Firstly thanks to Motorcycle_driver for his help on this Thread


This was an idea that i thought of with extreme help from motorcycle driver WE can make it an awsome Thread,
Basically I hope to make a thread that everyone can contribute to and just stuff it full of facts about joe, but We cant do it on our own,
We need your help,
Just make a post with a few facts about joe now and then and this could be massive, Hopefully by now you have the idea so here goes the rules

Rules

• They dont have to be chronological
• It can be anything to do with Joe, his family, his guitar, amps etc, i mean ANYTHING
• Post things even if they arent new to you, they could be new to other people
• Make em Intesting! whether theyre wierd wonderfull or just plain Funky, post 'em anyway!

Now what are you doing reading this

GET POSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Joe satriani was born in long island on the 15th of July 1956

When he heard the news that jimi hendrix had passed away he decided to pick up the guitar and start playing he heard this while he was playing amarican football he walked up to his coach and said he wanted to quite for the above reason,,

The hats that Joe Wears are made from a lesser kow company who reportedly bless the fabric before they make it and are VERY expensive

Joes Wife is named Rubina Satriani

Joes father is names John

Joes son is named Z.Z Satriani (Short for Zachariah Zane)

Joes wife Rubina does guitar paint Jobs

Joes Father was named John and was the inspiration for his sons name which is roughly translated as "God has remembered John" ,

Z.Z was the inspiration for songs such as train of angels, phsyco monkey and a piece of liquid

Z.Zs song was played to him by joe while he was in his mothers womb

Joe was in a previous band named the squares

Joe Played Drums at the age of 9 through to 11 (All Satriani Guy)

The songs of Crystal Planet were actually composed as techno tracks at first. The band later went and recorded rock versions of those in the studio. Thus the techno prescense in songs like Raspberry Jam Delta-V, Trundrumbalind, etc. (motorcycle_driver)

Many tracks 'Is There Love In Space?' were composed a long time before the recording if the album.
(M_D)

Steve Vai introduced Joe to Ibanez guitars. He tried a prototype that was given to Vai by Ibanez, which impressed Joe.
(M_D)

Joe paid for 'Not Of This Earth' using his credit card.
(M_D)

Joe started the G3 event because of his love for jamming with other guitarists.
(M_D)

During a concert, Joe thinks about Jimi Hendrix 99% of the time.
(M_D)

Joe has played for many other bands, like Spinal Tap, Deep Purple, Greg Kihn's band. He was also invited to tour with Mick Jagger on his solo tour.
(M_D)

Joe intially turned down the offer to tour with Deep Purple, but later accepted it. He was given the opportunity to become a full time member of Deep Purple, but turned it down.
(M_D)

It is believed that the album title 'Crystal Planet' was influenced by Joe's new hair cut during the release of that album.
(M_D)

Joe's setup is mainly influenced by Jimi Hendrix. He still prefers the effects pedals on the floor rather than effects racks.
(M_D)

On October 5, 2000, Joe performed the US National Anthem at the Giants/Mets game at Pac Bell Park.
(M_D)

Joe used to play these tunes, which for rememberance sake, his producer named them as 'Satch Boogie 1', 'Satch Boogie 2'. the actuall song Satch Boogie was based on one of these tunes.
(M_D)

Joe once played on the Blues Unplugged show on VH1, along with the late Stevie Ray Vaughn. He played extended and modified versions of his songs The Feeling, I Believe.
(M_D)

Joe currently endorses Ibanez guitars, Peavey amplifiers, Planet Waves picks and straps among a few.
(M_D)

Joe used to have hair! (SirChick)

At the start of the Song Trundrumbalind the strange noise is Joe Satriani Shouting "i am trundrumbalind! into the guitar pickups (Satriani Guy)

Joes Wife is named Rubina Satriani. She was born in 1955. She's Singaporean. (phrydom)

Joe has a brother named John and two sisters Carol and Joan. Carol and Joan are both artists.
(phrydom)

Joe, Rubina and ZZ now live in San Francisco, CA.
(phrydom)

Joe taught (among others) Steve Vai how to play guitar. After Steve got a deal with Relativity Records (through Cliff Cultreri) he told him that he should really check out Joe's music. Joe got a deal for Not Of This Earth as a result of this.
(phrydom)

I Am Become Death is influenced by the Tibetan Book Of The Dead.
(phrydom)

