PLANET X

                                                                         PLANET X
Jazz Rock/Fusion

United States

PLANET X started as a solo project of keyboardist Derek Sherinian, who left Dream Theater in 1999. He immediately started to work in a solo album, in which he invited talented drummer Virgil Donati as a guest musician. The result was so satisfying that the couple decided to make a new project and build up a formal band.

The band took the name of that first solo album of Sherinian, PLANET X, and invited legendary guitar player and studio musician Tony MacAlpine to join the band. The mixture of these different styles gave for result an insrumental rock band with tendencies to jazz/fusion, Hard rock and progressive. The chemistry of the three talented musicians brought an impressive level of skills, time signature changes, heavy riffing and back to back soloing in which the band shows a huge level of musicianship.

They published their first album UNIVERSE in 2000. The success and acceptance of the album, especially between prog metal fans and instrumental followers made possible a tour in 2002. During this tour, the band recorded a live album called LIVE FROM OZ. Soon after the tour, the band rejoined in the studio to bring out their most acclaimed album: MOONBABIES. Keeping the spirit of the first album, now improved and better oriented their second album it's their own masterpiece, very popular and successful.

The different compromises of the players made them stay in hiatus until 2007, when the band decided to release their third album, now having talented jazz guitarman Allan Holdsworth and Brett Garsed replacing MacAlpine. The name of the album was Quantum.

Later, in April of 2009, MacAlpine announced his comeback to the band but there's no official information of the next release of the band, expected to be out there in 2011.

PLANET X has participated with other great guest musicians such as: Billy Sheehan, Tom Kennedy, Jimmy Johnson, Brett Garsed and Rufus Philpot.

Bio by jampa17

ALBUMS:

2000 - UNIVERSE

Musicians

- Virgil Donati / drums
- Tony MacAlpine / guitar
- Derek Sherinian keyboards
- Tom Kennedy / bass

Tracks Listing

1. Clonus (4:35)
2. Her Animal (4:50)
3. Dog Boots (3:36)
4. Bitch (5:20)
5. King Of The Universe (8:16)
6. Inside Black (5:12)
7. Europa (4:20)
8. Warfinger (5:38)
9. Chocalate (5:22)
10. Pods Of Trance (4:48)
11. 2116 (4:41)

Total Time: 56:37


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