NAMM 1994 - John Petrucci Part 1

[LordMurdad]

this is John Petrucci the master who blow me away with his music, the current is just peanut butter jug.

[529376100]

song is called barfbag.

[Greekamba]

The 6 people disliked because they wanted more :)

[RefUser]

seems like he had much more ideas then than he has nowadays...

[crisDAwog]

@RefUser comeon dude his solo album is fking incredible

[RefUser]

@crisDAwog his solo album came out about 6 years ago...i'd say it's about time for some new stuff

[mashafasha5]

The name is Barfbag

[KillswitchEngage42]

Jazzy? I think you mean funky? There ain't no swing in there.

[TSharr626]

@KillswitchEngage42 There's a lot of non-swing jazz. In fact, swing is a sub-genre of jazz. I would say that a lot of these ideas are SUPER jazzy. With a rock edge.

[dylanmatheson]

except at 1:14

[thegr8HarV]

not a single note in his shred is ever off. fucking incredible. and i miss his old jazzy style...

[Megafan1983]

It's Barfbag people!

[mindwalkr]

This guitar totally looks like the new premium line Ibanez guitars such as the 920qm model in pink

[hool1g4ns]

Music: Testify - Stevie Ray Vaughan

[dirtydonki]

What an amateur. :)

[DTfanian]

The song is called barfbag or at least thats what the tabs i found called it.

[GuillermoSmyser]

That J Custom is gorgeous!

[squattingmachine]

i honestly wish he would bring back some of his old-playing (the style, that is)- not to say that he hasn't improved, of course- bloody hell, i mean, he's a monster now but.... it would be nice to hear some of the unique phrasing from the early days...:S

[MrKiller92]

sometimes i get the impression he could play those extremely fast licks a bit cleaner back then than now

[MetalFee666]

@MrKiller92 its casue hes to beef now

[chaveznieves]

@MrKiller92 he plays just as cleanly, if not cleaner these days, but he uses a much more processed lead sound now, and shredding with the delay he uses makes it sound a wee bit sloppier than it actually is

[PortalRealm]

damn this is NAMM? lol

[GunsNrosesAerosmith]

thumbs up if ud rather have old petrucci than new

[TheRealOzzie234]

Petrucci's real tight and skillful. But he's so booooooring.

[JoaoLuisOliveira]

@TheRealOzzie234

If you want a guy to amuse you, go to the circus. There are lots of clowns there.

Problem solved.

[delandreese]

Look at his feathers man!

[thygodofrock190]

I was 1 when this was filmed : /

[Golem29]

He was such a unique guitarist back then. He still is now but his phrasing has changed a lot and he's a little more robotic.

[Cymbaline713]

Dang! I was at NAMM that year and I missed this! I did get his autograph at the Ibanez booth though.

[hayaletmakarna]

Yes!!  Where is this Old Petrucci now. I think He lost all guitar skills now.

[hayaletmakarna]

Yes!! Where i this Old Petrucci now.  I think He lost all guitar skills now.

[jarlaxe95]

God, where is this Petrucci now?

[Thilo9191]

man, i miss this kind of playing

[jalland]

Gotta love the midi backing track!

[axe427]

I haven't heard this in a while, I never noticed how Scenes From A Memory-esque some of these riffs are.

[AngryLlamaz]

but the back track is so cheesy lol

[AngryLlamaz]

JOHN PETRUCCI IS GOD

[Kjutte1]

@AngryLlamaz was

[AngryLlamaz]

@Kjutte1

no still is god

[AngryLlamaz]

@Kjutte1

His influence is enough to sustain his title of GOD forever

[Kjutte1]

@AngryLlamaz Guess we'll agree to disagree, buddy.

[DTPetrucci123490th]

I think pretty everyone wants him to go back to this style

[immortalsoloist]

Man listen to the new record he is extremely melodic on that one! And yes this performance is killer!

[GGTopGuitarist]

there's no question his style was the best in these days.. the solo's on rock discipline are fantastic

[wizzear]

lets put it this way...we want another liquid tension experiment album!!!

[vampire28]

John Petrucci...the only man to actually be born with a guitar in hand...even in those old Majesty videos he plays better than anyone.