Ice 9 is a fictional liquid which is one main thread in the book Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.
(phrydom)

Upon waking one night after a dream Joe grabbed his bedside notebook (oh, Joe keeps a notebook by his bed!) and wrote five words to describe the dream he just had. The words were eventually turned into a song title. They were The Luminous Flesh Of Giants.
(phrydom)

Clouds Race Across The Sky was something ZZ once said to his Dad.
(phrydom)

Devil's Slide is a place where Joe goes snowboarding. It was written on an acoustic guitar.
(phrydom)

Joe and Steve Vai both have holiday homes on Lake Tahoe, CA.
(phrydom)

The Telephone Call was actually recorded with Joe singing down a telephone handset.
(phrydom)

The funky rhythms in Strange were played on a single coil pickup strat or strat copy with a bandana wrapped around the lower frets to mute the strings.
(phrydom)

The Power Cosmic was originally a guitar-only piece, written and recorded for Guitar Player magazine and released as a flexible record with the magazine. The entire piece is played with one hand only.
(phrydom)

SOAD is his favourite band that he listens to. (sirchick)

Around 1993 joe toured with deep purple replacing their departed guitarist ritchie blackmore(Satriani Guy)

Joe once played some of his early pieces of music to the band members of The Squares. Everyone thought it was just ridiculous, and told him he'd go nowhere with it, and they all left. The only one to remain there was his future drummer Jeff Campitelli. (M_D)

Joe Has said that his favorite Mode/Scale is Phrygian Dominant (Satriani Guy)

The video for The Extremist was filmed in an old parking garage.
(M_D)

Promotional videos have been shot for the songs Satch Boogie, Always With Me, Always With You, The Extremist, Big Bad Moon, I believe, Summer Song. They are available on The Satch Tapes DVD\VHS.
(M_D)

Joe took lessons from the blind jazz pianist Lenny Triestano.
(M_D)

Joe uses the Pitch Axis Theory a lot in his music, Not Of This Earth for example.
(M_D)

came up with Summer Song when he thought of the beautiful summer time.
(M_D)

Joe has composed a handful of 2-minute songs for the game NASCAR 06.
(M_D)

The song One Big Rush was featured as an OST for Cameron Crowe's movie Say Anything. An edited version of Satch Boogie is also played in the movie Problem Child 2, during the food fight scene.
(M_D)

Joe's first EP, titled Joe Satriani, was almost reproduced on the first disc of Time Machine. All the original tracks are there except for Talk To Me. Joe says the original tapes were too bad in quality for this track to make it to the CD but you can find it online. It's a great track too. You can hear some of it in The Satch Tapes.
(Phrydom)

Speaking of the first EP, every single sound was created with just a guitar and minimal effects. Strings were detuned for bass sounds, wrenches were used on the polepieces for kick drum sounds, different strumming approaches were used for a hi-hat feel, etc

(Phrydom)

Joes uses D'Addario EXL120 Electric Guitar Strings, on his electric JS

and on his acoustics he uses

D'Addario EJ16 Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings
D'Addario EJ17 Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings
D'Addario EJ11 80/20 Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings
D'Addario EJ12 80/20 Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings
D'Addario EZ920 85/15 Great American Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings

(Satriani Guy)

The funny guy in Satch Tapes, the one from Spinal Tap, is just an actor.(rygelxvi)

Joe Satriani and I have at least one thing in common (no, it's not musical ability).

We both use Apple Macintosh computers in our personal and professional lives.
(Tschommer)

Jeff was a chicken in his previous live (quote from Joe), reffering to his collection of chickens.

Joe was wearing a random shirt @ podcast 3, it had the quote 'out of luck' on it. It isn't from any band or guitarist. He bought it at a shop in LA.
(rygelxvi)

Joe is still thinking about hair implant, Dave is still offering some of his hair.
(rygelxvi)

Joe uses Pro-Tools when Recording at Home (Satriani Guy)

Joe uses a Roland V-Drums kit to record basic MIDI drums when writing at home. He then edits the MIDI with ProTools.
(Phrydom)

Joe's webby master, Jon Luini, plays in a band called 'Stellavision'.
Their latest record, Moxie, is kinda cool. (rygelxvi)

Joes vision for the song super colossal is him walking round town 50-100ft tall playing a guitar solo (Satriani Guy)

