While Steve Vai was used to creating his own language on guitar, he felt that the true legends didn't need to call attention ...

Steve Vai has revealed the mix of tenacity and luck that helped him get his break in music while he was still a teenager. It was that combination that led him to his big break working with Frank Zappa ...

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 remembered being left feeling sick and scared after his first tour with Frank Zappa. And after completing three gruelling road trips with the notoriously demanding bandleader, the young ...

No discussion of the greatest rock guitarists of all time is complete without the name Steve Vai among the names bandied about. Ever since bursting onto the scene as a session artist for Frank Zappa ...

Calling Steve Vai restlessly creative is an understatement. It’s a personality trait he’s carried with him from when he was hired by the late Frank Zappa to start transcribing for him at the tender ...

Steven Siro Vai (born 6th June, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is a Grammy Award winning guitarist, composer and record producer. When growing up, the young Vai became interested in rock giants such ...

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).

What are Steve Vai's five favorite albums? The guitar great was recently a guest on AXS' Vinyl Obsession podcast where he was tasked with visiting a Los Angeles record store and picking out his five ...

That’s a warning from Steve Vai, the creator of the crazy three-necked guitar that he plays on a song appropriately titled “Teeth of the Hydra.” “I am hellbent on bringing that beast (on tour), ...