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Joe Satriani is a self-titled EP by guitarist Joe Satriani, released in 1984. Originally self-released in a limited run on vinyl only, the majority of the EP was later reissued on the first disc of Satriani's 1993 studio album, Time Machine, with the exception of "Talk to Me", which was not included due to its master tape having been damaged. The EP only uses sounds made by an electric guitar, from tapping on the pickups for drums, to detuning the guitar for bass. The album was recorded in Jeff Holt's basement studio while Satriani was a guitar teacher in Berkeley, California and a member of a band called The Squares. The EP was reviewed by Guitar Player magazine, who had no knowledge that Satriani was ever in a typical band. The review, which treated Satriani as a purely instrumental guitarist, inspired him to pursue instrumental guitar playing as a career. However, the EP was not sufficient to secure a recording contract. Satriani used a credit card to finance his first full album, Not of This Earth, and used that finished album to secure a distribution contract with Relativity Records. Track listing Personnel Joe Satriani – guitar, production

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Notable quotes

“If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book … that's no fun at all.”
— As quoted in Guitar Player (November 1989).
“My first [guitar] lessons lasted two weeks and it was "Jingle Bells." It didn't make any sense at all. I wanted to know how to play like Hendrix...”
— As quoted in BAM Magazine (6 April 1990).
“18th September, 1970; Jimi Hendrix dies. I'm still on the football team when I get the news. So I take my helmet off and confront the coach to tell him I'm quitting the team. In a moment of brilliance he gives me one look and says "OK".”
— Interviewed in Joe Satriani: The Satch Tapes (1993).
“I'll tell you one thing: I will always play the sh** out of my guitar.”
— As quoted in "Shred on Arrival" in Guitar World (November 1993).
“Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't *you* want to play guitar?”
— As quoted in Musician magazine (November 1996).
“When I want to play music, you've got to get me on tape or else it goes.”
— As quoted in Guitar 2001 magazine, Issue #10, (Summer 2001).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Notable quotes

“If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book … that's no fun at all.”
— As quoted in Guitar Player (November 1989).
“My first [guitar] lessons lasted two weeks and it was "Jingle Bells." It didn't make any sense at all. I wanted to know how to play like Hendrix...”
— As quoted in BAM Magazine (6 April 1990).
“18th September, 1970; Jimi Hendrix dies. I'm still on the football team when I get the news. So I take my helmet off and confront the coach to tell him I'm quitting the team. In a moment of brilliance he gives me one look and says "OK".”
— Interviewed in Joe Satriani: The Satch Tapes (1993).
“I'll tell you one thing: I will always play the sh** out of my guitar.”
— As quoted in "Shred on Arrival" in Guitar World (November 1993).
“Guitars are fun. There are plenty of different kinds to play. They look cool. They sound cool. Don't *you* want to play guitar?”
— As quoted in Musician magazine (November 1996).
“When I want to play music, you've got to get me on tape or else it goes.”
— As quoted in Guitar 2001 magazine, Issue #10, (Summer 2001).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).