Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
company name	Little Kids Rock, Inc.
company logo
company type	Non-profit organization
foundation	2002
location	Montclair, NJ
key people	David Wish, Founder
industry	Education
homepage	littlekidsrock.org
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Little Kids Rock is a nonprofit organization that provides free instruments and lessons to children in under-served public schools. The organization is supported by a number of music industry luminaries including Bonnie Raitt, Slash, Joe Satriani, BB King, Jason Newsted, Linkin Park's Brad Delson, Bob Weir, Ziggy Marley, Paul Simon, Steve Vai, Carmine Appice, Liberty DeVitto, Stefan Lessard, Mike Stone of Queensrÿche, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Rick Springfield, Jesse McCartney, Dave Mason, Les Paul, Gregg Rolie, Marcus Henderson, Joshua Radin and others.

Mission

Little Kids Rock's mission is to restore and revitalize music education in public schools throughout the United States.

Organization History

Little Kids Rock formally became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2002. However, the roots of the program date back to 1996 when David Wish, an elementary school teacher, began giving free guitar lessons to his students. After a short time, he started recruiting other volunteers to help him with his efforts. In 2002, he left the classroom to found Little Kids Rock.

The Little Kids Rock Program

Little Kids Rock brings popular instruments (i.e. acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, drums, bass, etc.) to schools serving high concentrations of low-income students, enhancing the schools’ capacity to bring music education to children who otherwise might not have access. The Little Kids Rock method helps align music education with contemporary musical styles and trends, emphasizing music that the students are already familiar with, including: rock, funk, blues and hip-hop. Heavy emphasis is placed upon composition, improvisation and recording.

Public Resources

In addition to providing free music instruction in public schools, Little Kids Rock also offers free lessons to the general public through www.littlekidsrock.org and www.littlekidsrock.tv, an on-line educational public resource.

Pedagogy and Curriculum

Little Kids Rock may be partly understood as an educational reform initiative. The pedagogy is informed by ideas from scholars whose work is familiar to schoolteachers from their professional training. The Little Kids Rock methodology is rooted in linguist Dr. Stephen Krashen’s five theories of second-language acquisition, and educational theorist John Dewey’s student centered learning ideas on the subject of student-centered curricula.

Little Kids Rock's pedagogy is similar in some ways to ideas expressed by music education reformers such as Suzuki and Orff. Both of these pioneers argued that reading music was a skill to be broached by students only after they had developed facility on an instrument. By weaving these ideas together with the theories propounded by Krashen and Dewey, Little Kids Rock has synthesized its own, unique pedagogy.

References

External links

Little Kids Rock's official web site

Little Kids Rock's educational web site

Little Kids Rock's myspace page

Little Kids Rock's iTunes U page

Little Kids Rock featured in Time Magazine

Category:Educational charities

Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
name	Brad Delson
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Bradford Phillip Delson
alias	Big Bad Brad, BBB
born	December 01, 1977Agoura, California, U.S.
instrument	Guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
genre	Alternative rock, nu metal, alternative metal, rap rock, rap metal, rapcore, electronic rock
occupation	Musician, A&R; Representative
years active	1997–present
labels	Machine Shop, Warner Bros.
associated acts	Linkin Park, Jay-Z, Xero, Fort Minor, Busta Rhymes
website	www.linkinpark.com
notable instruments	PRS Custom Series 24, PRS Standard Series 24, Fender Stratocaster, Ibanez RG, Gibson Les Paul }}

Bradford Phillip "Brad" Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the Grammy Award winning rock band Linkin Park. He is also the A&R; Representative for Machine Shop Recordings.

Biography

Early life

Brad Delson attended Agoura High School with childhood friend and Linkin Park band mate Mike Shinoda. He played in various bands throughout his high school career, the most notable being Relative Degree, in which he met and teamed up with drummer Rob Bourdon. Relative Degree's goal was simply to play a show, and, after achieving that goal, they disbanded.

After graduating in 1995, Delson, Shinoda, and Bourdon formed Xero, which would eventually become the starting point for Linkin Park.

Delson entered UCLA in 1995 as a Regent Scholar working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies with a specialization in Business and Administration. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and shared a dorm room with future Linkin Park band mate Dave Farrell for three out of his four years at school. Delson also had the opportunity to intern with a member of the music industry as part of his studies and ended up working for Jeff Blue, an A&R; representative at Warner Bros. Records, who offered constructive criticism on Xero's demos. Blue later introduced Chester Bennington, who would become the lead vocalist of Linkin Park, to the rest of the band.

After graduating ''summa cum laude'' in 1999, Delson decided to forgo law school in order to pursue a musical career with Linkin Park. He remains an avid fan of all things blue and gold. Brad is of Jewish descent.

Linkin Park

In 1999, Delson's band, Xero, replaced former lead vocalist Mark Wakefield with Arizona native Chester Bennington and renamed themselves Hybrid Theory. Before long, Delson, along with Shinoda, had produced the six-track ''Hybrid Theory (EP)'', distributing it to various websites online and earning the band its own cult following. By 2000, after one more band name change, Linkin Park was signed by Warner Bros. Records.

On October 24, 2000, Linkin Park released the overwhelmingly successful ''Hybrid Theory''. Over the next year, Delson helped produce the remix album ''Reanimation'' (2002), and added his own creative insight into the remixed interpretation of "Pushing Me Away" ("P5hng Me A*wy").

After ''Reanimation'', Delson played a key role in the production of Linkin Park's second studio album, ''Meteora'' (2003), which featured heavier guitar riffs than ones in ''Hybrid Theory''.

Linkin Park released their third studio album ''Minutes to Midnight'' on May 15, 2007 in the United States. For this album, the band strayed away from the style of nu metal style they had perfected in ''Hybrid Theory'' and ''Meteora'', and developed an entirely new sound. For Delson, this meant experimenting with different guitars and amps, both new and vintage. It also meant he needed to push aside his disinclination for guitar solos, which are featured in tracks such as "Shadow of the Day", "What I've Done", "In Pieces" and "The Little Things Give You Away".

While the band pieced together the song "The Little Things Give You Away," Delson experimented with an E-Bow, creating a song called "E-Bow Idea," which was later changed to "No More Sorrow". Listeners can also hear him jingling his keys in "Given Up", an idea which he is credited with in the album booklet, as well as the multiple tracks of hands clapping. He has also played the piano for a few of the live shows on the song Hands Held High.

Brad also added his own creative insight into "New Divide" the track composed by Linkin Park for "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Album" in 2009. It was also the Band's last single before the whole band got together, away from their side projects to compose music for their forthcoming album - A Thousand Suns.

