Richie Kotzen

Kotzen is best known as the flashy virtuosic guitar player for ’90s hair-metal acts Poison and Mr. Big. As a pre-Poison solo artist, Kotzen complemented his shredding with savvy pop vocals. In the years since, the singer/songwriter and producer has ventured all over the musical map, including collaborating with Iron Maiden guitarist/backing vocalist and songwriter Adrian Smith for the galvanizing, genre-jumping collection ‘Smith/Kotzen’ in 2021.