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John Petrucci

John Petrucci

Real/full name:
John Peter Petrucci
Age:
57 (born Jul 12th, 1967)
Place of birth:
United States (Kings Park, New York)
Gender:
Male

Biography

John Petrucci is the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of Dream Theater.

Originally started playing the guitar so he could stay up later at night since his sister was allowed to stay up late in order to practice the organ. He stopped taking lessons, but began practicing again later. During high-school, he had a pact with John Myung, that they should both practice for six hours a ...

Trivia

In 2009, he was ranked the No. 2 best metal guitarist (behind Dave Mustaine) by Joel McIver in his book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists. He was also ranked as one of the "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time" by GuitarOne magazine.

He is married to Rena Sands of the band Meanstreak.

Childood friend of Kevin Moore, who used to live around the corner from his house.

Dream Theater

Guitars, Vocals (additional) (1988-present)

1989 Status Seeker (Single) Guitars
1989 Afterlife (Single) Guitars
1989 When Dream and Day Unite Lyrics (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7), Guitars, Songwriting (track 3)
1992 Images and Words Lyrics (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6), Guitars
1992 Pull Me Under (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
1993 Live (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
1993 Images and Words: Live in Tokyo (Video) Guitars
1993 Another Day (Single) Guitars, Vocals
1993 Live at the Marquee (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
1994 The Silent Man (Single) Guitars, Vocal
1994 Wach auf! (Split) Guitars
1994 RockVideo Monthly - Heavy Metal Releases - Spring 1994 (Split video) Guitars
1994 Awake Songwriting (tracks 1-8), Guitars, Lyrics (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 10)
1994 Lie (Single) Vocals (backing), Guitars
1995 Tears (Single) Vocals (backing), Guitars
1995 A Change of Seasons (EP) Vocals (backing), Guitars
1996 Fan Club Christmas CD 1996 (Compilation) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
1997 Hollow Years (Single) Guitars
1997 You Not Me (Single) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
1997 Falling into Infinity Guitars, Lyrics (tracks 2-4, 7, 8)
1997 Fan Club Christmas CD 1997 (Compilation) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
1998 Touring into Infinity and Beyond (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
1998 Live Bonus Tracks (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
1998 Once in a Livetime (Live album) Guitars
1999 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory Lyrics (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 11), Vocals, Songwriting (tracks 1, 4), Guitars
2000 Through Her Eyes (Single) Guitars
2000 Fan Club Christmas CD 2000 (Compilation) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2001 Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York (Video) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2001 Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York (Video) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2001 Live Scenes from New York (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2002 The ATCO Demos (Demo) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2002 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Songwriting, Guitars, Lyrics (Disc 1: tracks 3, 4; Disc 2: tracks 2, 6-8), Vocals (backing)
2003 The Majesty Demos 1985-1986 (Compilation) Guitars
2003 Los Angeles, California 5/18/98 (Live album) Guitars, Vocals
2003 Train of Thought Songwriting (tracks 1-4, 6, 7), Lyrics (tracks 1, 3, 7), Guitars
2003 Graspop Festival 2002 (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2004 Tokyo, Japan 10/28/95 (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2004 Master of Puppets (Live album) Guitars (lead)
2004 Live at Budokan (Video) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2004 Live at Budokan (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2004 A Sort of Homecoming (Fan Club CD 2004) (Compilation) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2005 A Walk Beside the Band (Video) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2005 When Dream and Day Reunite (Live album) Vocals (backing), Guitars
2005 The Number of the Beast (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2005 When Dream and Day Reunite (Video) Vocals (backing), Guitars
2005 Octavarium Lyrics (tracks 2-5, 8), Guitars, Vocals
2006 Romavarium (Fan Club DVD 2006) (Video) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2006 Old Bridge, New Jersey 12/14/96 (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2006 Awake Demos 1994 (Demo) Guitars
2006 Dark Side of the Moon (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2006 Dark Side of the Moon (Video) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2006 Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra (Live album) Guitars, Vocals
2006 Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra (Video) Guitars, Vocals
2007 Forsaken (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2007 Forsaken / Set the World on Fire (Split) Vocals (backing), Guitars
2007 Systematic Chaos Vocals (backing), Lyrics (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8), Guitars
2007 New York City 3/4/93 (Live album) Guitars
2007 Made in Japan (Live album) Guitars
2007 Bucharest, Romania 7/4/02 (Video) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2008 Forsaken EP (EP) Guitars, Backing Vocals
2008 Chaos in Motion 2007-2008 (Video) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2009 Stargazer (Single) Guitars
2009 Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2009 Odyssey (Single) Guitars
2009 Take Your Fingers from My Hair (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2009 Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part II (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2009 Black Clouds & Silver Linings Lyrics (tracks 1-3, 6), Vocals (backing), Songwriting (tracks 1-6), Guitars
2009 To Tame a Land (Single) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2009 Uncovered 2003-2005 (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2009 Train of Thought - Instrumental Demos 2003 (Demo) Guitars
2009 Santiago, Chile 12/6/05 (Video) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2009 Progressive Nation 2008 (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2009 Wither (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2009 Wither (EP) Vocals (track 3), Guitars
2010 Raw Dog (Single) Guitars
2010 God of War: Blood & Metal (Split) Guitars
2011 On the Backs of Angels (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2011 A Dramatic Turn of Events Songwriting (tracks 1-9), Lyrics (tracks 1-6, 8, 9), Guitars
2013 The Enemy Inside (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2013 Along for the Ride (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2013 Dream Theater Songwriting (tracks 1-9), Lyrics (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9), Guitars
2013 Live at Luna Park (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2013 Happy Holidays (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2014 Illumination Theory (EP) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2014 Breaking the Fourth Wall (Live from the Boston Opera House) (Live album) Guitars
2016 The Astonishing Lyrics, Guitars, Songwriting
2016 Our New World (Single) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2018 Untethered Angel (Single) Guitars
2019 Fall into the Light (Single) Guitars
2019 Paralyzed (Single) Vocals (additional), Guitars
2019 Distance over Time Guitars, Songwriting, Lyrics (tracks 1-4, 6, 9)
2020 Distant Memories - Live in London (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Images and Words - Live in Japan, 2017 (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: A Dramatic Tour of Events – Select Board Mixes (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2021 The Alien (Single) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Train of Thought - Instrumental Demos (2003) (Demo) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Master of Puppets - Live in Barcelona, 2002 (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2021 Invisible Monster (Single) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2021 A View from the Top of the World Lyrics (tracks 3-5, 7), Guitars
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: When Dream and Day Reunite (Live) (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2022 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Awake Demos (1994) (Demo) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2022 ...and Beyond - Live in Japan, 2017 (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2022 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Live in Berlin (2019) (Live album) Guitars, Vocals (additional)
2023 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Live at Madison Square Garden (2010) (Live album) Guitars
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John Petrucci

