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Gabriel (lead vocals, lead/rhythm guitar) Lexx (lead/rhythm guitar) Zakk (bass) Steven (drums) Ever since he was eight years old, Gabriel Garcia knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life — write songs, sing lead and play shredding guitar for a hard-rocking band. “My cousin used listen to Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Pantera and all that stuff,” Gabriel remembers. “He played it for me, and he taught me how to play guitar. And then I just practiced my ass off.” Gabriel learned fast; six years later, at an age when most budding guitarists are still getting their chops together and dreaming of future stardom, his band Black Tide has already opened for Ozzy Osbourne and Lamb of God on the mainstage of OZZfest 2007, and are preparing to unleash Light From Above, their debut record for Interscope. Don’t let Black Tide’s youthfulness fool you; Gabriel may be only fourteen, and his three bandmates all under twenty, but this Miami-based band is unquestionably the real deal. Ga...