{"id":129,"date":"2018-03-12T00:17:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T04:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2018-08-15T17:08:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T21:08:58","slug":"stratospheerius","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/artists-schedule\/2018-artists\/stratospheerius\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Deninzon &#038; Stratospheerius"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339\" style=\"width: 746px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-339\" src=\"http:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/JD-LIVE-HEADSHOT-2018.png\" alt=\"Joe Deninzon\" width=\"746\" height=\"1023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/JD-LIVE-HEADSHOT-2018.png 746w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/JD-LIVE-HEADSHOT-2018-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/JD-LIVE-HEADSHOT-2018-700x960.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Deninzon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Led by electric violinist\/vocalist Joe Deninzon, who has been called The Jimi Hendrix of the electric violin, Stratospheerius has showcased their \u201cfrenzied melange of \u00a0progressive rock, jazz fusion and funkabilly\u201d throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p>The New York-based group has opened for Martin Barre, Alex Skolnick, John 5 &amp; The Creatures, Gary Hoey, \u00a0Mike Stern, Tim Reynolds, Mickey Hart, and John Scofield, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s influences include Yes, Spock\u2019s Beard, Muse, Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and King Crimson.<\/p>\n<p>Stratospheerius was a winner of the John Lennon International Songwriting Competition the Musicians Atlas Independent Music Awards. They have been featured in Progression, Relix, Downbeat, and Jazziz, among other publications.<\/p>\n<p>Their latest CD on Melodic Revolution Records,\u00a0 <em>Guilty of Innocence<\/em>, has been widely acclaimed by critics and fans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181\" style=\"width: 3072px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Strat.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Deninzon &amp; Stratospheerius\" width=\"3072\" height=\"1728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Strat.jpg 3072w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Strat-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Strat-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Strat-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Strat-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3072px) 100vw, 3072px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Deninzon &amp; Stratospheerius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Discography<br \/>\n<\/strong>1998 &#8211; Electric\/Blue<br \/>\n2002 &#8211; The Adventures of Stratospheerius<br \/>\n2004 &#8211; Live Wires<br \/>\n2007 &#8211; Headspace<br \/>\n2012 &#8211; The Next World<br \/>\n2017 &#8211; Guilty of Innocence<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stratospheerius.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/stratospheerius.com<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stratospheerius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stratospheerius\/<br \/>\n<\/a>Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joedeninzon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/joedeninzon<br \/>\n<\/a>YouTube:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC7RSICpqKgZ2IRsreeYtWZQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC7RSICpqKgZ2IRsreeYtWZQ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Led by electric violinist\/vocalist Joe Deninzon, who has been called The Jimi Hendrix of the electric violin, Stratospheerius has showcased their \u201cfrenzied melange of \u00a0progressive rock, jazz fusion and funkabilly\u201d throughout the world. The New York-based group has opened for Martin Barre, Alex Skolnick, John 5 &amp; The Creatures, Gary Hoey, \u00a0Mike Stern, Tim Reynolds,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions\/340"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}