John Petrucci on Dream Theater "Distance Over Time", "SFAM", Neil Peart, LTE and his gear

Описание: Archive #40 goes back to the beginning of 2020 when Dream Theater were touring for their latest record "Distance Over Time" and for the 20th anniversary of "Metropolis Pt.2 : Scenes From A Memory".

This interview with John Petrucci was done on january 26th of 2020 when Dream Theater were on tour in Europe and more specifically playing "La Seine Musicale" in Boulogne-Billancourt in the Paris, France area that day.

Although it happened at the beginning of this year of 2020, it seems to me this interview was done a long while ago as the world went crazy since with the Covid-19 pandemic hitting us all (and by the way, big bummer related to this specific day, NBA legend Kobe Bryant died in an helicopter crash along with his little daughter Gianna and seven other people near Calabas California. I've found out about the tragic news back home from the gig).

This interview is the last one I've done as of today and it's a pretty good one.

John Petrucci obviously needs no introduction, if you ask me, he's basically a guitar god !

I had a lengthy chat with JP about Dream Theater latest record "Distance Over Time" and the 20th anniversary of "Metropolis Pt.2 : Scenes From A Memory" and also what's his favorite "underdog" DT record. We obviously talked about his main gear such as his Music Man signature guitars, his Sterling By Music Man line, his signature JP-2C Mesa/Boogie amp and his signature DiMarzio pickups. I also asked him to give me a Neil Peart (R.I.P) tribute, as Rush was such a huge influence on Dream Theater's music as the legendary drummer passed away 3 weeks before the interview and while I was at it, I asked him about the chances to see Liquid Tension Experiment doing something new again.

Full article in french was featured on Guitariste.com : https://www.guitariste.com/interviews...

That's a wrap for the interviews archives ! I might do something fresh with this channel in the future.
Stay tuned !

0:00 Distance Over Time
5:15 Revisiting Scenes From A Memory
6:50 JP's favorite underdog DT record
9:24 JP's playing
14:55 JP's Gear (Music Man, Mesa/Boogie, DiMarzio)
33:05 Liquid Tension Experiment
35:06 Neil Peart Tribute

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