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Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani

Real/full name:
Joseph Satriani
Age:
68 (born Jul 15th, 1956)
Place of birth:
United States (Westbury, New York)
Gender:
Male

Biography

Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and multiple Grammy Award nominee.
Although not a "metal artist" per se, he is still a well-known figure in the metal community.

Solo albums:
1986 - Not of This Earth
1987 - Surfing with the Alien
1989 - Flying in a Blue Dream
1992 - The Extremist
1993 - Time Machine
1995 - Joe Satriani
...

Trivia

Joe was inspired to start playing the guitar after he heard of the death of Jimi Hendrix at a football practice.

He's given guitar lessons to Kirk Hammett, Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, and Alex Skolnick among others.

Played with Deep Purple in 1994, for the brief period before Steve Morse joined. He was actually offered the position full-time, but declined.

Founded the G3 touring concerts in ...

Chickenfoot

Guitars (2008-present)

Joe Satriani

Guitars (1984-present)

Alice Cooper

Guitars

Mick Jagger

Guitars

Planet Us

Guitars (2003)

Squares

Guitars (lead) (1979-1984), Vocals (backing) (1979-1984)

Deep Purple

Guitars (1993-1994)

Ayreon

2020 This Human Equation (Single) Guitars (lead)
2020 Talk of the Town (EP) Guitars (lead)
2020 Transitus Guitars (lead)

Dream Theater

2007 Systematic Chaos Spoken words (track 5)

Jordan Rudess

2004 Rhythm of Time Guitars (lead) (tracks 2, 3)
2018 The Vault (Compilation) Guitars (track 1)

Metal Allegiance

2018 Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty Guitars (lead) (tracks 10)

Spinal Tap

1992 Break like the Wind Guitars (lead) (track 8)

Tarja

2010 What Lies Beneath Guitars (track 9)

The Beast of Nod

2021 Multiversal Guitars (lead) (track 4)

Possessed

1987 The Eyes of Horror (EP) Producer
1992 Victims of Death (Compilation) Producer
Added by: Megadeth Modified by: Krister Jensen
Added on: 2011-04-10 07:17:10 Last modified on: 2024-06-26 03:27:35
 
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