Laguna Beach, California, United States
Instrumental rock, progressive metal, progressive rock, hard rock, jazz fusion, neoclassical metal
Derek Sherinian (born August 25, 1966) is an American keyboardist who has toured and recorded for Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, Yngwie Malmsteen, Kiss, and Joe Bonamassa. He was also a member of Dream Theater from 1994–99, is the founder of Planet X and also one of the founding members of Black Country Communion. He has featured a variety of prominent guest musicians, including guitarists Slash, Yngwie Malmsteen, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Lukather, Joe Bonamassa, Billy Sheehan, Zakk Wylde and Al Di Meola.
Planet X (1999)
Inertia (2001)
Black Utopia (2003)
Mythology (2004)
Blood Of The Snake (2006)
Molecular Heinosity (2009)
Oceana (2011)
Live in Tokyo (2013) Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine & Sherinian (with Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan and Tony MacAlpine)
appeared on:
Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper (1999)
Encores, Legends and Paradox: A Tribute to ELP (1999)
Bat Head Soup: Tribute to Ozzy (2000)
