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John Petrucci于1967年生于美国纽约州长岛 ,Kings Park。 他曾经在8岁的时候对吉他有过短暂的兴趣(因为他看到姐姐为了管风琴课熬夜),但这个兴趣没能持续下去。直到12岁才真正开始弹吉他。他开始感受到一些伟大的吉他手对他的产生的影响,并且下定决心朝着他们的琴艺迈进。早期对他起重要影响的人包括Yngwie Malmsteen(英格威。玛姆斯汀), Randy Rhoads, Iron Maiden(铁娘子), Stevie Ray Vaughn(S。R。V。), Yes, Rush等。随着鞭鞑金属(thrash & metal)的兴起,John对Metallica和Queensryche这样的乐队也产生了兴趣。为了要让自己的演奏更有挑战性,他训练自己的手指,包括勾捶弦及速弹的技巧,以及来自于Steves (Steve Morse & Steve Vai), the Als (Allan Holdsworth & Al DiMeola),

Mike Stern, Joe Satriani, Neal Schon & Eddie Van Halen音乐中的旋律性。

John的音乐学习始于高中时的音乐理论课。后来他去了波士顿的伯克利音乐学院,在那里他自学了一些音乐课程,并学习了爵士作曲和和声。在伯克利他和他的老同学John Myung遇到了Mike Portnoy并组建了一个叫做Majesty的乐队,这个乐队就是后来Dream Theater(梦剧院)的前身。John和梦剧院一共录制了8张专辑,同时他也参与了其他一些音乐的录制,包括和Tony Levin合作的“液体张力实验”(Liquid Tension Experiment)、“Age of Impact”以及一款叫做Necronomicon的世嘉土星游戏的音乐。他对于歌词创作的热爱连同他那特殊的progressive fusion作曲风格成就了梦剧院的风格。John和他的妻子Rena以及三个孩子SamiJo,Reny,Kiara现居住于纽约。除了弹吉他外,他的业余时间一般是陪他的妻子和孩子一起去溜冰,骑自行车,看电影等。

Not all hard rock 'guitar heroes' that emerged during the late '80s-early '90s were instrumental solo artists, as evidenced by Dream Theater's John Petrucci. Born on July 12, 1967, and raised in Kings Park (a town located in the suburb of Long Island, New York), Petrucci got serious about guitar at the age of 12, and developed a liking for prog rock and heavy metal (Rush, Iron Maiden, Yes, and later, Metallica and Queensrÿche). But it was the technically demanding guitarists, like Yngwie Malmsteen, Allan Holdsworth, and especially, Steve Morse, who inspired Petrucci the most. Enrolling at Boston's Berklee College of Music, Petrucci befriended such fellow classmates as bassist John Myung and drummer Mike Portnoy, who would serve as the core for what would eventually be known as Dream Theater. Enlisting keyboardist Kevin Moore and singer Chris Collins, the quintet began playing and recording under the name of &Majesty&, until they realized another group owned the rights to the name. Hence, by the late '80s, &Majesty& had changed their name to Dream Theater, and Collins was replaced by Charlie Dominici. The Dominici-led version of Dream Theater lasted for a single album, 1989's When Dream and Day Unite, before his exit early in the new decade. Despite building a sizeable following in the New York area, Petrucci and his bandmates were little known elsewhere, but this all changed with the arrival of new singer James LaBrie, and their sophomore effort, 1992's Images and Words. Despite a changing of tastes with most rock music fans (towards the sounds of Seattle), the album proved to be a breakthrough commercial success (as the song &Pull Me Under& became a surprise hit on both MTV and rock radio). Arguably, nobody in Dream Theater benefited the most from the sudden wave of success than Petrucci, who was instantly recognized as one of the most technically accomplished guitarists in all of hard rock -- winning polls in guitar publications the world over, as well as being mentioned in the same breath as such six string wiz's as Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. Like Vai and Satriani (who also hailed from Long Island, as well), Petrucci became affiliated with the Ibanez guitar company (even lending his name to his own signature series), before switching to the Ernie Ball company later on, and once more, launching his own signature series. Dream Theater continued to issue albums on a regular basis throughout the '90s and into the early 21st century -- retaining a large and loyal fan base even after MTV/radio stopped playing them. In addition to his Dream Theater duties, Petrucci has played with a variety of other projects (all in the prog metal mold), including Explorer's Club, Liquid Tension Experiment (which also included Portnoy, bass master Tony Levin, and eventual Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess), as well as supplying music to the Sega Saturn video game called Necronomicon. 2000 saw the release of a collaboration between Petrucci and Rudess, An Evening With John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess, while Petrucci joined forces with Vai and Satriani on tour as part of their annual G3 tour during the summer of 2001.


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