Latest about Steve Vai
ZZ Top’s Elwood Francis on teching for Joe Perry, lying to Steve Vai – and the curse of his viral 17-string bass
The gear-trashing DIY enthusiast once had to choose between Vai and Joe Perry, before being fired and rehired by Guns N’ Roses – in a matter of days
How Billy Morrison gathered Steve Vai and other guests for his organic solo album
Inspired by a basic signal chain and the “simplest guitar album on the planet”, Billy Idol’s right-hand man feels vindicated with the unplanned success of The Morrison Project
Ever wanted a private Steve Vai concert? This new app beams the virtuoso into your home
The Zeus in Chains app utilizes augmented reality to project Vai on any backdrop – and the best clips are going to be used in an upcoming video
Steve Vai is selling two of his personal Ibanez guitars for charity – and one is a rare experimental prototype
The two guitars were originally auctioned off in 2022, but have been put up for sale once more to help raise funds for two charities
“People started saying I looked like Voldemort!” Joe Satriani and Steve Vai on their classic Guitar World covers
The axelords discuss the guitars they’re holding in six key GW magazine covers from the past. Along the way, we learn about guitar thefts, loud photoshoots, hair, pants and flexi-discs...
Steve Vai and Joe Satriani on friendship, collaboration and using guitar to “explore the infinite”
After decades of pushing the envelope for instrumental guitar, the two giants of the instrument are touring together, writing together, and new music is coming. Satch and Vai take their story back to the beginning, and tell us where it’s headed
Adrian Belew on Frank Zappa’s lessons, Robert Fripp’s synth guitar, and Beat with Steve Vai
Still amazed that he managed to gather Vai, Tony Levin and Danny Carey into new band Beat, Belew reflects on his light-speed journey from 1977 to 1982, and how he plans to reactivate King Crimson’s ‘80s albums on stage
“I didn’t see myself as a professional instrumental guitarist”: Steve Vai on game-changing debut Flex-Able
Flex-Able was the sound of a young Steve Vai following his musical obsessions. That it changed everything for guitar – and Vai's career – was just a happy accident
