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</li> <li id="toc-JEM,_PIA,_and_Universe_guitars" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#JEM,_PIA,_and_Universe_guitars"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2 JEM, PIA, and Universe guitars </div> </a> <ul id="toc-JEM,_PIA,_and_Universe_guitars-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Alien_Guitar_Secrets_masterclasses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alien_Guitar_Secrets_masterclasses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3 Alien Guitar Secrets masterclasses </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alien_Guitar_Secrets_masterclasses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eventide_H3000_Ultra-Harmonizer" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eventide_H3000_Ultra-Harmonizer"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4 Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eventide_H3000_Ultra-Harmonizer-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> 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id="toc-Band_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Discography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Discography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Discography </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Discography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Grammy_Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Grammy_Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Grammy Awards </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Grammy_Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 References </div> </a> <ul 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Вай" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C" title="استیو وای – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استیو وای" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%ED%8B%B0%EB%B8%8C_%EB%B0%94%EC%9D%B4" title="스티브 바이 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="스티브 바이" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99" title="סטיב ואי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סטיב ואי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%95_%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%98" title="სტივ ვაი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სტივ ვაი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanus_Vai" title="Stephanus Vai – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Stephanus Vai" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C4%ABvs_Vejs" title="Stīvs Vejs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Stīvs Vejs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%98" title="Стив Вај – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Стив Вај" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%89_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%89" title="ستيڤى ڤاى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ستيڤى ڤاى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4" title="スティーヴ・ヴァイ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スティーヴ・ヴァイ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9,_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Вай, Стив – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Вай, Стив" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Steve Vai" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li 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class="">Steve Vai</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Steve_Vai,_3-Maj%C3%B3wka_2023_08.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vai performing in Wrocław in 2023"><img alt="Vai performing in Wrocław in 2023" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Steve_Vai%2C_3-Maj%C3%B3wka_2023_08.jpg/300px-Steve_Vai%2C_3-Maj%C3%B3wka_2023_08.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Steve_Vai%2C_3-Maj%C3%B3wka_2023_08.jpg/450px-Steve_Vai%2C_3-Maj%C3%B3wka_2023_08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Steve_Vai%2C_3-Maj%C3%B3wka_2023_08.jpg/600px-Steve_Vai%2C_3-Maj%C3%B3wka_2023_08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5568" data-file-height="3712" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Vai performing in <a href="/wiki/Wroc%C5%82aw" title="Wrocław">Wrocław</a> in 2023</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Steven Siro Vai</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also known as</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Reckless Fable</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1960-06-06) June 6, 1960 (age 64) <a href="/wiki/Carle_Place,_New_York" title="Carle Place, New York">Carle Place, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Instrumental_rock" title="Instrumental rock">Instrumental rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal">progressive metal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Musician</li> <li>songwriter</li> <li>producer</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note">Guitar</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1978–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link 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style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://vai.com">vai.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> Steven Siro Vai<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈvaɪ/</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key">VYE</a>; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. A three-time <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> winner and fifteen-time nominee,<a href="#cite_note-tecawards.org-2">[2]</a> Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a <a href="/wiki/Transcription_(music)" title="Transcription (music)">transcriptionist</a> for <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a>,<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983.<a href="#cite_note-tecawards.org-2">[2]</a> He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released eight solo albums to date.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> He has recorded and toured with <a href="/wiki/Alcatrazz" title="Alcatrazz">Alcatrazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Lee_Roth" title="David Lee Roth">David Lee Roth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a>, as well as recording with artists such as <a href="/wiki/Public_Image_Ltd" title="Public Image Ltd">Public Image Ltd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Blige" title="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spinal_Tap_(band)" title="Spinal Tap (band)">Spinal Tap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title="Alice Cooper">Alice Cooper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead" title="Motörhead">Motörhead</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Polyphia" title="Polyphia">Polyphia</a>. Additionally, Vai has toured with live-only acts <a href="/wiki/G3_(tour)" title="G3 (tour)">G3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zappa_Plays_Zappa" title="Zappa Plays Zappa">Zappa Plays Zappa</a>, the Beat Tour (playing 1980s era King Crimson), and the Experience Hendrix Tour, as well as headlining international tours.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Vai has been described as a "highly individualistic player" and part of a generation of "heavy rock and metal virtuosi who came to the fore in the 1980s".<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> He released his first solo album <a href="/wiki/Flex-Able" title="Flex-Able">Flex-Able</a> in 1984, while his most successful release, <a href="/wiki/Passion_and_Warfare" title="Passion and Warfare">Passion and Warfare</a> (1990), was described as "the richest and best hard rock guitar-virtuoso album of the '80s".<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> He was voted the "10th Greatest Guitarist" by <a href="/wiki/Guitar_World" title="Guitar World">Guitar World</a> magazine’s readers,<a href="#cite_note-guitarworld.com-8">[8]</a> and has sold over 15 million records.<a href="#cite_note-tecawards.org-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steve_Vai_Zepparella_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Steve_Vai_Zepparella_2017.jpg/220px-Steve_Vai_Zepparella_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Steve_Vai_Zepparella_2017.jpg/330px-Steve_Vai_Zepparella_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Steve_Vai_Zepparella_2017.jpg/440px-Steve_Vai_Zepparella_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3600" /></a><figcaption>Steve Vai in 2017</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> Steve Vai, a descendant of <a href="/wiki/Italian_Americans" title="Italian Americans">Italian immigrants</a>, was born in <a href="/wiki/Carle_Place,_New_York" title="Carle Place, New York">Carle Place, New York</a> on June 6, 1960. He is the fourth son of John and Theresa Vai.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> Vai was raised <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> He described his first experiences with music as, "at the age of five I walked up to [a] piano, hit a note, and noticed that to the right the notes go higher and to the left the notes go lower. In that very moment, I had a full-on epiphany. I was flooded with the instinctual realization of how music was created and how it worked from a theoretical standpoint—the whole language of music was very obvious. I also understood immediately, instinctually, and unequivocally something that has only deepened through the years that the creation of music is an infinite personal expression. I realized that I could do this, I could make music, and it could be whatever I want."<a href="#cite_note-http://facebook.com/MakeWeirdMusic-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-americansongwriter.com-14">[14]</a> It was a year later, at the age of six, that Vai experienced his first introduction to the guitar, remembering that, "I saw this nine-year-old boy playing the guitar in my grade school auditorium, and that was another epiphany that I had. It was my first recognition of the instrument. When I saw that guitar and I saw this kid playing it, I knew instinctually that I was going to play the guitar someday, and that it would be my instrument. Don't ask me how I knew, I just knew. It was the coolest thing I had ever seen."<a href="#cite_note-http://facebook.com/MakeWeirdMusic-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-americansongwriter.com-14">[14]</a> As a young child, Vai was influenced by the music his parents had listened to. One album in particular that he cites as his "musical awakening" was the original motion picture soundtrack to the 1961 film <a href="/wiki/West_Side_Story_(1961_soundtrack)" title="West Side Story (1961 soundtrack)">West Side Story</a>.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> At age eleven, Vai was introduced to the contemporary rock and <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive</a> music of the era, and after hearing the guitar solo to <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Heartbreaker_(Led_Zeppelin_song)" title="Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin song)">Heartbreaker</a>" at age twelve, decided to begin playing the guitar. In 1973, Vai began to take guitar lessons from fellow New York native <a href="/wiki/Joe_Satriani" title="Joe Satriani">Joe Satriani</a>, and played in local bands (The Ohio Express, Circus, and Rayge) throughout his high school years.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> He spoke of when his friend John Sergio gave him Joe Satriani's number to Steve for him and his friend Frankie Munn to get guitar lessons.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> In 1978, to further pursue his interest in music composition and theory, Vai attended <a href="/wiki/Berklee_College_of_Music" title="Berklee College of Music">Berklee College of Music</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> after graduating from <a href="/wiki/Carle_Place_High_School" title="Carle Place High School">Carle Place High School</a>.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> While at Berklee, Vai began working for <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a> as a transcriptionist, and in the middle of his fourth semester, moved to California to start his career as a session and touring artist for Zappa.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Also while at Berklee, Vai met his future spouse <a href="/wiki/Pia_Maiocco" class="mw-redirect" title="Pia Maiocco">Pia Maiocco</a>. They have been together since they met and have two children.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> In 2003, Vai was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from <a href="/wiki/Berklee" class="mw-redirect" title="Berklee">Berklee</a>.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_music_career_(1978–1986)">Early music career (1978–1986)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early music career (1978–1986)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_Zappa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Frank_Zappa.jpg/220px-Frank_Zappa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Frank_Zappa.jpg/330px-Frank_Zappa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Frank_Zappa.jpg/440px-Frank_Zappa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2006" data-file-height="1327" /></a><figcaption>Steve Vai (on guitar in between the drums and keyboard, to the right), <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a> and band during a concert at the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Memorial_Auditorium" title="Buffalo Memorial Auditorium">Memorial Auditorium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a> (October 25, 1980)</figcaption></figure> In 1978, Vai sent both a notated transcription of Frank Zappa's "<a href="/wiki/The_Black_Page" title="The Black Page">The Black Page</a>", and a recording of his college band, Morning Thunder, to Zappa.<a href="#cite_note-berkleepress.com-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Impressed by this, Zappa responded by putting Vai on salary to transcribe his work, which included pieces from the <a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Garage" title="Joe's Garage">Joe's Garage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shut_Up_%27n_Play_Yer_Guitar" title="Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar">Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar</a> albums.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> After leaving <a href="/wiki/Berklee_College_of_Music" title="Berklee College of Music">Berklee College of Music</a> and moving to California, Vai auditioned<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> for and became a full-time member of Zappa's band, going on his first tour with Zappa in late 1980.<a href="#cite_note-berkleepress.com-23">[23]</a> Zappa often referred to Vai as his "little Italian virtuoso",<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> and Vai is frequently listed in the liner notes of Zappa's albums as having performed "stunt" or "impossible" guitar parts.<a href="#cite_note-Play_Like_Steve_Vai-28">[28]</a> Vai was a featured artist on the 1993 release <a href="/wiki/Zappa%27s_Universe" title="Zappa's Universe">Zappa's Universe</a>, and in 2006, Vai appeared as a special guest on <a href="/wiki/Dweezil_Zappa" title="Dweezil Zappa">Dweezil Zappa</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Zappa_Plays_Zappa" title="Zappa Plays Zappa">Zappa Plays Zappa</a> tour; both projects won Vai a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a>.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> After moving on from Zappa's employ in 1983, Vai bought a house in <a href="/wiki/Sylmar,_Los_Angeles" title="Sylmar, Los Angeles">Sylmar, Los Angeles</a>, where he built his first professional studio.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> During this period, Vai formed two bands (The Classified and 777)<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> as well as writing and recording a large amount of music that was not originally intended for release. Out of this material, Vai compiled his first studio album <a href="/wiki/Flex-Able" title="Flex-Able">Flex-Able</a>. He created his own record label, <a href="/wiki/Akashic_records" title="Akashic records">Akashic Records</a> (later Light Without Heat Records), which he used to take Flex-Able directly to distribution channels.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Flex-Able was released in January 1984. Vai began his rise to public acclaim in 1983 when, shortly before the release of Flex-Able, his composition "<a href="/wiki/The_Attitude_Song" title="The Attitude Song">The Attitude Song</a>" was published in <a href="/wiki/Guitar_Player" title="Guitar Player">Guitar Player</a> magazine.