Joe Satriani came out of San Francisco in the early 1980s. His 1987 album 'Surfing with the Alien' broke through, built around his technical guitar playing. He's put out more than twenty studio albums since, including 'Flying in a Blue Dream' and 'Crystal Planet'.
He's worked with other guitarists like Steve Vai and John Petrucci, and has often played with bassist Stuart Hamm and drummer Jeff Campitelli. A track like 'I Just Wanna Rock,' from 1988, gives a sense of his style, instrumental rock built for the fretboard.
His playing has influenced a lot of rock and metal guitarists who came after him. The music is mostly wordless, built on riffs and solos, and he's kept at it for decades.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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