Steve Vai has announced plans to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his Passion and Warfare LP with a deluxe reissue that includes a DVD and a bonus album of previously unreleased material.
It’s hard to believe, but David Lee Roth‘s ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’ is more than 25 years old — and although Diamond Dave is back with Van Halen promoting the band’s latest album, ‘A Different Kind of Truth,’ plenty of fans still have fond memories of Roth’s full-length solo debut. One such fan is guitarist Steve Vai, who played on the record, and shared some stories about the ‘Smile’ era during a rece
Steve Vai was taught by Joe Satriani, played in Frank Zappa’s band and calls rock legends like Led Zeppelin and Queen major influences. When the Big 100.3 in Washington D.C. asked Vai who he’d like to collaborate with, the guitarist named a major player … in animation.
This one could be one for the Guinness Book, when guitarist Steve Vai and the Berklee School of Music attempt to set the World's Record for the largest online guitar lesson ever taught.