Steven Siro Vai is an American guitarist,composer,songwriter,and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee,Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa,and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released eight solo albums to date. He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz,David Lee Roth,and Whitesnake,as well as recording with artists such as Public Image Ltd,Mary J. Blige,Spinal Tap,Alice Cooper,Motörhead,and Polyphia. Additionally,Vai has toured with live-only acts G3,Zappa Plays Zappa,and the Experience Hendrix tour,as well as headlining international tours.
Michael Joseph Keneally is an American session guitarist,keyboardist,vocalist and composer.
Sex &Religion is the third studio album by American guitarist Steve Vai,released under the band name "Vai" on July 23,1993 through Relativity Records. It is known as the first major appearance of future Devin Townsend Project and Strapping Young Lad singer and guitarist Devin Townsend,who performed vocals for the album. Townsend also co-wrote the tracks "Pig" and "Just Cartilage",the latter of which was only released as a bonus track in Japan. Vai also co-wrote "In My Dreams with You" with Desmond Child and Roger Greenawalt.
The Extremist is the fourth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani,released on July 21,1992,through Relativity Records The album is one of Satriani's most popular releases and his highest-charting to date,reaching No. 22 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and remaining on that chart for 28 weeks,as well as reaching the top 50 in six other countries. Three singles reached Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart:"Summer Song" at No. 5,"Friends" at No. 12 and "Cryin'" at No. 24. The Extremist was certified Gold on December 22,1992. and received a nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1993 Grammy Awards,Satriani's fourth such nomination.
Is There Love in Space? is the tenth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani,released on April 13,2004,through Epic Records. The album reached No. 80 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and remained on that chart for two weeks,as well as reaching the top 100 in three other countries.
Flying in a Blue Dream is the third studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani,released on October 30,1989 through Relativity Records. It is one of Satriani's most popular albums and his second highest-charting release to date,reaching No. 23 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and remaining on that chart for 39 weeks,as well as reaching the top 40 in three other countries.
G3 is a concert tour organized by guitarist Joe Satriani featuring him alongside two other guitarists. Since its inception in 1995,G3 has toured most years and has featured many guitarists,including Steve Vai,Eric Johnson,Kenny Wayne Shepherd,Yngwie Malmsteen,John Petrucci,Robert Fripp,Paul Gilbert,Steve Morse,Steve Lukather,Uli Jon Roth,Michael Schenker,Adrian Legg,Phil Collen and many other special guests,including Tony MacAlpine,Johnny Hiland,Keith More,Chris Duarte,Andy Timmons,Neal Schon,Gary Hoey,Brian May,Billy Gibbons,Johnny A,George Lynch,Patrick Rondat,Guthrie Govan,Alejandro Silva,and Eric Sardinas.
Joe Satriani is the sixth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani,released in October 1995 through Relativity Records. This was his last album for Relativity,as he would switch record labels to Epic for his next eleven albums. Joe Satriani reached No. 51 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and remained on that chart for seven weeks,as well as reaching the top 100 in four other countries. "(You're) My World" was released as a single,reaching No. 30 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and receiving a nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1997 Grammy Awards,Satriani's seventh such nomination.
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore,Vol. 6 is the last of six double-disc collection volumes of live performances by Frank Zappa recorded between 1970 and 1988. All of the material on Disc one has a sexual theme. Zappa used the monologue in "Is That Guy Kidding or What?",to ridicule Peter Frampton's album I'm in You with its double entendre title and pop pretensions. Disc two includes performances from Zappa's shows between 1976 and 1981 at the Palladium in New York City,as well as material like "The Illinois Enema Bandit" and "Strictly Genteel" that he frequently used as closing songs at concerts. It was released on October 23,1992,under the label Rykodisc.
Strange Beautiful Music is the ninth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani,released on June 25,2002,through Epic Records;a Super Audio CD edition was released on September 10. The album reached No. 140 on the United States Billboard 200 and remained on that chart for a week,as well as reaching the top 100 in four other countries.