<a href="#cite_note-Play_Like_Steve_Vai-28">[28]</a> The song centered itself on a main guitar riff in the <a href="/wiki/Time_signature" title="Time signature">time signature</a> 7/16, played over a rhythm section centered in 4/4. Each following section of the song showcased a number of specialized techniques (such as <a href="/wiki/Tapping#Two-handed_tapping" title="Tapping">two-handed tapping</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whammy_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Whammy bar">whammy bar acrobatics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweep-picking" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweep-picking">sweep picking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alternate_picking" title="Alternate picking">alternate picking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harmony" title="Harmony">multi-part harmonies</a>, and odd <a href="/wiki/Phrase_(music)" title="Phrase (music)">phrasing</a>) used in angular and exaggerated ways that were unique to the song at the time.<a href="#cite_note-Play_Like_Steve_Vai-28">[28]</a> Interest from the public grew even greater when Vai's song "Blue Powder" (a demonstration for the <a href="/wiki/Carvin_Corporation" title="Carvin Corporation">Carvin</a> X100b <a href="/wiki/Guitar_amplifier" title="Guitar amplifier">amplifier</a>) was published in Guitar Player as well, which showed the virtuoso side of Vai's compositional process. Also in 1986, Vai was cast in the film <a href="/wiki/Crossroads_(1986_film)" title="Crossroads (1986 film)">Crossroads</a> as the Devil's guitar player "Jack Butler". In the famous "duel scene" between Vai and <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Macchio" title="Ralph Macchio">Ralph Macchio</a>'s character, Vai wrote and performed all guitar parts with the exception of the slide guitar, which was performed by <a href="/wiki/Ry_Cooder" title="Ry Cooder">Ry Cooder</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> In between solo work, Vai replaced <a href="/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen" title="Yngwie Malmsteen">Yngwie Malmsteen</a> in June 1984 as the lead guitarist of <a href="/wiki/Alcatrazz" title="Alcatrazz">Alcatrazz</a>, with whom he recorded the album <a href="/wiki/Disturbing_the_Peace_(album)" title="Disturbing the Peace (album)">Disturbing the Peace</a>. Vai left shortly after the subsequent tour to join <a href="/wiki/David_Lee_Roth" title="David Lee Roth">David Lee Roth</a>'s band. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="With_David_Lee_Roth_(1985–1989)">With David Lee Roth (1985–1989)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: With David Lee Roth (1985–1989)">edit</a>]</div> In 1985, Vai joined David Lee Roth's post-<a href="/wiki/Van_Halen" title="Van Halen">Van Halen</a> band as <a href="/wiki/Lead_guitar" title="Lead guitar">lead guitarist</a>, together with former <a href="/wiki/Talas_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Talas (band)">Talas</a> bassist <a href="/wiki/Billy_Sheehan" title="Billy Sheehan">Billy Sheehan</a> on bass; and former <a href="/wiki/Maynard_Ferguson" title="Maynard Ferguson">Maynard Ferguson</a> drummer <a href="/wiki/Gregg_Bissonette" title="Gregg Bissonette">Gregg Bissonette</a> on drums. The foursome's debut album <a href="/wiki/Eat_%27Em_and_Smile" title="Eat 'Em and Smile">Eat 'Em and Smile</a>, released on July 7, 1986, was both a critical and commercial success, reaching number four on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a> albums chart and selling over two million copies. <a href="/wiki/Guitar_World" title="Guitar World">Guitar World</a> magazine editor <a href="/wiki/Brad_Tolinski" title="Brad Tolinski">Brad Tolinski</a> commented on Vai's playing at the time, saying that "Steve Vai's guitar wizardry is so profound that in earlier times he would have been burned as a witch."<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> Retrospectively, Eat 'Em and Smile is frequently evaluated as one of the greatest rock albums of the 1980s.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> The group's <a href="/wiki/Eat_%27Em_and_Smile_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Eat 'Em and Smile Tour">Eat 'Em and Smile Tour</a> began in August 1986 and continued through February 1987. Roth's subsequent album <a href="/wiki/Skyscraper_(album)" title="Skyscraper (album)">Skyscraper</a>, released in 1988, was produced by both Roth and Vai.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Like its predecessor, the album was a commercial success, reaching number six on the Billboard 200 chart. In 1989, following the successful <a href="/wiki/Skyscraper_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Skyscraper Tour">Skyscraper Tour</a>, Vai departed from the band.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> He was replaced by Cacophony guitarist <a href="/wiki/Jason_Becker" title="Jason Becker">Jason Becker</a>. In 1985, after having joined Roth's band, Vai designed the <a href="/wiki/Ibanez_JEM" title="Ibanez JEM">JEM</a> guitar, a unique instrument that incorporated a series of groundbreaking designs that have since become staples in feature throughout the guitar industry, such as the inclusion of 24 frets on a guitar with humbuckers, single-coil middle pickup and a locking tremolo system.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> Vai began working with Ibanez in 1986 to develop the guitar, and the first production Ibanez JEM 777 guitars were released in 1987. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1990s">edit</a>]</div> From 1985 to 1990, Vai recorded <a href="/wiki/Passion_and_Warfare" title="Passion and Warfare">Passion and Warfare</a> at his home studio, his second studio solo album.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-vai.com-40">[40]</a> After leaving Roth's band in 1989, Vai bought out of his <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a> contract and signed on with <a href="/wiki/Relativity_Records" title="Relativity Records">Relativity Records</a> for the release of Passion and Warfare, which was completed shortly after he began recording the guitar parts for <a href="/wiki/Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Slip_of_the_Tongue" title="Slip of the Tongue">Slip of the Tongue</a> album, where he replaced the injured <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Vandenberg" title="Adrian Vandenberg">Adrian Vandenberg</a>.<a href="#cite_note-vai.com-40">[40]</a> Upon its release in November 1989, Slip of the Tongue sold over three million copies worldwide, reaching number 10 on the Billboard 200 while Vai joined the band on their thirteen-month world tour.<a href="#cite_note-vai.com-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> In May 1990, Vai released Passion and Warfare through Relativity Records,<a href="#cite_note-vai.com-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> and following its release, the album had reached number 18 in the Billboard 200, selling over a million and a half copies worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-vai.com-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-musicradar.com-45">[45]</a> Passion and Warfare won Vai a number of awards such as Guitar World and Guitar Player's "Best Album" and "Best Rock Guitarist" awards.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> Passion and Warfare has been cited as one of the most pertinent instrumental albums released.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> 1990 also saw the release of the <a href="/wiki/Ibanez_Universe" title="Ibanez Universe">Ibanez Universe</a> <a href="/wiki/Seven-string_guitar" title="Seven-string guitar">seven-string guitar</a> co-designed by Vai in conjunction with Ibanez. Vai left Whitesnake in 1990 to pursue his own musical avenues and formed a band that included <a href="/wiki/Devin_Townsend" title="Devin Townsend">Devin Townsend</a> on vocals, <a href="/wiki/T._M._Stevens" title="T. M. Stevens">T. M. Stevens</a> on bass, and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bozzio" title="Terry Bozzio">Terry Bozzio</a> on drums.<a href="#cite_note-musicradar.com-45">[45]</a> The group released <a href="/wiki/Sex_%26_Religion" title="Sex & Religion">Sex & Religion</a> on July 23, 1993, that was described as visceral in nature, combining a compositional and <a href="/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal">progressive metal</a> rhythm section with Devin Townsend's vocal arrangements.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-49">[49]</a> After the following tour in support of the album, the group disbanded.<a href="#cite_note-musicradar.com-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-49">[49]</a> Vai began working with <a href="/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a> in 1994, with whom he wrote and recorded the <a href="/wiki/Ozzmosis" title="Ozzmosis">Ozzmosis</a> album. Due to conflicts, the album was re-written and recorded with <a href="/wiki/Zakk_Wylde" title="Zakk Wylde">Zakk Wylde</a> on guitar.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> In 1994, Vai won a Grammy award for his performance of "Sofa", from Zappa's Universe.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> While recording his fourth studio album <a href="/wiki/Fire_Garden" title="Fire Garden">Fire Garden</a>, Vai took time to record and release the stripped down EP <a href="/wiki/Alien_Love_Secrets" title="Alien Love Secrets">Alien Love Secrets</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-52">[52]</a> A departure from the often highly compositional and heavily produced style of his previous projects, the seven-track EP was recorded in four weeks and released through Relativity/<a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic Records</a> on March 21, 1995.<a href="#cite_note-musicradar.com-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Vai cites this record as one of his favorites, saying "The recording and release of Alien Love Secrets marked another turning point in my personal evolution. I was more concerned with making the record that I wanted to make, and not worry about what some others thought I should be doing."<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-52">[52]</a> On September 17, 1996, Vai released Fire Garden, 19-track double album, through Epic,<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> with the first half being primarily instrumental while the second half featured Vai on vocals.<a href="#cite_note-musicradar.com-45">[45]</a> After the release of Fire Garden, Vai joined his former teacher <a href="/wiki/Joe_Satriani" title="Joe Satriani">Joe Satriani</a>, along with guitarist <a href="/wiki/Eric_Johnson_(guitarist,_born_1954)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)">Eric Johnson</a>, for the second installment of the ongoing <a href="/wiki/G3_(tour)" title="G3 (tour)">G3</a> concert tours. On each G3 tour, three guitar-centric headlining acts are chosen to perform their own sets, and then collectively jam to fan favorite songs at the end of the show.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> <a href="/wiki/G3:_Live_in_Concert" title="G3: Live in Concert">G3: Live in Concert</a>, a video of the 1996 tour was filmed in <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus, Ohio</a> and released on June 3, 1997.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> In 1998, Vai independently released a performance footage DVD of Alien Love Secrets.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> Also in 1998, Vai started the Make a Noise Foundation with his then-manager <a href="/wiki/Ruta_Sepetys" title="Ruta Sepetys">Ruta Sepetys</a>. The goal of the foundation was to provide funding for musical education to those otherwise unable to attain it. Today, Vai often auctions items in his possession with proceeds going to the foundation.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> At the close of the decade, Vai provided guitar for <a href="/wiki/Joe_Jackson_(musician)" title="Joe Jackson (musician)">Joe Jackson's</a> <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._1_(album)" title="Symphony No. 1 (album)">Symphony No. 1</a>, released in 1999 and winner of the <a href="/wiki/2001_Grammy" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 Grammy">2001 Grammy</a> for <a href="/wiki/Best_Pop_Instrumental_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Pop Instrumental Album">Best Pop Instrumental Album</a>.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000s">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steve_Vai2001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Steve_Vai2001.jpg/200px-Steve_Vai2001.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Steve_Vai2001.jpg/300px-Steve_Vai2001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Steve_Vai2001.jpg/400px-Steve_Vai2001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="537" /></a><figcaption>Vai performing in 2001</figcaption></figure> In December 2001, Vai recorded two performances at <a href="/wiki/London_Astoria" title="London Astoria">The Astoria</a> in London, with his band The Breed (composed of former David Lee Roth bandmate Billy Sheehan, guitarist/pianist <a href="/wiki/Tony_MacAlpine" title="Tony MacAlpine">Tony MacAlpine</a>, guitarist <a href="/wiki/Dave_Weiner" title="Dave Weiner">Dave Weiner</a>, and drummer <a href="/wiki/Virgil_Donati" title="Virgil Donati">Virgil Donati</a>). This live show was released independently in DVD format as <a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Astoria,_London" title="Live at the Astoria, London">Steve Vai: Live at the Astoria, London</a> in 2003, and was Vai's first of many successful live concert DVD projects.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> In 2004, Vai released twelve tracks from the DVD in an online only release.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> 2001 saw the <a href="/wiki/Special_edition" title="Special edition">limited</a> release of <a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Jewel_Box" title="The Secret Jewel Box">The Secret Jewel Box</a>, a conceptual ten-CD box set containing unique material from various eras of Vai's career. Four compilation albums (<a href="/wiki/The_Elusive_Light_and_Sound_Vol._1" title="The Elusive Light and Sound Vol. 1">The Elusive Light and Sound Vol. 1</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mystery_Tracks_%E2%80%93_Archives_Vol._3" title="Mystery Tracks – Archives Vol. 3">Mystery Tracks – Archives Vol. 3</a>; Various Artists – Archives Vol. 4; and <a href="/wiki/Vai:_Piano_Reductions,_Vol._1" class="mw-redirect" title="Vai: Piano Reductions, Vol. 1">Vai: Piano Reductions, Vol. 1</a>) included as part of the box set, were released to the public both in 2001 and the years following.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> Also in 2001, Vai's record label <a href="/wiki/Favored_Nations" title="Favored Nations">Favored Nations</a> released <a href="/wiki/No_Substitutions:_Live_in_Osaka" title="No Substitutions: Live in Osaka">No Substitutions: Live in Osaka</a>. The release, which Vai himself produced and engineered, won him his second <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Contemporary_Instrumental_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album">Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Album</a> in February 2002.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-63">[63]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steve-Vai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Steve-Vai.jpg/200px-Steve-Vai.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Steve-Vai.jpg/300px-Steve-Vai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Steve-Vai.jpg/400px-Steve-Vai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Vai performing in 2004</figcaption></figure> While most widely recognized for his stature as a rock guitar player, Vai is also a musical composer fluent in the composition and arranging of <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestral</a> music. In May 2004, Vai premiered "The Aching Hunger", a project commissioned by the Netherlands Programme Service and performed with the Netherlands' <a href="/wiki/Metropole_Orkest" title="Metropole Orkest">Metropole Orchestra</a>. "The Aching Hunger" performances consisted of two parts: the first showcasing Vai's original contemporary orchestral compositions, and the second consisting of Vai (on guitar) playing newly arranged material from his catalog with the orchestra.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> This project yielded both the <a href="/wiki/Visual_Sound_Theories" class="mw-redirect" title="Visual Sound Theories">Visual Sound Theories</a> DVD and the <a href="/wiki/Sound_Theories_Vol._I_%26_II" title="Sound Theories Vol. I & II">Sound Theories Vol. I & II</a> album, which were recorded in 2005 during multiple "Aching Hunger" performances and released in June 2007.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> While "The Aching Hunger" and its following releases started Vai's public career as an orchestral composer, Vai had been composing since he began a music theory class (taught by Bill Westcott) in high school. While reflecting on his time with Westcott, Vai said "He taught me how to write, compose and appreciate music. There was no greater musical influence in my life."