joe satriani Archive
16 Sep 2023
Five Great Joe Satriani Guest Spots
Guitar hero Joe Satriani first achieved wide fame with 1989’s Surfing with the Alien, his second LP. That instrumental record won a Grammy, as did its highlight single, “Always With […]
19 Mar 2023
Interview Roundup: Joe Satriani
It’s one thing to be a technically superb guitar shredder. Lots of axe-wielders can claim that title. But just because one can execute blindingly difficult runs on the six-string doesn’t […]
09 Nov 2022
Joe Satriani: Telling Stories With and Without Words (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Sometimes the timeline exceeds two years. Satriani mentions “Through a Mother’s Day Darkly,” a breathtaking highlight of The Elephants of Mars. He wrote the song in […]
08 Nov 2022
Joe Satriani: Telling Stories With and Without Words (Part 1 of 2)
Joe Satriani is the most popular instrumental rock guitarist in the history of music. Though he has yet to win a Grammy Award for his work, Satriani is one of […]
17 Sep 2015
Album Mini-review: Joe Satriani — Shockwave Supernova
File next to: Buckethead, Steve Vai, John Petrucci A big part of what has always made the music of Joe Satriani stand out among contemporaries is the guitarist’s inerrant sense […]
25 Sep 2013
Directed Energy: The Joe Satriani Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: You’ve used keyboards before, of course, but the new album (and the last couple) features Mike Keneally, as opposed to on some of the […]
24 Sep 2013
Directed Energy: The Joe Satriani Interview, Part One
Joe Satriani is that unique guitarist who is both revered by the crowd that digs technically amazing musicians, yet possesses a great deal of mainstream appeal. That success is a […]
07 Feb 2008
Joe Satriani: Pushing the Limits of the Human Experience
On his new disc, Super Colossal, the originator of the Pitch Axis Theory continues his tradition of combining mind-melting feats of guitar pyrotechnics with memorable riffs and ear-candy melodies. Yet […]