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What can we say about the guy who played
the devil in the 1986 movie,
Crossroads.
At 14 years of age, Steve Vai began getting guitar lessons from Joe
Satriani. Vai started his career as a music transcriptionist for
Frank Zappa, and by 1980, was part of Zappa's band. In addition to
his solo career, Steve Vai has also played with bands like Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth,
Public Image Ltd., Ozzy Osbourne, and Whitesnake.
As far as
Steve Vai's solo career goes, he started out is first album,
Flex-Able, was released in 1984. Vai's most well known solo
album is probably 1990's
Passion
and Warfare. This album is often widely recognized
for the song "For the Love of God" and it's fret ripping solo. As
the years have gone on, Vai could be found releasing new material and
touring with heavy hitters like Frank Zappa, Billy Sheenan, Tony
Macalpine, Dream Theatre, and Dweezil Zappa.
In the heyday
of the 1980's and early 1990's, Steve Vai was as recognized for his
flowery Ibanez series monkey grip guitars as he was for his music.
These days Via lives in California and is married to the old bass player
from the band Vixen. Steve is also an avid beekeeper and
vegetarian. At the time of this writing, Steve Vai's solo career
Discography was as follows:1984: Flex-Able
1984: Flex-Able Leftovers
1990: Passion and Warfare
1993: Sex & Religion
1995: Alien Love Secrets
1996: Fire Garden
1997: G3: Live in Concert
1999: The Ultra Zone
2000: The 7th Song - Enchanting Guitar Melodies (Archives Vol 1)
2001: Alive in an Ultra World
2001: The Secret Jewel Box
2001: Frank Zappa Original Recordings: Steve Vai (Archives Vol 2)
2002: The Elusive Light and Sound Volume 1
2003: Mystery Tracks (Archives Vol 3)
2003: Various Artists (Archives Vol 4)
2003: The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology
2004: G3: Rockin' in the Free World
2004: Live in London
2004: Vai: Piano Reductions Vol 1
2005: Real Illusions: Reflections
2005: G3: Live in Tokyo
2007: Sound Theories Vol I and II
2008: Steve Vai Original Album Classics
2009: Where the Wild Things Are
2010: Where the Other Wild Things Are
2010: Playlist: The Very Best of Steve Vai
2011: The Essential Steve Vai |