Side projects

2002–present - A&R; Representative for Machine Shop Recordings, a Warner Bros. Imprint label started by both Delson and Shinoda in 2002. Delson is responsible for scouting artists, such as Holly Brook, and signing them to the label.

2006 - Produced "Where'd You Go (BBB Remix)," which was featured on the retail single of Fort Minor's "Where'd You Go".

2008 - Aided in the production of and provided guitar parts for Busta Rhymes's "We Made It", which featured Linkin Park.

Personal life

Delson married Elisa Boren in September 2003 in a Jewish wedding at the Skirball Cultural Center. Elisa gave birth to their first child, a boy named Jonah Taylor Delson, on March 25, 2008. He has two younger brothers. Delson also handles many of the business aspects of Linkin Park along with his father Donn Delson. Together, the two created BandMerch, which handles the merchandising affairs for Linkin Park and others. In 1991, Delson was an extra in the movie "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey".

He was the keynote speaker at his alma mater UCLA's College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony on June 12, 2009 in Pauley Pavilion.

Philanthropy

2004 - Delson and his wife established the Delson Scholarship Fund at UCLA, which annually awards four-year scholarships to extraordinary students from Huntington Park. 2005 - Linkin Park established Music for Relief, a non-profit organization founded to aid victims of world catastrophes and combat global warming. Since its founding, Music for Relief has raised almost three million dollars, helping victims of the South Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and the Southern California wildfires. 2005 - Signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in underserved public schools throughout the United States. Delson has personally delivered instruments to children in the program and sits on the organization's board of directors as an honorary member.

Playing style and equipment

Delson has been sometimes criticized for playing simple guitar parts and never performing solos in ''Hybrid Theory'' and ''Meteora''. He states that he "doesn't like to show off," giving reason to the fact that performing solos is a rare act for him. He has explained that this is mainly due to the nature of the band, and that he tries to make his guitar playing sound as if it's that of a keyboard or strings to try to fit in with the hip hop and electronica sounds of the band. However, Delson has recorded a few solos into their album, ''Minutes to Midnight'', after his bandmates encouraged him to do so. Delson's guitar solos can be heard on the tracks "Shadow of the Day", "What I've Done", "The Little Things Give You Away", and, most notably, "In Pieces". Delson's playing style has evolved in live performances as well, as is seen by an outro solo in the live version of "Faint" where a rare fast shredding style solo on the lower frets on the neck of the guitar is performed by Delson, as well as some occasional improvisations during the verses of "Given Up".

In the early days of Linkin Park, their usual bassist, David "Phoenix" Farrell was unavailable due to touring commitments with Tasty Snax. So in ''Hybrid Theory'', Delson was usually held as the bassist for recording. On live shows, he occasionally swapped guitars with Farrel and he also plays the keyboard during the song "Hands Held High". During the ''A Thousand Suns Tour'', he played some custom percussion instruments during the tour, did the keyboard for "Waiting for the End" and also did backing vocals for a lot of songs.

The equipment that Delson uses includes the following:

Guitars

Paul Reed Smith Custom 24/Standard 24/CE 24 guitars - Brad's favorite guitar is his custom-made red PRS with the Hybrid Theory soldier on the body.

PRS Custom 22/CE 22 guitars (Actually Brad has 2 Custom 22, one in a greyish colour and one red, with the Hybrid Theory soldier on the body identical to his Custom 24)

Ibanez RG470XL guitar - used on "Don't Stay" and "Nobody's Listening"

Ibanez GRG370DX guitar

Ibanez RG120 guitar - Used on "A Place For My Head" during the Summer Sannitarium 2003 Tour and some Projekt Revolution shows in 2004. (one was smashed at just about every show on Summer Sanitarium in 2003, and occasionally on Projekt Revolution in 2004)

Ibanez RG7620 7 string guitar - Used on "Runaway" and "With You".

Fender Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster - Used on "What I've Done", "The Little Things Give You Away", "Valentine's Day", "Bleed it Out", "New Divide", "Iridescent", "Burning In The Skies" and "The Catalyst".

Fender vintage 1950's Stratocaster - Use mainly in the studio or as a back up for his Fender Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster. (During Summer Sonic 2009 he asked for one in the middle of New Divide as his Rory Gallagher had a problem)

Fender Jaguar

Fender Telecaster

Gibson Les Paul (no longer used)

Ibanez RGT3120 - used on "Runaway" and "With You" in 2003-2006

Gibson J45 - Used on "The Messenger" (A Thousand Suns)

Effects

To avoid problems with pedals being damaged during live performances Delson keeps his effect pedals in a rack along with his amplifiers and controls them through a pedalboard onstage. The board also contains a pedal control which allows him to change the settings for his effect pedals.

Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro floorboard

GCX Audio Switcher

TC Electronics G-Major effects processor

Boss BF-3 Flanger

Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer (x2)

Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble

Boss Expression pedal

Boss DD-7 Digital Delay

Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wah

Ibanez LF-7 Lo-fi pedal

Dunlop MXR Micro Amp

Dunlop MXR MC-401

Amplifiers

For the first two albums, he used Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers, but during the recording of ''Minutes to Midnight'' Delson decide not to use much of his old equipment to give him a new sound. Several vintage and rare amplifiers such as Soldano SLO's, Marshall JCM 800, Mesa Boogie, a 1972 50 watt Hiwatt Custom, A Bogner Uberschall, and an extremely rare Bo Diddley amplifier with an onboard tape delay that was either made for, or made by Diddley. During live performances Delson relies on several Randall MTS Modules to recreate the sound from these different amplifers.

Randall MTS RM4 pre-amp (x2)

Randall MTS Modules

Randall RT 2/50 power amp

Randall MTS cabinets

Other

Dunlop Picks-Tortex Wedge (0.83mm)

D'Addario strings: EXL115,EXL140,EXL110

DiMarzio pickups - D-Sonic, Tone Zone, and Air Norton

Audio technica wireless transmitters and receivers

JHAudio JH16 In-Ear Monitors

References

External links

Delson's official LPN page from linkinpark.com

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Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
Name	Joe Satriani
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Joseph Satriani
Alias	Satch
Born	July 15, 1956Westbury, New York
Instrument	Guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals, harmonica, banjo, harp
Genre	Rock, hard rock, instrumental rock, blues
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer, guitar instructor
Years active	1978–present
Associated acts	Alice Cooper, Mick Jagger, Deep Purple, Steve Vai, G3, Sammy Hagar, Chickenfoot, Jason Becker
Label	Sony, Epic, Relativity
Website	Official website
Notable instruments	Ibanez Joe Satriani Signature model}}

Joseph "Joe" Satriani (born July 15, 1956 in Westbury, New York) is an Italian American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor, and some of his former students have achieved fame with their guitar skills (Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, Alex Skolnick). Satriani has been a driving force in the music credited to other musicians throughout his career, as a founder of the ever-changing touring trio, G3, as well as performing in various positions with other musicians.

