Joe Satriani

About Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani is an American rock guitarist, composer, and record producer born July 15, 1956 in Westbury, New York. A 15-time Grammy nominee and the bestselling instrumental rock guitarist of all time with over ten million albums sold, he broke through to mainstream audiences with his 1987 album Surfing with the Alien. He taught guitar to Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett, and Alex Skolnick, toured as lead guitarist for Mick Jagger in 1988, and founded the G3 tour in 1995.

In this interview

• Discusses his 2003 Grammy-nominated album Strange Beautiful Music
• Talks about the album title and its musical direction

Since this interview

Satriani joined supergroup Chickenfoot in 2008 with Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, and Chad Smith. He released The Elephants of Mars in 2022 and participated in the 2024 G3 Reunion tour with the original lineup, which resulted in the 2025 live album G3 Reunion Live.