Jazz Articles about John Petrucci

John Petrucci: Suspended Animation

by Mark Sabbatini
April 5, 2005

Shredding and art tend to be mutually exclusive by nature, since too many chord crunchers refuse to let the music be more important than they are. It often doesn't help when a member of a well-known group undertakes a solo project, since standing out becomes even more urgent. John Petrucci avoids the land mines and delivers more depth than many listeners will likely appreciate on 2005's Suspended Animation. Petrucci, a guitarist credited for elevating the heavy metal band ...