any steve vai fans here

I think he is talented but overall his music bores me because it's a little too out there or spacey. I thought his work with DLR was probably the best in a band situation, i didn't care for his Whitsnake output as much and his solo stuff is a little on the weird side which i can't get into for the most part.

troublezone wrote:

I think he is talented but overall his music bores me because it's a little too out there or spacey. I thought his work with DLR was probably the best in a band situation, i didn't care for his Whitsnake output as much and his solo stuff is a little on the weird side which i can't get into for the most part.

Get out of my brain!

I highly concur with my colleague troublezone's sentiments.

I don't find Steve Vai's music boring at all, I am actually amazed at how many different sounds and directions Vai takes in some cases within a singal song.

As far band situation, I would say his best band was with David Lee Roth, but I also loved the work he did with Frank Zappa. Alcatrazz was ok, but I didn't feel the songwriting was that strong on the album he recorded with them. Whitesnake was ok, but it sounds like he was added on at the last minute, which in fact he was.

The Public Image LTD album he appears on titled "Album/Compact Disc/Cassette" (depending on the format you bought on) is stunning.

It's the "weirdness" factor that appeals to me, there's enough chop heavy guitarists out there who don't take any risks material-wise. Vai doesn't always succeed with what he attempts, but at least he takes the chances that can pay off big under the right circumstances.

My interest in "conventional" metal guitarist has all but vanished over the years, give me the "out there" cats any day.

spectrefate wrote:

troublezone wrote:

I think he is talented but overall his music bores me because it's a little too out there or spacey. I thought his work with DLR was probably the best in a band situation, i didn't care for his Whitsnake output as much and his solo stuff is a little on the weird side which i can't get into for the most part.

Get out of my brain!

I highly concur with my colleague troublezone's sentiments.