G3:Live in Tokyo is a live album and DVD recorded at the Tokyo International Forum during the 2005 G3 tour,featuring Joe Satriani,Steve Vai,and John Petrucci.
Super Colossal is the eleventh studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani,released on March 14,2006,through Epic Records. The album reached No. 86 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and remained on that chart for two weeks,as well as reaching the top 100 in three other countries. Super Colossal was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 2007 Grammy Awards,Satriani's thirteenth such nomination.
G3:Rockin' in the Free World is a double live album by the G3 project that was recorded at The Uptown Theater in Kansas City,Missouri,USA,on October 21,2003. The album featured the touring lineup of the project leader Joe Satriani,frequent member Steve Vai and guest guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. A DVD of the same tour,but with a different track list,was released as G3:Live in Denver.
Music for Pets is an album by the band Z,led by Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa,released in 1996.
Bryan Beller is an American bass guitarist known for his work with Joe Satriani,The Aristocrats,Dethklok,Mike Keneally,Steve Vai,James LaBrie of Dream Theater and Dweezil Zappa,as well as his four solo album releases,View (2003),Thanks In Advance (2008),Wednesday Night Live (2011),and the progressive double concept album Scenes From The Flood (2019). He has been Joe Satriani's touring bassist since 2013,encompassing the Unstoppable Momentum tour (2013–14), the Shockwave (2015–16) world tour,and the G3/What Happens Next tour (2018),in addition to featuring on the Shockwave Supernova record. Beller is also the bassist of the rock/fusion super-trio The Aristocrats,and he managed the band from 2012-2018. The Aristocrats have released four studio albums,along with two live releases documenting the band's world tours in support of their debut album The Aristocrats and sophomore album Culture Clash. Their most recent studio album You Know What... was the focus of their world tour that began in the summer of 2019 and extended through to 2020.
"My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" is a song written by Frank Zappa and originally recorded by The Mothers of Invention in February 1969 at Criteria Studios (Miami),with overdubs recorded sometime between March and May 1969 at TTG Studios and Whitney Studios. This version was included on their 1970 album Weasels Ripped My Flesh, an LP that included various recordings by the band from 1967 to 1969. A second version was released as a single on the Bizarre and Reprise labels as "My Guitar." Despite the more conventional naming,"My Guitar" did not chart.
"Feed My Frankenstein" is a song originally written and originally by British hard rock band Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction for their album Hoodlum Thunder. American singer Alice Cooper covered it on his 19th solo studio album,Hey Stoopid,and released it as a single in May 1992. Its highest chart position as a single was number 27 in the UK. Cooper gained a co-writer credit for his version due to different lyrics from the original.
Satchurated:Live in Montreal is a live album and concert film by American guitarist Joe Satriani. The film was released in both 2D and 3D formats to theatres worldwide during March 2012,before the DVD/Blu-ray,as well as an audio version on CD,was released in April 2012. It is the first 3D concert film to be mixed in Dolby 7.1 surround sound. It was recorded at the Metropolis Theatre in Montreal,Quebec,Canada on December 12,2010 during Satriani's Wormhole Tour and the film was directed by award-winning film-makers Pierre and François Lamoureux.
Steve Vai is an American guitar player,songwriter and producer. He started his career in 1980 playing with Frank Zappa and has since recorded and toured with Alcatrazz,Whitesnake,David Lee Roth,and Public Image Ltd. Since 1983 Vai also released his own studio albums. His discography consists of eight studio albums,two EPs,two special albums,eight live albums,twelve soundtracks,twenty compilation albums and seven videos. Vai has been awarded three Grammy Awards and forty other awards. Vai has also appeared as a guest musician on forty-four albums,as diverse as Motörhead,M83,and most recently for the second time with Joe Jackson.
Zappa’s Universe is a 1993 Frank Zappa tribute album featuring alumni from many of Zappa's bands. The music was compiled from a series of concerts from four consecutive nights of concerts at The Ritz in New York City,and filmed for a concert video of the same name. Steve Vai’s cover of the song "Sofa" from the album won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1994.
