Introduction (Marty Friedman album)

Introduction
Studio album by Marty Friedman
Released	November 8, 1994 (1994-11-08)
Recorded	November–December 1993
Studio	Total Access Recording in Redondo Beach, California; Alex Wilkinson's studio in Shadow Hills, Los Angeles
Genre	Instrumental rock, ambient
Length	42:04
Label	Shrapnel
Producer	Marty Friedman, Steve Fontano, Alex Wilkinson, Mike Varney
Marty Friedman chronology
Scenes (1992) Introduction (1994) True Obsessions (1996)

Introduction is the third studio album by guitarist Marty Friedman. It was released on November 8, 1994, through Shrapnel Records in the United States and Roadrunner Records in Europe. It is Friedman's second album to feature Nick Menza on drums; both Friedman and Menza were members of Megadeth at the time. Additionally, Nick's father Don Menza plays shakuhachi on the album. Introduction was released just one week after the Megadeth album Youthanasia.^[1]