Zeno Roth

Zeno Roth is the kind of musician I think gets unfairly filed under a famous sibling's shadow, and that always feels like a disservice. Yes, he was the younger brother of Uli Jon Roth, but his own neoclassical and blues-leaning guitar playing had its own temperament. Coming out of Dusseldorf in the German rock scene, he carved a path as a guitarist, songwriter, and composer rather than just trading on the family name. His death in 2018 at 61 closed a quieter chapter of German guitar history that I suspect more listeners will eventually discover. I respect players like him who keep refining a style without chasing the spotlight.

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Name (English)

Zeno Roth

Name (Japanese)

ジーノ・ロート

Reading

じーの・ろーと

Born

June 30, 1956 – February 5, 2018

Origin

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Occupation

guitarist / songwriter / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

• Official sitehttp://www.zenoroth.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%20Roth
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274313

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• guitarist
• songwriter
• composer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.