Review: Steve Vai – Vai/Gash Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group (January 27th, 2023 CD, February 24th, 2023 LP) Reviewer: David Mark Pearce From what I understand, when Steve Vai wrote this he just wanted to come up with stuff that represented his love of riding his Harley Davidson motorbike etc and with that he succeeds. His friend John […]
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Steve Vai Reveals New Song ‘She Saved My Life Tonight’
Steve Vai and Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group will release ‘VAI / GASH‘ digitally and on CD January 27, 2023. The vinyl album will follow on February 24. Today, they present ‘She Saved My Life Tonight. Vai shares, “Recorded in 1991, this track is an uplifting rocker about being way down and out, and then finding something worth living for.” The first […]
Steve Vai Reveals New Song ‘Busted’
Steve Vai and Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group will release ‘VAI / GASH‘ digitally and on CD January 27, 2023. The vinyl album will follow on February 24. Today, they reveal new song ‘Busted‘. Vai shares, “This song, ‘Busted’ is basically about the incessant and nefarious activities of a corrupt and skanky mistress against her biker […]
Steve Vai To Release New Album ‘Vai/Gash’
Steve Vai and Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group have announced the release of ‘Vai/Gash‘ digitally and on CD January 27, 2023. The vinyl album release will follow on February 24. Today, they reveal the video for ‘In The Wind‘. As Vai shares, “This record was written and recorded in somewhat of a stream of consciousness in 1991 within perhaps a 2-week period as an answer […]
Steve Vai Reveals Official Video for ‘Teeth of the Hydra’
Steve Vai and Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group present the Official music video for ‘Teeth Of The Hydra‘. Vai shares, “The idea for this guitar and track came to me roughly seven years ago. I envisioned composing and performing a piece of music on a multi-neck instrument where all of the sound emanated from that one creation with the exception of some […]
Steve Vai Announces Inviolate World Tour Will Begin With European Dates
Steve Vai has announced that the Inviolate World Tour will now begin with a European leg of appearances beginning in Glasgow on 4 June, 2022. He’ll be on the road in to mid-July, staging performances in the U.K., Ireland, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain. A detailed itinerary follows below. For tickets and a variety of EVO Experience VIP bundles available visit https://www.vai.com. Vai will be joined by his long-tenured ensemble members Dave Weiner (guitar / keys), Philip Bynoe (bass), and Jeremy Colson (drums). Vai shares, […]
Steve Vai Reveals New Track ‘Zeus In Chains’
Steve Vai and Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group have presented an official visualizer for ‘Zeus In Chains‘. The composition is featured on Vai’s upcoming studio album, Inviolate which will be released digitally and on CD January 28, 2022. The LP will follow on March 18. Steve Vai shares, “The title for this track ‘Zeus In Chains’ was told to me by the track when I was listening back and asked […]
Steve Vai Announces New Studio Album ‘Inviolate’
Steve Vai and Favored Nations / Mascot Label Group have announced his new studio album Inviolate will be released digitally and on CD January 28, 2022. The LP will follow on March 18. Today, they present the song ‘Little Pretty‘. The recording is a dark-toned fusion-funk workout played almost exclusively on a Gretsch hollow body guitar. As for what led Vai to the […]
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