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More than one artist has used the name Satisfaction. Satisfaction (1) is an indie-rock quartet from Southern California formed in 2004. Satisfaction (2) was an English psychedelic jazz-rock band that released a self-titled album in 1971. Satisfaction (1) is made up of vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Mike Rosas, keyboardist Matthew Fletcher, bassist Aaron Wahlman, and drummer James Fletcher. Rosas and the two Fletchers played together as Smile before recruiting Wahlman and changing the band's name to Satisfaction. They still perform a few songs from the old Smile repertoire. Satisfaction is currently unsigned. They released "For Men and Women", a four-song demo EP of...

Chisato is the renowned guitarist for the visual kei band PENICILLIN. He begun his solo career in the late 90's with the album ORGANIC GROOVER. Very few copies of this album were released, but Chisato continued his career, producing another album CYBERSOUL PAVILLION. He also has a few live CDs, but sadly most of his albums are out of production. Chisato's sound is unique and interesting. He gravitates to similar guitar sound as in PENICILLIN, but his deeper vocals and electronica stylings make his albums much different from those of his successful band. .

Often unjustly tagged as 80s new-wave-wannabes because of the analog synthesizers that weave through their songs, Satisfact is really more of a fully modern post-punk band that has earned its chops from dwelling in the space-rock stratosphere. The music produced by Satisfact was brilliantly preoccupied with the pervasiveness and alienating character of technology and modernity. But whenever the hypnotic keyboards and robotic blips and squeaks seem on the verge of carrying the music away, scratchy punk guitars dripping with feedback reassert themselves, joined by a fierce, precise rhythm section and sometimes even cello and violin. They released three albums on...

Satyricon is an influential Norwegian black metal band, whose line-up over the years has constantly revolved around a stable core of multi-instrumentalist Sigurd “Satyr” Wongraven and drum powerhouse Kjetil Vidar “Frost” Haraldstad. Satyricon was founded in Oslo, Norway in 1991 by Czral (Carl-Michael Eide, of Ved Buens Ende, Ulver and Virus) and Wargod. Sigurd “Satyr” Wongraven (also in Thorns, Storm and Wongraven) took over lead vocals in 1991. A year later renowned drummer Kjetil Vidar “Frost” Haraldstad joined the band. Frost has appeared in 1349, Keep of Kalessin, Gorgoroth, and Gehenna. Members of many other black metal bands have contributed...

Joe "Satch" Satriani (born on July 15, 1956, in Westbury, New York and brought up in Carle Place, New York, USA) is an instrumental rock guitarist and teacher, and a recognized virtuoso of the rock guitar. Guitarists Alex Skolnick, Larry LaLonde, Steve Vai, Charlie Hunter and Kirk Hammett were among his students. Satriani often tours as the guitar playing trio G3, usually with Steve Vai. Joe Satriani was inspired to play guitar at age 14 after hearing that Jimi Hendrix had died. Satriani reportedly heard the news during a football training session where he immediately confronted his coach and announced...