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“This is impossible to play!” Joe Satriani and Sammy Hagar name – and nail – Eddie Van Halen’s hardest guitar riffs during first-ever Best of All Worlds performance
By Matt Owen published
Joined by bandmates Michael Anthony and Jason Bonham, the supergroup performed 5 tracks from the Van Halen catalog live on air ahead of their 2024 tour – mere minutes after getting together for the first time
It’s been covered by Steve Morse, Steve Lukather and Eddie Van Halen – but if Joe Satriani and Brian May tackled Joy to the World, it would sound a little something like this
By Jamie Humphries published
Learn a highly shreddable version of this Christmas carol classic, inspired by Satriani and May
“The music we created is going to outlive us all. It’s time we go out and serve the fans that music, while we still can”: Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony announce The Best of All Worlds – the next best thing to a Van Halen tribute tour
By Jackson Maxwell published
Though not explicitly a tribute, Hagar promises that the summer 2024 trek will feature a very Van Halen-heavy setlist
“Every time we play together it takes me back to when we were teenagers… pushing, challenging and helping each other to be the best we could be”: For the first time ever, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are working on new music together
By Matt Parker published
The two virtuosos have also announced a huge tour marking their first co-headline dates outside of their G3 shows
“Everybody was going crazy about Yngwie Malmsteen... Joe Satriani told me, ‘That’s fine, but don’t get too into him’”: Alex Skolnick explains why he was warned off sounding like the neoclassical maestro
By Matt Parker published
The Testament guitarist says he learned more than just techniques from his A-list teacher
“Reuniting the original G3 lineup is a dream come true”: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson are hitting the road for a G3 reunion tour next year
By Matt Owen published
The three fretboard heroes will link up early next year almost three decades after they launched one of guitar's most influential events back in 1996
Joe Satriani shares brutal photo of his fingers post-show – and seeks advice for the problem he's had ever since he started playing guitar
By Jackson Maxwell published
"Getting worse," the maestro wrote of the wear and tear on his fretting hand, before adding that's it making him "look for new ways to play"
Hear Joe Satriani tap into his emotive prowess and serve up soaring solos in epic orchestral track, All Things Sacred
By Matt Owen published
The song marks the virtuoso's third collaborative effort with composer Kitt Wakeley, and is lifted from one of 2023's most star-studded guitar albums
NAMM 2023: Ibanez announces bumper signature guitar drop, introducing new models for Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Lari Basilio, Paul Stanley, Martin Miller and Ichika Nito
By Matt Owen published
Finishing techniques never before used on Ibanez models, revived retro classics, new-look iterations of famed favorites and celebratory models headline the standard and limited-edition collection
From revived ’80s hard-rock collabs to a very different kind of Meshuggah: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Matt Parker published
Fresh must-hear cuts from Joe Satriani & Brian Tarquin, Sweet & Lynch, Avenged Sevenfold, Yes, Tinariwen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and many, many more
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