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Musician Steve Vai performs with Sepultura onstage during Rock in Rio USA at the MGM Resorts Festival Grounds on May 9, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Steve Vai reveals the grueling practice routine that helped him become a virtuoso, and what drove him to do it

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist says he isn’t disciplined, but practicing became an “addiction”

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LEFT: Van Halen (1955 - 2020), of the group Van Halen, performs onstage at the Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida, January 18, 1984. RIGHT: Steve Vai performs at Shepherd's Bush Empire in 1997
Steve Vai on accepting his most impossible guitar gig: playing Eddie Van Halen to David Lee Roth

By Phil Weller Published

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

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L-R Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Brian May performing on stage at Guitar Legends Expo, October 1, 1991
Brian May says he can’t compete with the world’s best shredders, but his alternative approach means he doesn’t have to

By Phil Weller Published

The rise of virtuoso guitarists inspired him to explore a very different side of guitar playing

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Adrian Belew performs on stage during Guitar BCN 2016 at Sala Bikini on March 2, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain
Playing King Crimson's strenuous guitar parts left Adrian Belew in need of surgery. Steve Vai came to his rescue

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist's left hand was plagued by carpal tunnel as the Beat tour celebrating the group's 1980s music wound its way across the U.S.

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A screengrab of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai from GuitarPlayer.com's interview with the two guitarists about the SatchVai Band.
Steve Vai and Joe Satriani tell how a 50-year-old riff inspired the creation of the SatchVai Band

By Joe Bosso Published

In a fun- and laugh-filled chat, the two guitar star pals discuss how they formed their new band — and why it took so long

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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai perform in concert
Hear Joe Satriani and Steve Vai’s debut track from the SatchVai Band, "I Wanna Play My Guitar"

By Elizabeth Swann Published

Featuring former Deep Purple singer Glenn Hughes, the song is a shred fest featuring Satch and Vai riffing and soloing in tight tandem

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David Lee Roth was a demanding band leader – his former guitarists dish the details on what it was like to be his foil

By Phil Weller Published

David Lee Roth had a litany of guitar-playing talents in his band and they all agree on one thing…

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"I got carried away": How being in Whitesnake with Steve Vai made Adrian Vandenberg a better player

By Phil Weller Published

Let's face it: Playing alongside Steve Vai would make you re-evaluate some things…

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LEFT: Rudy Sarzo performs with Blue Oyster Cult at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek on February 7, 2012 in Coconut Creek, Florida. RIGHT: Guitarist Randy Rhoads is shown performing on stage during a live concert appearance with the Blizzard of Ozz on August 26, 1981.
Rudy Sarzo on Randy Rhoads, Steve Vai and other guitar greats he’s played with

By Andrew Daly Published

The bassist says what unites all these players is a desire to be challenged

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Guitarist Pete Thorne and James Cole of The Classic Rock Show photographed in Eastborne, England, 2023
For Pete Thorn, making stars’ dreams come true is the secret to success

By Joe Bosso Published

As the veteran sideman to countless artists, Thorn says, “You have to be Clark Kent most of the time, but onstage you get to be Superman for short periods” 

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