Joe Satriani : Surfing With The Alien (Deluxe Edition)

 Joseph Satriani

 (born July 15, 1956)

 is an American 

Rock guitarist, 

composer, 

and songwriter. 

Early in his career 

he worked as a 

guitar instructor, 

with many of his 

former students 

achieving fame,

 including

 Steve Vai, 

Larry LaLonde, 

Rick Hunolt, 

Kirk Hammett, 

Andy Timmons, 

Charlie Hunter, 

Kevin Cadogan, 

and 

Alex Skolnick. 

Satriani went on to

 have a successful 

solo music career, 

starting in the mid-1980s.

 He is a

 15-time Grammy Award 

nominee

 and has sold 

over ten million albums, 

making him the 

bestselling

 instrumental

 rock guitarist of all time.

In 1988, 

Satriani was recruited by

 Mick Jagger 

as lead guitarist

 for his first solo tour. 

Satriani briefly

 toured with 

Deep Purple, 

joining shortly after

 the second departure of

 Ritchie Blackmore, 

in 1993. 

He has worked with a 

range of guitarists 

during the G3 tour, 

which he founded in 1995.

 Satriani has been

 the guitarist 

for the supergroup 

Chickenfoot 

since joining the band

 in 2008.

Surfing with the Alien

 is the second

 studio album

 by American

 Rock guitarist 

Joe Satriani

 It was released on

 October 15, 1987,

 by Relativity Records. 

The album is one of

 Satriani's most

 successful to date 

and helped establish

 his reputation as a

 respected rock guitarist.

Recording

The album was recorded 

on a budget 

of $13,000. 

Satriani's equipment 

was limited by

 the budget, 

consisting of two

 Kramer Pacer guitars 

and an adapted 

Stratocaster guitar, 

for which he would

 change the pickups

 to get different sounds.

 His guitar effects

 included a

 Roland JC-120, 

a Marshall '68 

half-stack,

 and a 

Rockman.

Due to the limited budget, 

Satriani had to use 

whatever studio time

 and rooms were available, 

and as a result printed

 his effects to tape

 while tracking. 

This proved fortuitous for 

"Surfing with the Alien", 

whose solo was 

recorded with a 

malfunctioning 

Eventide H949 

as his allotted

 studio time 

nearly ended.

To save money, 

the album heavily

 used drum machines, 

programmed by 

Bongo Bob Smith,

 with

 Jeff Campitelli 

recording overdubs of 

hi-hats, 

cymbals,

 toms and snares. 

Satriani stated this gave

 the music an

 "awkward charm", 

and maintained the

 combination of

 loose guitar playing 

and machine-like

 drum programming.

"Satch Boogie"

 is the only song

 to fully feature

 live drums, 

played by Campitelli.

The song was 

originally recorded to 

a drum machine pattern,

 and the quick

 fade-out disguised

 the sound 

of the 

drum machine 

being picked up

 by the amplifier 

at the end

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