Editing Jason Becker (section)

===Cacophony and solo career===
Becker started out playing alongside [[Marty Friedman (guitarist)|Marty Friedman]] in the Mike Varney-produced duo, [[Cacophony (band)|Cacophony]].<ref name="LarkinHR">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1999|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0257-7|page=53}}</ref> Together, they put out two albums, ''[[Speed Metal Symphony]]'' and ''[[Go Off!]]'' and toured Japan and the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-01 |title=Cacophony Guitar Duel: Jason Becker and Marty Friedman Shoot It Out in Japan |url=https://jasonbecker.com/cacophony-guitar-duel-jason-becker-and-marty-friedman-shoot-it-out-in-japan/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Jason Becker |language=en-US}}</ref> While they never went mainstream in the U.S., they proved popular enough in Europe to sell out almost every performance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ww1.theguitarfiles.com/?sub1=85215f36-e57d-11eb-a09f-e8b4cc8214ce |access-date=July 15, 2021 |title=Archived copy |archive-date=July 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715151002/http://ww1.theguitarfiles.com/?sub1=85215f36-e57d-11eb-a09f-e8b4cc8214ce |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1989 Becker joined [[David Lee Roth]]'s solo band, having released his first solo album titled ''[[Perpetual Burn]]'' in 1988, while Friedman joined [[Megadeth]] in 1990.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> He has since released the albums ''[[Perspective (Jason Becker album)|Perspective]]'', ''[[Collection (Jason Becker album)|Collection]]'' and ''[[Triumphant Hearts]]'', as well as two albums of demos, entitled ''[[The Raspberry Jams]]'' and ''[[The Blackberry Jams]]''.