John grew up in Long Island, precisely in King Park, where he, John Myung and Kevin moore school together. John began to study guitar at the age of 12 years (previously she had learned when he was 8 years but gave up when he saw his older sister had to stay up every night learning to play the organ. He does not plan to be like That, he learned to play guitar after school and eventually he became not interested anymore.)
But he started much affected by a kind of guitar playing from guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy Rhoads, Iron Maiden, Steve Ray Vaughn, and a big group sort of Yes, Rush, Dixie Dregs and others he started the game determined to reach the level as them.
As the rise of thrash metal music that makes John's interested, then John also expanded his influences to Metallica & Queensryche. Needing more of a technical challenge guitar hence He is adapting the hammering speed & melodic style of guitarists like Steves (Steve Morse & Steve Vai), The Als (Allan Holdsworth & Al Dimeola) Mike Stern, Joe Satriani, Neal Schon & Eddie Van Halen.
His musical education began with a great music theory class he took in high school.He was self-taught, but he did receive a few guitar lessons he took when he entered the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he learned jazz composition and harmony.
While at Berklee John Petrucci and John Myung who was also studying at Berklee met with Mike Portnoy, and they began to make a band called Majesty which will later be renamed Dream Theater. John has recorded 7 albums with Dream Theater, and he was also deeply involved with several side projects such as Liquid Tension Experiment with Tony Levin, Age of Impact, and even a Sega Saturn game called Necronomicon, and also the last he was involved in the project Joint G3 Joe Satrianiand Steve Vai. Love him in writing lyrics combined with a unique composition style of progressive fusion music Sharpen the form of Dream Theater.
John lives with his wife Rena, and 3 children SamiJo, Reny and Kiara in New York.When he's not playing guitar he spent much time with his wife and his children by playing skating, cycling, exercising and menontong film.
John is planning to make the first solo album. His new songs he played while with the G3 also will be on the solo album. Jaws of Life (formerly IBS), Damage Control and Glasgow Kiss. He involves several musicians such as Dave LaRue on bass, Dave DiCenso on drums and Tony Verderosa.
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