Al Pitrelli

Al Pitrelli with Savatage at Wacken Open Air 2015

Al Pitrelli (born September 26, 1962 in New York City ) is an American guitarist best known for his work for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra , Megadeth , Alice Cooper , Joe Lynn Turner , Asia and Savatage .

Career

Al Pitrelli attended Berklee College of Music in Boston in the early 1980s . After dropping out of his studies, he worked as a session musician and also gave guitar lessons in New York. He played with Michael Bolton , among others .

From 1989 to 1993 Pitrelli was guitarist in Alice Cooper's band and played with him on the tour for the album Trash , (Alice Cooper) Trashes the World . However, he did not play on the album Hey Stoopid (1991), for this Cooper won guitarists from Joe Satriani and Steve Vai to Slash . He only wrote one song ( Burning Our Bed ). In 1992 Pitrelli also joined Asia and played the albums Aqua (1992) and Aria (1994). He also played sessions with artists such as Kathy Troccoli , Taylor Dayne , Randy Coven and Expose. He also helped out at Blue Öyster Cult .

Savatage (1995-2000)

Al Pitrelli with Chris Caffery at Wacken Open Air 2015

In 1995, when Chris Caffery returned , Pitrelli became guitarist for Savatage. So he can be heard on the albums Dead Winter Dead and The Wake of Magellan . Although he was already playing for Megadeth at the time, he also contributed some parts to Poets and Madmen . During Savatage's time he also worked on the band's side project, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, where he contributed to all of the albums.

Megadeth (2000-2002)

In 2000, Dave brought Mustaine Pitrelli to Megadeth to replace Marty Friedman after being recommended by Megadeth drummer Jimmy DeGrasso . The latter had played with him for Alice Cooper. Pitrelli recorded The World Needs a Hero with the band. When Mustaine pinched a nerve on his left arm and could no longer play, putting all Megadeth's projects on hold, he returned to Savatage in April 2002.

Since 2002

Al Pitrelli

Pitrelli worked with his second wife, Jane Mangini, on a project called O'2L . Both also toured together with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Pitrelli lives in Milford , Pennsylvania . He has three sons.

Choice discography

Danger Danger

• Rare Cuts (2003)

Hotshot

• The Bomb (2005)

Alice Cooper

• Trashes the World (DVD, 1990)
• Classicks (1995)

Asia

• Aqua (1992)
• Aria (1994)

Place Called Rage

• Place Called Rage (1995)

Coven, Pitrelli, Reilly (CPR)

• CPR (1992)

Megadeth

• Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (2000)
• The World Needs a Hero (2001)
• Behind the Music (DVD, 2001)
• Rude Awakening (2002)
• Still Alive ... and Well? (2002)
• Greatest Hits: Back to the Start (2005)
• Anthology: Set the World Afire (2008)

O2'L

• 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)
• Beethoven's Last Night (2000)
• The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)
• Night Castle (2009)

Widowmaker

• Blood and Bullets (1992)
• Stand by for Pain (1994)

Vertex

• Vertex (1996)

Guitar Battle

• Guitar Battle (1998)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.blabbermouth.net: Former MEGADETH / SAVATAGE Guitarist AL PITRELLI Interviewed On 'Iron City Rocks' Podcast - Apr. 4, 2010  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ www.savatage.com: FAQ

Web links

• Al Pitrelli at Discogs (English)
• Article about Al Pitrelli at modernguitars.com (English)
• Interview with Al Pitrelli at metal4bremen.de ( Memento from March 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )