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Joe Satriani – Surfing With The Alien (4:39)

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Surfing with the Alien is the first track from the second album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani, released in 1987. The song was considered the 30th greatest guitar solo ever by Guitar World Magazine readers. It also is Downloadable Content from the Guitar Virtuoso Track Pack for the popular game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and is also available as downloadable content for the rhythm game Rock Band 2.

The entire track is fast and complex, accompanying extremely fast high pitch tapping techniques, and it is his most famous piece.

In 1989 it was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.


Joe Satriani made the melody one morning when he went to record. He plugged a wah-wah pedal and a Tubedriver into his 100-watt Marshall and he decided to use a Eventide 949s. The song was recorded in about half an hour but the Eventide broke down and they couldn’t recreate the original effect. They decided to leave the original version and make another one. It still went on to became his most famous song.
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  • joecubbie

    This song scared me the first time I heard it (3rd grade), but Joe has been my fav guitarist since!!!

    20 days ago

  • fdellova1

    Classic,just classic!

    February 2012

  • nitehawk868

    Its like his guitar is part of his soul!!!!

    February 2012

  • oldiesfanjohn

    can relate to Joe Satch,same age,etc he kills on guitar.me kills a guitar,same diff !

    February 2012

  • maxlharris

    PS- to the folks who say Satch cloned Vai... Satch taught Vai. They both play instrumentals, but they have very distinct styles that have grown further apart over time. I cannot hear a random track from Passion and Warfare and for a second think it was Eric Johnson or Satch. Same thing for Surfing. Clear differences in theory.

    February 2012

  • maxlharris

    weeeeeeeeeeee..... BOW!!!! (the beginning).

    February 2012

  • dadmompawlyk

    Thats the way its done surfing on the sound classic

    December 2011

  • ratman418

    I don't think there are many guitar instrumentals that come close to this!! WOW!

    December 2011

  • lammasabacthani

    &

    December 2011

  • xtwntraphq

    Thee Master!

    November 2011

  • licoricepizza

    i played this to death when it came out.

    October 2011

  • T0Rtur3

    First Satch song I heard in '94, been a fan ever since.

    October 2011

  • Luftkutscher

    Yeah - classic - love that!

    October 2011

  • method81

    Absoloute classic,waaahhhhhhhh!

    October 2011

  • GhostY1337

    this song is so great, one of the catchiest leads every :)

    October 2011

  • WhatsMedicalMJ

    Hang 10

    September 2011

  • rigelthe16th

    Love this man's guitar playin' ;)

    September 2011

  • GLOBALAVENGER

    Satriani cloned Vai

    September 2011

  • jwk333

    im fucking jealous to the one below me

    August 2011

  • TheAlmightyNuke

    Seeing him live next weekend!

    July 2011
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