The legendary guitar player and co-founder of Manowar, Ross The Boss will be part of Midalidare Rock In The Wine Valley. Ross will come to Bulgaria with his band "Ross The Boss", created in 2005. They have four studio albums. Their debut „New Metal Leader" was released in 2008, and their new album, "Born of Fire", came out in the beginning of March this year. Even with his new band, part of which is also the iconic bass player of Symphony X Mike LePond, Ross keeps on proving that he is one of the best metal guitar players in the world.

As a child growing up in New York City, Ross "The Boss" Friedman showed great promise as a piano and violin prodigy, but when he first touched the electric guitar he knew he found his true love. He met Andy Shernoff in 1973 while playing in one of his bands at a house party in his teenage years. Together, they created a band known as The Dictators, who became the first signed Punk Rock band launching the CBGBs scene.

While Shakin' Street was opening for Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult in 1980, Ronnie James Dio introduced Ross to crew member Joey DeMaio. The two of them agreed on their vision for what a Heavy Metal band should be and together, they co-founded Manowar. They created their own subgenre and dubbed it "True Metal" playing epic songs with viking themes at very loud volumes. His eight years and six albums with this band gained him an unbelievably loyal cult following who widely considers Ross The Boss to be the definitive Manowar guitar player.

Ross The Boss was one of the pioneers of both Punk Rock and Heavy Metal. He's proud to know that the music he's made has influenced and inspired so many other artists. You can be sure that whatever band he's in or whatever style he's playing in, he's always happy to be writing new music and playing the guitar with his friends. With his new band he continues to play on big festivals not only the new songs but also some of Manowar's classics.


Ross The Boss are:
Ross Friedman
Marc Lopes
Mike LePond
Steve Bolognese


https://www.ross-the-boss.com/

The second edition of Midalidare Rock in the wine valley will be on the 14^th, 15^th, 16^th and 17^th of July 2022.
Tickets are available at Eventim.
Kids up to 12 years old enter the festival for free.