Joe Satriani

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Joseph Satriani (born July 15, 1956) is an American singer, composer, songwriter, and guitar teacher.

Satriani started his career as a guitar instructor, with several of his former students becoming well-known, including Steve Valiant, Larry LaLolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick; he then went on to have a fruitful solo music career.

Satriani was a 15-time Grammy Award winner and has sold over ten million albums, making him the most influential instrumental rock guitarist of all time.

Satriani appeared with Deep Purple for a brief period of time, starting shortly after Ritchie Blackmore's departure in November 1993.

During the G3 tour, which he began in 1995, he has performed with a variety of guitarists.

Satriani has been playing bass for the band since joining the band in 2008.

Early life

Satriani was born in Westbury, New York, of Italian descent. His paternal grandparents were from Piacenza and Bobbio, while his maternal grandparents were from Bari. He was born Roman Catholic and remained Catholic. After learning of Jimi Hendrix's death, he was inspired to play guitar at age 14. Satriani heard the news during football practice, where he later told his coach that he was going to become a guitarist and not a bassist.

Satriani graduated from Carle Place High School. He studied jazz with jazz guitarist Billy Bauer and Lennie Tristano, a reclusive jazz pianist. Satriani's playing was greatly influenced by the physically demanding Tristano. Steve Vai, a Long Island native, became his first student at the time (both went to Carle Place). When he was teaching Valiant, he was attending Five Towns College for studies in music. Satriani moved to Berkeley, California, in 1978, to pursue a career in music. He returned to teaching shortly after. Kirk Hammett of Metallica, David Bryson of Counting Crows, Kevin Cadogan of Third Eye Blind, Larry LaLonde of Primus and Possessed, Rick Hunolt (ex Exodus), Philipp Kettner of L'z Rockit, Geoff Tyson of T-Ride, Charlie Hunter, and David Turin were among his pupils.

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Music career

Satriani formed Squares, a San Francisco-based band that formed with his brother-in-law Neil Sheehan in the late 1970s. He was later invited to join the Greg Kihn Band, who were on the decline of their careers, but his generosity aided Satriani in settling his mounting credit card debt from his debut album, Not of This Earth, which was released in 1986.

He also performed backing vocals on the self-titled Crowded House album earlier this year.

Surfing with the Alien, Satriani's second album, in 1987, became the first all-instrumental release to achieve so high in many years. On the soundtrack of a low-budget film called "It Takes Two," the song "Crushing Day" was included. According to Acclaimed Music, surfing with the Alien is his most well-known work. Satriani was a member of the death metal band Possessed in 1988 and produced the EP The Eyes of Horror. He also released Dreaming #11, which featured the song "The Crush of Love" earlier this year. Satriani released Flying in a Blue Dream in 1989. The album was said to have been inspired by his father's death, who died in 1989 during the recording of the album. Anything is said on the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's "Forgotten Part II" was on a Molson Dry commercial in Canada in 1993. In the Don Johnson-starring show Nash Bridges, "Can't Slow Down" appears in a car chase sequence. In an eerie scene in the 1996 Billy Bob Thornton film "The Bells of Lal (Part One)", Karl is sharpening a lawnmower blade to murder Doyle Hargraves, played by Dwight Yoakam.

Satriani's 1992 release of The Extremist, his most commercially lucrative album to date. The album was rated Gold in the United States and peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200. "Summer Song" was a hit on radio stations around the country, receiving a major boost when Sony used it in a big commercial campaign for their Discman portable CD players. On radio, "Cryin"," "Mates," and the title track were regional hits. Satriani joined Deep Purple as a temporary replacement for departed guitarist Ritchie Blackmore during the band's Japanese tour in late 1993. The concerts were a hit, and Satriani was asked to join the band permanently, but he turned down due to a multialbum solo deal with Sony, and Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse took the guitar solo.

Satriani founded G3, a concert tour that was supposed to feature a rotating trio of guitarists, in 1996. Satriani, Steve Valiant, and Eric Johnson appeared on the original lineup. Since its inaugural version, the G3 tour has been running on a regular basis, with Satriani as the only permanent member. Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robert Fripp, Andy Timmons, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Paul Gilbert, Steve Morse, and Steve Lukather are among the G3 guitarists to have performed in G3: Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kevin Fripp, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robert Fripp, Andrew Timmonsedoutput: Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robert Fripp, Robert Fripp, Andrew Timmonse, Uli, Robert Fripp, Stephen Fripp, Steve Morse Peter Morse Satriani produced and released Crystal Planet in 1998, followed by Engines of Creation, one of his more experimental works involving the electronica genre. In December 2000, two shows at the Fillmore West in San Francisco were recorded and released as Live in San Francisco, a two-disc live album and DVD.

In 2002, Satriani released Strange Beautiful Music, and Is There Love in Space? In 2004, a woman named Robert Fusco appeared in the Wall Street Journal as a scholar. For the first time in May 2005, the artist toured India for the first time, appearing in Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai. He recorded and released Super Colossal and Satriani Live!, another two-disc live album and DVD released in Anaheim, California, on May 3, 2006. Satriani officially supported Little Kids Rock, a non-profit group that offers free musical equipment and instruction to children in underserved public schools in the United States, beginning in 2005. The artist has personally delivered instruments to children in the program through a charity raffle for the charity, and as an honorary member, like Steve Vai.

