WHICH BEARD FROM HISTORY WOULD YOU HAVE?

IF YOU THOUGHT an extended break from touring cycles would afford Dream Theater’s John Petrucci a hard-earned rest from crafting prog genius, you’d be wrong. Conjuring up a new solo album, the first Liquid Tension Experiment record in 22 years plus a new DT venture in the space of the pandemic, metal’s riffmeister general is proving that there’s no rest for the wicked. To celebrate this month’s release of the prog maestros’ lofty 15th effort, A View From The Top Of The World, we challenged you to interview the guitar master for us. Uncovering his secrets on epic beard maintenance, the challenges of eight-string guitars and the many feats of DT’s career so far, here are the answers to your burning questions.