<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> In 2005, Vai released <a href="/wiki/Real_Illusions:_Reflections" title="Real Illusions: Reflections">Real Illusions: Reflections</a>, the first installment in an ongoing three-part trilogy concept album. Each of the three installments to the series contain material (songs, lyrics, and both spoken and written narration) with particular relationships to the storyline, purposefully left out of order. Upon the release of the third installment, Vai intends to complete a fourth album of material, which will then be released with the previous three installments and completed storyline in order.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> In speaking of the storyline, Vai says "It's a human interest story, about the human condition. ... It's a story about this man who has a traumatic experience in his life, and it drives him insane. We see the story through his eyes. It also involves the town he lives in and this stranger that enters the town who's like a shaman; he builds this giant edifice, like a reflecting pond, and when people come to it they see aspects of their personalities and identities and discover things about themselves. There's some comedy involved, too, but it's pretty esoteric. It's about a lot of lofty principles, so it's not a bad idea to dish this all out slowly."<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> The installments to the series will be released over periods of time, with the second, <a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Light_(Steve_Vai_album)" title="The Story of Light (Steve Vai album)">The Story of Light</a>, having been released in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> In 2006, Vai joined the <a href="/wiki/Zappa_Plays_Zappa" title="Zappa Plays Zappa">Zappa Plays Zappa</a> tour as a special guest, alongside additional Zappa band alumni Terry Bozzio and <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Murphy_Brock" title="Napoleon Murphy Brock">Napoleon Murphy Brock</a>. In 2008, for his performance of "Peaches en Regalia" from the Zappa Plays Zappa tour, Vai won his third <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rock_Instrumental_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance">Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-63">[63]</a> Having always enjoyed the aspect of teaching and sharing his experiences in life and in the music business,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Vai began a series of "Alien Guitar Secrets" masterclasses in 2006- a touring masterclass in which Vai holds open forum discussion about his own experiences in the music industry, explains the key principles to understanding success, plays to backing tracks (often inviting class attendees to jam with him), answers questions, articulates key points of guitar technique, and more importantly goes beyond the technique and into the more profound esoteric principles at play (see Notable contributions for more on this). In support of Sound Theories Vol. I & II and Visual Sound Theories, Vai put together a new band for a five-month world tour of the United States, Europe, South America, and Australia.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> While evaluating unique options for the band (which included ideas for a <a href="/wiki/Horn_(instrument)" title="Horn (instrument)">horn</a> section or <a href="/wiki/Percussion_instrument" title="Percussion instrument">percussion</a> section), Vai began auditioning violin players to complement the new lineup. This new band, known as the String Theories band, featured previous The Breed members Jeremy Colson (drums) and Dave Weiner (guitar and sitar), along with new members <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Beller" title="Bryan Beller">Bryan Beller</a> (bass), Alex DePue (violin), and <a href="/wiki/Ann_Marie_Calhoun" title="Ann Marie Calhoun">Ann Marie Calhoun</a> (violin). During a month of twelve- to fifteen-hour a day rehearsals, Vai and the band perfected the performance (which consisted of pieces from Vai's catalog, arranged by Vai to include the two violins).<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> The tour began in June 2007 and ended in December the same year. Midway through the String Theories tour in 2007, Vai recorded a performance at the <a href="/wiki/State_Theatre_(Minneapolis)" title="State Theatre (Minneapolis)">State Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, which yielded the acclaimed 2009 live concert DVD and Blu-ray release of <a href="/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are_(Steve_Vai_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Where the Wild Things Are (Steve Vai album)">Where the Wild Things Are</a>. Certified gold in the United States and Canada, Where the Wild Things Are showcased the diverse musical range of the String Theories band, with pieces such as the visceral Grammy-nominated "<a href="/wiki/Now_We_Run" class="mw-redirect" title="Now We Run">Now We Run</a>", to the dynamic ballad "Angel Food".<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> 2007 also marked the 20th anniversary of the production of the Ibanez JEM guitar, a milestone which was commemorated with the 20th anniversary JEM model. Made of an acrylic body with three-dimensional "swirl painted" interior, this guitar can be seen in the beginning of the Where the Wild Things Are DVD. In 2008, Vai announced the release of his signature Ibanez Jemini <a href="/wiki/Distortion_(music)#Overdrive.2Fdistortion_pedals" title="Distortion (music)">distortion pedal</a>, a twin distortion pedal with both a custom overdrive and lead distortion section.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010s">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steve_Vai_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Steve_Vai_2011.jpg/170px-Steve_Vai_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Steve_Vai_2011.jpg/255px-Steve_Vai_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Steve_Vai_2011.jpg/340px-Steve_Vai_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3600" /></a><figcaption>Vai in 2015</figcaption></figure> 2010 marked the twentieth anniversary of the production of the Ibanez Universe guitar, which was commemorated with a twentieth anniversary Universe model. A reissue of the early 1990s Universe 77 MC (multi-color swirl), the model included a new five-piece <a href="/wiki/Maple" title="Maple">maple</a>/<a href="/wiki/Guibourtia" title="Guibourtia">bubinga</a> Universe neck and original swirl-paint job by Darren Johansen (the painter of the original Universe 77 MC guitars).<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> In February 2010, Vai announced the introduction of "VaiTunes", a platform used to release digital-only singles via <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> and other digital media outlets.<a href="#cite_note-auto-77">[77]</a> In April, Vai performed with <a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Blige" title="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orianthi" title="Orianthi">Orianthi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Jackson" title="Randy Jackson">Randy Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Travis_Barker" title="Travis Barker">Travis Barker</a> for a rendition of the Led Zeppelin classic "<a href="/wiki/Stairway_to_Heaven" title="Stairway to Heaven">Stairway to Heaven</a>", on the hit television show <a href="/wiki/American_Idol" title="American Idol">American Idol</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> October 2010 saw more movement from Vai as a composer, with the premiere of two original symphonies at the Steve Vai Festival in <a href="/wiki/Groningen" title="Groningen">Groningen</a>, the Netherlands, and performed by the <a href="/wiki/Noord_Nederlands_Orkest" title="Noord Nederlands Orkest">North Netherlands Orchestra</a>.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> Shortly after the festival, Vai embarked on the Experience Hendrix tour (along with Eric Johnson, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Wayne_Shepherd" title="Kenny Wayne Shepherd">Kenny Wayne Shepherd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Susan_Tedeschi" title="Susan Tedeschi">Susan Tedeschi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cox" title="Billy Cox">Billy Cox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Reid" title="Vernon Reid">Vernon Reid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Randolph_and_the_Family_Band" title="Robert Randolph and the Family Band">Robert Randolph</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Lang" title="Jonny Lang">Jonny Lang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brad_Whitford" title="Brad Whitford">Brad Whitford</a>, and others) for a nationwide tour of the United States.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> In March 2011, Vai (in conjunction with the online education division of Berklee College of Music) set a <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Record</a> for the world's largest online guitar lesson.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> The lesson was held as a promotion for Berklee's online "Steve Vai Guitar Techniques" course, which Vai helped to construct.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> In April 2011, Vai (along with music and technology entrepreneur Andy Alt) announced the launch of GuitarTV, an online streaming website dedicated to bringing free guitar-related content to the community of guitar players around the world. Vai's eighth studio album, <a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Light_(Steve_Vai_album)" title="The Story of Light (Steve Vai album)">The Story of Light</a>, was released in August 2012 as the second installment in the Real Illusions concept album trilogy.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> The Story of Light tour, which began on the month of the album's release, spanned 254 engagements in 52 countries, ending in September 2014. This tour yielded the 2015 release of Vai's fourth live DVD project Stillness in Motion, filmed in October 2012 during his Story of Light tour at the <a href="/wiki/Club_Nokia" title="Club Nokia">Club Nokia</a> in Los Angeles. Released on April 7, the double-disc set contained a copy of the Stillness in Motion concert footage and a special bonus feature disc called The Space Between the Notes. The latter is a complete chronological timeline of the Story of Light tour, with a video or picture representation of each show of all of the 254 engagements attended.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> 2014 saw the announcement of a new, intensive guitar camp called the "Vai Academy", which was an evolution of the Alien Guitar Secrets masterclass. Each year the camp is held, Vai creates a syllabus with a particular theme and invites special guests to help him teach it. During the day, Vai and the special guests (some of whom have been <a href="/wiki/Guthrie_Govan" title="Guthrie Govan">Guthrie Govan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Baxter" title="Jeff Baxter">Jeff Baxter</a>, Vernon Reid, Eric Johnson, <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Landreth" title="Sonny Landreth">Sonny Landreth</a>, and others) hold classes in which they add their insight and perspective to the theme. Each evening, Vai and the special guests jam with the campers. The themes have included 2014's Vai Academy- Song Evolution Camp, and 2015's Vai Academy: All About the Guitar.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> Vai has announced an upcoming 2016 release commemorating the 25th anniversary of Passion and Warfare. This release contains <a href="/wiki/Remaster" title="Remaster">remastered</a> songs from the album, as well as the inclusion of a new album of material written from the time between the recording of Passion and Warfare and his first solo album Flex-Able. After the release, Vai held a world tour in which he played the entire Passion and Warfare album, along with material from the new release. The tour would continue during the first half of 2017.<a href="#cite_note-auto1-86">[86]</a> In 2014, Steve Vai with <a href="/wiki/Roman_Miroshnichenko" title="Roman Miroshnichenko">Roman Miroshnichenko</a>'s rock-band and the 80-piece Russian Philharmonic performed in Russia. Next year, double disc DVD “Stillness in Motion: Vai Live in L.A.Stillness In Motion" was released with a bonus disc premiering “The Space Between the Notes", a revelatory video diary consisting of more than three and a half hours of footage, lensed around the world on-stage, off-stage and behind-the-scenes, rehearsal and the show moments of Steve's joint performance with Roman Miroshnichenko and orchestra during Vai’s "Story of Light" World Tour. In 2016, Vai played an uncredited guitar solo on the track "<a href="/wiki/Go!_(M83_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Go! (M83 song)">Go!</a>," from the album <a href="/wiki/Junk_(M83_album)" title="Junk (M83 album)">Junk</a> by French electronic band <a href="/wiki/M83_(band)" title="M83 (band)">M83</a>. In April and May of the same year, Vai took part in the <a href="/wiki/Generation_Axe" title="Generation Axe">Generation Axe</a> tour, alongside <a href="/wiki/Tosin_Abasi" title="Tosin Abasi">Tosin Abasi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nuno_Bettencourt" title="Nuno Bettencourt">Nuno Bettencourt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen" title="Yngwie Malmsteen">Yngwie Malmsteen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zakk_Wylde" title="Zakk Wylde">Zakk Wylde</a>. Starting in June, Vai embarked on the <a href="/wiki/Passion_and_Warfare" title="Passion and Warfare">Passion and Warfare</a> 25th Anniversary World Tour, where he played the album in its entirety for the first time.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> Vai is a featured artist on the track "Do You Feel Love" from Jacob Collier's 2019 album <a href="/wiki/Djesse_Vol._2" title="Djesse Vol. 2">Djesse Vol. 2</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020–present">2020–present</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2020–present">edit</a>]</div> On December 1, 2021, Steve Vai announced the release of his tenth studio album, entitled Inviolate, alongside its lead single "Little Pretty". The album was released on January 28, 2022. Upon release, it debuted at No. 1 on the Current Hard Rock Albums chart (his first No. 1 album), No. 8 on Top Hard Rock Albums, and No. 40 on Top Album Sales.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> To support the album, Vai embarked upon a 54-date American tour of the same name.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> In 2021, Vai was also featured on a track called "Lost Children of the Universe" on <a href="/wiki/Revel_in_Time" title="Revel in Time">the latest album</a> by <a href="/wiki/Star_One_(band)" title="Star One (band)">Star One</a>, a project led by <a href="/wiki/Arjen_Anthony_Lucassen" class="mw-redirect" title="Arjen Anthony Lucassen">Arjen Anthony Lucassen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> In 2022, Vai was featured on <a href="/wiki/Polyphia" title="Polyphia">Polyphia</a>'s track "Ego Death". On November 10, 2022, Vai announced his latest album, Vai/Gash, alongside its lead single "In The Wind". Vai and singer Johnny "Gash" Sombrotto had recorded the album in 1991, but it remained unpublished after Sombrotto's death in a motorcycle accident on September 7, 1998. Vai and Sombrotto had bonded over a shared love of motorcycles. The album cover features a photo of Sombretto, showing the extensive burn scars he sustained in a 1977 motorcycle crash.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> The album released on January 27, 2023. Having previously covered her composition, "Mullach a tSí" for <a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Light_(Steve_Vai_album)" title="The Story of Light (Steve Vai album)">The Story of Light</a> in 2012 and performing together in <a href="/wiki/Vicar_Street" title="Vicar Street">Vicar Street</a> in Dublin, Vai collaborated with <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig%C3%ADn_N%C3%AD_Uallach%C3%A1in" title="Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin">Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin</a> for the title track of her 2023 album, <a href="/wiki/Seven_Daughters_of_the_Sea" title="Seven Daughters of the Sea">Seven Daughters of the Sea</a>. In early 2024, Vai, Satriani, and Eric Johnson embarked on a limited-run "Reunion" tour of the original G3 lineup.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> Subsequently, Vai and Satriani continued touring as a double-bill.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> After more than 50 years of professional and personal friendship, the pair wrote and recorded their first single "The Sea Of Emotion, Pt.1", released on March 29, 2024.