Epic/Legacy Recordings re-released Surfing with the Alien on August 7, 2007, marking the 20th anniversary of the publication's publication. This was a two-disc set that included a remastered album and a DVD of a never-before-seen live show recorded at Montreux Jazz Festival in 1988. Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock, Satriani's next album, was announced on April 1, 2008.

Satriani revealed on May 29, 2008 that he was working with Hard Rock supergroup Chickenfoot, which includes former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, as well as Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. On June 5, 2009, the band's debut, self-titled album, was released. On September 27, 2011, Chickenfoot III, a second album, was released.

In the United States District Court for the Central District of California, he filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Coldplay on December 4, 2008. Is There Love in Space? According to Satriani's lawsuit, the Coldplay song "Viva la Vida" contains "substantial original portions" of the Satriani song "If I Could Fly" from his 2004 album "If I Could Fly." Two Grammy Awards for Best Song of the Year were given to the Coldplay song in question. Coldplay denied the allegation. An unspecified settlement was reached between the two parties.

On February 2, 2010, the artist released a live DVD recording of a Paris concert titled Live in Paris: I Just Wanna Rock and a companion two-CD set. He appeared on the Experience Hendrix Tribute Tour in March 2010, as a member of Jimi Hendrix, performing songs composed and inspired by Jimi Hendrix.

Satriani announced in May 2010 that he was going to record a new album, and that autumn tour dates were announced. Demos had also been recorded for a second Chickenfoot record, according to the man. On October 5, 2010, Satriani's 13th studio album, Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards, was released.

After a limited showing in theaters, he released the DVD/Blu-ray of his three-dimensional concert film Satchurated: Live in Montreal on April 24, 2012. The film was shot in Montreal in December 2010 and was directed by award-winning filmmakers François and Pierre Lamoureux. Satchurated 3D is the first Blu-ray concert film to be released with Dolby TrueHD 7.1.

Unstoppable Momentum, Satriani's 14th studio album, was released on May 7, 2013. Joe Satriani: The Complete Studio Recordings, which includes remastered copies of every studio album from Not of This Earth to Unstoppable Momentum, was released on April 22, 2014. Strange Beautiful Music: A Memoir was also published, in conjunction with the box set's launch.

Satriani participated in the G4 Experience, a weeklong guitar camp with fellow guitarists Paul Gilbert and Andy Timmons and keyboardist Mike Keneally, as well as keyboardist Mike Keneally.

The first dates for the Shockwave World Tour in February 2015 were revealed in favor of Satriani's 15th studio album, which was scheduled for release in July. Shockwave Supernova was first announced on July 24, 2015. Satriani heard himself playing guitar with his teeth on a lot during the Unstoppable Momentum tour, and he had a daydream about an alter ego, "Shockwave Supernova," which made him do it.

Satriani teased his forthcoming 16th studio album, What Happens Next, on September 16, 2017 via social media. The album was released on January 12, 2018. Ex Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members, collaborated with Chad Smith, a former Deep Purple bassist.

On April 5, 2019, the guitarist unveiled an eponymous retrospective collection of songs he performed with his band Squares in the 1970s. Shapeshifting, his seventeenth solo album, was released in April.

Satriani's "Sahara" was the first single from his eighteenth album, The Elephants of Mars, on January 19, 2022. earMUSIC's record was released on April 8, 2022, marking Satriani's first since his 1995 self-titled album to be released by a name other than Epic Records or its parent company, Sony Music.

Satriani formed hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot, made up of former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, as well as Chad Smith, a Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer. Hagar plays vocals, Satriani on guitar, Anthony on bass, and Smith on drums; the band also has drummer Matt Smith. On June 5, 2009, the band's eponymous debut album was released. The track "Oh Yeah" was the first single and video to be released on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on June 5, 2009. On all the songs on the band's debut album, Satriani received a co-writing credit. Satriani's latest band was questioned by a Broken Record magazine, and he enthusiastically stated, "it was great fun" and it gives him a "kick in the music bone" to perform with such good talent. He said it felt more natural to take a step back and play more rhythm than solo guitar. Chickenfoot III, Chickenfoot's second album, was released on September 27, 2011. The album's first single, "Bigfoot," was released.

Satriani appears on numerous other albums, including guitar appearances on Alice Cooper's 1991 album, Suddenly, Blue & Coss' 1992 album, Imaginos, and band members Stu Hamm and Gregg Bissonette's solo appearances. On Crowded House's 1986 debut album, he was credited with background vocals. He appeared on The Yardbirds' release Birdland in 2003. He appeared on tracks for Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan's solo CD/DVD double album, Gillan's Inn in 2006.

Systematic Chaos, Satriani, a Dream Theater artist from 2007, contributed spoken lyrics to the song "Repentance." He appeared on Rhythm of Time, Jordan Rudess' 2004 solo collection. In NHL 2K10 and Madden NFL 11, he produced a large portion of the soundtrack for the racing video game NASCAR 06: Total Team Control, while his song "Crowd Chant" was included in the NHL 2K10 and Madden NFL 11. In season three of Adult Swim's Metalocalypse, he appeared in two roles. Satriani has appeared in many films, including the 2006 Christopher Guest film For Your Consideration, as the guitarist in the band that appeared on late-night television. In the film Moneyball, he appeared as himself in "The Star-Spangled Banner."

The song "Always with Me, Always with You" was included in the American Dad episode "Why Can't We Be Friends." In the Nicki Minaj album "Right Thru Me," the song was also sampled.

In the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "IAMAPOD," Satriani joined Chickenfoot in expressing themselves.

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