Friday, October 16, 2009

Steve Vai


Steve Vai (born: Carle Place, New York, June 6, 1960) is a guitarist, songwriter, singer and producer originating from the United States.
Career

* Current Group Band: Steve Vai
* Group Band before : Hot Chocolate, The Ohio Express, Circus, Rayge, Bold As Love, Axis, Morning Thunder, Frank Zappa, The Out Band, The Classified, 777, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake
* Impact: Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa
* Guitar: Ibanez Universe, Ibanez JEM

The game started from blues, jazz, rock to classical and ethnic music. Guitar was not limited to the guitar community but also for ordinary people who do not go into a guitar.

At the age of 6 years, Steve began studying the piano. At the age of 10 years, Steve started learning to play the accordion. At the age of 13 years before Steve began to explore the guitar and since then so was born a new guitar god.

Steve Vai started his career with his debut album Flex-Able Leftovers in 1984. In 1990, Steve released his second album entitled Passion and Warfare. The album received international recognition and Steve won the magazine reader's poll in Guitar Player 4 different categories. Steve's third album titled Sex & Religion in 1993 and released his fourth album Alien Love Secrets was released in 1995. In 1996 the fifth album released Steve Fire Garden.

In 1999, Steve released his sixth album titled Ultra Zone. In this album, Steve focuses more on the composition of songs and experimenting with his guitar. Year 2001 album The Seventh Song album was released and contains slow songs / ballads that never released Steve added some new songs. And in the year 2001 Alive in an Ultra World was released.

Steve Vai also have produced 2 albums titled Merry Christmas Axemas Vol.1 and Vol.2 Merry Axemas, the G3 concert also with Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson / Kenny Wayne Shepherd and the last John Petrucci joined also joined in the G3.

Steve Vai recently focused more on guitar experimentation and now Steve Vai band added a bass player who was familiar for rock fans of the 80s, Billy Sheehan.

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