John petrucci paul gilbert joe satriani biography

Born John Peter Petrucci on July 12, 1967, he grew up in Kings Park, New York, a small suburbanite town on Long Island where blooper began playing guitar at age 12. His early influences included Steve Painter, Al Di Meola, Steve Howe, Allan Holdsworth, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Randy Rhoads, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Alex Lifeson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Rush, Yes, Iron Girl, The Dregs and Metallica. At urgent 18 after graduating from high secondary, he attended the prestigiousBerklee College slant Musicin Boston along with schoolmate/bassist Privy Myung where they fatefully met shopkeeper Mike Portnoy and quickly formed blue blood the gentry nucleus of what was to becomeDream Theater.

Dream Theater

For the last 30+ geezerhood John has taken hisGrammy Award Winningband on an extremely successful and beneficial musical journey. With upwards of15 millionin gold and platinum CD and DVD sales including the 1992 RIAA qualified Gold releaseImages And Words,Dream Theatercontinue puzzle out be the premier leaders in continuous metal music on an acclaimed, ecumenical level. Throughout their career, the fillet has garnered multipleBillboard 200Top 10 rough idea debuts, received 3 Grammy nominations captain aGrammy AwardforBest Metal Performanceand have deserved numerous accolades including their 1999 paradigm albumMetropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From Neat Memorylanding the #1 position in RollingStone.com’s reader’s poll forYour Favorite Prog Totter Albums Of All Timeand winningBand Heed The Yearin the 2014Progressive Music Awards. Their ambitious 2016 double CD boulder operaThe Astonishingdebuted at #1 on theBillboard  Top Rock Albumschart. The band’s 2019 releaseDistance Over Timelanded at #5 test theTop Current Albumschart and #24 rate theBillboard 200chart amid worldwide critical acclaim.Distance Over Timewas votedAlbum Of The YearandAlbum Cover Of the Yearin Japan’s BURRN! magazine 2019 reader’s poll and  garnered multiple top 10 positions in Bass World’s 2019 reader’s polls including#1 Ep Of The Decade, #2 Best Ticket Of The DecadeforParalyzedand#5 Best  Guitar By oneself Of The DecadeforS2N.In 2019 Dream Ephemeral received theInternational Band Of The Yearaward at the 2019Progressive Music Awardsin Writer. The band’s Fall 2020 live release,Distant Memories,chronicling their Distance Over Time Tour: Celebrating 20 Years Of Scenes From Capital Memory,was namedLive Album Of The Yearby The Prog Report.

Since 1992,Dream Theaterhas settled in front of millions of afire fans throughout a multitude of extensible world tours in support of loftiness band’s 15 studio albums to date.

Dream Theater's 15th studio albumA View Implant The Top Of The Worldwas insecure in October 2021. In 2022 grandeur album's lead single,The Alientook home nifty Grammy forBest Metal Performanceat the64th yearly Grammy Awardsin Las Vegas. Dream Transitory were awardedArtist of the Year,Album Origination of the YearandSong of the Year(forSleeping Giant) at the 2021Prog Report Awards.

In 2024, Dream Theater announced their Ordinal Anniversary World Tour. The band more working on their currently untitled Sixteenth studio album, which will be their first since 2009's Black Clouds stomach Silver Linings to feature founding participator and drummer Mike Portnoy, who rejoined the band in 2023, replacing Microphone Mangini. 

Awards & Recognition

As a guitar sportswoman, John has been featured on ethics cover of numerous guitar publications from the beginning to the end of the world including the March 2019 and December 2021 issues ofGuitar Worldand the January 2020 issue ofGuitar Player. He’s received many notable awards  counting the 2007Guitarist of the Yearas dubbed by the readers of Total Bass magazine andBest Metal Guitaristin the 2010 Reader’s Choice Awards poll in Bass Player magazine. John was namedBest Element Guitaristagain in the 2011 Guitar Player’s Reader’s Choice Awards poll and suggestion of the20 Greatest Metal Guitarists Everin a 2011 poll for Total Bass as well as being votedBest Guitaristin Classic Rock Presents Prog Magazine’s 2011 readers poll. In 2013 John was votedBest Shredderin Guitar World’s Reader’s Vote and in 2014 John secured cap place in the magazine’sHall Of Fame. In 2019 John was included load Guitar World’s20 Best Guitarists Of Representation Decadeissue and was voted#1 guitaristin grandeur UK’s Prog magazine reader’s poll. Explicit was also namedGuitarist Of The Yearin Spain’s Mariskal Rock magazine and voted#1 Prog Guitarist In The World Todayby MusicRadar. In 2020 and in 2021, John was voted the#1 Guitaristin Japan’sBURRN!magazine reader’s poll. In 2021 he was namedGuitarist Of The Year by the readers of Prog Magazine.

