If you think Steve Vai sucks...

[Kilkmaru]

...Then you suck!

[Kilkmaru]

http://www.zappa.com/zpz/videos.html

[chi-town324]

yea his solo albums sold millions

[Diamondjimi]

Originally posted by chi-town324
yea his solo albums sold millions

He's sold his share. He moved 100,000 copies of "Flexable" before signing to a major label. Not too shabby.

Vai is downright scary on the geetar !

[Terry]

A very talented player with the technical ability to express probably just about anything he wants to on the guitar, yet does little to nothing for me these days.

Sure, my jaw dropped when I first heard his stuff in the 1980s. As a guitar player, I can totally appreciate what he does.

What is remembered in the long-haul is the SONGS, and in the songwriting ability department he hasn't come up with much that is memorable.

[DrMaddVibe]

Good enough to play with Frank Zappa...legendary status to me!

[chi-town324]

just never cared for his style..talented yes

[rustoffa]

IMHO, he and Satriani both owe alot to Jeff Beck. Therefore, being mentioned in the same sentence with Jeff Beck gives them instant credibility. Not that they need credibility...they've both earned that based on talent alone. But every so often? Highway Jam rolls across the playlist, and you go, "Fuck, I think some extremely talented guiatrists are thankful that Jeff Beck exists!"

[Terry]

Originally posted by rustoffa
IMHO, he and Satriani both owe alot to Jeff Beck. Therefore, being mentioned in the same sentence with Jeff Beck gives them instant credibility. Not that they need credibility...they've both earned that based on talent alone. But every so often? Highway Jam rolls across the playlist, and you go, "Fuck, I think some extremely talented guiatrists are thankful that Jeff Beck exists!"

What it takes Vai and Satriani 3,000 notes to say, Beck can do in three.

[DeadOrAlive]

Steve Vai is talented, but couldn't write a good song in his solo career to save his life. His material with Dave was great, but then again he was working with a genious.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

I think he's a technically GRATE player, but he doesn't play with much soul.

Also, he has no idea aboot how to fit a solo in a song, he's just all aboot showing off and not how to compliment the song with a solo (hence, "Big Trouble", the solo in that has always seemed out of place to me).

I've got 4 or 5 of his solo albums. They're decnt enough (quite like "Sex and Religion"), but on the whole, all he has is fast fingers.

[PlexiBrown]

You can tell that Vai practiced 10 hours a day for a lot of years but his playing is very annoying to my ears. I bought one of his CD's once. I think it was called Passion and Warfare. I couldn't make it through the whole CD. I have not listened to it again since. I also can't handle all of his posing and all of those forced facial expressions he makes when he plays.

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by DeadOrAlive
Steve Vai is talented, but couldn't write a good song in his solo career to save his life. His material with Dave was great, but then again he was working with a genious.

Ditto. Honestly the only Steve Vai album I've ever heard that I can honestly stand listening to him on (repeatedly) is Alcatrazz's "Disturbing the Peace". EEAS, Skyscraper, Whitesnake, solo...with the bands, he's OK, but I've never been "into him" as a guitarist...

[theicecreamman]

Vai is amazing. I can't wait to buy his upcoming releases Sound Theories (also known as Aching Hunger bootleg). It should be out soon.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Originally posted by PlexiBrown
You can tell that Vai practiced 10 hours a day for a lot of years but his playing is very annoying to my ears. I bought one of his CD's once. I think it was called Passion and Warfare. I couldn't make it through the whole CD. I have not listened to it again since. I also can't handle all of his posing and all of those forced facial expressions he makes when he plays.

my little brother (pete) hates the fact he's always posing his nipples. "make sure ya see my nipples!"

i liked the compilation album 7 or 7songs, all his "ballad" tunes track 7 from each album. smoke some kgb and kick back in the pool with the wife. life is good