Steve Vai says he learned something very important from his years of playing guitar in Frank Zappa's band. “Frank did whatever he wanted," says Vai in a call from a soundcheck in Ontario, Canada.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Guitarist Steve Vai is known for his stint in English rock band Whitesnake (1989-1991) — not to ...

In the 6th grade, PS122 gave all students a music test to see if anyone had an aptitude for it. The next year, when I went to junior high school, I was placed in the junior band. I wanted the trumpet, ...

There is not much that Steve Vai can’t play on the electric guitar. Few have done more to extend what is possible on the instrument, and yet, even the greats sometimes struggle with another great’s ...

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 ...

When he was a kid, Steve Vai did not like to admit how much he loved the guitar. "I secretly had this fetish about the guitar, but I never really played it because it seemed out of my reach," he said.

A new Mike Keneally album is always a thing of humming excitement and intrigue. And pending contradictions eloquently resolved. Forever searching along and within nooks and crannies of the soniverse ...

He also has a massive, unannounced tour. Legendary guitarist Steve Vai really wants to make music that isn't so focused on shred. In an interview with The Cassius Morris Show, Vai reveals he's working ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images Steve Vai says he was on the cusp of becoming a teenager when ...

Singer-songwriter Garland Jeffreys, guitarist Johnny Farina of Santo & Johnny and a representative from NYCB Theatre at Westbury were on hand at The Space at Westbury to hear firsthand that they would ...

“For some people, certain music needs to sink in. And when it does, it’s savored.” There are guitar gods, and then there’s Steve Vai. Vai catapulted the art of guitar playing into new realms the ...

Steve Vai, still in fine form after nearly 40 years of guitar wizardry Credit: Courtesy photo Three Grammys, eight solo studio albums and 15 million copies sold later, Vai, 53, knows he’s a badass.