Shreddy

Guitar & Backing Vocals

Hi my name is Joe Girard aka Shreddy. I was born and raised in a little town called Millbury, Ma. I’ve been around music my whole life. At the wee age of 5 my father started teaching me the guitar.

By the time I was 12 years old, I had learned all that my father could teach me. It was right around this time that I heard Eruption and was floored and thought, “How could anyone get that sound out of a guitar?!”

As a teenager I spent many hours in my bedroom playing the guitar trying to learn Eruption and everything Eddie Van Halen. At this time I also took classical guitar lessons to broaden my knowledge of music. I’m also a Randy Rhoads fan.

Having been in various bands in the Worcester area throughout the 80’s and 90’s, my brothers and I started a band called Powerplay with our original vocalist John “Chief” Solomon in 1994. John left EWS in 2018

I left the band in 2016 to pursue my love of playing Eddie Van Halen. I have the pleasure of playing Eddie for you all. It is my pleasure to give you that that Van Halen Fix!!

Shreddy started EWS in 2016