Latest about Steve Vai
How Steve Vai shocked Brian May by revealing their early 1970s encounter
Vai has been gifted a highly customized take on May’s iconic Red Special, and it’s sent him down memory lane
Steve Vai on Frank Zappa's prophetic words about his career
Vai had was a young, awestruck kid when he joined Zappa's band. Frank saw something else
Steve Vai on the one guitarist he considers more revolutionary than Jimi Hendrix
Vai says most players aren’t ahead of their time — but one guitarist definitely was
Joe Satriani taught guitar wizards like Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett and Alex Skolnick. But one player didn't get along with his methods
Satriani has taught some of the greatest shredders in the game, but this alt-rock guitarist believed he had his intentions all wrong
Steve Vai on the theft that got him Frank Zappa’s number — and the job that changed his life
Vai was just 16 and called Zappa repeatedly over the next year until he got through to him, putting his guitar career on the launch pad
Steve Vai reveals the grueling practice routine that helped him become a virtuoso, and what drove him to do it
The guitarist says he isn’t disciplined, but practicing became an “addiction”
Steve Vai on accepting his most impossible guitar gig: playing Eddie Van Halen to David Lee Roth
Vai says he approached the opportunity from a place of love and freedom, not to cut down one of the world’s greatest guitar players
Brian May says he can’t compete with the world’s best shredders, but his alternative approach means he doesn’t have to
The rise of virtuoso guitarists inspired him to explore a very different side of guitar playing