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> In September 2024, Vai joined <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Belew" title="Adrian Belew">Adrian Belew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Levin" title="Tony Levin">Tony Levin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tool_(band)" title="Tool (band)">Tool</a> drummer <a href="/wiki/Danny_Carey" title="Danny Carey">Danny Carey</a> on a three-month tour of North America called "Beat". A reinterpretation of the 1980s <a href="/wiki/King_Crimson" title="King Crimson">King Crimson</a> albums <a href="/wiki/Discipline_(King_Crimson_album)" title="Discipline (King Crimson album)">Discipline</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beat_(King_Crimson_album)" title="Beat (King Crimson album)">Beat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Three_of_a_Perfect_Pair" title="Three of a Perfect Pair">Three of a Perfect Pair</a>.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_appearances">Media appearances</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Media appearances">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steve_Vai_–_His_First_30_Years:_The_Documentary">Steve Vai – His First 30 Years: The Documentary</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Steve Vai – His First 30 Years: The Documentary">edit</a>]</div> In 2022, a 77 minutes long documentary was released to honor his first 30 years. This is the first documentary covering Vai's life from 1960 to 1990. It was co-written by Steve Vai. The video covers his life growing up, attending <a href="/wiki/Berklee_College_of_Music" title="Berklee College of Music">Berklee College of Music</a>, playing with several artists like <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alcatrazz" title="Alcatrazz">Alcatrazz</a>, the <a href="/wiki/David_Lee_Roth" title="David Lee Roth">David Lee Roth</a> band, and <a href="/wiki/Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a>, the recording of both his solo albums <a href="/wiki/Flex-Able" title="Flex-Able">Flex-Able</a> and <a href="/wiki/Passion_and_Warfare" title="Passion and Warfare">Passion and Warfare</a>, plus Vai's role in the movie <a href="/wiki/Crossroads_(1986_film)" title="Crossroads (1986 film)">Crossroads</a>, and how he helped create the <a href="/wiki/Ibanez_JEM" title="Ibanez JEM">Ibanez JEM</a> guitar.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Video games">edit</a>]</div> "Juice", from Alien Love Secrets, was featured on the 1996 video game <a href="/wiki/Formula_1_(video_game)" title="Formula 1 (video game)">Formula One</a> for the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation" title="PlayStation">PlayStation</a>. Vai's guitar work also appeared in the 2002 video game <a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City" title="Grand Theft Auto: Vice City">Grand Theft Auto: Vice City</a>. David Lee Roth's "<a href="/wiki/Yankee_Rose_(song)" title="Yankee Rose (song)">Yankee Rose</a>" was featured on Vice City's soundtrack, as well as "God Blessed Video" by Alcatrazz, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Lazlow_Jones" title="Lazlow Jones">Lazlow</a>-led, 1980s rock/<a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">metal</a> radio station "V-Rock." In 2004, Vai was featured on the soundtrack to the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a> video game <a href="/wiki/Halo_2" title="Halo 2">Halo 2</a>, performing a heavy rock guitar rendition of the "<a href="/wiki/Halo_Original_Soundtrack" title="Halo Original Soundtrack">Halo theme</a>", known as "Halo Theme (MJOLNIR Mix)". He also performed on the track "Never Surrender". He later featured in the second volume of the soundtrack, where he performed on the track "Reclaimer". Vai returned to re-record his Halo work for the <a href="/wiki/Halo:_The_Master_Chief_Collection" title="Halo: The Master Chief Collection">Halo 2 Anniversary Original Soundtrack</a>, which was released in 2014 and included as part of the anniversary edition of Halo 2. In an interview shot during the development of Halo 2 Anniversary, Vai reveals that his part in the "MJOLNIR Mix" was a last-minute inclusion in the song. In 2008, Vai's song "<a href="/wiki/For_the_Love_of_God_(instrumental)" title="For the Love of God (instrumental)">For the Love of God</a>" and "Halo Theme (MJOLNIR Mix)" were featured as downloadable tracks for the game <a href="/wiki/Guitar_Hero_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Guitar Hero 3">Guitar Hero 3</a>. A live version of "For the Love of God" was also available on the <a href="/wiki/Rock_Band_Network" title="Rock Band Network">Rock Band Network</a> service, as well as the song "Get the Hell Out of Here" from his 2002 compilation album <a href="/wiki/The_Elusive_Light_and_Sound_Vol._1" title="The Elusive Light and Sound Vol. 1">The Elusive Light and Sound Vol. 1</a> on March 4, 2010. "The Attitude Song" and a live version of "The Crying Machine" were both also added to the Rock Band Network. A re-recording of "Speeding" is featured in the 2010 video game <a href="/wiki/Guitar_Hero:_Warriors_of_Rock" title="Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock">Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock</a> for <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wii" title="Wii">Wii</a> and <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films">Films</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Films">edit</a>]</div> In 1986, Vai was cast in director <a href="/wiki/Walter_Hill" title="Walter Hill">Walter Hill</a>'s film <a href="/wiki/Crossroads_(1986_film)" title="Crossroads (1986 film)">Crossroads</a> as the Devil's guitar player "Jack Butler." In the "cutting heads" scene between Vai's Jack Butler and <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Macchio" title="Ralph Macchio">Ralph Macchio</a>'s Eugene "Lightning" Martone, Vai wrote and performed all guitar parts with the exception of the slide guitar (which was performed by <a href="/wiki/Ry_Cooder" title="Ry Cooder">Ry Cooder</a>).<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> The main body of the final piece performed in the duel scene (the fast-paced <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_metal" title="Neoclassical metal">neoclassical</a> track "Eugene's Trick Bag") was based heavily on <a href="/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Paganini" title="Niccolò Paganini">Niccolò Paganini</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Caprice_No._5_(Paganini)" title="Caprice No. 5 (Paganini)">Capriccio number 5</a>. The Crossroads duel appeared on the 2002 album The Elusive Light and Sound Vol. 1.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> In 1987, Vai performed "Amazing Grace" in the film <a href="/wiki/Dudes_(film)" title="Dudes (film)">Dudes</a>. In 1991, Vai performed on the film <a href="/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Bogus_Journey" title="Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey">Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey</a>, as well as on 1992's <a href="/wiki/Encino_Man" title="Encino Man">Encino Man</a>, <a href="/wiki/PCU_(film)" title="PCU (film)">PCU</a> (1994), and <a href="/wiki/John_Carpenter" title="John Carpenter">John Carpenter</a>'s Ghosts of Mars (where he played on the tracks "Ghosts of Mars" and "Ghost Poppin'"). In 2010, Vai's record label Favored Nations produced and released the award-winning original motion picture Crazy. An independent film, Crazy was inspired by the life and music of the guitarist <a href="/wiki/Hank_Garland" title="Hank Garland">Hank Garland</a>.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Style_and_influence">Style and influence</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Style and influence">edit</a>]</div> At the age of thirteen, after having purchased his first guitar and begun taking his first lessons from fellow New York native <a href="/wiki/Joe_Satriani" title="Joe Satriani">Joe Satriani</a>, Vai became obsessed with the discipline of practice. Vai's practice routine, consisting of a rigid and structured regimen of ten-to-fifteen hour-a-day practice schedules, became the basis of his work ethic for the rest of his career.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> During his employment by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a>, Vai transcribed and played very rhythmically complex music, believing that if started slow and perfected, any piece of music could be played.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> Vai's first solo album, <a href="/wiki/Flex-Able" title="Flex-Able">Flex-Able</a>, began his career as a solo artist in 1984. During the period of time that the album was recorded, Vai was heavily influenced by his previous tenure in <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a>'s band.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> Originally not intended for release, Flex-Able expressed a certain creative "quirky" and "angular" freedom in the eclectic nature of Vai's writing style.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> <a href="/wiki/Passion_and_Warfare" title="Passion and Warfare">Passion and Warfare</a>, Vai's second solo album, expressed a more mature and evolved "signature" style but retained a certain freedom of unfettered inspiration that would continue to influence Vai's future releases.<a href="#cite_note-auto1-86">[86]</a> In speaking of his inspiration, Vai has said that it comes to him in many forms (even from the flowers pushed up against a fence outside of his studio, which he transcribed and used in the ninth track "Weeping China Doll", from <a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Light_(Steve_Vai_album)" title="The Story of Light (Steve Vai album)">The Story of Light</a>.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> While expressing that he is not continuously inspired, Vai uses a concept he calls "musical meditation" to enter a state of consciousness that he calls "The Ultra Zone".<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> When inside this un-critical frame of mind, Vai is able to achieve inspiration in the form of musical ideas (often in forms of melody or rhythm).<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> For these moments of inspiration, Vai created what he calls the "Infinity Shelf", a drive of thousands of snippets of song ideas that he has collected over his entire career.<a href="#cite_note-auto-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> These <a href="/wiki/Esoteric" class="mw-redirect" title="Esoteric">esoteric</a> principles are taught by Vai during his Alien Guitar Secrets masterclasses, among a host of other information. Vai's playing style utilizes specialized guitar techniques (such as <a href="/wiki/Tapping#Two-handed_tapping" title="Tapping">two-handed tapping</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alternate_picking" title="Alternate picking">alternate picking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Legato" title="Legato">legato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_picking" title="Hybrid picking">hybrid picking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweep_picking" title="Sweep picking">sweep picking</a>, whammy bar acrobatics, and circular <a href="/wiki/Finger_vibrato" title="Finger vibrato">vibrato</a>) in his music, as well as a wide range of recording techniques.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> Vai cites artists such as <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Page" title="Jimmy Page">Jimmy Page</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_May" title="Brian May">Brian May</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ritchie_Blackmore" title="Ritchie Blackmore">Ritchie Blackmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Beck" title="Jeff Beck">Jeff Beck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Jazz_fusion" title="Jazz fusion">jazz fusion</a> guitarists <a href="/wiki/Allan_Holdsworth" title="Allan Holdsworth">Allan Holdsworth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Di_Meola" title="Al Di Meola">Al Di Meola</a> as some of his major influences.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_contributions">Notable contributions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notable contributions">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Work_with_Frank_Zappa">Work with Frank Zappa</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Work with Frank Zappa">edit</a>]</div> As a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai transcribed some of Zappa's most rhythmically complex music, using a range of conceptualizations for the notation of rhythmic music. Vai says "While transcribing the material, I was often confronted with situations that led me to reach into the intuitional areas of my imagination to come up with various notational devices and constructions that I had never seen before. I soon discovered that many contemporary composers were then (and are still) using these notations". These concepts can be seen throughout the "Frank Zappa Guitar Book", which were composed of Vai's guitar and drum transcriptions from various Zappa albums. Vai toured with Zappa from 1980 to 1983, performing selections of this technically demanding music with Zappa's band at the time.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="JEM,_PIA,_and_Universe_guitars">JEM, PIA, and Universe guitars</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: JEM, PIA, and Universe guitars">edit</a>]</div> Vai designed the <a href="/wiki/Ibanez_JEM" title="Ibanez JEM">Ibanez JEM</a> guitar, a unique instrument that incorporated a series of groundbreaking designs that have since become staples in feature throughout the guitar industry, in 1985. In speaking of the development of the guitar, Vai says, "<a href="/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster" title="Fender Stratocaster">Stratocasters</a> had <a href="/wiki/Vibrato_systems_for_guitar" title="Vibrato systems for guitar">whammy bars</a>—which were fantastic—but they were very limited, were always going out of tune, and had <a href="/wiki/Single_coil_guitar_pickup" title="Single coil guitar pickup">single-coil pickups</a>. <a href="/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul" title="Gibson Les Paul">Les Pauls</a> had <a href="/wiki/Humbucker" title="Humbucker">humbuckers</a>—which gave you that real scream in the bridge position—but no whammy bar, and I didn't like the way they sat. Neither guitar had twenty-four <a href="/wiki/Fret" title="Fret">frets</a>. So I went to a guitar shop in Hollywood, where I had these elements implemented into a guitar (what would have been considered a <a href="/wiki/Superstrat" title="Superstrat">Superstrat</a> at the time). The guitar was designed with a sharper body shape, a large cutaway around the neck, twenty-four frets, a fully floating tremolo system, a specially wired five-way pickup selector switch, and an output jack angled on the side of the body (so that when you step on the cable, it doesn't pull out of your guitar). I knew of course that these features would eventually be taken and used in other guitars, so I did something completely preposterous: I said, 'Put a handle in it!' That way, during videos and photoshoots I could swing the guitar around."<a href="#cite_note-guitarworld.com-8">[8]</a> Vai had several custom prototypes of these guitars built (which were used on the Eat 'Em and Smile tour) by Joe "Jem" Despagni, a custom guitar luthier and friend of Vai's. Due to Vai's highly coveted position in Roth's band, many guitar companies were eager to propose endorsement opportunities. In response to these offers, Vai sent out the specifications of the JEM guitar, detailing that the company that returned the best guitar would be given the endorsement. Dissatisfied with the guitars returned and unwilling to compromise, Vai held out on a guitar endorsement until <a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a> approached him, sending him an instrument superior to that of the other companies and willing to follow his instructions. After the pre-production prototypes were perfected, the first production Ibanez JEM 777 guitars were unveiled at the <a href="/wiki/NAMM_Show" title="NAMM Show">NAMM Show</a> in 1987. Since its original 1987 release, the JEM has become one of the longest-running and most successful signature series guitars in history, with its sister guitar, the <a href="/wiki/Ibanez_RG" title="Ibanez RG">Ibanez RG</a>, being the second highest-selling guitar (behind the <a href="/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster" title="Fender Stratocaster">Fender Stratocaster</a>) on the market. Another design by Vai was the <a href="/wiki/Ibanez_Universe" title="Ibanez Universe">Ibanez Universe</a>, the first production <a href="/wiki/Seven-string_guitar" title="Seven-string guitar">seven-string guitar</a>, which was released in 1989. The Universe incorporated many of the aspects that made the JEM a unique instrument (2 octave fretboard, full floating tremolo, <a href="/wiki/Humbucker" title="Humbucker">humbucker</a>/<a href="/wiki/Single_coil" class="mw-redirect" title="Single coil">single coil</a>/<a href="/wiki/Humbucker" title="Humbucker">humbucker</a> pickup configuration, angled output jack and deeper body cutaways), with an added low 'B' string, allowing for new low-range sonic possibilities. Used by Vai on much of Passion and Warfare and all of Whitesnake's Slip of the Tongue, the Universe was a large stepping stone for the burgeoning <a href="/wiki/Nu_metal" title="Nu metal">Nu-metal</a> genre (with bands such as <a href="/wiki/Korn" title="Korn">Korn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limp_Bizkit" title="Limp Bizkit">Limp Bizkit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fear_Factory" title="Fear Factory">Fear Factory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meshuggah" title="Meshuggah">Meshuggah</a> having adopted the instrument and incorporating it into their signature sound). On April 4 of 2020 the Ibanez PIA was introduced, which Vai says is the modernisation and maturing of his original JEM.