Guitars (2000-present)

2000 An Evening with John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (Collaboration) Guitars
2005 Suspended Animation Guitars, Songwriting
2020 Terminal Velocity Guitars, Songwriting

Liquid Tension Experiment

Guitars (1997-present)

1998 Liquid Tension Experiment Guitars
1999 Liquid Tension Experiment 2 Guitars
2001 Warzone XIII (The Dream Theater Projects) (Split) Guitars
2009 Live in LA (Live album) Guitars
2009 Live in NYC (Live album) Guitars
2009 Live in NYC (Video) Guitars
2009 Live in LA (Video) Guitars
2009 Liquid Tension Experiment Live 2008 (Boxed set) Guitars
2021 The Passage of Time (Single) Guitars
2021 Beating the Odds (Single) Guitars
2021 Liquid Tension Experiment 3 Guitars
(show all)

Majesty

Guitars (1985-1988)

1986 Majesty (Demo) Guitars
1988 Status Seeker / Ytse Jam (Single) Guitars
2001 Warzone XIII (The Dream Theater Projects) (Split) Guitars

Nightmare Cinema

As Johnny James:
Guitars (1997-1999)

G3

Guitars (2001-2002)

Liquid Trio Experiment

Guitars (2008)

Derek Sherinian

2006 Blood of the Snake Guitars (track 1)

Explorers Club

1998 Age of Impact Guitars (lead)

James LaBrie

2008 Prime Cuts (Split) Guitars (track 10)

Jordan Rudess

2001 Feeding the Wheel Guitars (tracks 2, 5, 9, 11)
2018 The Vault (Compilation) Guitars (track 8)
2019 Wired for Madness Guitars (lead) (track 2)

