Alcatrazz is an English-American heavy metal band formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo, and Gary Shea. They are best known for their songs “Island in the Sun” and “God Blessed Video”, and have gone through a number of line-up changes, leaving Bonnet as the only member to be…
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G3-Live In Denver (DVD)
Artist: G3 Title: Live In Denver (DVD) Label: Epic Released: 2004 Reviewed: May, 2019 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP It doesn’t seem like 15 years ago that this DVD came out! Since Yngwie just put out a new album, (BLUE LIGHTNING) I figured this is as good a time as any…
Strine, Fran (Dir.) – Hired Gun (DVD Review)
Director: Fran Strine Title: Hired Gun Studio: Vision Films Year: 2016 Reviewed: March 2019 Reviewed by: JP Rating: 3/5 This month I’m going to look at two relatively new documentaries that focus on the Hard rock and Heavy Metal music industry. They are BAND VS. BRAND (2019) and HIRED GUN…
BackStory Presents: Steve Vai Live from The Cutting Room 8/22/17
By Robert Cavuoto Legendary guitarist Steve Vai was at the Cutting Room in NYC this Tuesday evening not to perform, but rather for an entertaining, enlightening, and insightful interview hosted by Brad Tolinski; former Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World Magazine. Whether the crowd of guitar enthusiasts at the Cutting Room tonight…
December 12th: Benefit For Tony MacAlpine @ the Wiltern Theater, LA
December 12th: Benefit For Tony MacAlpine @ the Wiltern Theater, LA Included in the show were: John 5 & The Creatures Zakk Wylde Mike Portnoy Billy Sheehan Derek Sherinian Steve Vai and band Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt Paul Gilbert The evening finale was an all-star jam with house band Portnoy, Sheehan, Sherinian,…
Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan and Gregg Bissonette ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’ 30th Anniversary Show
TONIGHT, Nov. 25th 2015, Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan and drummer Gregg Bissonette will reunite at Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood, California, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of David Lee Roth’s Eat ‘Em and Smile album with a one-time-only show. They’ll be joined by guest vocalist Ralph Saenz, also known as…
ROCK ROYALTY JOIN FORCES FOR A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR TONY MACALPINE
(Los Angeles, CA) Guitar legends Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde and John 5, along with drum powerhouse Mike Portnoy, bass icon Billy Sheehanand keyboard phenomenon Derek Sherinian are joining forces to play a benefit concert for guitar and keyboard virtuoso Tony MacAlpine, who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. The Benefit…
From Hell’s Heart: 7/8/9(!?) stringed guitars – Yea or Nay?
From Hell’s Heart: 7/8/9(!?) stringed guitars – Yay or Nay? The standard guitar used by most metal guitarists is a 6-stringed instrument. In the past several years we’ve seen/heard a lot of players using 7 stringed guitars, and even some pushing the envelope with 8 and, yes, even 9 strings. Why?…
STEVE VAI @ Mandella Hall, Belfast
Steve Vai @ Mandella Hall, Belfast August 29th, 2013 Review by Jonathan Traynor Photography by Paul Verner FOR some, Steve Vai is just simply a fantastically fast and talented guitar player – but there is sometimes among the few who have not witnessed him live are those who doubt that…
Steve Vai – Story of Light Tour – Dave Weiner to open shows for Steve Vai EU Tour
< ”A Collection of Short Stories: Vol. 1″ is the first installment from Dave’s raw, unaccompanied instrumental acoustic series. “I wanted the listener to feel as if I was playing the guitar for them”, Dave says, “like they were right there in the room with me. The movement on the…
STEVE VAI: The Circus, Helsinki
STEVE VAI THE CIRCUS, HELSINKI 23’st October 2012 REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA Steve Vai is an extraordinary American guitarist who has sold over 15 million albums worldwide. The man started his career in the early ’80s in Frank Zappa’s band with whom he recorded and toured for two…
STEVE VAI Looks Back On DAVID LEE ROTH’s Eat ‘Em And Smile – “It Was One Of My Favorite Times In My Whole Musical Career; It Was Just Glorious”
In a new interview with Examiner.com, legendary guitarist STEVE VAI discussed his new album The Story Of Light as well as working with DAVID LEE ROTH for the Eat ‘Em And Smile album and tour. An excerpt is available below: Examiner: Regarding the song ‘Yankee Rose’, were there actually any…
Steve Vai to release new solo album THE STORY OF LIGHT August 14 on Favored Nations Records, with guest vocalists including Aimee Mann and Beverly McClellan
Virtuoso guitarist and visionary composer www.Vai.com will release The Story of Light, a new solo album of original material, on August 14. The title comes out on Favored Nations Entertainment, the label Vai founded in 1999. Its sprawling and expressive 12-song set continues a conceptual and cosmic narrative arc begun…
STEVE VAI ANNOUNCES 2012 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
NEW ALBUM THE STORY OF LIGHT WILL BE RELEASED AUGUST 14TH 12 ORIGINAL RECORDINGS CONTINUE A CONCEPTUAL NARRATIVE ARC STARTED ON VAI’S ACCLAIMED REAL ILLUSIONS: REFLECTIONS ALBUM Virtuoso guitarist and visionary composer Steve Vai has just announced his official 2012 North American Tour in support of the upcoming release…
GRAHAM BONNET – Alcatrazz, solo artist, ex- Rainbow, MSG, Impellitteri
INTERVIEW AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA Graham Bonnet is an English rock vocalist and songwriter who started a music career in the late ’60s with the band Marbles. Bonnet is best known for his brief career in Rainbow, with whom he recorded the classic album DOWN TO EARTH in 1979.…