In 1992, Satriani released The Extremist, his most critically acclaimed and commercially successful album to date. ![]() The album produced popular radio hits and was the first all-instrumental release to chart so highly in many years. Satriani’s first album – Not of This Earth (1986) – was an interesting compilation, but it wasn’t until his second album – Surfing with the Alien (1987) – when he become really popular. After 4 years, in 1978 he moved to Berkeley, CA to kick start his music career.Īt that time he was teaching students like Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, and many more. So in 1974 he studied music with jazz guitarist Billy Bauer and jazz pianist Lennie Tristano. He was 14 years old when he announced to the world that he was going to become a guitarist. Satriani’s guitar adventure began rather late. So who were his former students you ask? Just a couple of guys like: Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, Alex Skolnick, Mohsin Ahmed Yousufi. In his early career Satriani worked as a guitar instructor. ![]() But wait, there’s more! He also plays bass, keyboards, harmonica, banjo, and harp. One of the all-time greats if not the greatest.īorn on July 15th 1956 in Westbury, NY. ![]() For those of you who don’t know who’s the owner of the “ The Guitar God” nickname… here he is.
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