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'{{Infobox musical artist | image = | name = Al Pitrelli | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|9|26|}} |birth_place =[[New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = | instrument = [[Guitar]] | genre = [[Hard rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[thrash metal]], [[progressive rock]], [[symphonic metal]] | occupation = [[Musician]], [[songwriter]] | years_active = 1982–present | label = | associated_acts = [[Danger Danger]], Hotshot, [[Alice Cooper]], [[Asia (band)|Asia]], [[Joe Lynn Turner]], Place Called Rage, [[Savatage]], [[Trans-Siberian Orchestra]], [[Megadeth]], O'2L, Widowmaker (U.S.), [[Sebastian Bach]], [[Michael Bolton]], T.M. Stevens, [[Vertex (band)|Vertex]], [[Blue Öyster Cult]] | website = | notable_instruments = [[Gibson Explorer]]<br />[[Gibson Les Paul]] |[[File:Al pitrelli.jpg|thumb|Al Pitrelli]] }} '''Al Pitrelli''' (born September 26, 1962 in [[New York City|New York]], [[New York|NY]]) is a guitarist, best known for his work with the [[Trans-Siberian Orchestra]], [[Megadeth]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[Joe Lynn Turner]], [[Asia (band)|Asia]] and [[Savatage]]. ==Early career (1982-1995)== Al Pitrelli attended the [[Berklee College of Music]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] in the early 1980s (where keyboardist [[Derek Sherinian]] was his dorm roommate; they would later work together in the [[Alice Cooper]] band). After dropping out of Berklee, Pitrelli worked as a session musician during his early days, and also taught guitar lessons in Manhattan, NY. His first major label gig was performing with [[Michael Bolton]], helping him support his single, "Fool's Game". Pitrelli said of the single, ''"This was when Michael Bolton was still trying to be [[Sammy Hagar]] and not [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]"''<ref>[http://pitrelli.shender4.com/history.htm] Al Pitrelli career history & bio.</ref> Pitrelli was [[Alice Cooper]]'s guitarist and musical director from 1989 until 1991 on the [[Trashes The World]] Tour. Pitrelli joined Dee Snider's Widowmaker for two albums in the early to mid 90's, and also briefly played with Stephen Pearcy (Ratt) in a band called Vertex. Pitrelli also joined [[Asia (band)|Asia]], appearing on their albums ''[[Aqua (Asia album)|Aqua]]'' in 1992 and ''[[Aria (Asia album)|Aria]]'' in 1994. Pitrelli would be featured on many New York sessions, including for [[Kathy Troccoli]], [[Taylor Dayne]], Randy Coven, [[Exposé (group)|Exposé]]. His songs have been covered by [[Y&T]], [[Lita Ford]] and [[Derek Sherinian]] of [[Dream Theater]]. For a month he substituted in [[Blue Oyster Cult]]. ==Savatage (1995-2000)== Al joined [[Savatage]] in 1995, joining at the same time as [[Chris Caffery]] returned to the band (Chris had previously been a part of the band around the release of ''[[Gutter Ballet]]'' in 1989). Al played guitar on the albums ''[[Dead Winter Dead]]'' and ''[[The Wake of Magellan]]'' and did some of the lead guitar work on ''[[Poets and Madmen]]'' despite being a member of Megadeth at the time. (Al was responsible for the outro of ''Stay With Me A While'', the main solo of ''Morphine Child'', the main solo of ''The Rumor'', the first part of the main solo in ''Commissar'' & the outro of ''Commissar'' <ref>[http://www.savatage.com/bandinfo/faq3.html]) Savatage Band FAQ, taken from [http://www.savatage.com www.savatage.com]</ref> During his time with Savatage, he was asked by their producer Paul O'Neill if he was interested in joining his side project, the [[Trans-Siberian Orchestra]]. Al agreed and has played a role in all of their records thus far.