Steve Vai is on most any “Greatest of All Time” list of guitarists. He’s won three Grammys. He played with Frank Zappa as a teenager and with David Lee Roth and Whitesnake during their 1980s ...

“For some people, certain music needs to sink in. And when it does, it’s savored.” There are guitar gods, and then there’s Steve Vai. Vai catapulted the art of guitar playing into new realms the ...

For many fans, the appeal of Passion and Warfare lies not only in its merits as an outstanding example of virtuosity and melodic sensibility, but also for its unique production (Vai famously fasted ...

At the time that Steve Vai released his landmark album, Passion and Warfare, in 1990, it seemed like a huge step forward from where he’d begun with Flex-Able, his 1984 debut. The two projects came ...

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What seemed like a fun idea at the time was one that quickly snowballed out of control. The band that assembled for David Lee Roth’s 1986 album, Eat ‘Em and Smile-- his full-length solo debut -- was a ...

Steve Vai is on list after list of the top guitar players of our time, and has rocked alongside legends Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth, John Lydon, and Ozzy Osbourne. The guitar hero took time out from ...

Steve Vai says he learned something very important from his years of playing guitar in Frank Zappa's band. “Frank did whatever he wanted," says Vai in a call from a soundcheck in Ontario, Canada.

Influenced and inspired by some of the best-known guitarists in rock ‘n’ roll music, Steve Vai will share a New Hampshire stage with several of them, including Queen’s Brian May and Joe Satriani, ...

Guitarist/composer Steve Vai helped lead the late 80s instrumental metal, "shred" guitar wave with his lead guitar work in several metal bands and his second solo album Passion and Warfare (1990).

The tour, which includes a run of fall dates taking Vai through North America, kicked off July 20 in Palma, Spain, and is currently scheduled to continue until early November — though the press ...

In 1985, the world of rock ’n’ roll experienced the unthinkable. Following the mega-successful album “1984,” sword-wielding, mega-charismatic frontman David Lee Roth left Van Halen for a solo career.