Liquid Trio Experiment

2009 When the Keyboard Breaks: Live in Chicago (Live album) Guitars, Bass (track 7)

Marty Friedman

2006 Loudspeaker Guitars (track 3)

Queensrÿche

2004 The Art of Live (Video) Guitars (Track 15)
2004 The Art of Live (Live album) Guitars (Track 15)

Dream Theater

1997 You Not Me (Single) Lyrics
1999 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory Producer
1999 Cleaning Out the Closet (Christmas CD 1999) (Compilation) Producer, Recording
2000 Through Her Eyes (Single) Lyrics
2001 Live Scenes from New York (Live album) Producer
2002 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Co-producer
2003 The Majesty Demos 1985-1986 (Compilation) Producer
2003 The Making of Scenes from a Memory (Compilation) Producer
2003 Los Angeles, California 5/18/98 (Live album) Producer
2003 As I Am (Single) Lyrics, Producer
2003 Train of Thought Producer
2004 Tokyo, Japan 10/28/95 (Live album) Producer
2004 Master of Puppets (Live album) Producer
2004 When Dream and Day Unite Demos 1987-1989 (Demo) Producer
2004 Live at Budokan (Video) Producer
2004 Live at Budokan (Live album) Producer
2005 The Number of the Beast (Live album) Producer
2005 When Dream and Day Reunite (Live album) Producer
2005 Images and Words Demos 1989-1991 (Demo) Producer
2005 When Dream and Day Reunite (Video) Producer
2005 Octavarium Producer
2006 Old Bridge, New Jersey 12/14/96 (Live album) Producer
2006 Awake Demos 1994 (Demo) Recording, Mixing
2006 Dark Side of the Moon (Live album) Producer
2006 Dark Side of the Moon (Video) Producer
2007 Forsaken (Single) Producer, Lyrics
2007 Systematic Chaos Producer
2007 Falling into Infinity Demos (Demo) Producer
2007 Bucharest, Romania 7/4/02 (Video) Producer
2008 Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) (Compilation) Producer
2008 Chaos in Motion 2007-2008 (Video) Producer
2009 A Rite of Passage (Single) Producer
2009 Black Clouds & Silver Linings Producer
2009 Uncovered 2003-2005 (Live album) Producer
2009 Train of Thought - Instrumental Demos 2003 (Demo) Producer
2009 Santiago, Chile 12/6/05 (Video) Producer
2009 The Making of Falling into Infinity (Compilation) Producer
2009 Wither (Single) Producer
2009 Wither (EP) Producer
2010 God of War: Blood & Metal (Split) Producer
2011 On the Backs of Angels (Single) Producer
2011 Original Album Series (Boxed set) Producer
2011 A Dramatic Turn of Events Producer
2013 The Enemy Inside (Single) Producer
2013 Along for the Ride (Single) Producer
2013 Dream Theater Producer
2013 Live at Luna Park (Live album) Executive producer, Producer (audio)
2014 Breaking the Fourth Wall (Live from the Boston Opera House) (Live album) Producer, Executive producer
2016 The Astonishing Producer
2019 Paralyzed (Single) Producer
2019 Distance over Time Producer
2020 Distant Memories - Live in London (Live album) Producer
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Images and Words - Live in Japan, 2017 (Live album) Producer
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: A Dramatic Tour of Events – Select Board Mixes (Live album) Producer
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Train of Thought - Instrumental Demos (2003) (Demo) Producer
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Master of Puppets - Live in Barcelona, 2002 (Live album) Producer
2021 A View from the Top of the World Producer
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: When Dream and Day Reunite (Live) (Live album) Producer
2022 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: The Majesty Demos (1985-1986) (Demo) Producer
2022 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Awake Demos (1994) (Demo) Recording, Mixing
2022 ...and Beyond - Live in Japan, 2017 (Live album) Producer
2023 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Live at Madison Square Garden (2010) (Live album) Producer
(show all)

John Petrucci

2000 An Evening with John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (Collaboration) Songwriting (tracks 1-5, 7-10)
2005 Suspended Animation Producer
2020 Terminal Velocity Producer
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