John Petrucci
Biography
John Petrucci is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Petrucci was named as the third player on the G3 tour six times, more than any other invited guitarists. In 2009 he was named the No. 2 best metal guitarist (behind Dave Mustaine) by Joel McIver in his book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists. He was also named as one of the "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time" by GuitarOne magazine.
Gallery
Known For
Dream Theater - Live at Luna Park
Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon
Quarantième: Live à Paris
Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05
Dream Theater: Breaking The Fourth Wall
Dream Theater - Distant Memories Live in London
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
Acting History
2025
Quarantième: Live à Paris as Guitar
2025Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris as Guitar and Vocals
2025Dream Theater - Parasomnia
2021Dream Theater – A View From The Top Of The World
2021Mike Portnoy - LTE3 as Himself - Guitars
2021Liquid Tension Experiment 3
2020Dream Theater - Distant Memories Live in London as Self
2017Dream Theater: Live at Budokan 2017
2015Dream Theater: Live at Wacken 2015
2014Dream Theater: Loud Park Festival as Guitars
2014Dream Theater: Breaking The Fourth Wall as Guitar
2014Dream Theater: [2014] Sonisphere Festival as Guitars
2013Dream Theater - Live at Luna Park as Guitars
2013Dream Theater: Take This for the Pain
2011Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis as Guitar and backing vocals
2011Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On as Guitar
2009Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05 as Himself
2009Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC
2009Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA as Himself - Guitars
2008Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion as Himself - Guitar
2008Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008
2007Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos as Guitar / Vocals
2007Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania as Himself
2006Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour as Himself - Guitar
2006Dream Theater: The Score So Far... as Himself
2006Dream Theater: Romavarium as Self - Guitar
2005G3 - Live in Tokyo as Guitar
2005Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon as Guitar and Vocals
2005Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band as Himself - Guitar
2004Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought as Self
2004Dream Theater: Live at Budokan as Himself - Guitars
2004Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite as Guitar
2003Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003 as Self
2002Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned
2001Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York as Himself - Guitar
1998Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime as Himself
1995John Petrucci - Rock Discipline as Himself
1994Dream Theater: The Rudess Experiment as Himself - Guitars
1993Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo as Himself - Guitar
—Dream Theater – Live At Tokyo Sun Plaza