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> The PIA model (named after his wife Pia Maiocco), features an alder body and a 5-piece maple / walnut neck with 24 frets, rosewood fretboard with the usual floral inlays. The neck is styled in the classic Ibanez wizard III neck - 430mmR neck radius. The primary way model differs from the JEM for its softer body curves and a Petal Grip handle replacing the original Monkey Grip cutout. It also sports <a href="/wiki/DiMarzio" title="DiMarzio">DiMarzio</a> UtoPIA pickups in an HSH configuration, gold hardware and a Prestige locking vibrato unit.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alien_Guitar_Secrets_masterclasses">Alien Guitar Secrets masterclasses</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Alien Guitar Secrets masterclasses">edit</a>]</div> Having always enjoyed the aspect of teaching and sharing his experiences in life and in the music business, Vai began a series of "Alien Guitar Secrets" masterclasses in 2006- a touring masterclass in which Vai holds open forum discussion about his own experiences in the music industry, explains the key principles to understanding success, plays to backing tracks (often inviting class attendees to jam with him), answers questions, articulates key points of guitar technique, and more importantly goes beyond the technique and into the more profound esoteric principles at play. Vai details certain concepts he has discovered that have helped him in all areas of his life and career, both in playing guitar/ musically as well as spiritually. Vai accessibly shares these concepts with masterclass participants using examples from his own experiences, delving into the ongoing process of identifying the self-critical nature of one's own thoughts. Vai explains the techniques and exercises he uses to circumnavigate one's own insecurities and thoughts of self-doubt, and encourages masterclass participants to use these tools in their own lives. Often embarking on masterclass tours through Europe, South America, and Russia, Vai considers this ongoing series of classes as one of his most important contributions.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eventide_H3000_Ultra-Harmonizer">Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer">edit</a>]</div> Guitar effects manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Eventide,_Inc" title="Eventide, Inc">Eventide</a> approached Vai in the mid-1980s to contribute unique ideas for their H3000 effects unit. Vai suggested many specific concepts, such as diatonic pitch change and multi-voice harmony, that were used in the unit and have since become standard algorithms in guitar effects processors.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DiMarzio_pickups">DiMarzio pickups</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: DiMarzio pickups">edit</a>]</div> In 1993, Vai's signature series high-output "Evolution" humbucker pickup set was released by DiMarzio. The Evolution pickups use DiMarzio's patented "Dual-Resonance" design.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> The "EVO 2" humbucker, a lower output model, was released in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Carvin_Legacy_amplifier">Carvin Legacy amplifier</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Carvin Legacy amplifier">edit</a>]</div> In 1997, Vai had begun working with the <a href="/wiki/Carvin_Corporation" title="Carvin Corporation">Carvin Corporation</a> to design a signature series of Legacy amplifiers, which were used on his 1999 Epic Records release <a href="/wiki/The_Ultra_Zone" title="The Ultra Zone">The Ultra Zone</a>.<a href="#cite_note-musicradar.com-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-:3-124">[124]</a> The original Legacy I model was released in 1999, with the most recent Legacy III being released in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-:4-125">[125]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Touring">Touring</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Touring">edit</a>]</div> In the 1990s, Vai began touring in European and Asian countries (such as Russia and China) as well as South America, often having been the first American rock act in history to have performed in these areas. In 2014, Vai performed on the Chinese television station BTV's Spring Festival Global Gala, a program broadcast to over two billion viewers. With the broadcasting of this event on January 26, 2014, Vai became the first rock artist ever broadcast on a Chinese television program.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Equipment">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SteveVaiFLO.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/SteveVaiFLO.jpg/170px-SteveVaiFLO.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/SteveVaiFLO.jpg/255px-SteveVaiFLO.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/SteveVaiFLO.jpg/340px-SteveVaiFLO.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Vai's FLO guitar in 2014</figcaption></figure> Vai's personal studio, The Harmony Hut, is a large edifice located in his backyard equipped with a full control room and performance room.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> The studio, built in 2011, is where Vai currently produces, records, and <a href="/wiki/Audio_mixing_(recorded_music)" title="Audio mixing (recorded music)">mixes</a> his new material. Vai has two main signature series Ibanez JEM six-string guitars (dubbed "EVO"<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> and "FLO III"<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a>) that he uses live and in the studio. "EVO", a prototype Ibanez JEM 7VWH, was received in 1993 while developing Vai's signature <a href="/wiki/DiMarzio" title="DiMarzio">DiMarzio</a> Evolution pickups (hence the name of the guitar), and "FLO III" is a basswood Ibanez Los Angeles Custom Shop JEM 7VWH equipped with a <a href="/wiki/Fernandes_Guitars" title="Fernandes Guitars">Fernandes Sustainer</a> system. The bridge pickup of FLO III used to be a DiMarzio <a href="/wiki/PAF_(pickup)" title="PAF (pickup)">PAF</a> Pro pickup, but it has been exchanged with a DiMarzio Evolution in recent years.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> Since early 2022, Vai has been frequently using the 2nd prototype of the Onyx Black Ibanez PIA along with "EVO" and "FLO III", which he nicknamed "ONYX".<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> "ONYX" has a lightly scalloped neck and used to be outfitted with a Sustaniac system which was recently changed with a Fernandes sustainer system. His other favourite guitars include "BO",<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> a JEM77BRMR prototype, also equipped with Fernandes Sustainer system and blue LED dot inlays, which was stolen in 2015, but later recovered; the original "FLO"<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> guitar, a transformed original 77FP JEM to 7VWH specifications, also equipped with Fernandes Sustainer System and EVO 2 bridge pickup; "Bruno" aka "For the Love of God"<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> Ibanez Universe UV77MC seven-string guitar with burnt finish and mirror pickguard (this guitar was used in the For the Love of God music video); "NILE", 1st Onyx Black PIA prototype used heavily on Inviolate album;<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> and "XAVIA", a customised 2007 JEM 7VWH with heavily scalloped neck and <a href="/wiki/Fernandes_Guitars" title="Fernandes Guitars">Fernandes Sustainer</a> system usually used as a backup for or in place of "FLO III".<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> Vai uses his signature Carvin Legacy amplifier, as well as <a href="/wiki/Morley_Pedals" title="Morley Pedals">Morley Pedals</a>, with whom he has his signature Bad Horsie and Bad Horsie II wah pedals, and Little Alligator volume pedal.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a><a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> Vai uses the Ibanez Jemini distortion pedal, a signature twin distortion pedal with separate overdrive and distortion sections.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> Before his endorsement with Ibanez, Vai was endorsed by <a href="/wiki/Charvel" title="Charvel">Charvel</a> guitars, most notably using a green and black San Dimas model. In addition, over the course of his career, Vai has used guitars made by various other companies, including <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Guitars" title="Jackson Guitars">Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fender_Musical_Instruments_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Fender Musical Instruments Corporation">Fender</a>, and Gavtone. Vai's preferred string gauge has usually been 9-42 <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Ball_Inc." title="Ernie Ball Inc.">Ernie Ball Strings</a>.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guitar_rig_and_signal_flow">Guitar rig and signal flow</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Guitar rig and signal flow">edit</a>]</div> Vai's 2016 live guitar rig utilizes his signature Carvin Legacy amplifier (now on its third version), the Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II XL, and an MFC-101 foot controller. Depending on the location and venue, Vai will use either his Legacy I or Legacy III heads, and Carvin Legacy 4x12 speaker cabinets loaded with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers. Vai uses EL-34 tubes by Groove Tubes in his Legacy amps. Vai uses the Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II XL as the only modulation effects unit in his guitar rig. Generally for live use he utilizes the unit for stereo effects such as <a href="/wiki/Delay_(audio_effect)" title="Delay (audio effect)">delay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chorus_effect" class="mw-redirect" title="Chorus effect">chorus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Phaser_(effect)" title="Phaser (effect)">phase</a>, with a separate preset for the parameters of each different song in his setlist. The Axe-Fx MFC-101 foot controller is set up in conjunction with the unit, allowing Vai to switch effects on and off in a fashion reminiscent to that of standard stompboxes. Vai's pedalboard consists of a <a href="/wiki/Wah-wah_pedal" title="Wah-wah pedal">wah-wah pedal</a> (either his Morley Bad Horsie signature pedal, or a <a href="/wiki/Dunlop_Cry_Baby" title="Dunlop Cry Baby">Dunlop Cry Baby</a> 95q), an Ibanez Jemini twin <a href="/wiki/Distortion_(music)" title="Distortion (music)">distortion</a> pedal, and <a href="/wiki/DigiTech_Whammy" title="DigiTech Whammy">DigiTech Whammy</a> DT pitch shifting pedal. The centerpiece of the pedalboard is the Axe-Fx MFC-101 foot controller for the Axe-Fx II XL, which, as previously mentioned, controls the effects in a manner similar to switching on and off stompboxes. There are two expression pedals used for the Axe-Fx, one to act as a <a href="/wiki/Expression_pedal" title="Expression pedal">volume pedal</a>, and the other to control the <a href="/wiki/Pitch_shift" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitch shift">harmonizer</a> built into the Axe-Fx unit. The signal from the guitar (usually one of the main guitars "EVO", "FLO III" or more recently, "ONYX") goes into either the Morley Bad Horsie or Dunlop 95q wah pedal. From there, it goes directly into the Ibanez Jemini twin distortion pedal, and then to the Digitech Whammy DT. From the output of the Whammy, the signal heads into the input of the Carvin Legacy amplifier head. Out of the effects loop of the Legacy, the signal heads directly into the Axe-Fx II XL, where it is split into stereo and the effects are applied (and controlled via the MFC-101 foot controller). Out of the output of the Axe-Fx, one signal is sent back to the original Legacy head return, and a second is sent to a second Carvin Legacy head return, bypassing the <a href="/wiki/Preamplifier" title="Preamplifier">preamp</a> stage completely and acting as a slave <a href="/wiki/Audio_power_amplifier" title="Audio power amplifier">power amp</a>. Vai utilizes his stereo setup on effects like delay, where he sets up two separate delay times (one slower and one faster) and allows them to alternate back and forth. The signal is then sent from the amp to the 4x12 Carvin Legacy speaker cabinets loaded with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers. Vai uses <a href="/wiki/AKG_Acoustics" class="mw-redirect" title="AKG Acoustics">AKG</a> microphones to mic his amps, and uses a separate Carvin power amp to power a direct guitar monitor cabinet instead of relying on the <a href="/wiki/Public_address_system" title="Public address system">PA</a>.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> Detailed gear diagrams of both Vai's 1999<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> and 2007 guitar rigs<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> are well-documented. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SteveVai_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/SteveVai_2.jpg/170px-SteveVai_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/SteveVai_2.jpg/255px-SteveVai_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/SteveVai_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="317" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption>Vai in 2007</figcaption></figure> Since the late 1990s, Vai has resided in <a href="/wiki/Encino,_Los_Angeles" title="Encino, Los Angeles">Encino, Los Angeles</a> with his family. Vai is married to <a href="/wiki/Pia_Maiocco" class="mw-redirect" title="Pia Maiocco">Pia Maiocco</a>, former bassist of the band <a href="/wiki/Vixen_(band)" title="Vixen (band)">Vixen</a> (who can be seen in the 1984 film <a href="/wiki/Hardbodies" title="Hardbodies">Hardbodies</a>), with whom he has two children, Julian and Fire Vai.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a><a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> Vai is also a <a href="/wiki/Vegetarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Vegetarian">vegetarian</a><a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Beekeeper" title="Beekeeper">beekeeper</a>, regularly tending to the beehives kept on his Encino property.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Band_history">Band history</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Band history">edit</a>]</div> Not including guest appearances.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> Early bands <ul><li>The Ohio Express (1971–1972)</li> <li>Circus (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1973 to 1976)</li> <li>Rayge (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1973 to 1976)</li> <li>Bold As Love (1977)</li></ul> Berklee bands <ul><li>Axis (1978–1979)</li> <li>Morning Thunder (1979)</li></ul> Professional bands <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a> (1980–1982)</li> <li>The Out Band (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Classified" title="The Classified">The Classified</a> (1984)</li> <li>777 (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcatrazz" title="Alcatrazz">Alcatrazz</a> (1984–1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lee_Roth" title="David Lee Roth">David Lee Roth</a> (1985–1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a> (1989–1990)</li> <li>Beat (2024–present)</li></ul> Solo band (1992–94) Sex & Religion album <ul><li>Vocals: <a href="/wiki/Devin_Townsend" title="Devin Townsend">Devin Townsend</a></li> <li>Guitar: Steve Vai</li> <li>Bass: <a href="/wiki/TM_Stevens" class="mw-redirect" title="TM Stevens">TM Stevens</a></li> <li>Drums: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bozzio" title="Terry Bozzio">Terry Bozzio</a></li></ul> "Sex & Religion" tour <ul><li>Vocals, Guitar: <a href="/wiki/Devin_Townsend" title="Devin Townsend">Devin Townsend</a></li> <li>Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai</li> <li>Bass: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Thunes" title="Scott Thunes">Scott Thunes</a></li> <li>Keys: Will Riley</li> <li>Drums: <a href="/wiki/Abe_Laboriel,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Abe Laboriel, Jr.">Abe Laboriel, Jr.