[[Steve Vai]] said in a interview that he was impressed by his playing. ==Megadeth (2000-2002)== Al was a member of [[Megadeth]] from 2000–2002, replacing [[Marty Friedman (guitarist)|Marty Friedman]]. [[Dave Mustaine]] asked him to join the band after hearing good reviews from the then Megadeth drummer [[Jimmy Degrasso|Jimmy DeGrasso]], who he played with during his days with Alice Cooper in the early 90s. Al only joined the band after an "audition" in front of a live crowd in Vancouver on January 16, 2000, 2 nights after Marty played his last show with the band, he was asked to play when it was 15 minutes before the show and was shocked as they never rehearsed. He was present during the recording of ''[[Rude Awakening (Megadeth album)|Rude Awakening]]'', a live [[CD]]/[[DVD]] that was released in 2002. He also recorded ''[[The World Needs a Hero]]'' with the band. When Megadeth entered hiatus after Dave Mustaine injured his arm, Al re-joined Savatage on [[April 9]]th, 2002 and also continued his work with TSO. ==Recent work (2002-present)== More recently, Al has collaborated with [[Jane Mangini]] (his former wife) on a project entitled [[O'2L]] that has given both musicians critical acclaim. During the winter months, Al and Jane tour with Trans-Siberian Orchestra. In Spring of 2010 they toured with TSO in the inaugural presentation of "Beethoven's Last Night". In 1998, Al Pitrelli was featured on the video game album [[Sonic Adventure]] Remix, where he played guitar on a remix of the game's theme song - [[Open Your Heart (Sonic Adventure)|Open Your Heart]]. ==Discography (incomplete)== ===[[Danger Danger]]=== * ''[[Rare Cuts]]'' (2003) ===Hotshot=== * ''The Bomb'' (2005) ===[[Alice Cooper]]=== * ''[[Trashes the World|Alice Cooper Trashes The World]]'' (DVD, 1990) * ''[[Classicks]]'' (1995) ===[[Asia (band)|Asia]]=== * ''[[Aqua (Asia album)|Aqua]]'' (1992) * ''[[Aria (Asia album)|Aria]]'' (1994) ===Place Called Rage=== * ''Place Called Rage'' <ref>http://www.tommyfarese.com/Tommy%20Farese%20-%20Place%20Called%20Rage.htm</ref> (1995) ===[[Coven, Pitrelli, Reilly (CPR)]]=== * ''[[CPR (rock album)|CPR]]'' (1992) ===[[Megadeth]]=== * ''[[Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years]]'' (2000) * ''[[The World Needs a Hero]]'' (2001) * ''[[Behind the Music]]'' (DVD, 2001) * ''[[Rude Awakening (Megadeth album)|Rude Awakening]]'' (2002) * ''[[Still Alive... and Well?]]'' (2002) * ''[[Greatest Hits: Back to the Start]]'' (2005) * ''[[Anthology: Set the World Afire]]'' (2008) ===[[Morning Wood]]=== * ''[[Morning Wood]]'' (1994) ===[[O'2L]]=== * ''[[O'2L]]'' * ''[[Doyle's Brunch]]'' * ''[[Eat a Pickle]]'' ===[[Savatage]]=== * ''[[Dead Winter Dead]]'' (1995) * ''[[The Wake of Magellan]]'' (1998) * ''[[Poets and Madmen]]'' (2001) ===[[Trans-Siberian Orchestra]]=== * ''[[Christmas Eve and Other Stories]]'' (1996) * ''[[The Christmas Attic]]'' (1998) * ''[[The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve]]'' (DVD, 2000) * ''[[Beethoven's Last Night]]'' (2000) * ''[[The Lost Christmas Eve]]'' (2004) * ''[[Night Castle]]'' (2009) ===[[Widowmaker (Dee Snider band)|Widowmaker]]=== * ''[[Blood and Bullets]]'' (1992) * ''[[Stand by for Pain]]'' (1994) ===[[Vertex (band)|Vertex]]=== * ''Vertex'' (1996) ===[[Guitar Battle]]=== * ''[[Guitar Battle]]'' (1998) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.metal4bremen.de/interviews/al-pitrelli-trans-siberian-orchestra/ Interview with Al Pitrelli on metal4bremen.de] (German / English) {{s-start}} {{succession box | before=* | title=[[Danger Danger]] guitarist | years= 1987-1988 | after= [[Tony "Bruno" Rey]] }} {{s-end}} {{s-start}} {{succession box | before=[[Marty Friedman (guitarist)|Marty Friedman]] | title=[[Megadeth]] [[lead guitar]]ist | years=[[Megadeth#Risk (1999–2000)|2000]]-[[Megadeth#Breakup (2002–2004)|2002]] | after= [[Chris Poland]] }} {{s-end}} {{Trans-Siberian Orchestra}} {{Savatage}} {{Asiaband}} {{Megadeth}} {{Danger Danger}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Pitrelli, Al | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =September 26, 1962 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitrelli, Al}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Berklee College of Music alumni]] [[Category:Danger Danger members]] [[Category:American heavy metal guitarists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Savatage members]] [[Category:Megadeth members]] [[Category:Musicians from New York City]] [[Category:American musicians of Italian descent]] [[Category:Trans-Siberian Orchestra members]] [[Category:Alice Cooper members]] [[Category:Asia (band) members]] [[da:Al Pitrelli]] [[de:Al Pitrelli]] [[es:Al Pitrelli]] [[fr:Al Pitrelli]] [[id:Al Pitrelli]] [[it:Al Pitrelli]] [[hu:Al Pitrelli]] [[no:Al Pitrelli]] [[pl:Al Pitrelli]] [[pt:Al Pitrelli]] [[ru:Питрелли, Эл]] [[fi:Al Pitrelli]] [[sv:Al Pitrelli]]'