Steve Vai is one of rock’s greatest and most influential guitar players, but even he had to start somewhere. And, as he told ...

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 ...

Now the hysteria surrounding King Crimson offshoot Beat is dying down, Adrian Belew knows what’s next. “I want to get back to angry guitar and also fretless guitar,” he says. It couldn’t be a better ...

However, Vai’s music isn’t only for the guitar nerds who live for guitar pyrotechnics. Vai’s work is eclectic enough to entertain casual music fans since he takes paths peers seldom travel. The former ...

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 ...

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 ...