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John Petrucci (born
July 12,
1967) is the
guitarist and a founding member of the
progressive metal group
Dream Theater. He is a popular musician in the
progressive metal genre and utilizes a mixture of styles when playing, such as
shredding and
flamenco.
Born
July 12,
1967, John first played guitar at age 8 when he noticed his sister (who was taking organ lessons at the time) was allowed to stay up past her bed time to practice. He soon dropped it when his plan failed. At age 12, he began playing again when he was invited into the band of his friend
Kevin Moore, who would later become the
keyboardist of
Dream Theater. John began to practice in earnest. He was a largely self-taught guitarist who developed his skills through attempts to equal the chops of his idols, who included
Steve Morse,
Yngwie Malmsteen,
Steve Vai,
Al Di Meola,
Alex Lifeson, and
Allan Holdsworth. He has jokingly referred to his guitar idols as "the Steves and the Als".
John attended
Berklee College of Music in
Massachusetts with childhood friend
John Myung (
bass), where they met future bandmate
Mike Portnoy (
drums). These three in addition to another childhood friend of Petrucci and Myung,
Kevin Moore (
Keyboards), formed the band Majesty, which would later become Dream Theater.
While Dream Theater is what John is most commonly associated with, he was also a part of the band
Liquid Tension Experiment and has appeared as a guest on several records by other artists.
In
2001 he was chosen by
Joe Satriani and
Steve Vai to tour with them on the popular G3 guitar tour, which exposed him to a massive number of new fans and inspired him to record a solo album.
Suspended Animation was released on
March 1,
2005, and made available for order from his web site. He also appeared on the 2005 G3 tour.
Petrucci also wrote and recorded two instrumental soundtrack songs for a
Sega Saturn game titled Necronomicon. Each track is roughly two minutes long and they are simply titled "Prologue" and "Epilogue".
Petrucci is also notable as one of relatively few users of the 7-string guitar. While he uses a conventional 6-string guitar in the majority of his compositions, he has used the 7-string in such songs as "A Change of Seasons", "Caught in a Web", "The Glass Prison", "New Millennium", "The Mirror", and "Lie". Recently he has favoured six string extended scale and drop tuned guitars over his seven strings.
Petrucci currently endorses
Ernie Ball/
MusicMan guitars and has two signature guitars on the market, a 6-string and a 7-string. Two new models are on their way, and will be presented on the NAMM show in January 2006. In addition to Ernie Ball/MusicMan guitars, he endorses
Mesa Boogie amplifiers, and is currently using the Road King and Lone Star. He had previously used their Mark II C+ amp and their Triaxis preamp, among others.
John is happily married to his wife, Rena and has 3 children, SamiJo, Reny and Kiara.