Even on Joe's brand new JS1200's and JS1000's he has the old original Ibanez Edge trems installed even though they have nor been manufactured for over 10 years. Presumably Joe does not like change.
(Tschommer)

Joe hates to do guitar instructional videos. and prefers fans watch his live concerts as they are more informative.
(M_D)

i once talked to someone who said his friend works at a computer store that joe comes by occasionally. i know a guy who works at a instrument repair place that specializes in acoustic string instruments , and he said joe dropped by one day. he said it was 2 years ago around itlis time.
(Odd Trio)

His very first album had an all white jacket with big black lettering on it that simply said JOE SATRIANI, and Joe himself has said that at the time, he couldn't hardly even give them away. It had 4 songs on it...Phrydom was talking about this very album in his last (I think) post on this thread, where he mentioned all sounds were made with Joe's guitar. He recorded it in their apartment. Now of course, these albums are more collector's items, and usually go for over $200 each on ebay!
(Cheese 101)

Joe wore Sponge Bob boxer shorts on his 2003 G3 tour with Steve and Yngwie, LOL! He said he likes to change some little thing up for each tour just to give him an edge...but for that particular tour, he changed more than one thing and it took him quite a few shows to really get comfortable so he could get "lost in the music" like he usually does. Plus....Steve and Yngwie walked in on him in nothing BUT those shorts one night after a show....you can just imagine...
(Cheese 101)

Another fact, the DiMarzio Fred pickup that Joe helped design is named after Fred Flintstone. When Joe was being interviewed with Steve Vai and this was mentioned Steve said "I can't wait till they get to BamBam".
(Phrydom)

Joe's first guitar was a Hagstrom electric guitar.
(M_D)

Flying in a blue dreamsold especially well in texas (Satriani Guy)

The photo shoot for Flying in a Blue Dream album cover was consistently troubled by bad lighting. everytime the photographer was about to take a snap, the lights would go low. so after a LONG time, the photographer took a look at the pics and liked the pics, one of which finally ended up as the cover!
(M_D)

Joe says only one swear word in the REEL Satriani documentary.
(SirChick)

Joe once said he likes to go food shopping, he gets energised by being around fresh fruit and vegetables.
(phrydom)

Joe was jogging one time and ran by a store which sold hair clippers. He bought a set and became a baldy.
(phrydom)

An effects pedal called a Chandler Tube Driver was a major part of the SWTA guitar sound, as was one or more Rockman units, and a NEVE microphone preamp.
(phrydom)

The Lizard Down The Throat technique was named by Joe for when he plays a note low on the neck, slides up the string and at the same time presses down on the vibrato bridge, attempting to keep the pitch the same. In the studio version of Ice 9 it almost sounds like it's backwards. (Last part isn't a fact per se - it's how it sounds to me)
(phrydom)

Towards the end of Joe's teaching with Steve Vai they would have long jam sessions, each with their back to the other. At key / interesting points they would both just look over the shoulder to the other in acknowledgment.
(phrydom)

Joe introduced Steve Vai to Frank Zappa's music.
(phrydom)

As he learned from Lennie Tristano, Joe would sometimes be harsh with his students. Joe has talked about many of his lessons with Lennie that lasted less than a minute. If Joe didn't play (or sing) something accurately first time, the lesson was over. Steve Vai can be seen and heard telling pretty much the same of Joe in The Satch Tapes.
(phrydom)

Headless Horseman was not played on a bass guitar. (That one surprised me a long time ago!)
(phrydom)

The character from the cover of Surfing with the alien is a character named the Silver Surfer From the comic Producers - Marvel (Satriani Guy)

While recording Not Of This Earth John Cuniberti's car was broken into. In the process of cleaning up the glass he cut his hands, and as Satriani was paying him per hour he had to splice together a track using his bloody fingers. (Satriani Guy)

In the liner notes of Not Of This Earth, Joe said that he was working on an album and also promised that it would turn heads, drop jaws and create world peace. Dunno bout world peace, but it surely did achieve the first two!
(M_D)

In addition to the obvious cover art and title track of Surfing with the Alien, the three tracks "Back to Shalla-Bal" and "The Power Cosmic (parts I & II)" are also references to the Silver Surfer. (Tschommer)

The Silver Surfer's real name is Norrin Radd, Shalla-Bal was Norrin's "one true love". The Power Cosmic is basically what Galactus used to turn Norrin into the Silver Surfer and it is the source of all of his power (great strength and ability to fly through space at light speed on a surf board).

