John Petrucci

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John Petrucci

Born July 12, 1967 · Long Island, New York, USA (age 59)

John Petrucci is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Petrucci was named as the third player on the G3 tour six times, more than any other invited guitarists. In 2009 he was named the No. 2 best metal guitarist (behind Dave Mustaine) by Joel McIver in his book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists. He was also named as one of…

Known For

Dream Theater: Loud Park FestivalDream Theater: Loud Park Festival · 2014
Dream Theater: Loud Park Festival
2014
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Dream Theater at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 1. Interviews 2. The enemy inside 3. Overture 1928 4. Strange Deja Vu 5. Pull me under
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic ChaosDream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos · 2007
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
2007
MovieMusic
* A 90 minute making of album "Systematic Chaos" documentary. * 5.1 Surround mix of the entire album.
Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à ParisDream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris · 2025
Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris
9.32025
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In 2024, GRAMMY®-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater celebrated their 40th anniversary as a band, as well as the return of founding member Mike Portnoy, with a mammoth tour starting at London's legendary O2 Arena and continuing across the globe. 'Quarantième: Live à Paris' is a live presentation of that tour, filmed and recorded live in Paris in front of a huge audience at the Adidas Arena. Performing tracks from across the band's career, as well as material from their most recent acclaimed studio album, ‘Parasomnia’, this stunning audio/visual release documents a very special time in the band's history.
G3 - Live in TokyoG3 - Live in Tokyo · 2005
G3 - Live in Tokyo
7.12005
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G3, a guitar supergroup that features top-tier shredders Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and John Petrucci, is a guitar-lover's dream come true. The band's usual high energy is cranked up even higher on this live Tokyo date, and the amount of heavy riffing and blistering leads throughout the set is mightily ferocious. Petrucci, who rose to prominence in the progressive metal band Dream Theater, distinguishes himself here, and proves that his six-string skills are on par with revered axe-slinging of Vai and Satriani. In addition to some extended jams, there are covers of classic, guitar-defining rock songs (Deep Purple's "Smoke On the Water" and Jimi Hendrix's "Foxey Lady," among them) that add a dash of fun to the jaw-dropping pyrotechnics on offer.
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the MoonDream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon · 2005
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon
2005
MovieMusic
Dream Theater’s entire performance of the legendary Pink Floyd album recorded live at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England on October 25th 2005. Featuring Special Guests: Theresa Thomason on Vocals, Norbert Stachel on Sax. 1) Speak To Me / Breathe 2) On The Run 3) Time 4) The Great Gig In The Sky 5) Money 6) Us And Them 7) Any Colour You Like 8) Brain Damage 9) Eclipse. Special Bonus Features Interviews, rehearsal and soundcheck footage. Additional Pink Floyd covers Hey You, Echoes Pt.1 and Comfortably Numb featuring Queensrÿche.
Dream Theater - Distant Memories Live in LondonDream Theater - Distant Memories Live in London · 2020
Dream Theater - Distant Memories Live in London
8.22020
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Recorded Feburary 2020 in London, during the band's much anticipated 'The Distance over Time Tour: Celebrating 20 years of Scenes from a Memory'.
Dream Theater - ParasomniaDream Theater - Parasomnia · 2025
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
8.02025
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An album announcement that is fifteen years in the making, GRAMMY®-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater return with their sixteenth studio album, Parasomnia. The album marks the first album featuring the iconic lineup of vocalist James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings. Blu-ray: Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround Sound & High Resolution Stereo mixes of entire album with visuals 1. In The Arms Of Morpheus 00:05:22 2. Night Terror 00:09:55 3. A Broken Man 00:08:29 4. Dead Asleep 00:11:06 5. Midnight Messiah 00:07:58 6. Are We Dreaming? 00:01:28 7. Bend The Clock 00:07:24 8. The Shadow Man Incident 00:19:32
Quarantième: Live à ParisQuarantième: Live à Paris · 2025
Quarantième: Live à Paris
2025
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G3 - Live in TokyoG3 - Live in Tokyo · 2005
G3 - Live in Tokyo
7.12005
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G3, a guitar supergroup that features top-tier shredders Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and John Petrucci, is a guitar-lover's dream come true. The band's usual high energy is cranked up even higher on this live Tokyo date, and the amount of heavy riffing and blistering leads throughout the set is mightily ferocious. Petrucci, who rose to prominence in the progressive metal band Dream Theater, distinguishes himself here, and proves that his six-string skills are on par with revered axe-slinging of Vai and Satriani. In addition to some extended jams, there are covers of classic, guitar-defining rock songs (Deep Purple's "Smoke On the Water" and Jimi Hendrix's "Foxey Lady," among them) that add a dash of fun to the jaw-dropping pyrotechnics on offer.