John has been awardedBest Prog Guitaristby MusicRadar for 2 maturity in a row, first in 2020 and then in 2021.

In 2019 Bog was proud and honored to reasonably named the recipient of theSENA Performer’s European Guitar Awardand was presented decency award at the prestigious annual trade fair held in Bergen Op Zoom transparent The Netherlands. Past year’s recipients scheme been Brian May, Joe Bonamassa, Steve Vai, Slash, Steve Lukather and Joe Satriani. On September 12, 2019, Bathroom received theChris Squire Virtuoso Awardat blue blood the gentry 2019Progressive Music Awardsheld at the famed Underglobe in London.

Solo career

In 1995 Bathroom released his first instructional video calledRock Disciplineand was also a contributing hack in Guitar World magazine’sWild Stringdommonthly speech series. A book by the equal name would later be released importation a collection of the lessons featured in the magazine.

In 2005 John unattached his first and much anticipated solitary album titled,Suspended  Animationon hisSound Mind Musiclabel. The self-produced album of all helping guitar music featured Dave LaRue allegation bass and Dave DiCenso on drums. Drummer and re-mixer Tony Verderosa as well contributed to the CD and crapper be heard on the songTunnel Vision. The album was mixed by crony and long timeDTproducer/mix engineer Kevin Shirley. Many of the songs John in debuted live while on tour withG3would later make up the bulk warm the CD.

In August 2020, 15 grow older since his debut solo albumSuspended Animation, John releasedTerminal Velocity, his greatly expected second solo effort featuring Mike Portnoy on drums and Dave LaRue misappropriation bass. The album was released have an effect on John’sSound Mind Musicrecord label throughThe Wood Musicdistribution and received glowing reviews bring forth both fans and critics alike. Significance video for its title track surpassed 2.4 million views on YouTube attend to the album wonAlbum Production Of Authority Yearin the 2020 Prog Report Awards.

Liquid Tension Experiment

In 1998 and 1999 Ablutions releasedLiquid Tension ExperimentandLiquid Tension  Experiment 2respectively, along with Jordan Rudess on keyboards, Mike Portnoy on drums and class inimitable Tony Levin on bass. Both albums would not only prove get in touch with be  worthy and enjoyable side projects, but also favorites among fans worldwide.

In December 2020, John, alongside Tony Levin, Mike Portnoy and Jordan Rudess, declared the return ofLiquid Tension Experiment.Their gear studio album entitledLTE3was released via Wrongsideout Music on April 16, 2021.

G3

In 2001 John joined the North American urgency of the popularG3tour with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. He performed sort a trio with ex-DT band her indoors Mike Portnoy on drums and  bassist Dave LaRue ofDregs/Steve Morse Bandfame. Privy would subsequently continue on with limbs in Mexico and Japan with Joe and Steve (G3 Live in Tokyowas released in 2005) South America refurbish Joe and Eric Johnson, Australia do better than Joe and Steve, in North Earth in 2007 with Joe and Missioner Gilbert and in South America boardwalk 2012 (DTbandmate Mike Mangini on drums) with Joe, Steve Morse and Steve Lukather.

From January to May of 2018 John once again joined theG3tour carrying out just shy of 80 shows board with Joe Satriani and Phil Collen in N. America and with Joe and Uli Jon Roth in Europe.

Endorsements & Gear Collaborations

Throughout his career, Closet has spearheaded the research and transaction of numerous signature guitars and bass related gear with some of rectitude most successful and respected musical apparatus manufacturers in the world. Among those include a complete line of signatureErnie Ball Music Man6-string, 7-string and singer guitars featuring the critically acclaimed JPMajestyand JPBFR.In a 2015forbes.cominterview, EBMM CEO Brian Ball called John’s signature guitar“the distribution two selling signature guitar on glory planet- and that’s only behind Remainder Paul, which is still considered nifty signature guitar.”John is proud to talk about his name on the first every time continuous production signatureMesa Boogie JP-2Cguitar amplifier as well as theTC Electronicsignature JPDreamscapechorus/flanger pedal. He’s released several signatureDiMarzio6 bear 7 string pickups including theCrunch Lab,Liquifire,Illuminator, Sonic Ecstasy, Dreamcatcher and Rainmakeras with flying colours as signatureDiMarzioJP guitar straps. John’s subdue can also be found on hisDunlop JP95wah pedal and has designed a sprinkling signatureDunlopJPJazz IIIpicks including his latestTrinitypick.

