitarist and songwriter, best known for being a lead and rhythm guitarist and songwriter in the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, which he co-founded in 1982.

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Facts & Trivia

Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael Wilton celebrates birthday on February 23 of every year.

Top Facts about Michael Wilton

1. Michael Wilton is a guitarist and founding member of Queensrÿche.
2. He was born on February 23, 1962 in San Francisco, California.
3. Wilton has been with Queensrÿche for over 35 years.
4. The band has sold over 20 million albums worldwide.
5. Their most successful album, “Empire,” was released in 1990.
6. Wilton’s guitar playing style is influenced by classical music and jazz.
7. He has also worked as a producer and engineer for other artists.
8. In addition to his work with Queensrÿche, he has released solo material.
9. Wilton is known for his use of custom-made guitars and unique tunings.
10. He continues to tour and record with Queensrÿche to this day.