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Video of live performance - Sink Your Teeth (Talas / Billy Sheehan). Bang Gang band produced by Ace Frehley from KISS. MaryAnn Scandiffio / lead vocals, Gordon G.G. Gebert on Keyboards. Billy Sheehan (born on 1953 March 19 in Buffalo, NY) is an Irish American bassist known for his work with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr Big, and Niacin. Sheehan has won Guitar Player Magazine's “Best Rock Bass Player“ readers' poll five times for his “lead bass“ playing style. Guitar Player has likened his soloing on the four-string instrument to Eddie Van Halen's on the six-string guitar. Sheehan's repertoire includes the use of chording, two-handed tapping and controlled feedback. However, Sheehan is also noted as a steady “true“ bassist, fulfilling the traditional supportive role of the electric bass in the rock idiom. However, Sheehan says that when he saw Tim Bogert of the band Vanilla Fudge using a Fender Precision bass with a maple fingerboard, he switched
