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OverviewAI-generated
John Petrucci is an American guitarist, singer, composer, and record producer who began his professional career in 1984. Born on July 12, 1967, in Long Island, New York, he is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. He studied at the Berklee College of Music and performs in the progressive metal genre. His musical affiliations include the bands Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Nightmare Cinema. He has worked with Roadrunner Records, and his works are held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
Petrucci’s discography includes titles such as *Dream Theater - Signature Licks*, *The Astonishing*, and *Dream Theater Metropolis*. He is also credited as an author for the work *À propos d'un cas de réticulose histiomonocytaire disséminé non lipidique à issue fatale*. His musical style is associated with hard rock, heavy metal, and instrumental rock.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- À propos d'un cas de réticulose histiomonocytaire disséminé non lipidique à issue fatale
- Dream Theater - Signature Licks
- The Astonishing
- Dream Theater Metropolis
- Rock Discipline
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Long Island, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Dream Theater - Parasomnia2025
- Quarantième: Live à Paris — Guitar2025
- Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris — Guitar and Vocals2025
- Liquid Tension Experiment 32021
- Mike Portnoy - LTE3 — Himself - Guitars2021
- Dream Theater – A View From The Top Of The World2021
- Dream Theater - Distant Memories Live in London — Self2020
- Dream Theater: Live at Budokan 20172017
- Dream Theater: Live at Wacken 20152015
- Dream Theater: Breaking The Fourth Wall — Guitar2014
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1967
Discography
Member of
- Dream Theatersince 1985
- Explorers Club1997–1997
- Liquid Tension Experimentsince 1997
- G32001–2002
- G32005–2007
- G32012–2012
- G32018–2018
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 195,185
- Total plays
- 3,178,681
Tags
John Peter Petrucci (born 12 July 1967) is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He produced or co-produced, often with Mike Portnoy before Portnoy's absence from the band from 2010 to 2023, all of Dream Theater's albums beginning with "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory" (1999). He has been the sole producer of the band's releases since "A Dramatic Turn of Events" (2011). Petrucci has also released two solo albums, "Suspended Anim
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,644x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,680x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,923x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,594x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,138x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- John Peter Petrucci , ( 1967-07-12 ) July 12, 1967 (age 58) , Kings Park, New York , U.S.
- Genres
- Progressive metal heavy metal progressive rock instrumental rock
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter producer
- Instrument
- Guitar
- Years active
- 1984–present
- Labels
- Roadrunner Sound Mind Music Magna Carta
- Member of
- Dream Theater Liquid Tension Experiment
- Formerly of
- Explorers Club
- Website
- johnpetrucci .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
John Peter Petrucci (born July 12, 1967) is an American guitarist and a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He produced all of Dream Theater's albums from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999), often co-producing alongside drummer Mike Portnoy before Portnoy's departure between 2010 and 2023, and has been the sole producer since A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011). Petrucci has also released two solo albums: Suspended Animation (2005) and Terminal Velocity (2020).
Early life and influences
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