...and finally, yes I am a comic book nerd.
(Tschommer)

Joe dipps his wrists in a bucket of warm water before going on stage. It makes warming up the hands easier.

Joe and Steve both had songs on the PS1 formula 1 Game
(Knob Head)

Joe was not actually aware of the SS' existance until
""I came up with the song title called "Surfing With the Alien" and it wasn't going to be the title of the album and I had no connection, nor did I even know who the Silver Surfer was. But, as I turned the album into the record company, I switched the title at the last minute to the one song "Surfing With the Alien" and its a funny story, but it's just coincidence. The product manager there is tall, a guy with long platinum blond hair. He used to be called the "Silver Surfer" when he was a disc jockey. So the first thing he said when he heard the album and saw the title, was that we should make some connection between my album and the silver surfer and he then educated me on who the Silver Surfer was. He knew where Marvel Comics was in Manhattan and so he just went down there and struck a deal to get this image on the cover. And, from there it was really my beginning to learn about the Silver Surfer Comic Strip and stuff. But what happened was the record came out, people just put my name and the Silver Surfer music together and 'you sound like that guy'. There are lots of songs that involve the world around, us and outerspace like that, but I guess the connection just kind of stuck. It doesn't help when you shave your head and put on some weird sunglasses.)
(Grudska)

Another quick fact: the title, Not of This Earth, came from a low-budget 1957 thriller of the same title that Joe and his friends memorized when he was in high school. In Joe's words, "I used the title as a wink and a nod, to let my friends know I hadn't forgotten them..."

The '57 version of the film was never released on VHS or DVD, supposedly because director Roger Corman wasn't happy with it.
(Gruska)

"Crowd Chant" was originally called "Party on the Enterprise" it was filled with sound effects taken from the original Star Trek series. The effects were removed and the title was changed at the last minute because they could not obtain the rights in time from the shows producers.
(Tschommer)

i remember reading somewhere he said he doesent like to hear he has great technique , he would rather hear someone say ''that's a great solo'' ...
(Odd Trio)

The Enigmatic is written entirely in the key of E Enigmatic (Phrydom)

the song title 'You Saved My Life' refers to Rubina and ZZ. (M_D)

Joe's favorite ZZ-Top song is Loaded...(al_peggio)

Joe claims he knows to play most Jimi Hendrix songs. (M_D)

Joe's guitars "Rainforest and Donnie (i think it was Donnie) were stolen. (Satch2004)

Joe and Steve used to drop acid in a (dry lake bed? dry river bed? empty lot? Dave Gruska, can you confirm?). They called that place / experience the Sea Of Emotion.
(Phrydom)

random fact: the original cover of NOTE was done by Rubina, and the only reason they had to change the cover is because they lost the original print.(Zen Monkey)

random fact #2: Joe came up with the title 'The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing' while he was on the phone to his brother. He was sketching while he was talking and drew a potato head. Underneath it he wrote 'The Mystical Potato Head'. Elsewhere on the sheet of paper he wrote 'Groove Thing' as a reference for a possible song title - he put 2 and 2 together, and the rest is history...(Zen Monkey)

random fact #3: Joe is a keen wine connoisseur, but he also has a soft spot for Pilsner Urquell (a Czech lager) and Theakston's Old Peculier (a rather hefty dark ale from Yorkshire)(Zen Monkey)

when neal schon was on ''rockline'' in '89 promoting his solo album, he was asked by coburn , who he thought was the current guitarist he liked . schon said , ''as far as having it all covered , joe satriani''... (Odd Trio)

when Santana released Supernatural, he was interviewed by Channel [V], and when asked who he thinks are the best guitarists in this time, he mentioned Joe Satriani.
Motorcycle_Driver)

when Santana released Supernatural, he was interviewed by Channel [V], and when asked who he thinks are the best guitarists in this time, he mentioned Joe Satriani.(Phrydom)

Joe uses luminous gaffa / masking tape on his pedals when playing live so he can tell which pedal is which before he stomps on it.(Phrydom)

Joe has a Fender Precision bass in his (small but very well equipped) home studio guitar rack. (Phrydom)

Fact: Joe uses a symmetrical scale in Luminous Flesh Giants.
(Phrydom)




Now THAT is a big post!






