RANDY McSTINE JOINS ALL ACCESS LIVE

*Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Randy McStine’s career journey is informed by drive, grit, serendipity, and an unwillingness to compromise. It’s why his expansive rock output has achieved global renown across circles of discerning listeners and musicians entirely on an independent basis.

The American musician is best known as the touring guitarist for Porcupine Tree during its 2022-2023 reunion tour, as well as his contributions to the 2025 Steven Wilson studio album The Overview. But what newcomers view as a rapid emergence across arena, festival, and large theater gigs, is actually the result of hardcore perseverance that began in 1998 at age 10.

McStine started out as a prodigiously-talented child guitarist, writing and recording instrumental rock compositions inspired by the likes of Joe Satriani and Gary Moore. In 2009, following several early solo recordings, he chose to explore wide-spectrum singer-songwriter possibilities under the project name Lo-Fi Resistance, yielding three studio albums and a live release.

Lo-Fi Resistance offered intelligent, kaleidoscopic songs that straddled progressive rock and atmospheric pop. Several major musicians took an interest in the work, resulting in the participation of drummers Nick D’Virgilio and Gavin Harrison, bassists Colin Edwin and John Giblin, guitarist John Wesley, vocalist Dug Pinnick, and violinist Joe Deninzon.

Since 2016, McStine has focused on recording and performing under his own name, releasing more than a dozen studio and live efforts. He has also engaged in two major collaborations: The Fringe, a power trio with D’Virgilio and bassist Jonas Reingold; and McStine and Minnemann, his avant-pop duo with drummer Marco Minnemann. McStine also went on to record and tour with the likes of Jane Getter Premonition, Stu Hamm, Adam Holzman, Vinnie Moore, and Ryo Okumoto.
*Taken from Anil Prasad’s Innerviews with Randy McStine: https://www.innerviews.org/inner/randy-mcstine

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