Steve Vai

Steve Siro Vai
Muzički rad
Period aktivnosti1981. —
ŽanrInstrumental rock ,hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock
Instrumentgitara
Povezani izvođačiDavid Lee Roth ,Whitesnake ,Alcatrazz ,Frank Zappa ,G3


Steven Siro Vai (Carle Place, New York, 6. lipnja 1960.), američki glazbenik.

Gitaru je počeo svirati kao srednjoškolac a učitelj mu je bio Joe Satriani. Kako Satriani glasi za jednog od najboljih gitarista svih vremena ako ne i najboljeg to je uveliko pomoglo Vaiu da postane tako veliki glazbenik i gitarista. Nakon završene srednje škole seli u Boston i studira glazbenu akademiju. Potom seli u Los Angeles i tamo ga zapaža legendarni Frank Zappa. Zappa je bio iznenađen Vaievom tehnikom sviranja gitare i poznavanjem glazbe. Godine 1980. pridružuje se Zappinom bandu i dobiva status vrhunskog rock gitarista.

Frank Zappa

Sa Zappom snima albume Tinsel Town Rebellion i You Are What You Is 1981. godine, a zatim su uslijedili Ship Arriving Too Late 1982. g., The Man From Utopia 1983. g., Them or Us i Thing Fish 1984. g., nakon čega je odlučio pokrenuti solo karijeru. Godine 1984. seli u Kaliforniju, snima dva solo albuma Flex-Able i Flex-Able Leftovers, gdje još jednom dokazuje svoj talent. Iste godine mijenja gitaristu Yngwie Malmsteena u grupi Alcatrazz i godine 1985. s njima snima album Disturbing the Peace.

David Lee Roth

Kasnije 1985. g. na poziv prijatelja basista Billy Sheehana odlazi s Davidom Lee Rothom koji se razdvojio od Van Halena. Sastav tada čine članovi:

  1. David Lee Roth - Vokal
  2. Steve Vai - Gitarist
  3. Billy Sheehan - Bas, prateći vokali
  4. Gregg Bissonette - Bubnjevi
  5. Jeff Bova - Klavijature
  6. Jesse Harms - Klavijature

S Davidom Lee Rothom snima multi-platinum album Eat'em And Smile i Skyscraper.

Ovaj band zabilježio je veliki uspjeh na tadašnjoj rock sceni. Steve Vai postaje svjetski poznati i priznati gitarist. 1988. g. od tvrtke Ibanez dobiva gitaru sa svojom etiketom, Jem 777.

Godine 1989. s britanskom grupom Whitesnake snima jedini album pod nazivom Slip of the Tongue.

Solo karijera i projekt G3

Nakon burnih turneja odlučio je vratiti se solo karijeri te 1990. g. izdaje solo album Passion and Warfare. Album je zabilježio veliki uspjeh. Godine 1994. dobiva nagradu Grammy Awards za pjesmu "Sofa" s albuma Franka Zappe „Zappa's Universe“.

Vai se okrenuo instrumentalima te je izdao 1995. godine EP album, Alien Love Secrets koji povezuje njegov rad u proteklih deset godina i izlazi usred snimanja punog albuma Fire Garden. Godine 1996. nastavlja sa solo albumima pa izdaje 80 minutni CD Fire Garden ,a 1998. reizdanje njegovog drugog solo albuma s dodatnim pjesmama Flex-Able Leftovers te 1999. izdaje The Ultra Zone. 2000. izdaje svoj prvi kompilacijski album pod nazivom The Seventh Song a 2001. izdaje dvostruki live album s turneje 2000-te koji se zove Alive in an Ultra World. Zanimljivost s tog albuma je da je svaka pjesma snimljena iz drugog grada. Godine 2002. izdaje album filmske glazbe The Elusive Light and Sound, volume 1 s 40 pjesama koje je snimio u filmovima Crossroads i Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. Dvostruki kompilacijski album The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology izlazi 2003. gdje su razni hitovi s albuma: Fire Garden, Passion and Warfare, Alien Love Secrets i The Ultra Zone. Na oduševljenje svoje ogromne publike nakon šest godina ,2005. izdaje album s novim pjesmama pod nazivom Real Illusions: Reflections.

Steve Vai i Joe Satriani 1996. pokreću projekt G3. Na turnejama po svijetu stalno mijenjaju trećeg glazbenika, no uvijek su to ljudi koji su i sami vrhunski svirači: Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Robert Fripp, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Paul Gilbert, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Adrian Legg i specijalni gosti Steve Lukather, Steve Morse i bubnjar Mike Portnoy.

