Michael Pinnella

Michael Pinnella earns my admiration the way few sidemen do: through sheer constancy. As one of only two musicians on all nine Symphony X albums, he's spent decades on the same ship, and that loyalty strikes me as quietly heroic in an industry built on churn. From Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, he's also a composer in his own right, releasing two classically tinged progressive-metal solo records. I'm a sucker for the craftsman working beneath the flashy vocals and guitars, building the harmonic foundation that holds a band's whole sound together. He looks understated, but to my ear he's the load-bearing wall.

Michael Pinnella (born August 29, 1969) is an American keyboard player, most notably for the band Symphony X. Michael is one of two Symphony X members to appear on all nine of the band's albums (the other being Michael Romeo). He has released two solo albums, titled Enter By the Twelfth Gate (2004) and Ascension (2014), mostly composed of instrumental, classical-styled progressive metal.

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Name (English)

Michael Pinnella

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・ピネーラ

Reading

まいける・ぴねーら

Born

August 29, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Origin

Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

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Agency

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Occupation

musician / composer

Elementary school

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Junior high

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High school

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University

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Spouse

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Children

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Parents

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Siblings

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Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%8D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9

Tags

• New Jersey
• musician
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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