~Satriani Guy~

The songs of Crystal Planet were actually composed as techno tracks at first. The band later went and recorded rock versions of those in the studio. Thus the techno prescense in songs like Raspberry Jam Delta-V, Trundrumbalind, etc.

Many tracks 'Is There Love In Space?' were composed a long time before the recording if the album.

Steve Vai introduced Joe to Ibanez guitars. He tried a prototype that was given to Vai by Ibanez, which impressed Joe.

Joe paid for 'Not Of This Earth' using his credit card.

Joe started the G3 event because of his love for jamming with other guitarists.

During a concert, Joe thinks about Jimi Hendrix 99% of the time.

Joe has played for many other bands, like Spinal Tap, Deep Purple, Greg Kihn's band. He was also invited to tour with Mick Jagger on his solo tour.

Joe intially turned down the offer to tour with Deep Purple, but later accepted it. He was given the opportunity to become a full time member of Deep Purple, but turned it down.

It is believed that the album title 'Crystal Planet' was influenced by Joe's new hair cut during the release of that album.

Joe's setup is mainly influenced by Jimi Hendrix. He still prefers the effects pedals on the floor rather than effects racks.

On October 5, 2000, Joe performed the US National Anthem at the Giants/Mets game at Pac Bell Park.

Joe used to play these tunes, which for rememberance sake, his producer named them as 'Satch Boogie 1', 'Satch Boogie 2'. the actuall song Satch Boogie was based on one of these tunes.

Joe once played on the Blues Unplugged show on VH1, along with the late Stevie Ray Vaughn. He played extended and modified versions of his songs The Feeling, I Believe.

Joe currently endorses Ibanez guitars, Peavey amplifiers, Planet Waves picks and straps among a few.

Joe used to have hair!

At the start of the Song Trundrumbalind the strange noise is Joe Satriani Shouting "i am trundrumbalind! into the guitar pickups
B)

some refining of the first post, and some more facts...

Joe Satriani was born in Long Island on the 20th of July 1956

Joes Wife is named Rubina Satriani. She was born in 1955. She's Singaporean.

Joe has a brother named John and two sisters Carol and Joan. Carol and Joan are both artists.

Joe, Rubina and ZZ now live in San Francisco, CA.

Joe taught (among others) Steve Vai how to play guitar. After Steve got a deal with Relativity Records (through Cliff Cultreri) he told him that he should really check out Joe's music. Joe got a deal for Not Of This Earth as a result of this.

I Am Become Death is influenced by the Tibetan Book Of The Dead.

Ice 9 is a fictional liquid which is one main thread in the book Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.

Upon waking one night after a dream Joe grabbed his bedside notebook (oh, Joe keeps a notebook by his bed!) and wrote five words to describe the dream he just had. The words were eventually turned into a song title. They were The Luminous Flesh Of Giants.

Clouds Race Across The Sky was something ZZ once said to his Dad.

Devil's Slide is a place where Joe goes snowboarding. It was written on an acoustic guitar.

Joe and Steve Vai both have holiday homes on Lake Tahoe, CA.

The Telephone Call was actually recorded with Joe singing down a telephone handset.

The funky rhythms in Strange were played on a single coil pickup strat or strat copy with a bandana wrapped around the lower frets to mute the strings.

The Power Cosmic was originally a guitar-only piece, written and recorded for Guitar Player magazine and released as a flexible record with the magazine. The entire piece is played with one hand only.

Drew said no conversations. Also, if you watch The Satch Tapes you'll find that the quitting football because Jimi died story is true (Joe tells it himself). Joe didn't shave his head until Crystal Planet.

QUOTE: "I was on the fitness team, and we won the national championship two years in a row. The second year, I left because they wanted me to cut my hair and I wouldn't do it."
Joe's quote.



SOAD is his favourite band that he listens to.

around 1993 joe toured with deep purple replacing their departed guitarist ritchie blackmore

Joes first album was released in 1986 but there are some very rare copies of albums before this album was released,no pictures exist

Joe once played some of his early pieces of music to the band members of The Squares. Everyone thought it was just ridiculous, and told him he'd go nowhere with it, and they all left. The only one to remain there was his future drummer Jeff Campitelli.

The "fitness team" might be different than the Football team... Where is this quote from?

I'll post some when I have some more time.