[oldschooltillDeath]

0:12 to 0:19 reminds me satch  boogie from satriani

[AngryLlamaz]

Man jp back in the early 90s and present time is like night and day.. he is really heavy (which is still amazing) but I prefer him during the old days.

[MusicianofStark]

he was so jazzy and unique back in the 90's.

[XMitsuhideX]

I soo miss the jazzy side of DT like in Take The Time.

[seckscow]

I feel you man, I really like those real percussive jazz licks.

[SteveHubbardGuitar]

wish he was still like that now.. :/

then again, hes making loads of money, now

[gtrpimp76]

That's what I'm talkin bout! Hey was so fluid/phrase heavy/chromatic/experimental with the occasional jazz harmonies it was outta this world. This video is the perfect example of that. Nowadays, he's all about playing as fast as possible, which I still appreciate, but the cool note choice just isn't as prominent. BTW-I remember this jam was an interlude between songs during the Awake tour. When Jordan joined the band, I was hoping the experimentation would be elevated to another level

[Hayacafrita]

@MusicianofStark yeah it's a pitty. I guess he still can play like that, but for some reason he rejects it. He could have done some cool jazz stuff in his solo album.

[pickinpreacher]

He should go back to Ibanez guitars. His tone was MUCH better. It's way too harsh with the Music Man. The MM is a great instrument, but his Ibanez and Mark IV combination was phenomenal tone.

[5amuu]

why is he playing through a laney cab? o:

[scarred2112]

Laney is part of the Hoshino family (Ibanez, Tama Drums, other bands) and especially back then JP would have used gear that was available @ NAMM as opposed to the effort & cost of flying out his own gear.

[havi0003]

i wish his solo cd was more like this stuff.

[KyleJPie10]

Me too but he has changed his style since the 90's.

[5amuu]

true. it's quite heavy and really shreddy, but still amazing. he should really bring his old side out if he makes another solo record!

[ultimateguitar553]

Is that a Ibanez USRG ? I thought i saw him pictured with it the 94' catalogue

[Redrinkarnation]

May that be the guitar that's hanging (or standing, can't remember) next to John in the bonus scenes of the "When Dreams and Day Reunite" DVD?

[XMitsuhideX]

I'm pretty sure that guitar was a leopard print. I could be wrong, though. I know that his old BC Rich is next to him in those interviews, though.

[scarred2112]

That's the one - I still have that catalog somewhere in my practice room. :D

[amirkoifman]

what guitar does he uses?

[KazeReload]

lol xD

[27915678]

wow this song is amazing!!

on what album is it?

[NaveedIqbal]

Is this song called "Barfbag" ?

from there other namm video with the bored chick...they cut out they part here where he comes up puts some power on the hand and introduces this song as "Barfbag".

[axe427]

@NaveedIqbal

Yeah, it's called Barfbag. I remember reading he wrote it on his honeymoon. Hah.

[seraphicdisorder2]

yeah... by Matthias?

[Ataraxian13]

This song is called

"The Hunk".

5 stars

[WestonMossman]

Reminds me a bit of Overture 1928.

[skypodx]

He is so amazing melodic! Extremly gifted guitar player!

[EndeavorLeadGtr]

Barfbag!

[jokkearnt]

man, i miss johns older days

[Awake79]

Agreed....he is a very different player than he used to be. Sure, he still has this kind of playing in him, and always will, its just not longer his base.

[theoak84]

this just goes to show you, even petrucci started out somewhere.

[dingle1]

Dream Theater were already huge in 1994.

[vanhalen0123]

@dingle1 the day that i was born :P (sorry for my english)

[5beomexl]

@dingle1 so was petrucci.

[meluaz]

hahah noob

[theoak84]

pussy

[germ923]

he's just as good here as he is today, he came out of his mom being able to play guitar like a god

[KazeReload]

lol I agree xD I had the same thought

[theoak84]

damage control, in the making!

[slayerized667]

petrucci plays on a laney amp? this happened not very often i think :D

[guitarman2116]

its what Ibanez used at the time.....he was at the Ibanez

[slayerized667]

cool ^^

[syxxsyxxsyxx]

He's not playing laney, you can see in the little rack next to him he has a mesa boogie triaxis. You can find pics of that rack online.

cheers bud

[slayerized667]

i know, he is a die hard mesa fan...