In 1988, Satriani was recruited by Mick Jagger as lead guitarist for Jagger's first solo tour. Later, in 1994, Satriani was the lead guitarist for Deep Purple. Satriani worked with a range of guitarists from several musical genres, including Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Eric Johnson, Larry LaLonde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Brian May, Patrick Rondat, Andy Timmons, Paul Gilbert, Adrian Legg, and Robert Fripp through the annual G3 Jam Concerts. He is currently the lead guitarist for the supergroup Chickenfoot.

He is heavily influenced by blues-rock guitar icons such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore and Jeff Beck, but possesses his own easily recognizable style. Since 1988, Satriani has been using his own signature guitar, the Ibanez JS Series, which is widely sold in stores. He also has a signature series amplifier, the Peavey JSX (although he has since returned to using Marshall amplifiers); a signature Vox amPlug headphone amp; and various signature Vox effects pedals including the "Satchurator" distortion, the "Time Machine" delay, the "Big Bad Wah" wah and the "Ice 9" overdrive.

Biography

Satriani was inspired to play guitar at age fourteen soon after learning of the death of Jimi Hendrix. He has been said to have heard the news during a football training session, where he confronted his coach and announced that he was quitting to become a guitarist. In 1974, Satriani studied music with jazz guitarist Billy Bauer and with reclusive jazz pianist Lennie Tristano. The technically demanding Tristano greatly influenced Satriani's playing. Satriani began teaching guitar, with his most notable student at the time being fellow Long Island native Steve Vai. While he was teaching Vai, he was attending Five Towns College for studies in music.

In 1978 Satriani moved to Berkeley, California to pursue a music career. Soon after arriving in California, he resumed teaching. His students included Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, David Bryson of Counting Crows, Kevin Cadogan from Third Eye Blind, Larry LaLonde of Primus / Possessed, Alex Skolnick of Testament, Rick Hunolt (ex-Exodus), Phil Kettner of Lääz Rockit, Geoff Tyson of T-Ride, Charlie Hunter and David Turin.

1980s

Satriani started playing in a San Francisco-based band called the Squares, where he continued to network and make musical connections (Squares sound man John Cuniberti co-produced his second album). He was eventually invited to join the Greg Kihn Band, who were on the downside of their career, but whose generosity helped Satriani pay off the overwhelming credit card debt from recording his first album. When his friend and former student Steve Vai gained fame playing with David Lee Roth in 1986, Vai raved about Satriani in several interviews with guitar magazines, including ''Guitar World'' magazine. In 1987, Satriani's second album ''Surfing with the Alien'' produced popular radio hits and was the first all-instrumental release to chart so highly in many years. In 1988 Satriani helped produce the EP ''The Eyes of Horror'' for the death metal band Possessed.

In 1989, Satriani released the album ''Flying in a Blue Dream''. It was said to be inspired by the death of his father, who died in 1989 during the recording of the album. "One Big Rush" was featured on the soundtrack to the Cameron Crowe movie ''Say Anything...''. "The Forgotten Part II" was featured on a Labatt Blue commercial in Canada in 1993. "Can't Slow Down" featured in a car-chase sequence in the Don Johnson starring show ''Nash Bridges''.

1990s

In 1992, Satriani released ''The Extremist'', his most critically acclaimed and commercially successful album to date. Radio stations across the country were quick to pick up on "Summer Song," which got a major boost when Sony used it in a major commercial campaign for their Discman portable CD players. "Cryin'," "Friends," and the title track were also regional hits on radio.

In late 1993, Satriani joined Deep Purple as a temporary replacement for departed guitarist Ritchie Blackmore during the band's Japanese tour. The concerts were a success, and Satriani was asked to join the band permanently but he declined, having just signed a multi-album solo deal with Sony, so Steve Morse took the guitarist slot in Deep Purple.

G3

In 1996, Satriani founded the G3, a concert tour intended to feature a power trio consisting of three instrumental rock guitarists. The original lineup featured Satriani, Vai, and Eric Johnson. The G3 tour has continued periodically since its inaugural version, where Satriani is the only permanent member, featuring differing second and third members. Other guitarists who have performed in such a G3 configuration include among others: Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robert Fripp, Andy Timmons, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Adrian Legg and Paul Gilbert.

In 1998 Satriani recorded and released ''Crystal Planet'', which went back to a sound more reminiscent of his late '80s work. Planet was followed up with ''Engines of Creation'', one of his more experimental works featuring the 'Electronica' genre of music. During the subsequent tour, a pair of shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco were recorded in December 2000 and released as ''Live in San Francisco'', a two-disc live album and DVD.

2000 and beyond

Over the next several years, Satriani regularly recorded and released evolving music, including ''Strange Beautiful Music'' in 2002 and ''Is There Love in Space?'' in 2004.

In May 2005, Satriani toured India for the first time, playing concerts in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai.

In 2006 Satriani recorded and released ''Super Colossal'' and ''Satriani Live!'', another two-disc live album and DVD recorded May 3, 2006 at the Grove in Anaheim, CA.

On August 7, 2007 Epic/Legacy Recordings re-released ''Surfing with the Alien'' to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its release. This was a two-disc set that includes a remastered album and a DVD of a previously never-before-seen live show filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1988.

Satriani's next album, titled ''Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock'', was released on April 1, 2008.

Satriani released a live DVD recording of a concert in Paris titled ''Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock'' and a companion 2 CD set on February 2, 2010.

In March 2010 Satriani participated with other guitarists in the Experience Hendrix Tribute Tour, performing music written and inspired by Jimi Hendrix. In April, Satriani and the rest of Chickenfoot voiced themselves in an episode of the animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force. In May 2010, through his website, Satriani announced he was about to enter the studio to record a solo album, and dates were also released for an autumn tour. He also said that demos had been recorded for a second Chickenfoot album.

In May 2010, Satriani joined Sound Strike, a movement led by Rage Against the Machine singer Zack de la Rocha protesting Arizona SB1070. As a result, Satriani refuses to perform live in Arizona.

Satriani released his 14th studio album, titled ''Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards'', on October 5, 2010.

Copyright infringement lawsuit against Coldplay

On December 4, 2008 Satriani filed a copyright infringement suit against Coldplay in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Satriani's suit asserts that the Coldplay song "Viva la Vida" includes "substantial original portions" of the Satriani song "If I Could Fly" from his 2004 album, ''Is There Love in Space?''. The Coldplay song in question received two Grammy Awards for "Song of the Year." Coldplay denied the allegation. An unspecified settlement was ultimately reached between the parties.