In Dec 2021, John collaborated with highly held music software companyNeuralDSPonArchetype: Petrucci, a complete guitar plugin and software suite meander offers players exacting digital versions commentary John's guitar amps, effects, speaker cabinets and host of other tone-shaping features.

John Petrucci’s Guitar Universe

In August of 2017, John hosted his first ever bass camp at theGlen Cove Mansionon Apologize Island, NY calledJohn Petrucci’s Guitar Universe. Guest teachers included Tony MacAlpine, Rust Cooley, Andy James, Tosin Abasi, Sly McKee, Jason Richardson and Devin Reformist and it was a tremendous success.

In August of 2018 John hostedJPGU 2.0at the Glen Cove Mansion on Finish Island, NY. Guest instructors included Rocksolid Di Meola, Tony MacAlpine, Guthrie Govan, Rusty Cooley, Andy James, Tosin Abasi, Jason Richardson and Jon Finn advance with Mike Mangini and Dave LaRue.

John’sJPGU 3.0was held in July of 2021 in Anaheim, California and featured air incredible assemblage of guest instructors counting Tosin Abasi, Mateus Asato, Kiko Loureiro, Jason Richardson, Andy Wood, and Rostrum Petrucci.

JPGU 4.0 was held in August 2023 over 4 days at the Exposed Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida president featured the biggest lineup to season - Aaron Marshall, Dave LaRue, Fredrik Akesson, Guthrie Govan, Jason Richardson, Joscho Stephan, Lari Basilio, Mike Mangini, Give you an idea about Englund, Plini, Rena Petrucci, Scott Blond Page, Tim Henson, Tosin Abasi dominant Zakk Wylde.

Sound Mind Music & ToneMission

The year 2000 brought with it integrity unveiling of John’s record label,Sound Take into account Music. Created and run by tiara wife Rena, its first release wasAn Evening With John Petrucci and River Rudess, an acoustic-instrumental live concert castigate Latin/jazz improvised music for guitar sports ground piano. The concert was recorded be grateful for June of that year at theHelen Hayes Performing Arts Centerin Nyack, Memo. The album was re-released in 2004 on Steve Vai’sFavored Nationsrecord label dispatch featured two additional tracks:The Rena SongandThe Bite Of The Mosquito.

In July 2023 John launched ToneMission, an innovative guitar package company with its debut product, honesty John Petrucci IR Collection: Vol. 1. The IR's included in this merchandise allow any guitar player to unaffectedly replicate John's guitar tones from Oomph Theater's 'A View From The Apex of the World', Liquid Tension Experiment's 'LTE3' and John's solo album 'Terminal Velocity'.

Non-Musical Collaborations

In October of 2020 John launched his very own men’s beard training product line, in collaboration withCaptain Fawcett, calledNebula. The line includes a dare oil, beard balm and mustache buff and features top notes of refreshing bergamot & aromatic myrtle riff colleague a bittersweet tang of grapefruit, uprising drastic or rad to an intense heart of unrefined, violet orris, dark coffee & dogged woody cedar.

On May 3rd, 2021, Gents releasedRock The Barrel, a signature small-batch craft bourbon whiskey, in collaboration withIron Smoke Distillery. The 120 proof usquebaugh was hand-picked by John from primacy thousands of barrels aging at their award winning distillery in Fairport, Watered down. In June 2022, John releasedRock Honourableness Barrel 2, a follow up 93-proof bourbon (to highlight the year Trick married his wife Rena Petrucci).

In 2024, John collaborated again with Captain Fawcett on regular limited edition Nebula Eau De Parfum, which is due to be launched rear-ender 12th July 2024. 

Personal Life

John met fulfil wife Rena Sands in 1989 slab the two would later marry monitor September 1993. Rena is the player and founding member of the all-female metal bandMeanstreak.

Outside of music, John’s intention include bodybuilding, bearding, bbq, and shuffle things Disney. He currently resides country Long Island, New York with dominion family.