Editing Tony MacAlpine (section)

==Biography==
Having started playing piano at the age of five<ref name=prokofiev>Prokofiev, Dane (2012-10-06). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5MKLu1FYWg An Interview with Tony MacAlpine (6th October, 2012)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307161514/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5MKLu1FYWg&feature=youtu.be |date=March 7, 2023 }}. YouTube. Retrieved 2012-10-19.</ref><ref name=progreport>[http://progreport.com/tony-macalpine-interview/ "Tony MacAlpine Interview"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307164517/https://progreport.com/tony-macalpine-interview/ |date=March 7, 2023 }}. The Prog Report. 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-10.</ref> and guitar at twelve, MacAlpine studied classical piano and violin for a number of years at the Springfield Conservatory of Music in [[Massachusetts]], as well as various music programs at the [[University of Hartford]] in [[Connecticut]].<ref name=official>[http://www.tonymacalpine.com/about/ "Tony MacAlpine Biography"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104140246/http://www.tonymacalpine.com/about/ |date=November 4, 2012 }}. tonymacalpine.com. Retrieved 2012-10-11.</ref><ref name=reffett>[[Dave Reffett|Reffett, Dave]] (2011-10-08). [http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-tony-macalpine-discusses-gear-and-tone-and-answers-readers-questions "Interview: Tony MacAlpine Discusses Gear and Tone and Answers Readers' Questions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211230616/http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-tony-macalpine-discusses-gear-and-tone-and-answers-readers-questions |date=December 11, 2011 }}. ''[[Guitar World]]''. [[NewBay Media]]. Retrieved 2012-10-11.</ref> One of his musical influences is [[Frédéric Chopin]], to whom he pays homage in his interpretations of the latter's [[études (Chopin)|étude]]s, which are featured on the majority of his studio albums.<ref name=prokofiev/>

Together with his first studio releases, ''[[Edge of Insanity]]'' (1986) and ''[[Maximum Security (Tony MacAlpine album)|Maximum Security]]'' (1987), he had a prominent role on other works during the popular [[shred guitar|shred]] era, including keyboard performances on the debut albums of fellow guitarists [[Vinnie Moore]] (''[[Mind's Eye (album)|Mind's Eye]]'', 1986) and [[Joey Tafolla]] (''[[Out of the Sun]]'', 1987). Soon after his own debut, he played guitar in a [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] named M.A.R.S. (MacAlpine/[[Tommy Aldridge|Aldridge]]/[[Rob Rock|Rock]]/[[Rudy Sarzo|Sarzo]]), which resulted in the 1986 album ''[[Project Driver|Project: Driver]]''.

As part of a band effort named 'MacAlpine', ''[[Eyes of the World (album)|Eyes of the World]]'' was released in 1990 as a more commercially oriented attempt to emulate other [[hard rock]] acts at the time.<ref>Sword, Brian (2014-07-27). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLTZ2aPAH4M "Tony MacAlpine Interview - The Double Stop Podcast Episode 24"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207015147/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLTZ2aPAH4M |date=December 7, 2015 }}. The Double Stop. Event occurs at time 15:54–18:51. Retrieved 2014-08-04</ref> The venture was short-lived, and his subsequent album ''[[Freedom to Fly]]'' (1992) was a return to his instrumental-based work. A further consecutive string of instrumental albums followed throughout the 1990s, most of them through the renowned [[Shrapnel Records]] label: ''[[Madness (Tony MacAlpine album)|Madness]]'' (1993), ''[[Premonition (Tony MacAlpine album)|Premonition]]'' (1994), ''[[Evolution (Tony MacAlpine album)|Evolution]]'' (1995) and ''[[Violent Machine]]'' (1996). For his last album of the decade, ''[[Master of Paradise]]'' (1999), MacAlpine briefly assumed singing duties in an effort to experiment with different styles.<ref name=reffett/> After the release of ''[[Chromaticity (album)|Chromaticity]]'' in August 2001, he took an extended hiatus from recording solo albums and worked with a variety of other musicians and bands, most notably with supergroups [[CAB (band)|CAB]] and [[Ring of Fire (band)|Ring of Fire]]. Nearly a decade later, in June 2011, he released his self-titled [[Tony MacAlpine (album)|eleventh studio album]] through guitarist [[Steve Vai]]'s [[Favored Nations]] label.