Joe Has said that kis favorite Mode/Scale is Phrygian Dominant

The video for The Extremist was filmed in an old parking garage.

Promotional videos have been shot for the songs Satch Boogie, Always With Me, Always With You, The Extremist, Big Bad Moon, I believe, Summer Song. They are available on The Satch Tapes DVD\VHS.

Joe took lessons from the blind jazz pianist Lenny Triestano.

Joe uses the Pitch Axis Theory a lot in his music, Not Of This Earth for example.

Joe came up with Summer Song when he thought of the beautiful summer time.

Joe has composed a handful of 2-minute songs for the game NASCAR 06.

The song One Big Rush was featured as an OST for Cameron Crowe's movie Say Anything. An edited version of Satch Boogie is also played in the movie Problem Child 2, during the food fight scene.

Anybody can write QUOTE around something. I like to hear it direct from the source.

In the first 90 seconds of this video you can see and hear Joe say these words

So, September 18th, 1970... Jimi Hendrix dies, I'm still on the football team at that moment, but as soon as I hear about it I take my helmet off and go back to the gym, confront the coach, and tell him I'm quitting the football team, and in a moment of brilliance he just gives me one look and says 'OK'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsedggTLAvo

Joe's first EP, titled Joe Satriani, was almost reproduced on the first disc of Time Machine. All the original tracks are there except for Talk To Me. Joe says the original tapes were too bad in quality for this track to make it to the CD but you can find it online. It's a great track too. You can hear some of it in The Satch Tapes.

Speaking of the first EP, every single sound was created with just a guitar and minimal effects. Strings were detuned for bass sounds, wrenches were used on the polepieces for kick drum sounds, different strumming approaches were used for a hi-hat feel, etc

Then buy the Uk Magazine called Guitars from last year and read the quote i showed you.

The cover is Joe with the crystal planet guitar infront of his face. Thats where the quote is from. The interview tracked on about Joe wanting to do something with football. And then he answers with what i showed you.

Topic pinned.

I think both are true - SirChick you might as well re-edit.

Fremont, Nebraska: Joe, I've read a number of interviews in which you talk about quitting the football team in High School after Hendrix's death, but that's about all I've ever read about your younger days. Were you involved in music classes in high school (Choir, Band, Theory, etc.). Did your parents encourage your musical direction growing up? Was Rubina a high school sweetheart?

Joe Satriani: Yes. I studied drums for two years starting at the age of nine, and I switched to guitar at 14. I studied two years of music theory in high school. I was on the fitness team, and we won the national championship two years in a row. The second year, I left because they wanted me to cut my hair and I wouldn't do it.

Source: USA Today Chat Transcript

But it was Hendrix' death that made him pursue his musical career. Shame something so tragic created something so wonderful, IMHO

Joes uses D'Addario EXL120 Electric Guitar Strings, on his electric JS

and on his acoustics he uses

D'Addario EJ16 Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings
D'Addario EJ17 Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings
D'Addario EJ11 80/20 Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings
D'Addario EJ12 80/20 Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings
D'Addario EZ920 85/15 Great American Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings

I think this picture might be from it...



With the rerelease being


I am quite possibly completely wrong though, I just never see that first picture anywhere.

The funny guy in Satch Tapes, the one from Spinal Tap, is just an actor.

Joe Satriani and I have at least one thing in common (no, it's not musical ability).

We both use Apple Macintosh computers in our personal and professional lives.

Jeff was a chicken in his previous live (quote from Joe), reffering to his collection of chickens.

Joe was wearing a random shirt @ podcast 3, it had the quote 'out of luck' on it. It isn't from any band or guitarist. He bought it at a shop in LA.

Joe is still thinking about hair implant, Dave is still offering some of his hair.

Oh yeah that reminds me, he also uses Pro-Tools when Recording at Home

Joe uses a Roland V-Drums kit to record basic MIDI drums when writing at home. He then edits the MIDI with ProTools.

Joe's webby master, Jon Luini, plays in a band called 'Stellavision'.
Their latest record, Moxie, is kinda cool.

joes vision for the song super colossal is him walking round town 50-100ft tall playing a guitar solo

Yes, that's the real first cover. I've got the original printing myself on vinyl. I picked it up for a few bucks. Somebody told me it was worth a ton, so I checked it out on eBay - copies were going for about $5 when I checked last year...