Other work

Satriani is also credited on many other albums, including guitar duties on shock-rocker Alice Cooper's 1991 album ''Hey Stoopid'', Spinal Tap's 1992 album ''Break Like the Wind'', Blue Öyster Cult's 1988 album ''Imaginos'', band members Stu Hamm and Gregg Bissonette's solo albums. Interestingly, he was credited with singing background vocals on the 1986 debut album by Crowded House. In 2003, he played lead guitar on The Yardbirds's CD release ''Birdland''. In 2006 he made appearances on tracks for Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan's solo CD/DVD dual disc ''Gillan's Inn''. On Dream Theater's 2007 album, ''Systematic Chaos'', Satriani contributed spoken lyrics to the song "Repentance." Satriani contributed a guitar solo to Jordan Rudess' 2004 solo release ''Rhythm of Time''. He also composed much of the soundtrack for the racing video game ''NASCAR 06: Total Team Control'' and contributed to ''Sega Rally Championship''.

He featured in the 2006 Christopher Guest film ''For Your Consideration'' as the guitarist in the band that played for the late-night show.

Chickenfoot

It was revealed on May 29, 2008 that Satriani is involved in a new hard rock band called ''Chickenfoot'' with former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. The band features Hagar on vocals, Satriani on guitar, Anthony on bass and Smith on drums. Their debut album was released on June 5, 2009. The first single and video released from this album is the track "Oh Yeah," which was also played on the Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on June 5, 2009. Satriani received a writing credit on each of the songs featured on the band's self-titled debut album. When Broken Records magazine asked Satriani in volume 1 issue 3, about his new band, he enthusiastically mentioned that "it was great fun" and it gives him a "kick in the music bone" to be playing with such great talent. He said it felt quite natural to step back and play more rhythm guitar than solo guitar.

Technique and influence

Satriani is recognized as a technically advanced rock guitarist, and is a guitar virtuoso. He has mastered many performance techniques on the instrument, including legato, two-handed tapping and arpeggio tapping, volumes swells, harmonics, and extreme whammy bar effects. During fast passages, Satriani favors a legato technique (achieved primarily through hammer-ons and pull-offs) that yields smooth and flowing runs. He is also adept at other speed-related techniques such as rapid alternate picking and sweep picking, but does not often use them.

Satriani has received 14 Grammy nominations and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. Many of his fans and friends call him "Satch," short for "Satriani."

An influential guitarist himself, Satriani has many influences, including jazz guitarists Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, Allan Holdsworth and Charlie Christian, and rock guitarists Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Ritchie Blackmore.

Equipment

Satriani has endorsed Ibanez's JS Series guitars, and Peavey's JSX amplifier. Both lines were designed specifically as signature products for Satriani. The Ibanez JS100 was based on, and replaced, the Ibanez 540 Radius model that Satriani first endorsed. However, Satriani uses a variety of gear. Many of his guitars are made by Ibanez, including the JS1000, and JS1200. These guitars typically feature the DiMarzio PAF Pro (which he used up until 1993 in both the neck and bridge positions), the DiMarzio Fred (which he used in the bridge position from 1993 to 2005), and the Mo' Joe and the Paf Joe (which he uses in the bridge and neck positions, respectively, from 2005 to present day). The JS line of guitars is his signature line with the JS1000, JS1200, JS2400, JSBDG, and JS20th using Ibanez's original Edge double locking tremolo bridge. The JS100 and JS120s both use Ibanez's Edge 3 tremolo bridge. The JS1600 is a fixed bridge guitar with no tremolo system. The guitar he was most associated with during the nineties was a chrome-finished guitar nicknamed "Chrome Boy." (This instrument can be seen on the ''Live in San Francisco'' DVD.) However, the guitar used for most of the concert was in fact a lookalike nicknamed "Pearly," which featured Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pickups.

Satriani uses a number of other JS models such as the JS double neck model, JS700 (primary axe on the self-titled CD and seen on the 1995 tour "Joe Satriani," which features a fixed bridge, P-90 pickups, and a matching mahogany body and neck), JS6/JS6000 (natural body) , JS1 (the original JS model), JS2000 (fixed bridge model), a variety of JS100s, JS1000s and JS1200s with custom paint work, and a large amount of prototype JSs. All double locking bridges have been the original Edge tremolo, not the newer models, which point to a more custom guitar than the "off the shelf" models. Joe played a red 7-string JS model, seen in the "G3 Live in Tokyo" DVD from 2005. He also has a prototype 24-fret version of the JS—now called the JS-2400—which he has used with Chickenfoot . Satriani has used a wide variety of guitar amps, using Marshall for his main amplifier (notably the limited edition blue coloured 6100 LM model) up until 2001, and his Peavey signature series amps, the Peavey JSX, thereafter. The JSX began life as a prototype Peavey XXX and developed into the Joe Satriani signature Peavey model, now available in retail stores. Satriani has used other amplifiers over the years in the studio, however. Those include the Peavey 5150 (used to record the song 'Crystal Planet'), Cornford, and the Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (used to record the song 'Flying in a Blue Dream'), amongst others. He has recently switched to the Marshall JVM series.

His effects pedals include the Vox wah, Dunlop Cry Baby wah, RMC Wizard Wah, DigiTech Whammy, BK Butler Tube Driver, BOSS DS-1, BOSS CH-1, BOSS CE-2, BOSS DD-2 and a standard BOSS DD-3 (used together to emulate reverb effects), BOSS BF-3, BOSS OC-2, Barber Burn Drive Unit, Fulltone Deja Vibe, Fulltone Ultimate Octave, and Electro-Harmonix POG (Polyphonic Octave Generator), the latter being featured prominently on the title cut to his 2006 ''Super Colossal''.

Satriani has partnered with Planet Waves to create a signature line of guitar picks and guitar straps featuring his sketch art.

Although Satriani endorses the JSX, he has used many amps in the studio when recording, including the Peavey Classic. He used Marshall heads and cabinets, including live, prior to his Peavey endorsement. Most recently Satriani used the JSX head through a Palmer Speaker Simulator. He has also released a Class-A 5-watt tube amp called the "Mini Colossal."

He is currently working with Vox on his own line of signature effects pedals designed to deliver Satriani's trademark tone plus a wide range of new sounds for guitarists of all playing styles and ability levels. The first being a signature distortion pedal titled the "Satchurator," and recently, the "Time Machine," which will be a delay pedal, with more to follow in 2008, including a wah pedal called the "Big Bad Wah." On March 3, 2010 a new pedal was announced on Satriani's website regarding the new Vox overdrive pedal called "Ice 9."