[shlokda]

its just the speaker cabinet, not the amp .

[slayerized667]

no, you can see a laney vh100r half stack to his left, but i know that he wouldn't play those amps anyway. what a disgrage, they make wonderful guitar amplifiers.

[guitarman2116]

suspended animation in the making orr?

[Nik0]

can anyone send me this song plz??

[turdburper]

If thats a tension free neck, I've got that very guitar hanging in my room right now. Probably a bit too early for those necks though.....maybe? Dont recall what years they were sold.

[woodsterix]

you own a small fortune there =)

[petruccirocks02]

You're probably right. That may be a USRG30 with the tension free neck. I used to work for Hoshino, and I believe that they made them at that time.

-Phil

[dtddim]

OK, I got a "part" of these song on one of my cd blootegs, recorded in switzerland 1993, thats what these cd is....Is for the final ending for "To Live Forever" and its very cool by the way. Actually these cd is like the whole When Dream & Day Unite with James Labrie, all the song are recorded live and Im not joking

[adam02]

This is gold.

[HektorInfante]

Damn i miss the old petrucci

[AdamDallas]

me too... this is a great song! anyone know where i can find it and the other 2?

[eliotguitar]

agreed! Hope DT doesn't sell out...they're edging closer and closer to mainstream

[immortalsoloist]

nope they arent

[merqury5]

@HektorInfante Isn't that the truth. Its not hard btw to see that thats the guitar the JPM came from, but I dont know what model is is, is it a prototype?? Doesnt look like an ordinary RG, there isn't any middle single coils for one.

[mrgrsmitty]

@HektorInfante Yeah I can agree with you on that. I liked John's older stuff too, especially the cool jazzy phrasing he used to do. Now he just plays so damn fast, everything is a blur....

[Megafan1983]

@mrgrsmitty Im With you there, his earlier playing had more definity to it, you could see his influence, he needs to calm down a bit now.

[thehoeser]

He could put this on a new solo album and I wouldn't even care if it was old stuff. Was there ever a studio recording of this?

[scarred2112]

Nope. DT played it live a fair amount on the I&M tour and JP used his rough demo (drum machine, easy keys) for NAMM and clinics back then. The live version with MP, JM ahd KM absolutely SLAYS this version.

[JRBain7]

A side of John that we don't see so often. Much funkier and groove-based than what he does most of the time these days. Great stuff.

[scarred2112]

That's actually why l liked DT with Derek on keys. *Not* coming from a heavy prog/instrumental background, he brought a Jazz/Fusion side to the band that was really interesting. On the "Mind Control" bootleg (1-24-95 Japan) they play a jazzy, funky outro to "Take The Time" that's by far the best "live improvisation" I've ever hear from them.

[JRBain7]

@scarred2112 Yeah, very true, very true.... :-)

[YngwiePalmtree]

The song is called "Barfbag". Seriously. :P

[matt921]

yes it is lol im glad someone knows slow motion an barf bag an gemini lol i remember when i first heard slow motion it was like 2 years ago i was speech less

[matt921]

yes it is lol im glad someone knows slow motion an barf bag an gemini lol i remember when i first heard slow motion it was like 2 years ago i was speech less

[RefUser]

seems to me he's improvising...it's not a song

[thehoeser]

a lot of it is probably improvised but there is too much structure here to say its not a song.

[RefUser]

it's called a jam session

[thehoeser]

Most of LTE 1&2 are jam sessions, but they are songs now that they have been recorded. A lot of this video is not improvised and it's obvious.

[IrritatedGamer]

He may be improvising some of the leads, but the overall structure and chord progressions are not. Just listen to the pre-programmed drum track, it's not just a continuous 4/4 loop. C'mon now...

[ElWischi]

Most of it is written out, I got another version of this and it's identical for the most part.

[YngwiePalmtree]

It is a song. I have it.

[Greenwithevil]

oh nice

what song is it?

[CryingLostSoul]

Barfbag

[Greenwithevil]

lmfao, i thought you were joking

thanks bro!

[zeal0us]

Petrucci ftfw...