John Petrucci
ActingBorn 1967-07-12 · Long Island, New York, USA
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.
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Dream Theater – Live At Tokyo Sun Plaza
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
Feb 07, 2025Rated 8 out of 10
Quarantième: Live à Paris
Nov 28, 2025
Dream Theater - Quarantième: Live à Paris
Nov 17, 2025Rated 9.3 out of 10
Liquid Tension Experiment 3
Apr 16, 2021
Mike Portnoy - LTE3
Apr 17, 2021
Dream Theater – A View From The Top Of The World
Oct 22, 2021
Dream Theater - Distant Memories Live in London
Nov 27, 2020Rated 8.2 out of 10
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan 2017
Sep 11, 2017Rated 8 out of 10
Dream Theater: Live at Wacken 2015
Aug 30, 2015Rated 6 out of 10
Dream Theater: Breaking The Fourth Wall
Sep 29, 2014Rated 6.8 out of 10
Dream Theater: Loud Park Festival
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Dream Theater: [2014] Sonisphere Festival
Jul 06, 2014
Dream Theater - Live at Luna Park
Nov 05, 2013Rated 8.3 out of 10Dream Theater: Take This for the Pain
Sep 23, 2013
Dream Theater: The Spirit Carries On
Apr 28, 2011Rated 5.6 out of 10
Dream Theater: Panem et Circensis
May 03, 2011
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In LA
Jan 01, 2009Rated 7.1 out of 10
Liquid Tension Experiment: Live In NYC
Jan 01, 2009Rated 8 out of 10
Dream Theater - Santiago, Chile 12/6/05
Jul 23, 2009
Dream Theater: Chaos in Motion
Sep 30, 2008Rated 6.9 out of 10
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE Live 2008
Jan 01, 2008
Dream Theater: Bucharest, Romania
Jan 01, 2007
Dream Theater: Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos
Jun 05, 2007
G3: Live in New York
Apr 11, 2007Rated 7.5 out of 10
Dream Theater: Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour
Aug 29, 2006Rated 7.6 out of 10
Dream Theater: The Score So Far...
Aug 29, 2006
Dream Theater: Romavarium
Mar 31, 2006Rated 8.5 out of 10
Dream Theater: A Walk Beside the Band
Jan 01, 2005
G3 - Live in Tokyo
Oct 25, 2005Rated 7.1 out of 10
Dream Theater: Dark Side of the Moon
Jan 01, 2005
Dream Theater: Live at Budokan
Oct 05, 2004Rated 7.6 out of 10
Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought
Oct 05, 2004
Dream Theater: When Dream and Day Reunite
Aug 01, 2004Rated 5 out of 10
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
Mar 05, 2003Dream Theater: [2002] Rotterdamned
Nov 03, 2002
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
Apr 21, 2001Rated 8.4 out of 10
Dream Theater: 5 Years in a Livetime
Oct 27, 1998Rated 7.7 out of 10
John Petrucci - Rock Discipline
Jan 01, 1995Rated 8 out of 10
Dream Theater: The Rudess Experiment
Sep 04, 1994
Dream Theater: Images And Words - Live In Tokyo
Aug 01, 1993Rated 6.4 out of 10