Godine 1997. izlazi live album naziva G3: Live in Concert na kojem sviraju Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai s turneje po Sjevernoj Americi. G3: Rockin' in the Free World naziv je live albuma koji izlazi godine 2004. i na njemu sviraju Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, a godine 2005 live album G3: Live in Tokyo na kojem sviraju Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci na turneji po SAD-u i Japanu.

Glazbeni stil

Steve Vai u svom prepoznatljivom stilu pretežno svira rock i rock metal ali pridonosi i drugim stilovima glazbe. Svira s mnogim glazbenicima širom svijeta i uklapa se u svaki stil njihove glazbe.
Izvrsno izvodi tehniku tapping gdje koristi jedno-ručnu i dvo-ručnu metodu.

Duhovit i mršav, veliki je tehničar sviranja gitare i znalac glazbene teorije pa mu se između ostalog pripisuje da je oživio stil sviranja na 7 žičanoj gitari (7-string guitar).

Diskografija

Solo albumi

Godina Naziv albuma
1984. Flex-Able
1984. Flex-Able Leftovers
1990. Passion and Warfare
1993. Sex and Religion
1995. Alien Love Secrets
1996. Fire Garden
1999. The Ultra Zone
2000. The Seventh Song
2001. Alive in an Ultra World
2002. The Elusive Light and Sound, volume 1
2003. The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology
2005. Real Illusions: Reflections
2012. The Story of Light
2016. Modern Primitive
2022. Inviolate

Projekti sa raznim glazbenicima

Godina Glazbenik ili grupa Album
1985. Heresy (band) "At The Door"
1985. Alcatrazz "Disturbing the Peace"
1985. Public Image Ltd. "Album (album)"
1986. Bob Harris "The Great Nostalgia"
1986. Shankar & Caroline "The Epidemics"
1986. David Lee Roth "Eat'em And Smile"
1986. David Lee Roth "Sonrisa Salvaje"
1986. Randy Coven "Funk Me Tender"
1986.. Western Vacation "Western Vacation"
1988. David Lee Roth "Skyscraper"
1989. Whitesnake "Slip of the Tongue"
1990. Rebecca "The Best of Dreams"
1991. Alice Cooper "Hey Stoopid"
1994. Whitesnake "Greatest Hits"
1995. Ozzy Osbourne "Ozzmosis"
1996. Wild Style (band) "Cryin'"
1997. Munetaka Higuchi with Dream Castle "Free World (album)"
1997. Joe Satriani / Eric Johnson / Steve Vai "G3: Live in Concert"
1997. David Lee Roth "The Best of David Lee Roth"
1998. Gregg Bissonette "Gregg Bissonette"
1998. Al Di Meola "The Infinite Desire"
1999. Joe Jackson (musician) "Symphony No. 1"
2000. Whitesnake "The Back to Black Collection"
2000. Gregg Bissonette "Submarine (album)"
2000. Thana Harris "Thanatopsis"
2001. Robin DiMaggio "Blue Planet"
2001. Billy Sheehan "Compression (album)"
2002. Tak Matsumoto "華 [Hana]"
2003. Surinder Sandhu "Saurang Orchestra"
2003. Eric Sardinas "Black Pearls"
2003. Steve Lukather & Friends "SantaMental"
2003. Glenn Hughes and Joe Lynn Turner "HTP2"
2003. Shankar & Gingger "One In A Million"
2003. Yardbirds "Birdland"
2004. Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen "G3 Live - *Rockin' In The Free World"
2004. Motörhead "Inferno (album)"
2004. Bob Carpenter "The Sun, The Moon, The Stars"
2004. Mike Keneally Vai: Piano Reductions, Vol. 1
2005. John 5 "Songs for Sanity"
2005. Dave Weiner "Live at Astoria DVD"
2005. Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci "G3 Live in Tokyo"
2006. The Devin Townsend Band "Synchestra"
2006. Marty Friedman "Loudspeaker (album)"
2006. Meat Loaf "Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose"