From 2001 to 2005, MacAlpine played both guitar and keyboards in Vai's touring band The Breed. He is featured on the band's DVD release ''[[Live at the Astoria, London|Live at the Astoria London]]'' (2003), along with two DVDs of the [[G3 (tour)|G3 tour]]: ''[[G3: Live in Denver]]'' (2004) and ''[[G3: Live in Tokyo]]'' (2005). During that time, he was also the guitarist for [[progressive metal]] supergroup [[Planet X (band)|Planet X]], alongside keyboardist [[Derek Sherinian]] and drummer [[Virgil Donati]]. He played with them for three albums in the first part of the decade—''[[Universe (Planet X album)|Universe]]'' (2000), ''[[Live from Oz]]'' (2002) and ''[[MoonBabies (album)|MoonBabies]]'' (2002)—and rejoined them in 2009 for a string of live performances, and at that time a possible new album.<ref name=pavlichko>Pavlichko, Matt (2011-07-07). [http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-tony-macalpine-his-new-self-titled-solo-album "Interview: Tony MacAlpine on His New Self-Titled Solo Album"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104125444/http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-tony-macalpine-his-new-self-titled-solo-album |date=January 4, 2012 }}. ''[[Guitar World]]''. [[NewBay Media]]. Retrieved 2012-10-11.</ref> His most recent collaborations have included [[Seven the Hardway]], a progressive metal group with whom he released their self-titled album in 2010,<ref name=hodgson>Hodgson, Peter (2010-08-10). [http://iheartguitarblog.com/2010/08/tmac.html "Interview: Tony MacAlpine of Seven The Hardway"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412143055/http://iheartguitarblog.com/2010/08/tmac.html |date=April 12, 2020 }}. I Heart Guitar. Retrieved 2012-10-11.</ref> and a guest appearance on Sherinian's seventh studio album ''[[Oceana (album)|Oceana]]'' (2011). In the second half of 2012, MacAlpine toured Europe and Asia as part of PSMS ([[Mike Portnoy|Portnoy]]/[[Billy Sheehan|Sheehan]]/MacAlpine/Sherinian), an instrumental supergroup.<ref name=prokofiev/><ref>[http://www.tonymacalpine.com/news/portnoy-sheehan-macalpine-sherinian-to-tour-europe-and-asia-fall-2012/ "Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine, Sherinian To Tour Europe and Asia, Fall 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412143053/http://www.tonymacalpine.com/news/portnoy-sheehan-macalpine-sherinian-to-tour-europe-and-asia-fall-2012/ |date=April 12, 2020 }}. tonymacalpine.com. 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-10-11.</ref><ref name=guitarinternational2013>Cavuoto, Rob (December 2013). [http://guitarinternational.com/2013/11/30/tony-macalpine-interview-new-dvd-release-live-tokyo/ "Tony MacAlpine Interview: New DVD Release Live In Tokyo"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329092338/http://guitarinternational.com/2013/11/30/tony-macalpine-interview-new-dvd-release-live-tokyo/ |date=March 29, 2014 }}. ''Guitar International''. Retrieved 2014-03-01.</ref> ''Instrumental Inspirations'', a DVD of their live material, was released October 21, 2012.<ref>[http://www.tonymacalpine.com/news/portnoy-sheehan-macalpine-sherinian-dvd-coming-oct-21/ "Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine, Sherinian DVD – Coming Oct 21!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412143051/http://www.tonymacalpine.com/news/portnoy-sheehan-macalpine-sherinian-dvd-coming-oct-21/ |date=April 12, 2020 }} tonymacalpine.com. Retrieved 2013-02-19.</ref> Additionally, in an October 2012 interview, he stated that he was working on new studio material (one of them being a "strictly classical record" recorded solely on piano), as well as a new album with Ring of Fire.<ref name=prokofiev/> ''Battle of Leningrad'', Ring of Fire's fourth studio album, was released on January 28, 2014.<ref>[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/virtuoso-supergroup-ring-of-fire-returns-with-a-brand-new-album/ "Virtuoso Supergroup Ring Of Fire Returns With Brand New Album"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306132319/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/virtuoso-supergroup-ring-of-fire-returns-with-a-brand-new-album/ |date=March 6, 2014 }}. [[Blabbermouth.net|Blabbermouth]]. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2014-03-01.</ref>

MacAlpine's twelfth studio album, ''[[Concrete Gardens]]'', was released on April 21, 2015.<ref name=april21>[http://www.tonymacalpine.com/news/concrete-gardens-out-now/ ""Concrete Gardens" - Out Now!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412143103/http://www.tonymacalpine.com/news/concrete-gardens-out-now/ |date=April 12, 2020 }}. tonymacalpine.com. 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2015-04-25.</ref>