Ukrainian-American guitarist
Lee Altus
Born (1966-05-13 ) May 13, 1966 (age 58) Odesa , Ukrainian SSR Genres Occupation(s) Instrument(s) Guitar Years active 1986–present Member of Formerly of
Musical artist
Lee Altus is a Ukrainian-American heavy metal guitarist currently playing in Exodus and Heathen .
Career
Altus first came to public attention in the mid-1980s with his original band, Heathen . He served as the principal songwriter and a founding member of Heathen playing on all four of their LPs, Breaking the Silence , Victims of Deception , The Evolution of Chaos and Empire of the Blind . In 1990, Altus was considered for the position in Megadeth vacated by Jeff Young , but declined, and the job was given instead to Marty Friedman . He later became a permanent member of the band Exodus .
After Heathen broke up in 1992, Altus moved to Germany along with his fellow ex-Heathen members Doug Piercy and Darren Minter. Altus and Minter played in the industrial metal group Die Krupps for much of the remainder of the 1990s.[1] He also participated in a reunited version of Angel Witch .
In 2001, Altus reunited Heathen along with Minter, vocalist Dave White, bassist Mike Jastremski and guitarist Ira Black . The band put out an EP entitled Recovered , made up of rare material and, with a new second guitarist and bassist, in 2010 released The Evolution of Chaos , followed a decade later by Empire of the Blind (2020). Altus has been a member of the San Francisco thrash metal band Exodus since 2005, replacing longtime guitarist Rick Hunolt. To date, Altus has performed on six studio albums with Exodus: Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005), The Atrocity Exhibition (2007), Let There Be Blood (2008), Exhibit B: The Human Condition (2010), Blood In, Blood Out (2014) and Persona Non Grata (2021).
Personal life
Lee is a longtime fan of the Philadelphia Flyers NHL franchise, including wearing Flyers shirts while headlining the 2020 70,000 Tons of Metal festival.[citation needed ]
Equipment
Altus currently endorses ESP Guitars , though he used to play Jackson King V guitars. Altus was a long time user of Mesa/Boogie Amplifiers as well, but is currently an ENGL endorsee.[2]
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