Lori Linstruth

Lori Linstruth
Lori Linstruth performing guitar with Stream of Passion in 2006.
Background information
Also known as	Lori Von Linstruth
Origin	Santa Barbara, California
Genres	Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal, Neo-classical Metal
Instruments	Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Years active	Late 80s-2010
Associated acts	Arjen Lucassen Guilt Machine Stream of Passion

Lori Von Linstruth is an American guitarist, lyricist and manager. She currently resides in the Netherlands where she lives with her partner and musical collaborator Arjen Anthony Lucassen. She is also his manager.

In addition, Linstruth is the webmaster of Lucassen's official website, a member of his band Guilt Machine (she wrote all the lyrics of their first album On This Perfect Day) and a former member of his former band Stream of Passion. She also co-wrote all the lyrics of the Ayreon album The Theory of Everything, again with Lucassen.

In 2010, Linstruth announced on her blog she was taking a "guitar sabbatical" to focus on other pursuits, such as dog-training, citing a loss of enthusiasm.

Linstruth first came to prominence in the late 1980s when she was featured in Mike Varney's "Spotlight" column in Guitar Player magazine. She moved from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles and, after a short stint in local band Jaded Lady, formed Warbride along with former Rude Girl drummer Sandy Sledge. Linstruth left Warbride in order to move to Sweden with her then husband and the band continued for a brief period with only one original member, keyboard player Velia Garay.

Linstruth attempted to reform the original Warbride in the early 2000 however, the project was put on hold when Linstruth became more involved in Arjen Lucassen projects which led to her becoming a member of Stream of Passion.

Around 2004, Linstruth became involved in Arjen Lucassen's side-project Stream of Passion, touring extensively in 2006 and 2007. Linstruth decided to leave the band in March 2007, following the departure of Lucassen.