{"id":488,"date":"2021-09-09T13:32:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T17:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/?page_id=488"},"modified":"2021-09-12T12:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T16:59:43","slug":"joe-deninzon-stratospheerius","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/artists-schedule\/2021-artists\/joe-deninzon-stratospheerius\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Deninzon &#038; Stratospheerius"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-501\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOS-MAIN-HEADSHOT-2-2019-700x406.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Deninzon &amp; Stratospheerius\" width=\"700\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOS-MAIN-HEADSHOT-2-2019-700x406.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOS-MAIN-HEADSHOT-2-2019-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOS-MAIN-HEADSHOT-2-2019-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOS-MAIN-HEADSHOT-2-2019-1536x892.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOS-MAIN-HEADSHOT-2-2019-2048x1189.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOS-MAIN-HEADSHOT-2-2019-800x464.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Deninzon &amp; Stratospheerius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joe Deninzon &amp; Stratospheerius is led by founding member, electric violinist &amp; vocalist Joe Deninzon. Called the \u201cJimi Hendrix of the electric violin.\u201d Critics have called the group &#8220;Pure Magic.&#8221;(Act\/One Magazine).<\/p>\n<p>Stratospheerius has showcased their \u201cFrenzied m\u00e9lange of progressive rock, jazz fusion and funkabilly\u201d throughout the world at colleges, festivals, and clubs. They have opened for artists including John5, Alex Skolnick, Tony Levin, Gary Hoey, Martin Barre, Tim Reynolds, Mickey Hart, Mike Stern, and John Scofield. The group has played festivals including Progstock, Progtoberfest, The Detroit International Jazz Festival, Great South Bay Festival, Chattanooga RiverFest, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The band was a winner of the John Lennon International Songwriting Competition the Musicians Atlas Independent Music Awards. They have been featured in Progression, Relix, Downbeat, Music Connection&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s latest album, GUILTY OF INNOCENCE (on Melodic Revolution Records) climbed to #4 on the National Jamband\/Relix Radio charts. Critics are praising their latest singles, \u201cImpostor,\u201d \u201cFrame by Frame,\u201d \u201cStorm Surge feat. Michael Sadler,\u201d and \u201cCognitive Dissonance feat. Randy McStine,\u201d released in 2020 and 2021. Coming out in 2021 is a live album\/DVD and a studio album in 2022 on Melodic Revolution Records.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Band Lineup<\/strong><br \/>\nJoe Deninzon &#8211; lead vocals\/electric violin<br \/>\nJason Gianni &#8211; drums\/vocals<br \/>\nMichelangelo Quirinale &#8211; guitar\/vocals<br \/>\nPaul Ranieri &#8211; bass\/vocals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Guest<\/strong><br \/>\nRachel Flowers &#8211; piano\/flute<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<br \/>\n<\/strong>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stratosband.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.stratosband.com<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stratospheerius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.facebook.com\/stratospheerius<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/stratospheerius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.twitter.com\/stratospheerius<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stratospheerius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.instagram.com\/stratospheerius<\/a><br \/>\nYouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/JoeDeninzonStratospheerius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/JoeDeninzonStratospheerius<\/a><br \/>\nBandcamp: <a href=\"https:\/\/stratospheerius.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stratospheerius.bandcamp.com<\/a><br \/>\nJoe Deninzon: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joedviolin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.joedviolin.com<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-502\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOSMAIN-HEADSHOT-2019-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Deninzon &amp; Stratospheerius\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOSMAIN-HEADSHOT-2019-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOSMAIN-HEADSHOT-2019-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOSMAIN-HEADSHOT-2019-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOSMAIN-HEADSHOT-2019-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STRATOSMAIN-HEADSHOT-2019.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Deninzon &amp; Stratospheerius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Deninzon &amp; Stratospheerius is led by founding member, electric violinist &amp; vocalist Joe Deninzon. Called the \u201cJimi Hendrix of the electric violin.\u201d Critics have called the group &#8220;Pure Magic.&#8221;(Act\/One Magazine). Stratospheerius has showcased their \u201cFrenzied m\u00e9lange of progressive rock, jazz fusion and funkabilly\u201d throughout the world at colleges, festivals, and clubs. They have opened&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":87,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-488","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488\/revisions\/505"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}