Recurring themes

Satriani's work frequently makes references to various science fiction stories and ideas. "Surfing with the Alien," "Back to Shalla-Bal," and "The Power Cosmic 2000" refer to the comic book character Silver Surfer, while "Ice 9" refers to the secret government ice weapon in Kurt Vonnegut's ''Cat's Cradle''. "Borg Sex" is a reference to ''Star Trek'', which features a homogeneous cybernetic race known as the Borg. His albums and songs often have other-worldly titles, such as ''Not of this Earth'', ''Crystal Planet'', ''Is There Love in Space?'', and ''Engines of Creation''.

On the album ''Super Colossal'' the song titled "Crowd Chant" was originally called "Party on the Enterprise." "Party on the Enterprise" featured sampled sounds from the Starship Enterprise from the ''Star Trek'' TV show. But as Satriani explained in a podcast, legal issues regarding the samples could not be resolved and he was unable to get permission to use them. Satriani then removed the sounds from the song and called it "Crowd Chant." This song is now used as goal celebration music for a number of National Hockey League teams including the Minnesota Wild. This song is also used in EA Sports Hockey video game "NHL10".

"Redshift Riders," another song on the ''Super Colossal'' album, is "based on the idea that in the future, when people can travel throughout space, they will theoretically take advantage of the cosmological redshift effect so they can be swung around large planetary objects and get across [the] universe a lot faster than normal," Satriani said in a podcast about the song.

On the album ''Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock'' the song "I Just Wanna Rock," is about a giant robot on the run who happens to stumble upon a rock concert.

Philanthropy

In 2006, Satriani signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a non-profit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in underserved public schools throughout the U.S.A. Satriani has personally delivered instruments to children in the program through a charity raffle for the organization and, like Steve Vai, sits on its board of directors as an honorary member.

Awards and nominations

Nominations

Satriani has the second most Grammy Award nominations (after Brian McKnight), of any artist (15) without winning. See further artists

Surfing with the Alien

+Nominations	Year !! Album !! Category
rowspan=2	Always With Me, Always With You	Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance>Best Pop Instrumental Performance
''Surfing with the Alien''	Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance>Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Grammy Awards of 1990	1990	Dreaming No. 11>The Crush of Love
Grammy Awards of 1991	1991	''Flying in a Blue Dream''
Grammy Awards of 1993	1993	''The Extremist''
Grammy Awards of 1994	1994	Time Machine (album)>Speed of Light
Grammy Awards of 1995	1995	Time Machine (album)>All Alone
Grammy Awards of 1997	1997	Joe Satriani (album)>(You're) My World''
Grammy Awards of 1998	1998	G3: Live in Concert>Summer Song (Live)
Grammy Awards of 1999	1999	Crystal Planet>A Train of Angels
Grammy Awards of 2001	2001	Engines of Creation>Until We Say Goodbye
Grammy Awards of 2002	2002	Always With Me, Always With You (Live) || Best Rock Instrumental Performance from Live in San Francisco
Grammy Awards of 2003	2003	Strange Beautiful Music>Starry Night
Grammy Awards of 2006	2006	''Super Colossal''
Grammy Awards of 2008	2008	Surfing with the Alien>Always With Me, Always With You (Live)

Discography

''Not of This Earth'' (1986)

''Surfing with the Alien'' (1987)

''Flying in a Blue Dream'' (1989)

''The Extremist'' (1992)

''Time Machine'' (1993)

''Joe Satriani'' (1995)

''Crystal Planet'' (1998)

''Engines of Creation'' (2000)

''Strange Beautiful Music'' (2002)

''Is There Love in Space?'' (2004)

''Super Colossal'' (2006)

''Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock'' (2008)

''Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards'' (2010)

References

External links

Official Website

Real "Guitar Hero" Joe Satriani turns Teacher at WorkshopLive.com

Audio Interview with Joe Satriani on Guitar Jam Daily, June 2007

Part 2 of Audio Interview with Joe Satriani on Guitar Jam Daily, July 2007

Joe Satriani 2006 Modern Guitars Magazine Interview with Brian D. Holland

MusiciansFriend Interview with Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani live pictures

Early Joe Satriani Photos

Joe Satriani guitar video workshop

Joe Satriani Artist Page at Guitar Video Channel

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Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
name	Carmine Appice
landscape	yes
background	solo_singer
birth name	Carmine Appice
birth date	December 15, 1946
birth place	Brooklyn, New YorkUnited States
instrument	Drums, percussion, vocals
genre	Hard rock, psychedelic rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, glam metal
occupation	Musician, songwriter
years active	1966–present
label	Atlantic, Atco, Epic, Repertoire
associated acts	Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus, Ted Nugent, Pink Floyd, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice, DNA, King Kobra, Blue Murder, Mother's Army, Travers & Appice, KGB, Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, Pappo, Paul Stanley, Marty Friedman, DBA, Hear 'n Aid
website	Official website
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Carmine Appice (born December 15, 1946) is an American rock drummer of Italian background and is the older brother of drummer Vinny Appice by 12 years. He received a classical music training and was influenced by the jazz drumming of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa early on. Appice is best known for his associations with Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, and the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice.

Appice is known for his showmanship, stick tosses and twirls. He is considered one of the most accomplished showmen in rock and was the first rock drummer to organise drum clinics held at college campuses, theatres, and drum stores. He is credited with influencing drummers such as John Bonham, Cozy Powell, Ian Paice, Dave Knepp, Joey Markowski, Nicko McBrain, Joey Kramer, Bill Ward, Roger Meddows-Taylor, Phil Collins, Neil Peart, Tommy Lee, Dave Lombardo, Richard Christy, David Kinkade, Ray Mehlbaum, Robb Reiner, and Eric Singer.

His best-selling drum instruction book ''The Realistic Rock Drum Method'' was first published in 1972, and has since been revised and republished as ''The Ultimate Realistic Rock Drum Method''. It covers the basic subjects of rock rhythms and polyrhythms, linear rudiments and groupings, shuffle rhythms, hi-hat, and double bass drum exercises.

Biography

Appice first came to prominence as the percussionist with the late 1960s psychedelic band Vanilla Fudge. Appice contributed distinctive background harmonies with the bassist Tim Bogert. After five albums, Appice and Bogert left Vanilla Fudge to form the blues rock quartet Cactus, with vocalist Rusty Day and guitarist Jim McCarty. Appice then left Cactus with Bogert to join Jeff Beck in the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice. Appice joined Rod Stewart's backing band in 1977, co-writing songs such as "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "Young Turks". He also played drums on Paul Stanley's eponymous solo album (1978).

