Tommy Gibbons is an 18 year old extreme guitarist, singer, drummer, engineer, producer and bassist. He is a multiple award winning guitar soloist in jazz and rock and roll and runs his own school.

When not teaching guitar, drums and bass at the KOMPOUND Music School, he also engineers his own music and that of other bands in his studio. He plays lead guitar and sings lead vocals for his band KOAMA, which he formed at 11 years old.

His other music ventures are The Tommy Gibbons Band (rock and alt) and Man Terror, an animated series with 3 episodes almost completed. Tommy has won many awards, including winner of  the Arizona Guitarmageddon at Guitar Center at age 14, Runner up for ‘Best in Western USA’ Guitarist award at 14 yrs old in Dallas Texas and Winner of the Phoenix Guitarmagedon in-store competition at 13 years old. His Jazz awards are The Louis Armstrong Award for Best High School Soloist in Arizona 2007 and 2009.

Tommy has toured in 16 states with KOAMA, headlined the Marquee theatre with KOAMA and opened for Kings X and Gary Hoey as a solo act. He has joined Chris Poland and his fusion band OHM on stage for a live jam session in a Hollywood night club. He was the top story subject of a big Asian Magazine (Sportainment). The story was a 4 page full color spread titled “Who is Tommy Gibbons??? It explained his adoption by American parents while in KOREA and his choice to play guitar at only age 11.The story went on and they said he was, in their opinion, “the greatest Korean guitarist under 16 in the world.” Tommy has been on TV in Arizona 3 times for guitar awards, in Japan and Korea once and in 6 newspaper and 3 magazine stories and articles.

He has been chosen to open for, or toured with Prong, Deicide, Vital Remains, Testament, Into Eternity, UPO, Ohm, F5, Drowning Pool, Job for a Cowboy and many more. At age 13 he received full endorsement from KranK Amps, Homebrew Electronics and KxK Guitars. He maintains them all still.