</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Toss_Panos" title="Toss Panos">Toss Panos</a></li></ul> 1995 <ul><li>Guitar: Steve Vai</li> <li>Bass: Tony Pimental, then <a href="/wiki/Scott_Thunes" title="Scott Thunes">Scott Thunes</a></li> <li>Keys: Will Riley</li> <li>Drums: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Frazier" title="Chris Frazier">Chris Frazier</a></li></ul> This band toured Russia twice, South America and the US (opening for Bon Jovi). 1996–99 <ul><li>Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai</li> <li>Guitar, Vocals and Keys: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Keneally" title="Mike Keneally">Mike Keneally</a></li> <li>Fretted & Fretless Bass, Vocals: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Bynoe" title="Philip Bynoe">Philip Bynoe</a></li> <li>Drums: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mangini" title="Mike Mangini">Mike Mangini</a></li></ul> 2000 <ul><li>Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai</li> <li>Guitar, Vocals and Keys: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Keneally" title="Mike Keneally">Mike Keneally</a></li> <li>Guitar: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Weiner" title="Dave Weiner">Dave Weiner</a></li> <li>Fretted & Fretless Bass, Vocals: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Bynoe" title="Philip Bynoe">Philip Bynoe</a></li> <li>Drums: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mangini" title="Mike Mangini">Mike Mangini</a></li> <li>Keyboards (South American Tour): Eric Goldberg</li> <li>Drums (South American Tour): <a href="/wiki/Chris_Frazier" title="Chris Frazier">Chris Frazier</a></li></ul> 2001–02 – "The Breed" <ul><li>Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai</li> <li>Bass, Vocals: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Sheehan" title="Billy Sheehan">Billy Sheehan</a></li> <li>Guitar, Vocals and Keys: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Keneally" title="Mike Keneally">Mike Keneally</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Tony_MacAlpine" title="Tony MacAlpine">Tony MacAlpine</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Sitar: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Weiner" title="Dave Weiner">Dave Weiner</a></li> <li>Drums: <a href="/wiki/Virgil_Donati" title="Virgil Donati">Virgil Donati</a></li></ul> 2003–05 – "The Breed" <ul><li>Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai</li> <li>Bass, Vocals: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Sheehan" title="Billy Sheehan">Billy Sheehan</a></li> <li>Guitar, Vocals and Keys: <a href="/wiki/Tony_MacAlpine" title="Tony MacAlpine">Tony MacAlpine</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Sitar: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Weiner" title="Dave Weiner">Dave Weiner</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electronic Drums & Percussion: <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Colson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremy Colson">Jeremy Colson</a></li></ul> 2007 – "String Theories" <ul><li>Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai</li> <li>Fretted & Fretless Bass: <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Beller" title="Bryan Beller">Bryan Beller</a> (Philip Bynoe on the South American leg)</li> <li>Violin and Keys: <a href="/wiki/Ann_Marie_Calhoun" title="Ann Marie Calhoun">Ann Marie Calhoun</a></li> <li>Violin and Keys: Alex DePue</li> <li>Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Sitar: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Weiner" title="Dave Weiner">Dave Weiner</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electronic Drums & Percussion: <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Colson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremy Colson">Jeremy Colson</a></li></ul> 2012 – "The Story of Light Band" <ul><li>Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai</li> <li>Fretted & Fretless Bass, Vocals: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Bynoe" title="Philip Bynoe">Philip Bynoe</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electric Harp: <a href="/wiki/Deborah_Henson-Conant" title="Deborah Henson-Conant">Deborah Henson-Conant</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Sitar: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Weiner" title="Dave Weiner">Dave Weiner</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electronic Drums & Percussion: <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Colson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremy Colson">Jeremy Colson</a></li></ul> 2013 – "The Story of Light Band, Australia, New Zealand and Asian Leg" <a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> <ul><li>Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai</li> <li>Fretted & Fretless Bass, Vocals: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Bynoe" title="Philip Bynoe">Philip Bynoe</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electric Guitars: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Weiner" title="Dave Weiner">Dave Weiner</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electronic Drums & Percussion: <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Colson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremy Colson">Jeremy Colson</a></li> <li>Keyboards: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Arrom" title="Michael Arrom">Michael Arrom</a></li></ul> 2015 – "Stillness in Motion: Live DVD Band" <a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> <ul><li>Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai</li> <li>Fretted & Fretless Bass, Vocals: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Bynoe" title="Philip Bynoe">Philip Bynoe</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electric Guitars: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Weiner" title="Dave Weiner">Dave Weiner</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electronic Drums & Percussion: <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Colson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremy Colson">Jeremy Colson</a></li> <li>Sitar: Fire Vai</li></ul> 2016 - “Passion & Warefare 25th Anniversary Tour” <a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> <ul><li>Guitar, Vocal: Steve Vai</li> <li>Fretted & Fretless Bass, Vocals: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Bynoe" title="Philip Bynoe">Philip Bynoe</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Keyboards: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Weiner" title="Dave Weiner">Dave Weiner</a></li> <li>Acoustic & Electronic Drums & Percussion: <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Colson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremy Colson">Jeremy Colson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Vai_discography" title="Steve Vai discography">Steve Vai discography</a></div> Vai started his recording career in 1980 with Frank Zappa, and has since recorded with a plethora of artists and bands. In 1983, Vai began his career as a solo artist with his release of Flex-Able, and solidified his place as a virtuoso rock guitarist with his acclaimed 1990 release of Passion and Warfare. His discography consists of nine studio albums, two <a href="/wiki/Extended_play" title="Extended play">EPs</a>, two special albums, eight live albums, twelve soundtracks, twenty <a href="/wiki/Compilation_album" title="Compilation album">compilation albums</a>, and six DVD releases. Studio albums: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flex-Able" title="Flex-Able">Flex-Able</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passion_and_Warfare" title="Passion and Warfare">Passion and Warfare</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sex_%26_Religion" title="Sex & Religion">Sex & Religion</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_Love_Secrets" title="Alien Love Secrets">Alien Love Secrets</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_Garden" title="Fire Garden">Fire Garden</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flex-Able_Leftovers_(album)" title="Flex-Able Leftovers (album)">Flex-Able Leftovers</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ultra_Zone" title="The Ultra Zone">The Ultra Zone</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Illusions:_Reflections" title="Real Illusions: Reflections">Real Illusions: Reflections</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Light_(Steve_Vai_album)" title="The Story of Light (Steve Vai album)">The Story of Light</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Primitive_(album)" title="Modern Primitive (album)">Modern Primitive</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inviolate_(album)" title="Inviolate (album)">Inviolate</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vai/Gash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vai/Gash (page does not exist)">Vai/Gash</a> (2023)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Grammy_Awards">Grammy Awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Grammy Awards">edit</a>]</div> These are the three wins from Vai's 15 solo or collaborative nominations:<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/36th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="36th Annual Grammy Awards">1993</a>: Steve Vai - <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rock_Instrumental_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance">Best Rock Instrumental Performance</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Sofa_(Frank_Zappa_song)" title="Sofa (Frank Zappa song)">Sofa</a>" from <a href="/wiki/Zappa%27s_Universe" title="Zappa's Universe">Zappa's Universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="44th Annual Grammy Awards">2002</a>: Steve Vai et al - <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Contemporary_Instrumental_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album">Best Pop Instrumental Album</a> for <a href="/wiki/No_Substitutions:_Live_in_Osaka" title="No Substitutions: Live in Osaka">No Substitutions: Live in Osaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="51st Annual Grammy Awards">2008</a>: Steve Vai et al - Best Rock Instrumental Performance for "<a href="/wiki/Peaches_en_Regalia" title="Peaches en Regalia">Peaches en Regalia</a>" single from a <a href="/wiki/Zappa_Plays_Zappa" title="Zappa Plays Zappa">Zappa Plays Zappa</a> tour</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rock_instrumentals" title="List of rock instrumentals">List of rock instrumentals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Vai_discography" title="Steve Vai discography">Steve Vai songs</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Vai&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carl_Black" title="Jimmy Carl Black">Jimmy Carl Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Estrada" title="Roy Estrada">Roy Estrada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Collins_(rock_musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Collins (rock musician)">Ray Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Mann_(American_guitarist)" title="Steve Mann (American guitarist)">Steve Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Stuart" title="Alice Stuart">Alice Stuart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Vestine" title="Henry Vestine">Henry Vestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Guercio" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Guercio">Jim Guercio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliot_Ingber" title="Elliot Ingber">Elliot Ingber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Casher" title="Del Casher">Del Casher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Bruce" title="Denny Bruce">Denny Bruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Mundi" title="Billy Mundi">Billy Mundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunk_Gardner" title="Bunk Gardner">Bunk Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Dyke_Parks" title="Van Dyke Parks">Van Dyke Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Preston" title="Don Preston">Don Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Fielder" title="Jim Fielder">Jim Fielder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Underwood" title="Ian Underwood">Ian Underwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essra_Mohawk" title="Essra Mohawk">Sandy Hurvitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sherwood" title="Jim Sherwood">Jim Sherwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Tripp" title="Art Tripp">Art Tripp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell_George" title="Lowell George">Lowell George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Gardner" title="Buzz Gardner">Buzz Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Beefheart" title="Captain Beefheart">Captain Beefheart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_%22Sugarcane%22_Harris" title="Don "Sugarcane" Harris">Don "Sugarcane" Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aynsley_Dunbar" title="Aynsley Dunbar">Aynsley Dunbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Simmons_(musician)" title="Jeff Simmons (musician)">Jeff Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Kaylan" title="Howard Kaylan">Howard Kaylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Volman" title="Mark Volman">Mark Volman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Duke" title="George Duke">George Duke</a></li> <li>Martin Lickert</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pons" title="Jim Pons">Jim Pons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Harris_(musician)" title="Bob Harris (musician)">Bob Harris (1)</a></li> <li>Nigey Lennon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Fowler" title="Bruce Fowler">Bruce Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(musician)" title="Jim Gordon (musician)">Jim Gordon</a></li> <li>Earle Dumler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Ferris" title="Glenn Ferris">Glenn Ferris</a></li> <li>Jerry Kessler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_McNab" title="Malcolm McNab">Malcolm McNab</a></li> <li>Dave Parlato</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Barone_(musician)" title="Gary Barone (musician)">Gary Barone</a></li> <li>Mike Altschul</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Malone_(musician)" title="Tom Malone (musician)">Tom Malone</a></li> <li>Sal Marquez</li> <li>Joanne McNab</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Migliori" title="Jay Migliori">Jay Migliori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Owens_(saxophonist_born_1939)" title="Charles Owens (saxophonist born 1939)">Charles Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rainey" title="Tom Rainey">Tom Rainey</a></li> <li>Ray Reed</li> <li>Ken Shroyer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Underwood" title="Ruth Underwood">Ruth Underwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Duran_(musician)" title="Tony Duran (musician)">Tony Duran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fowler_(bassist)" title="Tom Fowler (bassist)">Tom Fowler</a></li> <li>Ralph Humphrey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Ponty" title="Jean-Luc Ponty">Jean-Luc Ponty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Lancelotti" title="Ricky Lancelotti">Ricky Lancelotti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kin_Vassy" title="Kin Vassy">Kin Vassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Thompson" title="Chester Thompson">Chester Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Murphy_Brock" title="Napoleon Murphy Brock">Napoleon Murphy Brock</a></li> <li>Walt Fowler</li> <li>James Youmans</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Bozzio" title="Terry Bozzio">Terry Bozzio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Walley" title="Denny Walley">Denny Walley</a></li> <li>André Lewis</li> <li>Darryl Dybka</li> <li>Norma Jean Bell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Hearn" title="Patrick O'Hearn">Patrick O'Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jobson" title="Eddie Jobson">Eddie Jobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_White" title="Ray White">Ray White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Bianca" title="Lady Bianca">Lady Bianca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Brecker" title="Michael Brecker">Michael Brecker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Brecker" title="Randy Brecker">Randy Brecker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Cuber" title="Ronnie Cuber">Ronnie Cuber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Marini" title="Lou Marini">Lou Marini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Samuels" title="Dave Samuels">Dave Samuels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Mann" title="Ed Mann">Ed Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Mars" title="Tommy Mars">Tommy Mars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Wolf_(producer)" title="Peter Wolf (producer)">Peter Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Belew" title="Adrian Belew">Adrian Belew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Barrow" title="Arthur Barrow">Arthur Barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Colaiuta" title="Vinnie Colaiuta">Vinnie Colaiuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ike_Willis" title="Ike Willis">Ike Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Shankar" title="L. Shankar">L. Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Cuccurullo" title="Warren Cuccurullo">Warren Cuccurullo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Bozzio" title="Dale Bozzio">Dale Bozzio</a></li> <li>David Logeman</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Steve Vai</a></li> <li>Bob Harris (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Martin_(singer)" title="Robert Martin (singer)">Robert Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Thunes" title="Scott Thunes">Scott Thunes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chad_Wackerman" title="Chad Wackerman">Chad Wackerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Zavod" title="Allan Zavod">Allan Zavod</a></li> <li>Paul Carman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Keneally" title="Mike Keneally">Mike Keneally</a></li> <li>Kurt McGettrick</li> <li>Albert Wing</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Official releases (1966–1993)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freak_Out!" title="Freak Out!">Freak Out!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Absolutely_Free" title="Absolutely Free">Absolutely Free</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/We%27re_Only_in_It_for_the_Money" title="We're Only in It for the Money">We're Only in It for the Money</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumpy_Gravy" title="Lumpy Gravy">Lumpy Gravy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruising_with_Ruben_%26_the_Jets" title="Cruising with Ruben & the Jets">Cruising with Ruben & the Jets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mothermania" title="Mothermania">Mothermania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Meat" title="Uncle Meat">Uncle Meat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rats" title="Hot Rats">Hot Rats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burnt_Weeny_Sandwich" title="Burnt Weeny Sandwich">Burnt Weeny Sandwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weasels_Ripped_My_Flesh" title="Weasels Ripped My Flesh">Weasels Ripped My Flesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chunga%27s_Revenge" title="Chunga's Revenge">Chunga's Revenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_East_%E2%80%93_June_1971" title="Fillmore East – June 1971">Fillmore East – June 1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/200_Motels_(soundtrack)" title="200 Motels (soundtrack)">200 Motels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_Another_Band_from_L.A." title="Just Another Band from L.A.">Just Another Band from L.A.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waka/Jawaka" title="Waka/Jawaka">Waka/Jawaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Grand_Wazoo" title="The Grand Wazoo">The Grand Wazoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation" title="Over-Nite Sensation">Over-Nite Sensation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostrophe_(%27)" title="Apostrophe (')">Apostrophe (')</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxy_%26_Elsewhere" title="Roxy & Elsewhere">Roxy & Elsewhere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Size_Fits_All_(Frank_Zappa_album)" title="One Size Fits All (Frank Zappa album)">One Size Fits All</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bongo_Fury" title="Bongo Fury">Bongo Fury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoot_Allures" title="Zoot Allures">Zoot Allures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zappa_in_New_York" title="Zappa in New York">Zappa in New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Studio_Tan" title="Studio Tan">Studio Tan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleep_Dirt" title="Sleep Dirt">Sleep Dirt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheik_Yerbouti" title="Sheik Yerbouti">Sheik Yerbouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orchestral_Favorites" title="Orchestral Favorites">Orchestral Favorites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Garage" title="Joe's Garage">Joe's Garage Act I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Garage" title="Joe's Garage">Joe's Garage Acts II & III</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tinsel_Town_Rebellion" title="Tinsel Town Rebellion">Tinsel Town Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shut_Up_%27n_Play_Yer_Guitar" title="Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar">Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shut_Up_%27n_Play_Yer_Guitar" title="Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar">Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shut_Up_%27n_Play_Yer_Guitar" title="Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar">Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_Are_What_You_Is" title="You Are What You Is">You Are What You Is</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_Arriving_Too_Late_to_Save_a_Drowning_Witch" title="Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch">Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Man_from_Utopia" title="The Man from Utopia">The Man from Utopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baby_Snakes_(soundtrack)" title="Baby Snakes (soundtrack)">Baby Snakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra_(Zappa_albums)" title="London Symphony Orchestra (Zappa albums)">London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulez_Conducts_Zappa:_The_Perfect_Stranger" title="Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger">Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Them_or_Us" title="Them or Us">Them or Us</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Zappa_(album)" title="Francesco Zappa (album)">Francesco Zappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thing-Fish" title="Thing-Fish">Thing-Fish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Masters_(box_set)" title="Old Masters (box set)">The Old Masters, Box I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa_Meets_the_Mothers_of_Prevention" title="Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention">Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Does_Humor_Belong_in_Music%3F_(album)" title="Does Humor Belong in Music? (album)">Does Humor Belong in Music?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Masters_(box_set)" title="Old Masters (box set)">The Old Masters, Box II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz_from_Hell" title="Jazz from Hell">Jazz from Hell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra_(Zappa_albums)" title="London Symphony Orchestra (Zappa albums)">London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Masters_(box_set)" title="Old Masters (box set)">The Old Masters, Box III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guitar_(Frank_Zappa_album)" title="Guitar (Frank Zappa album)">Guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Do_That_on_Stage_Anymore,_Vol._1" title="You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1">You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Do_That_on_Stage_Anymore,_Vol._2" title="You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2">You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadway_the_Hard_Way" title="Broadway the Hard Way">Broadway the Hard Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Do_That_on_Stage_Anymore,_Vol._3" title="You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3">You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Best_Band_You_Never_Heard_in_Your_Life" title="The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life">The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Make_a_Jazz_Noise_Here" title="Make a Jazz Noise Here">Make a Jazz Noise Here</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Do_That_on_Stage_Anymore,_Vol._4" title="You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4">You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Do_That_on_Stage_Anymore,_Vol._5" title="You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5">You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Do_That_on_Stage_Anymore,_Vol._6" title="You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6">You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Playground_Psychotics" title="Playground Psychotics">Playground Psychotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahead_of_Their_Time" title="Ahead of Their Time">Ahead of Their Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Yellow_Shark" title="The Yellow Shark">The Yellow Shark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Posthumous official releases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civilization_Phaze_III" title="Civilization Phaze III">Civilization Phaze III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Episodes" title="The Lost Episodes">The Lost Episodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A4ther" title="Läther">Läther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa_Plays_the_Music_of_Frank_Zappa:_A_Memorial_Tribute" title="Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute">Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Have_I_Offended_Someone%3F" title="Have I Offended Someone?">Have I Offended Someone?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystery_Disc" title="Mystery Disc">Mystery Disc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everything_Is_Healing_Nicely" title="Everything Is Healing Nicely">Everything Is Healing Nicely</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FZ:OZ" title="FZ:OZ">FZ:OZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloween_(Frank_Zappa_album)" title="Halloween (Frank Zappa album)">Halloween</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Corsage" title="Joe's Corsage">Joe's Corsage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quaudiophiliac" title="Quaudiophiliac">QuAUDIOPHILIAc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Domage" title="Joe's Domage">Joe's Domage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Xmasage" title="Joe's Xmasage">Joe's XMASage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imaginary_Diseases" title="Imaginary Diseases">Imaginary Diseases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trance-Fusion" title="Trance-Fusion">Trance-Fusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_MOFO_Project/Object" title="The MOFO Project/Object">The MOFO Project/Object</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_MOFO_Project/Object#2-CD_version" title="The MOFO Project/Object">The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_(Frank_Zappa_album)" title="Buffalo (Frank Zappa album)">Buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dub_Room_Special_(soundtrack)" title="The Dub Room Special (soundtrack)">The Dub Room Special!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wazoo_(album)" title="Wazoo (album)">Wazoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Shot_Deal" title="One Shot Deal">One Shot Deal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Menage" title="Joe's Menage">Joe's Menage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lumpy_Money_Project/Object" title="The Lumpy Money Project/Object">The Lumpy Money Project/Object</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philly_%2776" title="Philly '76">Philly '76</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greasy_Love_Songs" title="Greasy Love Songs">Greasy Love Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_Shall_Make_No_Law..." title="Congress Shall Make No Law...">"Congress Shall Make No Law..."</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_Odeon_(album)" title="Hammersmith Odeon (album)">Hammersmith Odeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feeding_the_Monkies_at_Ma_Maison" title="Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison">Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall_(Frank_Zappa_album)" title="Carnegie Hall (Frank Zappa album)">Carnegie Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Understanding_America" title="Understanding America">Understanding America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Tapes,_Venue_1" title="Road Tapes, Venue 1">Road Tapes, Venue #1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finer_Moments" title="Finer Moments">Finer Moments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baby_Snakes_(soundtrack)#AAAFNRAA:_Baby_Snakes_–_The_Compleat_Soundtrack" title="Baby Snakes (soundtrack)">AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Tapes,_Venue_2" title="Road Tapes, Venue 2">Road Tapes, Venue #2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Token_of_His_Extreme" title="A Token of His Extreme">A Token of His Extreme Soundtrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Camouflage" title="Joe's Camouflage">Joe's Camouflage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxy_by_Proxy" title="Roxy by Proxy">Roxy by Proxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_Me_This" title="Dance Me This">Dance Me This</a></li> <li>200 Motels: The Suites</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxy_the_Soundtrack" title="Roxy the Soundtrack">Roxy the Soundtrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Tapes,_Venue_3" title="Road Tapes, Venue 3">Road Tapes, Venue #3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Crux_of_the_Biscuit" title="The Crux of the Biscuit">The Crux of the Biscuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa_for_President" title="Frank Zappa for President">Frank Zappa for President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZAPPAtite" class="mw-redirect" title="ZAPPAtite">ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meat_Light" title="Meat Light">Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_%2778" title="Chicago '78">Chicago '78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Dots" title="Little Dots">Little Dots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloween_77" title="Halloween 77">Halloween 77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Roxy_Performances" title="The Roxy Performances">The Roxy Performances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zappa_in_New_York#2019_40th_Anniversary_5CD_box_set" title="Zappa in New York">Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orchestral_Favorites#40th_Anniversary_Track_Listing" title="Orchestral Favorites">Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloween_73" title="Halloween 73">Halloween 73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hot_Rats_Sessions" title="The Hot Rats Sessions">The Hot Rats Sessions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Mothers_1970" title="The Mothers 1970">The Mothers 1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloween_81" title="Halloween 81">Halloween 81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloween_81#Halloween_81_Highlights_track_listing" title="Halloween 81">Halloween 81 Highlights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zappa_-_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack" class="mw-redirect" title="Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack">Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zappa_%2788:_The_Last_U.S._Show" title="Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show">Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/200_Motels_(soundtrack)#50th_Anniversary_6CD" title="200 Motels (soundtrack)">200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mothers_1971" title="The Mothers 1971">The Mothers 1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zappa/Erie" title="Zappa/Erie">Zappa/Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zappa_%2775:_Zagreb/Ljubljana" title="Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana">Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waka/Wazoo" title="Waka/Wazoo">Waka/Wazoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zappa_%2780_Mudd_Club/Munich" title="Zappa '80 Mudd Club/Munich">Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funky_Nothingness" title="Funky Nothingness">Funky Nothingness</a></li> <li>Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition</li> <li>Whisky a Go Go</li> <li>Apostrophe(') 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lumpy_Gravy_(1967_album)" title="Lumpy Gravy (1967 album)">Lumpy Gravy (Primordial)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Guitar_World_According_to_Frank_Zappa" title="The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa">The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beat_the_Boots!" title="Beat the Boots!">Beat the Boots!