He was a member of '' KGB'' which featured Ray Kennedy, Ric Grech, Mike Bloomfield, and Barry Goldberg. Appice has recorded with artists such as Stanley Clarke, Ted Nugent, and Pink Floyd. He has also played with King Kobra and Blue Murder with John Sykes. On May 23, 1981, Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles proclaimed that day as Carmine Appice Day in L.A in recognition of Appice's charitable and educational work. Later in 1983 he toured with Ozzy Osbourne to promote Bark at the Moon (1983).

Appice recorded ''Caso Cerrado'' (1995) with the Argentine guitarist Pappo. They were also joined by bassist Tim Bogert on four songs including "P. B. A. Boogie". In 2000, Appice formed the power trio ''DBA'' with Tim Bogert and Rick Derringer and was reunited once again with Bogert when they reformed Vanilla Fudge.

In 2005, he became an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization which provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in less privileged public schools throughout the USA. He has personally delivered instruments to children in the program, and has also performed at benefit concerts for the organization and sits on its Honorary Board of Directors.

In 2006, he formed the drum ensemble SLAMM in which Appice participates on drums playing along side four young drummers. The show they put on has been described as "Stomp on steroids". The band filmed a promotional video for the Cable Network station ESPN, using a NASCAR garage as a set and mechanic's hardware as instruments. They were voted as the runner-up in the ''Drum'' magazine poll for Percussion Ensemble (2008) after a special appearance at the magazine's drum festival. SLAMM also appears on the Modern Drummer festival DVD (2008).

He recorded ''Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus:Conquering Heroes'' (2009). This was the third album in his ''Guitar Zeus'' series. These albums have featured guitarists such as Brian May, Ted Nugent, Richie Sambora, and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Carmine Appice lives in New York and Los Angeles with Gold.

He recently lent his talents to the Sly Stone CD I’m Back! Family & Friends, where he plays on the Sly classic "Stand!" It was released Aug. 16 2011

He is currently on an American tour with the Michael Schenker Group.

Discography

Albums

Carmine Appice

Carmine Appice (1981)

Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus (1995)

Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus II (2001)

Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus: Conquering Heroes (double CD) (2009)

Vanilla Fudge

Vanilla Fudge (1967)

The Beat Goes On (1968)

Renaissance (1968)

Near the Beginning (1969)

Rock & Roll (1970)

Mystery (1984)

Cactus

Cactus (1970)

One Way...Or Another (1971)

Restrictions (1971)

'Ot 'N' Sweaty (1972)

Cactus V (2006)

Beck, Bogert & Appice

Beck, Bogert & Appice (1973)

Live in Japan (1974)

Jan Akkerman Tabernakel (1974)

KGB

KGB (1976)

Motion (1976)

Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley (1978)

Ted Nugent

Nugent (1982)

DNA Party Tested (1983)

King Kobra

Ready to Strike (1985)

Thrill of a Lifetime (1986)

King Kobra III (1988)

Hollywood Trash (2001)

King Kobra (2011)

Blue Murder

Blue Murder (1989)

Nothin' But Trouble (1993)

Mothers Army

Mothers Army (1993)

Pappo's Blues

Caso Cerrado (1995)

Marty Friedman

True Obsessions (1996)

Travers & Appice (as duet with Pat Travers)

It Takes A Lot Of Balls (2004)

Live At The House Of Blues (2005)

Bazooka (2006)

Pink Floyd "Dogs Of War" from A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)

Awards

Hollywood Rock walk of fame

Modern Drummer. Best Rock drummer. Editors award (lifetime achievement)

Sabian Cymbals. Best Rock drummer award (lifetime achievement).

Guitar Center. Legends award

Notes

References

Hjort, Chris and Hinman, Doug. ''Jeff's book : A chronology of Jeff Beck's career 1965-1980 : from the Yardbirds to Jazz-Rock''. Rock 'n' Roll Research Press, (2000). ISBN 0-9641005-3-3

Realistic Rock: 35th Anniversary Special Edition. Appice, Carmine. Alfred Publishing Company (March 2007) ISBN 0-739-045660

The Ultimate Realistic Rock Drum Method. Appice, Carmine. Alfred Publishing Company (July 2000).ISBN 08-972-44869

Ultimate Play-Along Drum Trax. Appice, Carmine Guitar Zeus. Alfred Publishing Company (August 2004) ISBN 07-579191-62

Rudiments to Rock. Alfred Publishing Company (July 1995). ISBN 07-692507-50

Realistic Rock for Kids. Alfred Publishing Company (2003)

http://www.vicfirth.com/artists/appice.php

External links

Carmine Appice official website

Cactus official website

official Slamm website

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Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
name	Steven Van Zandt
background	solo_singer
birth name	Steven Lento
alias	Little Steven and Miami Steve
born	November 22, 1950
origin	Boston, Massachusetts,United States
instrument	Vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, mandolin
genre	Rock, heartland rock
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actor, disc jockey
years active	1975–present
label	Columbia, Epic, BMG
associated acts	Bruce SpringsteenE Street BandSteel MillSouthside Johnny & The Asbury JukesThe Miami HornsGary U.S. BondsArtists United Against Apartheid
website	Official website
notable instruments	Fender StratocasterVox Mark IIIRickenbacker 660/12 }}

Steven Van Zandt (born November 22, 1950) is an Italian-American musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, actor, and radio disc jockey, who frequently goes by the stage names Little Steven or Miami Steve. He is best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin, and as an actor in the television drama ''The Sopranos'', in which he played Silvio Dante. Van Zandt also had his own solo band called "Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul" in the 1980s.

Early years

Van Zandt, was born as Steven Lento in Winthrop, Massachusetts. His mother, Mary Lento, remarried when he was young and Steven took the last name of his stepfather, William Van Zandt. The family moved from Massachusetts to Middletown Township, New Jersey when he was seven.

Actor/playwright/producer Billy Van Zandt is Steven Van Zandt's half brother.

Career

Band member

Van Zandt then grew up in the Jersey Shore music scene, and was an early friend and pre-E Street bandmate of Springsteen. In the early seventies, he was a journeyman guitarist (working as a sideman for The Dovells) as well as a founding member of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and several of Bruce Springsteen's early bands.

In 1975, during the recording sessions for ''Born to Run'', Springsteen - at a loss (according to author Dave Marsh in the Springsteen biography ''Born To Run'') for ideas on how to arrange the horn part for "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" - called on Van Zandt and his encyclopedic knowledge of soul music for help with the arrangement. In the Wings for Wheels Documentary, Springsteen revealed that Van Zandt was partially responsible for the signature guitar line in Born to Run; "Arguably Steve's greatest contribution to my music." It has been long debated if Van Zandt himself is playing guitar on the song. Van Zandt then joined the E Street Band in the midst of their Born to Run tours.

