Vai has countless gigs under his belt and most have passed by incident-free. But two particular mishaps will always haunt him ...
As the veteran sideman to countless artists, Thorn says, “You have to be Clark Kent most of the time, but onstage you get to be Superman for short periods” ...
Guitar legends Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have crowned their five-decade-long musical friendship by forming a new band, ...
In a rare 1984 interview, Frank Zappa spoke about improvisation, spontaneity, and his process of creating guitar solos.
Steve Vai was the guitar-playing sidekick for David Lee Roth in the late ’80s, appearing on the first two albums that the singer made after leaving Van Halen - Eat ’Em And Smile and Skyscraper. But as ...
Their second time working together in the past 10 years. "[Steve is] a very important person in my life for a lot of reasons. But after so many years, we can be honest with each other too.
Every David Lee Roth solo album isn’t better than every Van Hagar record. Not by a long shot — “5150” is often very fun, very ...
The BEAT Tour is a musical high-wire act. Here was Steve Vai, Tool’s Danny Carey and King Crimson alumni Adrian Belew and Tony Levin performing ‘80s-era King Crimson classics Discipline ...
In the concluding part of our market focus, IQ explores the health of Italy's festival scene and its venue sector ...
Anupam Shobhakar, a Brooklyn-based Grammy jury member and acclaimed Indo-fusion artist, was in Mumbai to perform at the Kala ...
Artists almost have the necessity to put their all into their work, but once these albums were completed, bands would have rather never gone back to it again.