Michael Paget

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Michael "Padge" Paget is a Welsh musician. He plays lead guitar and employs backing vocals in the Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine. [1] [2] He has done guitar lesson videos for Guitar World , where he gives tutorials on playing select Bullet for My Valentine tracks. [3]

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Musical career

Paget stated that the first guitar riff he learned to play was "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, and the first full song he learned to play was "Polly" by Nirvana. He said: "I was just playing riffs for a long, long time. As you progress, you start learning more techniques and looking into scale patterns and modes and stuff like that." [4]

Paget stated that it hurt his feelings when bandmate Matt Tuck left for Thailand to create Bullet for My Valentine's fourth studio album Temper Temper without him. He recounted in 2015: "It really pissed me off, to be honest. Being told over email that you’re not going to record an album with your band. I’m sure it would piss anyone off. I was fucking confused, hurt – and I just didn’t understand it. Do I think it was for the best in the long run? No, I don’t, because our momentum kind of levelled off. I don’t want to dwell on the bad times because it’s all so good now." [5]

Personal life

Paget had back surgery in 2012. It was not immediately known what ailment he was suffering from. The band posted a picture with a caption that said that he was "doing great." [6]

His net worth is said to be five million dollars.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ Blabbermouth (2025-12-13). "BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's MICHAEL 'PADGE' PAGET: 'Our Next Album Is Very, Very Important To Us'". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  2. ↑ "Interview: Bullet For My Valentine's Michael Paget on Band's Heaviest Release Yet, New Self-Titled LP". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  3. ↑ published, Damian Fanelli (2013-02-12). "Lesson Video: Michael Paget of Bullet for My Valentine — "Breaking Point"". Guitar World. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  4. ↑ "Bullet for My Valentine's Michael Paget Plays His Favorite Riffs". Loudwire. 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  5. ↑ Kieltypublished, Martin (2015-07-27). "BFMV Padge puts Temper Temper in the past". Louder. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  6. ↑ wookubus (2012-09-04). "Bullet For My Valentine Guitarist Michael Paget Recovering From Back Surgery". Theprp.com. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
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