Even on Joe's brand new JS1200's and JS1000's he has the old original Ibanez Edge trems installed even though they have nor been manufactured for over 10 years. Presumably Joe does not like change.

Joe hates to do guitar instructional videos. and prefers fans watch his live concerts as they are more informative.

I have this track if any one wants me to bootleg. sorry for off-topic.

i once talked to someone who said his friend works at a computer store that joe comes by occasionally. i know a guy who works at a instrument repair place that specializes in acoustic string instruments , and he said joe dropped by one day. he said it was 2 years ago around itlis time.

Sorry...gotta correct a "fact" right from the beginning...Joe was born on July 15th, 1956, not July 20th.

His very first album had an all white jacket with big black lettering on it that simply said JOE SATRIANI, and Joe himself has said that at the time, he couldn't hardly even give them away. It had 4 songs on it...Phrydom was talking about this very album in his last (I think) post on this thread, where he mentioned all sounds were made with Joe's guitar. He recorded it in their apartment. Now of course, these albums are more collector's items, and usually go for over $200 each on ebay! :)

There are so many facts out there about Joe...and my head is swimming with them....but one of my favorties is that he wore Sponge Bob boxer shorts on his 2003 G3 tour with Steve and Yngwie, LOL! He said he likes to change some little thing up for each tour just to give him an edge...but for that particular tour, he changed more than one thing and it took him quite a few shows to really get comfortable so he could get "lost in the music" like he usually does. Plus....Steve and Yngwie walked in on him in nothing BUT those shorts one night after a show....you can just imagine.... :lol:

thanks Trace, somehow the 20th didn't sound right in my head but I couldn't be arsed Googling :lol:

Another fact, the DiMarzio Fred pickup that Joe helped design is named after Fred Flintstone. When Joe was being interviewed with Steve Vai and this was mentioned Steve said "I can't wait till they get to BamBam".

Joe's first guitar was a Hagstrom electric guitar.

Flying in a blue dreamsold especially well in texas :blink: :blink:

The photo shoot for Flying in a Blue Dream album cover was consistently troubled by bad lighting. everytime the photographer was about to take a snap, the lights would go low. so after a LONG time, the photographer took a look at the pics and liked the pics, one of which finally ended up as the cover!

Joe says only one swear word in the REEL Satriani documentary.

If that's true (not saying I don't believe you!) that is very interesting!

Not sure if this is the case now, but Joe once said he likes to go food shopping, he gets energised by being around fresh fruit and vegetables.

Joe was jogging one time and ran by a store which sold hair clippers. He bought a set and became a baldy.

An effects pedal called a Chandler Tube Driver was a major part of the SWTA guitar sound, as was one or more Rockman units, and a NEVE microphone preamp.

The Lizard Down The Throat technique was named by Joe for when he plays a note low on the neck, slides up the string and at the same time presses down on the vibrato bridge, attempting to keep the pitch the same. In the studio version of Ice 9 it almost sounds like it's backwards. (Last part isn't a fact per se - it's how it sounds to me)

Towards the end of Joe's teaching with Steve Vai they would have long jam sessions, each with their back to the other. At key / interesting points they would both just look over the shoulder to the other in acknowledgment.

Joe introduced Steve Vai to Frank Zappa's music.

As he learned from Lennie Tristano, Joe would sometimes be harsh with his students. Joe has talked about many of his lessons with Lennie that lasted less than a minute. If Joe didn't play (or sing) something accurately first time, the lesson was over. Steve Vai can be seen and heard telling pretty much the same of Joe in The Satch Tapes.

Headless Horseman was not played on a bass guitar. (That one surprised me a long time ago!)

The character from the cover of Surfing with the alien is a character named the Silver Surfer From the comic Producers - Marvel

While recording Not Of This Earth John Cuniberti's car was broken into. In the process of cleaning up the glass he cut his hands, and as Satriani was paying him per hour he had to splice together a track using his bloody fingers.

:o :o :o

In the liner notes of Not Of This Earth, Joe said that he was working on an album and also promised that it would turn heads, drop jaws and create world peace. Dunno bout world peace, but it surely did achieve the first two!

In addition to the obvious cover art and title track of Surfing with the Alien, the three tracks "Back to Shalla-Bal" and "The Power Cosmic (parts I & II)" are also references to the Silver Surfer.