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Dream Theater - ParasomniaDream Theater - Parasomnia · 2025
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
8.02025
MovieMusic
An album announcement that is fifteen years in the making, GRAMMY®-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater return with their sixteenth studio album, Parasomnia. The album marks the first album featuring the iconic lineup of vocalist James LaBrie, guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings. Blu-ray: Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround Sound & High Resolution Stereo mixes of entire album with visuals 1. In The Arms Of Morpheus 00:05:22 2. Night Terror 00:09:55 3. A Broken Man 00:08:29 4. Dead Asleep 00:11:06 5. Midnight Messiah 00:07:58 6. Are We Dreaming? 00:01:28 7. Bend The Clock 00:07:24 8. The Shadow Man Incident 00:19:32
G3: Live in New YorkG3: Live in New York · 2007
G3: Live in New York
7.52007
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G3 is a concert tour organized by guitarist Joe Satriani featuring him alongside two other guitarists. Since its inception in 1995, G3 has toured most years and has featured many guitarists, including Steve Vai (Satriani's former student), Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Robert Fripp, Paul Gilbert, Steve Morse, Steve Lukather, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Adrian Legg and many other special guests, including Tony MacAlpine, Johnny Hiland, Keith More, Chris Duarte, Andy Timmons, Neal Schon, Gary Hoey, Brian May, Billy Gibbons, Johnny A, George Lynch, Patrick Rondat, Herman Li, Alejandro Silva, and Eric Sardinas. The G3 2007 tour featured Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci and Joe Satriani. Shows were held from March 14 to April 14. At the last show of the tour during the song "Glasgow Kiss" Paul Gilbert's band came out wearing kilts and did a small dance. The G3 Jam featured Johnny A. at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, MA.
Dream Theater: Panem et CircensisDream Theater: Panem et Circensis · 2011
Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis
2011
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Dream Theater is sited by music experts as one of the pioneers of the "Progressive Metal" genre. This American band has won numerous awards for their musical prowess from record industry publications and musical instruction magazines such as Guitar Player and Kerrang, to name but two. Along with their infamy of being some of the most technically proficient instrumentalists in the indusiry, Dream Theater are also renown for their meticulous attention to details such as never repeating the same set list from one concert to another. This allows their army of fans to attend multiple concert dates within the same tour without seeing the band perform the same song twice! There has been some line-up changes recently, most notably the departure of drummer, Mike Portnoy. None the less, the core of original members remains, and plans for the recording of a new album are set for January 2011. Their legions of supporters are halding their collective breath waiting!

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Dream Theater - Live at Luna ParkDream Theater - Live at Luna Park · 2013
Dream Theater - Live at Luna Park
8.32013
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Live at Luna Park is a live album/video by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on November 5, 2013 through Eagle Rock Entertainment. The concert film was produced by Over The Edge Productions and directed by Mike Leonard. The album is available on Blu-ray, a two DVD set and Blu-ray plus two DVD combo with three CDs and a Deluxe Edition with a 40-page book. The album will also be available on iTunes. The album was recorded over two nights at Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires. The DVD-Blu-ray will also feature a documentary as well as Behind The Scenes-footage. It is also the first Dream Theater live recording to feature drummer Mike Mangini, following Mike Portnoy's departure in 2010. Dream Theater are rocks supreme virtuosos with many awards to their name and here in concert they bring all the power and drama of their music to life with breathtaking performances of classic tracks from across their career.

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