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Selfless are the righteous

According to the On the Backs Of Angels Songfacts, guitarist John Petrucci came up with the intro guitar riff while he was playing an acoustic at home by the fire. He told Musicradar: “I was thinking, How should this record begin? What should be the first thing that people hear? The idea that came to me was a little bit Pink Floyd – moody, foreboding, this drifting arpeggiated guitar pattern.” View wiki
According to the On the Backs Of Angels Songfacts, guitarist John Petrucci came up with the intro guitar riff while he was playing an acoustic at hom… read more
According to the On the Backs Of Angels Songfacts, guitarist John Petrucci came up with the intro guitar riff while he was playing an acoustic at home by the fire. He told Musicradar: “I… read more

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