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A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, [ 2] Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, [ 3] and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. [ 2] He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released eight solo albums to date. [ 4]
Steve Vai & Joe Satriani Tour happening! For the first time ever, after more than 50 years of friendship, it’s the Satch-Vai 2024 Tour! Believe it not, this is the first time Joe and Steve will tour as a duo-bill, and it comes along with plans to release a new musical collaboration.
A virtuoso guitarist, visionary composer, and consummate producer who sculpts musical sound with infinite creativity and technical mastery, Steve Vai has awed fans of all genres with his exceptional guitar skills and musicianship for decades.
Enjoy!s"Teeth of the Hydra" from Steve Vai's new album "Inviolate"Listen to "Inviolate": https://stevevai.komi.ioOrder "Inviolate" Vinyl/Merch: http://vaimer...
Apr 7, 2020 · Vai left the Alcatrazz gig to join David Lee Roth in spearheading the singer’s wildly successful post-Van Halen solo group, a gig he left in 1989 only to have yet another coveted lead guitar role “fall in his lap” (as he tells it), this time with one of the biggest bands of the '80s: Whitesnake.
Jul 21, 2021 · Steve Vai has rarely spoken in-depth about his role as Jack Butler in Crossroads, likely because most of the questions he’s been asked were focused on his gear, how he achieved the sounds, which parts he actually played and who wrote the music.
Mar 9, 2023 · From his 80s shift as Frank Zappa’s ‘stunt’ guitarist, through his blurred-fingers solo breakthrough Passion And Warfare (1990), to the ongoing G3 shredder tours, Vai has become a byword for unfeasible pyrotechnics. Or so we thought.
Steve Vai performs on 2 tracks: “Ghosts of Mars” and “Ghost Poppin’.” Other performers include Buckethead, Elliot Easton, Scott Ian and Robin Finck.*Also check out the DVD to see studio footage of Steve recording the tracks, which appears within the Special Features menu.
Mar 13, 2023 · Steve Vai tells the amazing story of his ‘lost’ album with Johnny ‘Gash’ Sombrotto – biker music where he “shut up and played rock guitar” on songs written to “make people put their fists in the air”
The official YouTube channel for GRAMMY Award-winning guitar virtuoso Steve Vai.