John Petrucci

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John Petrucci (born July 12, 1967) is the guitarist and a founding member of the progressive metal group Dream Theater. At age 12, John began playing guitar when he was invited into the band of his friend Kevin Moore, who would later become the keyboardist of Dream Theater.
Some early John's influences include Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy Rhoads, Iron Maiden, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Yes, Rush etc.
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.
John has recorded 7 albums with Dream Theater, and has also been involved in several side projects. John also came out with a guitar instructional video, “Rock Discipline”, which covers alternate picking, warmup exercises, sweep picking, chords, legato, and other techniques for developing one’s guitar playing.

Official website: www.johnpetrucci.com

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