Since his guitar skills often sound like they come from another planet, its no wonder that Joe Satriani seems the ideal person to ponder Is There Love in Space? Joining such Satriani classics as Not of This Earth and Surfing With the Alien , his latest Epic Records endeavor further explores his extra-terrestrial mastery of the instrument - albeit while working in a more comfortably grounded environment.

"People have heard my bluesy side, my metal side and my techno side," he says. "I guess this is my ROCKIN' side."

The 11 diverse cuts on Is There Love in Space? range from the pulsating, brash opener "GNAAHH," to the drop-tuned menace of "Hands in the Air" to the poignant ballad "Just Look Up." Yet all the tracks are unified by Satriani's love of old-school hard rock.

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