{"name":"Manowar","title":"Manowar","id":754,"slug":"manowar","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/754/?format=json","bio_short":"Manowar is an American classic style heavy metal band from Auburn, New York that prominently features mythology and fantasy in their lyrics as well as songs about Heavy Metal and a theme of comradeship with rebellious attitude. They are also claimed to be pioneers of power metal alongside <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Dio\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Dio</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Helloween\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Helloween</a>.  Manowar was founded by bassist <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Joey+DeMaio\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Joey DeMaio</a> and guitarist  Ross &quot;<a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Ross+the+Boss\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Ross the Boss</a>&quot; Friedman in 1980.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/Manowar.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":1235,"title":"Master of the Wind","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/master-of-the-wind/"},{"id":9863,"title":"Sword In The Wind","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/sword-in-the-wind/"}]}