He moved on from there to the Rhino/WEA distributed Bizarre/Straight Records.
He was also credited with landing Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman a gig with that band.
Nalbandian segued into writing, producing anddirectinga series of documentaries chronicling the heavy metal scene with hisInside Metalseries.
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The first video came out in 2014 detailing the pioneers of L.A. hard rock and heavy metal.
News of Nalbandians death spread quickly throughout the music and metal community.
Megadeths Dave Mustaine called Nalbandian a music legend.
We will miss you terribly, Bob.
My sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson also paid tribute.
With deep shock and sadness, we here offer our condolences for our friend Bob Nalbandian who passed today.
Bob was one of the first metal historian journalists I met when I moved to LA in 1983.
No information on survivors or memorial plans was immediately available.
