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.

After kicking off 2024 beside old G3 pals Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani, Steve Vai hopped on tour with Satch for the aptly titled SatchVai tour. Then, alhough he's avoided supergroups for most of his ...

Steve Vai recalls the evolution of experiencing Alice Cooper live in concert, describing the show as "great" and Cooper as ...

Guitar shredding legends Steve Vai and Joe Satriani return to Cincinnati on their first co-headlining tour Friday. Both are known for their virtuosic tapping, picking techniques and dedication to the ...

In the fifth episode of UCR’s Bold as Love Recalled and Celebrated video series, Steve Vai notes that Jimi Hendrix and Axis: Bold as Love took him down a crucial path as an artist. The album was a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Guitarist Steve Vai is known for his stint in English rock band Whitesnake (1989-1991) — not to ...

While rock guitar hero worship may have begun its ascendancy with Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, and exploded beneath the fingers of Eddie Van Halen, it was arguably Joe Satriani’s 1987 release ...

Last year, when Joe Satriani and Steve Vai issued their incandescent collaborative track, “The Sea of Emotion, Part 1,” millions of fans across the globe celebrated the news they’d been waiting ...

Steve Vai, still in fine form after nearly 40 years of guitar wizardry Credit: Courtesy photo Three Grammys, eight solo studio albums and 15 million copies sold later, Vai, 53, knows he’s a badass.

In a past interview, Whitesnake guitarist Steve Vai said he's dubious of the term "greatest guitar player" but revealed one guitarist ahead of Jimi Hendrix.

Steve Vai has always paid attention to the sounds in his head. Though the guitar virtuoso from Carle Place found international stardom 30 years ago when he joined David Lee Roth’s band to help create ...