Greg Howe – born in New York City, New York on December 8, 1963 – is a hard rock guitarist and composer. He began his career playing clubs on the East Coast shortly after he left high school. His band for most of the 1980s featured his brother Albert Howe on vocals. Signing to Shrapnel Records in 1987, Greg Howe began he professional career as a sideman, bandleader, and solo artist. He released his self-titled solo debut album in 1988, but reconvened with his brother and formed the hard rock band Howe II. After two albums – High Gear (1989) and Now Hear This (1991) – the band split and Greg Howe resumed his solo career. He’s released a total of nine solo albums that have revealed an artist of great depth, exploring a mixture of classic hard rock and jazz fusion. Between 1993 and 2017, his approach to instrumental rock and jazz fusion was unique – he even dabbled in neo-classical metal with his 1999 album Ascend. After his 2000 release Hyperacuity, he took a six year break before returning with Sound Proof (2006). Nine years later, he released Wheelhouse, his most personal album to date. In between his solo albums, he also worked on albums by James Murphy, Laura Pausini, Michael Jackson, Vitalij Kuprij, Simon Phillips, and Jason Becker. Greg Howe has also been involved with various guitar projects including A Guitar Supreme (2004), Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse: A Fusion Guitar Tribute (2005), and the Jimi Hendrix tribute The Spirit Lives On (2004).
