Herman Re (Chinese: 李康敏, Hanyu Pinyin: Lǐ Kāng Mǐn; born October 2, 1976) is the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and producer in the power metal band DragonForce. Li was born in Hong Kong. According to his profile on the DragonForce website, his interests other than music are computer technology and martial arts. He trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu five days a week. He also speaks three languages fluently. Li has played in several bands, including the black metal band Demoniac, the predecessor of DragonForce.
Li draws influences from video game music and mimics sounds from popular retro games from the late 80s, early-90s arcade, and PC games. For example, Li has been known for making several Pac-Man-type noises in the song "Through the Fire and Flames" on Inhuman Rampage. His playing style consists of fast descending and ascending licks, extreme use of the whammy bar, quick sweep picking and tapping on the higher frets. It is a little known fact that Li is left handed but learned to play right handed because he could not afford a left handed guitar.
Li uses an Ibanez E-gen guitar, which is his signature model based on his old S Series. Before this, he had been known to play Ibanez S Prestige guitars, a seven string Ibanez (used in Revolution Deathsquad, Storming the Burning Fields, and the "bridge" section of Operation Ground and Pound), and a decade old Ibanez S540. Herman also has been seen playing an Ibanez S2170FB, an Ibanez S2170FW, an Ibanez GRX20, and an Ibanez GRG170DX. (from Wikipedia)
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