Rusty Cooley is an adroit, altogether exciting six-stringer from The Woodlands, Texas (U.S.A.) who reveals his style as instrumental hard rock with a bit of neo-classical metal and a large dose of 7-string insanity, as one can clearly experience on his latest album, "Rusty Cooley".  His favorite guitars consist of an Ibanez RG7 and an Ibanez UV777 BK. Cooley has played guitar since 1983, and freely acknowledges his career aspiration, "In 5-10 years I hope to have released many instrumental CDs as well as music from OutWorld, my band."
When requested to reveal his ultimate effect for the guitar, Cooley answered back with, "Delay," and then brought up his musicial goals, "To constantly get better every day." He fervently hopes to one day study theory, classical composition and master jazz improv (but in the context of his own music), and is at this time listening to George Bellas, Symphony X, Magnitude 9, Todd Duane and lots of classical music. His primary fulfillment? "Seeing the results of hard practice paying off, like a new lick that was physically impossible finally becoming usable," he affirms conclusively.
 Cooley concludes by mentioning continuing and future undertakings succinctly, by saying, "I will be appearing on the Guitar 2001 and Ballbuster compilation CDs. But most importantly, finishing up my solo record and starting to work on the material for my band OutWorld."
Guitar Nine Records visitors have compared the playing style and/or musical approach of Rusty Cooley to guitarists such as Buckethead, Francesco Fareri, Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, Michael Angelo Batio, Michael Angelo, John Abercrombie, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Tom Hess, Michael Romeo, George Bellas, Shawn Lane, John 5, Gianni Rojatti, Marty Friedman and others.
Cooley's discography (available here at Guitar Nine Records) includes one solo album ("Rusty Cooley") and participation on a number of other recordings (The Alchemists "The Alchemists", Jason Becker Trib. "Warmth In The Wilderness Vol. II", Book Of Reflections "Book Of Reflections", Generation Ibanez Project "Across The Miles", Guitar 2001 "Lick This", Shawn Lane Remembered "Volume 1", Rogosonic "Leave The World Alone").
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