Vanjske poveznice

Steve Vai na Wikimedijinoj ostavi
  • Steve Vai's homepage
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Steve Vai
Angažiranost:
Frank Zappa (1980-1982) • Steve Vai (1982-1984) • Alcatrazz (1985) • David Lee Roth (1985-1986) • Public Image Ltd. (1985-1986) • Frank Zappa (1986) • David Lee Roth (1987-1988) • Whitesnake (1988-1990) • Solo (1989-present) • Ozzy Osbourne (1995)
Diskografija
Solo Albumi: Flex-Able | Flex-Able Leftovers | Passion and Warfare | Sex and Religion | Alien Love Secrets | Fire Garden | The Ultra Zone | The Seventh Song | Alive in an Ultra World | The Elusive Light and Sound, volume 1 | The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology | Real Illusions: Reflections | Sound Theories
Frank Zappa: Tinsel Town Rebellion | Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar | You Are What You Is | Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch | The Man From Utopia | Them or Us | Thing Fish | Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention | Jazz from Hell | Guitar | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 | Beat the Boots I: As An Am | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 | Strictly Commercial | Have I Offended Someone? | Cheap Thrills | Son of Cheep Thrills
Ostalo: Disturbing the Peace | At The Door | Album | The Great Nostalgia | The Epidemics | Eat'em And Smile | Funk Me Tender | Western Vacation | Skyscraper | Slip of the Tongue | The Best of Dreams | Hey Stoopid | Whitesnake's Greatest Hits | Ozzmosis | Cryin' | Free World | G3: Live in Concert | The Best | Gregg Bissonette | The Infinite Desire | Symphony No. 1 | The Back to Black Collection | Submarine | Thanatopsis | Blue Planet | Compression | Hana | Saurang Orchestra | Solo in their cover version of "I'll Be Around" | Black Pearls | SantaMental | HTP 2 | One In A Million | Birdland | G3: Rockin' in the Free World | Inferno | The Sun, The Moon, The Stars | Vai: Piano Reductions, Vol. 1 | Songs for Sanity | Live at Astoria DVD | G3: Live in Tokyo | Synchestra | Loudspeaker | Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose | U vremenu izgubljenih | Systematic Chaos
Kompilacije: Guitar's Practicing Musicians | Zappa's Universe | In From The Storm | Songs of West Side Story | A Guitar Christmas | Angelica | Radio Disney Kid Jams | Roland Guitar Masters | Guitars For Freedom | Warmth In The Wilderness Vol. II - A Tribute to Jason Becker | Halo 2 Original Soundtrack | Monsters of Rock
Ostale srodne poveznice
G3 | Joe Satriani | Whitesnake | David Lee Roth | Yngwie Malmsteen | Frank Zappa
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Diskografija
Studijski albumi: Freak Out!Absolutely FreeWe're Only in It for the MoneyLumpy GravyCruising with Ruben & the JetsUncle MeatHot RatsBurnt Weeny SandwichWeasels Ripped My FleshChunga's RevengeFillmore East - June 1971200 MotelsJust Another Band from L.A.Waka/JawakaThe Grand WazooOver-Nite Sensation • Apostrophe (') • Roxy & ElsewhereOne Size Fits AllBongo FuryZoot AlluresZappa in New YorkStudio TanSleep DirtSheik YerboutiOrchestral FavoritesJoe's GarageTinsel Town RebellionShut Up 'n Play Yer GuitarYou Are What You IsShip Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning WitchThe Man From UtopiaBaby SnakesLondon Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 • Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger • Them or UsThing-FishFrancesco ZappaFrank Zappa Meets the Mothers of PreventionDoes Humor Belong in Music?Jazz from HellLondon Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2GuitarYou Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2Broadway the Hard WayYou Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3The Best Band You Never Heard in Your LifeYou Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4Make a Jazz Noise HereYou Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6Playground PsychoticsAhead of Their TimeThe Yellow Shark
Kompilacije: MothermaniaThe Guitar World According to Frank ZappaStrictly Commercial • Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute • Have I Offended Someone?Strictly GenteelQuAUDIOPHILIAcThe Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle
Albumi poslije smrti: Civilization Phaze IIIThe Lost EpisodesLätherMystery DiscEverything Is Healing Nicely • FZ:OZ • Halloween • Joe's CorsageJoe's DomageJoe's XMASageImaginary DiseasesTrance-Fusion • Buffalo • The Dub Room Special • Wazoo
Box izdanja: The Old Masters Box OneThe Old Masters Box TwoThe Old Masters Box ThreeBeat the BootsBeat the Boots IIThe MOFO Project/Object
Film i video: 200 Motels • Baby Snakes • The Dub Room Special • Video from Hell • Does Humor Belong in Music? • The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels • The Amazing Mr. Bickford • Uncle Meat
Ostale srodne poveznice
The Mothers of Invention | Steve Vai | Jazz | Blues
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Micky Moody • John Sykes • Adrian Vandenberg • Vivian Campbell • Steve Vai • Warren DeMartini • Marco Mendoza • Tommy Aldridge
Studijski albumi
Snakebite • Trouble • Lovehunter • Ready an' Willing • Come an' Get It • Saints & Sinners • Slide It In • Whitesnake • Slip of the Tongue • Restless Heart • Good to Be Bad
Koncertni albumi
Live at Hammersmith • Live...In the Heart of the City • Starkers in Tokyo • Live: In the Shadow of the Blues
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