In those early years, Van Zandt supplied a great deal of the lead guitar work for the band in concert, as can be seen on the 1975 concert DVD within ''Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition'' (later released as the CD ''Hammersmith Odeon London '75'').

Van Zandt cites the Dave Clark 5 as an early influence. Along with Paul Shaffer of the David Letterman Show he organized a benefit for Mike Smith (the Dave Clark 5 singer), who had suffered a paralyzing fall at his home in Spain.

Songwriter, arranger, producer

Van Zandt subsequently became a songwriter and producer for fellow Jersey shore act Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes in the mid- to late-1970s, penning their signature song "I Don't Wanna Go Home", co-writing other songs for them with Springsteen, and producing their most-acclaimed record, ''Hearts of Stone''. As such, Van Zandt became a key contributor to the Jersey Shore sound. Van Zandt then went on to share production credits on the classic Springsteen albums ''Darkness on the Edge of Town'', ''The River'', and ''Born in the U.S.A.''. In 1989, Jackson Browne covered the 1983 Van Zandt composition "I Am A Patriot" for Browne's ''World in Motion'' album. The song has also been covered by other artists including Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.

Van Zandt has produced a number of other records, including an uncredited effort on the Iron City Houserockers' ''Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive)''. Less successful was his work on Lone Justice's second album ''Shelter'', which was a career-ending flop for the Los Angeles cowpunk band.

In 1993, Van Zandt wrote and produced "All Alone on Christmas" for the soundtrack of the Chris Columbus film Home Alone, which yielded singer Darlene Love her first hit since "A Fine, Fine Boy" from 1963, thirty years earlier.

In 1994, Van Zandt produced the eponymous debut album of the punk rock band Demolition 23 which featured ex-Hanoi Rocks members Michael Monroe and Sami Yaffa. Van Zandt also co-wrote six songs for the album with Monroe and Jude Wilder.

In 1995, Van Zandt aided Meat Loaf with the song "Amnesty Is Granted" off of his "Welcome to the Neighborhood" album.

In 2004, he contributed the song "Baby Please Don't Go" to Nancy Sinatra's self-titled album.

Solo artist

Van Zandt officially left the E Street Band in 1984 (Springsteen's song "Bobby Jean" is said to be inspired by the split, and Bruce asked him to perform his mandolin solo in the "Glory Days" video anyway.) and has been involved in numerous solo musical projects and collaborations since then, ranging from soul music to hard rock to world music. In particular, he released four albums in the 1980s and one in 1999, sometimes fronting an on-and-off group known as Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. Van Zandt has written that these albums are each elements in a five-part concept cycle. The first of them, 1982's ''Men Without Women'', earned the most critical praise (Jay Cocks of ''TIME'' magazine dubbed it one of the ten best albums of the year), while its follow-up, 1984's ''Voice of America'', did the best on the U.S. albums chart, although none of them were much of a commercial success. With ''Voice of America'', his music became explicitly political, with the central theme being opposition to Ronald Reagan-era American foreign policy.

Continuing his involvement in issues of the day, in 1985 he created the music-industry activist group Artists United Against Apartheid as an action against the Sun City resort in South Africa. Forty-nine top recording artists, including Springsteen, U2, Bob Dylan, Pete Townshend, and Run DMC, collaborated on a song called "Sun City" in which they pledged they would never perform at the resort. The effort was modestly successful. In 1987, he released the album ''Freedom - No Compromise'', which continued the political messaging in an even more strident fashion. Some U.S. appearances in that year as opening act for U2's arena-and-stadium Joshua Tree Tour continued in the same vein – Oliver North was labeled a "criminal motherfucker" – but were not well-received by audiences, who found the sound overbearing and the performances lacking musicality. Both the record and his concerts were more popular in Europe, however. Little Steven's fourth album, 1989's ''Revolution'', attracted little attention. His latest album, entitled ''Born Again Savage'' was released in 1999. Since then, Van Zandt has recorded another album, ''Nobody Loves and Leaves Alive'' with his garage band the Lost Boys. Although the album remains unreleased, three tracks from it were contributed to the Sopranos television show including; 'Nobody Love and Leaves Alive', 'Affection, and 'Come for Me'.

Band member again

Van Zandt returned to the E Street Band when it was reformed (briefly in 1995, and on an ongoing occasional basis in 1999) and remains with it. By now, his guitar playing had mostly been reduced to a background rhythm role, due to Nils Lofgren's position in the band and his capability as a lead guitarist. In addition, Springsteen had begun taking many more of the solos during his absence. Notwithstanding this, among E Street Band members he often gets the second-most amount of "face time" in concert after Clarence Clemons, frequently mugging and posing for the audience and sometimes delivering his unpolished, nasal backing vocals while sharing a microphone with Springsteen. His playing or singing is most prominently featured on the songs "Glory Days", "Two Hearts", "Long Walk Home" (when featured a Van Zandt outro vocal solo) "Land of Hope and Dreams", "Badlands", "Ramrod", and "Murder Incorporated", among others like the live versions of "Rosalita". He often trades vocals with Springsteen in live versions of "Prove it All Night". He features prominently in the video for "Glory Days", sharing the spotlight with Springsteen during the choruses, while swapping lines with him during the (non)fade, and in live versions he does the same. During the E Street Band's performance at the Super Bowl in 2009, Van Zandt was the most prominently featured member of the band, playing a guitar solo on the final number of the set, "Glory Days" (although the solo could not be heard in the mix), as well as sharing lead vocals and exchanging humorous banter with Springsteen.

Actor

In 1999, Van Zandt took one of the core roles in ''The Sopranos'', playing level-headed but deadly mob consigliere and strip club owner Silvio Dante. Van Zandt had no acting experience, and the unusual casting choice was made by series creator David Chase. As a guest on the Opie and Anthony Show, Van Zandt related the story of his casting on ''The Sopranos''. Van Zandt was picked to induct The Rascals into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. The original members of The Rascals had been feuding for a number of years and Van Zandt was concerned that the induction and subsequent band performance would result in a very public fiasco on live television. Wanting to defuse any confrontation, Van Zandt donned a Little Lord Fauntleroy-type costume for the event and delivered a humorous induction instead of the more traditional speech delivered for other inductees. The Rascals had worn this type of outfit when they debuted on the national scene in 1965. Chase saw this performance on VH1's broadcast of the event and thought that Van Zandt was very funny and contacted him a few days later. Then Chase discovered that Van Zandt had no acting experience. Van Zandt was reluctant to audition for Chase but eventually relented.

Van Zandt gained acclaim for his performance as Silvio, but has contended that he has no interest in acting beyond ''The Sopranos''. However, Van Zandt found time to record the narration to a Hives biography on their concert DVD Tussles in Brussels. His role resumed in importance in later seasons, with sixth season plot developments especially giving him prime focus. His real-life wife Maureen Van Zandt is an actress who made occasional appearances on ''The Sopranos'' playing Silvio's wife Gabriella Dante.

