Al Pitrelli (born September 26, 1962 in New York, NY) is a guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Savatage and Blue Öyster Cult.
Al Pitrelli attended Berklee College of Music in Boston in the early 80's. Pitrelli worked as a session musician during his early days and also taught guitar lessons. After dropping out of Berklee, his first major label gig was performing with Michael Bolton helping him support h...
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Al Pitrelli (born September 26, 1962 in New York, NY) is a guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Savatage and Blue Öyster Cult.
Al Pitrelli attended Berklee College of Music in Boston in the early 80's. Pitrelli worked as a session musician during his early days and also taught guitar lessons. After dropping out of Berklee, 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"
Pitrelli was Alice Cooper's guitarist and musical director from 1989 until 1993. Pitrelli also joined Asia, appearing on their albums Aqua in 1992 and Aria in 1994.
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...
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