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“This is a guy who worked for Frank Zappa. Frank said to him, ‘Whatever you do, don’t learn how to read music.’ He's all-creative –he's a miracle, really”: Steve Vai on BEAT, being a virtuoso in his 60s – and the Fripp riff he just couldn’t master

He reflects on how Frank Zappa helped him and Adrian Belew, the value of learning from rather than competing with other players and changing rig for his tour with Joe Satriani. But who’s going to be in the SatchVai band?

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“He was a great guitar player. He’s not looking at what he’s playing, he really knows the instrument”: Joe Satriani says Kurt Cobain was an underrated guitar hero

Joe Satriani knows a thing or two about great guitarists –and he says the Nirvana frontman was one of them

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“He’s not used to not being the focus of the show. I’d say, ‘When Steve’s soloing, don’t throw your guitar up in the air right next to him’”: Joe Satriani on the unique challenges of having Yngwie Malmsteen on the G3 tour

Satch has no notes for the Swedish maestro’s playing, but found other aspects of his performances a little distracting during their G3 time together

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It's one of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai's favorite scales, and holds the most mysterious-sounding note combinations – here's how the Lydian mode works

This bright but unusual sounding mode became popular among shredders after Joe Satriani and Steve Vai used it in the 80s. Here, Stuart Ryan explains what gives the Lydian mode its signature sound

Guitar World

“I was fired after two months because I was playing guitar with a dildo and being an idiot”: The wild life and crazed career of Devin Townsend, metal’s misunderstood maverick

From defecating in Steve Vai‘s guitar case to puppet-based concept albums, Devin Townsend is out there on his own

Metal Hammer

“Anti-colonialist anguish, hope, joy and the search for connection, all through his guitar. That’s what makes a guitar hero”: Guitarists of the Year 2024 – the players who took 2024 by storm

Slash made a blues record. St. Vincent boggled our minds again. And Grace Bowers blew everyone away… Here we take a look at the players who made 2024 a banner year for the instrument

Guitar World

“You can rehearse until you’re blue in the face, but once you hit the stage, all bets are off”: How King Crimson was reborn at the hands of Steve Vai and Adrian Belew

2024 Year in Review: The all-star Beat tour brought King Crimson’s music to thousands of eager prog fans

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“We’re probably better off than the previous generation. Not because we’re better, but because it’s easier to reach a certain level faster”: Matteo Mancuso on how he plans to take his playing to even greater heights – thanks to some advice from Steve Vai

The Sicilian virtuoso is changing guitar in real-time and we are all along for the ride. Here he explains why he might be too lazy to use anything other than a Line 6 Helix, but won't rest in his pursuit for the perfect performance

Guitar World

“My stock answer was, ‘No.’ Most people who approach me to do something like that are looking to relive the glory days of ’80s rock”: Why Steve Vai dropped his anti-supergroup stance to help revive some of King Crimson’s most celebrated work

BEAT has been celebrating King Crimson’s 1980s albums, with Adrian Belew and Steve Vai’s new guitar partnership at its core

Guitar World

“I can’t say what it will feel like…I’m wise enough to know I’ve got to hear this before judging”: How King Crimson offshoot BEAT moved from an all-star dream to reality

When Adrian Belew failed to persuade the 80s line-up to reunite, he had to come up with another way of bringing that decade’s three albums back to life – and he did it

Louder

“These techniques are very effective for giving your lines a slippery, rubber band-like sound”: Steve Vai and Guthrie Govan love these long-slide glissando techniques – here’s how you can bring them into your playing

In his latest column, Andy Wood taps into what he learned from Steve Vai, Guthrie Govan and Eric Johnson and applied to the melodies on his new album, Charisma

Guitar World

“This is like Santana’s Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock or Hendrix’s Machine Gun, an act of freeform radicalism”: The best guitar solos of 2024

From a supernova of tapping and pitch-shifted metal guitar anarchy to all-star team-ups, here is your year in lead guitar – featuring Mdou Moctar, Diamond Rowe and some dudes named Satriani and Vai…

Guitar World

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have formed a band together and you'll never guess what it's called

The SatchVai band will embark on a UK and European tour next summer

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“I came across this clip and I enjoyed watching. Great job!” Steve Vai gives his seal of approval to the viral Hungarian high-schooler who nailed For The Love of God at his school prom

Laci’s flawless performance of the gruelling fretboard workout has attracted the attention of the man who composed it

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“The show will be a powerful celebration of the coolest instrument in the world, the electric guitar!”: Joe Satriani and Steve Vai to share the stage again on epic 2025 UK/Europe tour

The Surfing with the Hydra Tour is an early contender for guitar event of 2025, with over two dozen dates announced, and more to come, and the promise of new music from the SATCHVAI Band

Guitar World

“We are both at the top of our game”: Steve Vai and Joe Satriani have formed a new band together – and will release new music ahead of upcoming tour dates

The two virtuosos hit the road next summer for a string of European dates – and a new original track is set to land shortly before

Guitar World

“I bought my ’54 Strat from the biggest dealer in Sweden – he was crying when I walked away with the guitar”: Brian May, Steve Vai and Neal Schon have all given Yngwie Malmsteen guitars – but nothing compares to his Fender Strats

Malmsteen descends from shred mountain to dispense wisdom on all matters gear, how to buy it, single coils vs humbuckers and to reminisce about some of his best gear purchases

Guitar World

“I will make sure Steve Vai sees this video”: Hungarian high schooler goes viral with flawless performance of For The Love of God at his prom

The guitarist was in full control of his Music Man Cutlass as he ripped through the gruelling fretboard workout

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He's one of the most technically proficient of all prog rock guitarists, and his guitar parts would take several lifetimes to fully comprehend. Dare you enter the court of the Crimson King, Robert Fripp?

We delve into the mad, brilliant lead phrasing and fearsome alternate picking of one of guitar's true masters

Guitar World

“It dishonors that brand to say, ‘Now we’re King Crimson.’ But we do have the ability to say, ‘Look, this is legitimate – half of the band is onstage here”: Adrian Belew, Steve Vai and Tony Levin on how they made Beat – with Robert Fripp’s blessing

Performing material from King Crimson's trailblazing '80s oeuvre, Beat finds three kings of the strings with the peerless Danny Carey pushing the envelope and Steve Vai doing Robert Fripp proud

Guitar World

“When Chicago hit the scene, it stuck out like nothing else”: Steve Vai lays down a smoking alternative solo for South California Purples in this rare fret-melting guest spot at Chicago’s Live at 55 show

Vai was joined by the likes of Judith Hill and Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram to help mark 55 years Chicago Transit Authority

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Race against the Covenant in your brand-new Porsche with Forza Halo 5's latest update — I'm sorry, I meant Forza Horizon 5 (now feat. Steve Vai)

Playground Games has detailed the next Forza Horizon 5 update coming next week with four new Porsches and a whole lot of Halo goodies, including music.

Louder

"We worked out a way for the whole world to tune in": King Crimson-affiliated act Beat announce global livestream of upcoming Los Angeles show

Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai and Danny Carey are currently on the road playing the music of 80s-era King Crimson

Metal Hammer

Devin Townsend: “90 percent of the job is to be a content creator rather than write any music”

Hevy Devy says savvy branding on Instagram and TikTok is a bigger part of being a musician than actually making music

MusicRadar

“An electrifying experience!” Steve Vai is buzzing about a new G3 live album with Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson

The album features a full set from each guitarist

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