Van Zandt maintains a certain look, always wearing gypsy clothes and a bandana on stage, while donning a noticeable pompadour toupee on ''The Sopranos.'' Both are to cover permanent loss of hair from a car accident in which he hit a windshield with his head.

In 2010 Van Zandt appeared as himself in the Norwegian soap opera ''Hotel Cæsar'', broadcast on Norway's biggest commercial channel TV2 Norway. He also appeared on Scandinavia's largest talkshow Skavlan, and talked about his upcoming starring role in a Norwegian-produced TV series where he will play a mafia boss who, as a part of a witness-protection program, is hiding in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer. The series' working title is ''Lilyhammer'', a reflection of the town’s mispronunciation by many non-Norwegians, and production starts January 2011.

Radio host and entrepreneur

Since 2002, Van Zandt has hosted ''Little Steven's Underground Garage,'' a weekly syndicated radio show that celebrates garage rock and similar rock sub-genres from the 1950s to the present day. As of December 2006, the show is heard on over 200 US radio stations and in some international markets. For example, in Finland, Radio Helsinki started beaming Underground Garage in August 2008 and in Spain is beamed through Rock & Gol since 2007 and later on Rock Rock Radio.

Steven is also the program director for two radio channels for the Sirius Satellite Radio network. The channels are heard continuously on satellite radio in the USA and worldwide on Sirius Internet Radio. One channel is named ''Underground Garage'', which has the same philosophy and musical mandate as his own radio show. On-air hosts on the channel include original Rolling Stones manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham, rock star Joan Jett, punk rock singer Handsome Dick Manitoba, and rock entrepreneur Kim Fowley. The second of Van Zandt's radio channels presented on Sirius is named the ''Outlaw Country'' channel. It presents the edgier side of country music – both roots and contemporary. On-air hosts for this channel include pop-culture satirist Mojo Nixon.

Van Zandt is not to be confused with similarly named radio personality Steve Van Zandt, who was co-host of the "Steve and Jackie in the Morning" show formerly airing on WROW in Albany, New York.

In December 2006 Little Steven launched his own record label, Wicked Cool Records. The first set of records released by Wicked Cool were new albums from Underground Garage favorites the Charms, the Chesterfield Kings and the Cocktail Slippers; and ‘Fuzz For The Holidays,’ by Davie Allan and the Arrows and ‘CBGB Forever,’ a tribute to the famous, now-defunct venue. The label continues to release new albums from the next generation of garage rockers including the Cocktail Slippers as well as volumes of ‘Little Steven's Underground Garage presents The Coolest Songs in the World,’ a compilation of selected songs from the Underground Garage radio show's popular feature, the Coolest Song in the World This Week. In 2007 the label signed The Launderettes. 2008 marked the release of the labels first Halloween and Christmas themed compilations.

Lost Cathedral is a subsidiary label of Wicked Cool Records and home to the band Crown of Thorns.

In 2007, Van Zandt launched his Rock And Roll Forever Foundation. The first incentive of the foundation is Rock And Roll High School, a chronological anthology tracing the history of Rock and Roll from its roots to present day, highlighting the cultural impact and significance of each era of the genre as it relates to the events and changes that took place in the history of the country and of the world. The program, endorsed by MENC: The National Association For Music Education and Scholastic, is being written and hopes to launch in the fall of 2010.

Musical director

In September 2006, Van Zandt assembled and directed an all-star band to back Hank Williams Jr. on a new version of "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" for the season premiere (and formal ESPN debut) of ''Monday Night Football''. The all-star lineup included Little Richard, Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick), Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Questlove (The Roots), Charlie Daniels, Bootsy Collins, Chris Burney (Bowling for Soup), and Bernie Worrell. Steve is now the director of a music selection committee for the video game Rock Band; he is in charge of selecting new music for the game.

Personal life

Van Zandt is married to actress Maureen Van Zandt (formerly Maureen Santoro) who portrayed his wife Gabriella Dante in the TV series ''The Sopranos''. They married in New York City on December 31, 1982. Bruce Springsteen was the best man at the ceremony, which was presided over by Reverend Richard Penniman (Little Richard). Singer Percy Sledge sang his classic "When a Man Loves a Woman" at the reception.

Discography

Little Steven

* ''Men Without Women'' (1982)   US #118

* ''Voice of America'' (1984)   US # 55

* ''Freedom - No Compromise'' (1987)   US #80

* ''Revolution'' (1989)

* ''Born Again Savage'' (1999)

* ''Greatest Hits'' (1999)

Bruce Springsteen

* ''Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.'' (1973) - sound effects

* ''Born to Run'' (1975)

* ''Darkness on the Edge of Town'' (1978)

* ''The River'' (1980)

* ''Born in the U.S.A.'' (1984)

* ''Live/1975-85'' (1986)

* ''Greatest Hits'' (1995)

* ''Blood Brothers'' (1996)

* ''Tracks'' (1998)

* ''18 Tracks'' (1999)

* ''Live in New York City (2001)

* ''The Rising'' (2002)

* ''The Essential Bruce Springsteen'' (2003)

* ''Hammersmith Odeon London '75'' (2006)

* ''Magic'' (2007)

* ''Magic Tour Highlights'' (2008)

* ''Working on a Dream'' (2009)

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes

* ''I Don't Want To Go Home'' (1976)

* ''Live At The Bottom Line'' (1976)

* ''This Time It's for Real'' (1977)

* ''Hearts of Stone'' (1978)

* ''Havin' a Party'' (1979)

* ''Better Days'' (1991)

* ''Jukebox'' (2007)

Ronnie Spector & The E Street Band

*"Say Goodbye To Hollywood" / "Baby Please Don't Go" (1977)

Gary U.S. Bonds

* ''Dedication'' (1981)

* ''On the Line'' (1982)

* ''Standing In the Line of Fire'' (1984)

Artists United Against Apartheid

* ''Sun City'' (1985)

Iron City Houserockers

* ''Have a Good Time but Get out Alive!'' (1980)

Meat Loaf

* ''Welcome to the Neighborhood'' (1995)

Davie Allan & The Arrows

* ''Fuzz For The Holidays'' (2004)

References

External links

Official website

Little Steven's Underground Garage

Live Stream of Little Steven's Underground Garage Sundays 6-8pm Eastern Time

Interview with Van Zandt about origins of Little Steven's Underground Garage

Van Zandt's keynote address at the 2005 ''Radio & Records'' convention

Interview with Van Zandt from ABC's This Week

Transcript of keynote at South by Southwest, Mar. 19, 2009

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