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beat_the_Boots!_II" title="Beat the Boots! II">Beat the Boots! II</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_****_of_the_Mothers" title="The **** of the Mothers">The **** of the Mothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strictly_Commercial" title="Strictly Commercial">Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strictly_Genteel" title="Strictly Genteel">Strictly Genteel: A "Classical" Introduction to Frank Zappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cucamonga_(album)" title="Cucamonga (album)">Cucamonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheap_Thrills_(Frank_Zappa_album)" title="Cheap Thrills (Frank Zappa album)">Cheap Thrills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Cheep_Thrills" title="Son of Cheep Thrills">Son of Cheep Thrills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Birthday Bundle series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Frank_Zappa_AAAFNRAA_Birthday_Bundle_(2006)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle (2006)">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Frank_Zappa_AAAFNRAAA_Birthday_Bundle_(2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle (2008)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Frank_Zappa_AAAFNRAAAA_Birthday_Bundle_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle 2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Frank_Zappa_AAAFNRAAAAAM_Birthday_Bundle_2011" title="The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle 2011">2011</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Trouble_Every_Day_(song)" title="Trouble Every Day (song)">Trouble Comin' Every Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Who_Are_the_Brain_Police%3F" title="Who Are the Brain Police?">Who Are the Brain Police?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Four_Deuces" title="Four Deuces">WPLJ</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Guitar_Wants_to_Kill_Your_Mama" title="My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama">My Guitar</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Peaches_en_Regalia" title="Peaches en Regalia">Peaches en Regalia</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_the_Slime" title="I'm the Slime">I'm the Slime</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cosmik_Debris" title="Cosmik Debris">Cosmik Debris</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Eat_the_Yellow_Snow" title="Don't Eat the Yellow Snow">Don't Eat the Yellow Snow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sofa_(Frank_Zappa_song)" title="Sofa (Frank Zappa song)">Du Bist Mein Sofa</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Find_Her_Finer" title="Find Her Finer">Find Her Finer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Disco_Boy_(song)" title="Disco Boy (song)">Disco Boy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dancin%27_Fool" title="Dancin' Fool">Dancin' Fool</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bobby_Brown_(song)" title="Bobby Brown (song)">Bobby Brown</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Joe%27s_Garage_(song)" title="Joe's Garage (song)">Joe's Garage</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Wanna_Get_Drafted" title="I Don't Wanna Get Drafted">I Don't Wanna Get Drafted</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Are_What_You_Is_(song)" title="You Are What You Is (song)">You Are What You Is</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Valley_Girl_(song)" title="Valley Girl (song)">Valley Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cocaine_Decisions" title="Cocaine Decisions">Cocaine Decisions</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/List_of_cover_versions_of_Led_Zeppelin_songs#S" title="List of cover versions of Led Zeppelin songs">Stairway to Heaven</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other compositions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Absolutely_Free_(song)" title="Absolutely Free (song)">Absolutely Free</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Advance_Romance" title="Advance Romance">Advance Romance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Greggery_Peccary" title="The Adventures of Greggery Peccary">The Adventures of Greggery Peccary</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/America_Drinks_%26_Goes_Home" title="America Drinks & Goes Home">America Drinks & Goes Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Are_You_Hung_Up%3F" title="Are You Hung Up?">Are You Hung Up?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Billy_the_Mountain" title="Billy the Mountain">Billy the Mountain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Black_Page" title="The Black Page">The Black Page</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Brown_Shoes_Don%27t_Make_It" title="Brown Shoes Don't Make It">Brown Shoes Don't Make It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Camarillo_Brillo" title="Camarillo Brillo">Camarillo Brillo</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cheepnis" title="Cheepnis">Cheepnis</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Duodenum_(song)" title="Duodenum (song)">Duodenum</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Eat_the_Yellow_Snow_Suite" class="mw-redirect" title="Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite">Father O'Blivion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Help,_I%27m_a_Rock" title="Help, I'm a Rock">Help, I'm a Rock</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/G-Spot_Tornado" title="G-Spot Tornado">G-Spot Tornado</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Have_Been_in_You" title="I Have Been in You">I Have Been in You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Inca_Roads_(song)" title="Inca Roads (song)">Inca Roads</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jewish_Princess_(song)" title="Jewish Princess (song)">Jewish Princess</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Make_the_Water_Turn_Black" title="Let's Make the Water Turn Black">Let's Make the Water Turn Black</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Little_Green_Rosetta" title="A Little Green Rosetta">A Little Green Rosetta</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Memories_of_El_Monte" title="Memories of El Monte">Memories of El Monte</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Montana_(Frank_Zappa_song)" title="Montana (Frank Zappa song)">Montana</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Muffin_Man_(song)" title="Muffin Man (song)">Muffin Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Eat_the_Yellow_Snow_Suite" class="mw-redirect" title="Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite">Nanook Rubs It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Plastic_People" title="Plastic People">Plastic People</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Son_of_Monster_Magnet" title="The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet">The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Eat_the_Yellow_Snow_Suite" class="mw-redirect" title="Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite">Rollo</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sleep_Dirt_(instrumental)" title="Sleep Dirt (instrumental)">Sleep Dirt</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Eat_the_Yellow_Snow_Suite" class="mw-redirect" title="Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite">St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Take_Your_Clothes_Off_When_You_Dance" title="Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance">Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Token_of_My_Extreme" title="A Token of My Extreme">A Token of My Extreme</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Torture_Never_Stops_(song)" title="The Torture Never Stops (song)">The Torture Never Stops</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Uncle_Remus_(song)" title="Uncle Remus (song)">Uncle Remus</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Watermelon_in_Easter_Hay" title="Watermelon in Easter Hay">Watermelon in Easter Hay</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Who_Needs_the_Peace_Corps%3F" title="Who Needs the Peace Corps?">Who Needs the Peace Corps?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Willie_the_Pimp" title="Willie the Pimp">Willie the Pimp</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wind_Up_Workin%27_in_a_Gas_Station" title="Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station">Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Filmography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/200_Motels" title="200 Motels">200 Motels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baby_Snakes" title="Baby Snakes">Baby Snakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dub_Room_Special" title="The Dub Room Special">The Dub Room Special</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Does_Humor_Belong_in_Music%3F_(video)" title="Does Humor Belong in Music? (video)">Does Humor Belong in Music?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_from_Hell" title="Video from Hell">Video from Hell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Meat_(film)" title="Uncle Meat (film)">Uncle Meat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_True_Story_of_Frank_Zappa%27s_200_Motels" title="The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels">The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Amazing_Mr._Bickford" title="The Amazing Mr. Bickford">The Amazing Mr. Bickford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Relatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Zappa" title="Gail Zappa">Gail Zappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_Zappa" title="Moon Zappa">Moon Zappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dweezil_Zappa" title="Dweezil Zappa">Dweezil Zappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmet_Zappa" title="Ahmet Zappa">Ahmet Zappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diva_Zappa" title="Diva Zappa">Diva Zappa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Influence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa_in_popular_culture" title="Frank Zappa in popular culture">In popular culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zappa_Plays_Zappa" title="Zappa Plays Zappa">Zappa Plays Zappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pachygnatha_zappa" title="Pachygnatha zappa">Pachygnatha zappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phialella_zappai" title="Phialella zappai">Phialella zappai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zappa_confluentus" title="Zappa confluentus">Zappa confluentus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3834_Zappafrank" class="mw-redirect" title="3834 Zappafrank">3834 Zappafrank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankly_a_Cappella" title="Frankly a Cappella">Frankly a Cappella</a></li> <li><a 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Best_(David_Lee_Roth_album)" title="The Best (David Lee Roth album)">The Best</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits/The_Deluxe_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Greatest Hits/The Deluxe Edition">Greatest Hits/The Deluxe Edition</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/California_Girls" title="California Girls">California Girls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_a_Gigolo_(song)" title="Just a Gigolo (song)">Just a Gigolo</a>/<a href="/wiki/I_Ain%27t_Got_Nobody" title="I Ain't Got Nobody">I Ain't Got Nobody</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yankee_Rose_(song)" title="Yankee Rose (song)">Yankee Rose</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_Life_(song)" title="That's Life (song)">That's Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tobacco_Road_(song)" title="Tobacco Road (song)">Tobacco Road</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Just_Like_Paradise" title="Just Like Paradise">Just Like Paradise</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former guitarists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Martinez_(musician)" title="Eddie Martinez (musician)">Eddie Martinez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_McGinnis" title="Sid McGinnis">Sid McGinnis</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Steve Vai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Becker" title="Jason Becker">Jason Becker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Hunter" title="Steve Hunter">Steve Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Holmes" title="Joe Holmes">Joe Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_5_(guitarist)" title="John 5 (guitarist)">John 5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former bassists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Weeks" title="Willie Weeks">Willie Weeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Sheehan" title="Billy Sheehan">Billy Sheehan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Bissonette_(musician)" title="Matt Bissonette (musician)">Matt Bissonette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Mendoza" title="Marco Mendoza">Marco Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_LoMenzo" title="James LoMenzo">James LoMenzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Jensen" title="Todd Jensen">Todd Jensen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former drummers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Robinson_(drummer)" title="John Robinson (drummer)">John Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Figueroa" title="Sammy Figueroa">Sammy Figueroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Bissonette" title="Gregg Bissonette">Gregg Bissonette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Luzier" title="Ray Luzier">Ray Luzier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Torpey" title="Pat Torpey">Pat Torpey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_DeGrasso" title="Jimmy DeGrasso">Jimmy DeGrasso</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former keyboardists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Tuggle" title="Brett Tuggle">Brett Tuggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Winter" title="Edgar Winter">Edgar Winter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Lee_Roth_discography" title="David Lee Roth discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crazy_from_the_Heat_(book)" title="Crazy from the Heat (book)">Crazy from the Heat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_David_Lee_Roth_Show" title="The David Lee Roth Show">The David Lee Roth Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Halen" title="Van Halen">Van Halen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manny_Roth" title="Manny Roth">Manny Roth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strummin%27_with_the_Devil:_The_Southern_Side_of_Van_Halen" title="Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen">Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Diamond_Dave_(song)" title="Diamond Dave (song)">Diamond Dave</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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Simon</li> <li>Tim Luce</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Sobel" title="Glen Sobel">Glen Sobel</a></li> <li>Dave Dzialak</li> <li>Jeff Bowders</li> <li>Bobby Rock</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No_Parole_from_Rock_%27n%27_Roll" title="No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll">No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disturbing_the_Peace_(album)" title="Disturbing the Peace (album)">Disturbing the Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dangerous_Games_(album)" title="Dangerous Games (album)">Dangerous Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Born_Innocent_(Alcatrazz_album)" title="Born Innocent (Alcatrazz album)">Born Innocent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Live_Sentence" title="Live Sentence">Live Sentence</a></li> <li>AWOL in Hollywood</li> <li>Live in Tokyo</li> <li>Live '83</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>The Best of Alcatrazz</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_England_(band)" title="New England (band)">New England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_(rock_band)" title="Rainbow (rock band)">Rainbow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackthorne_(band)" title="Blackthorne (band)">Blackthorne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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href="/wiki/Template_talk:Whitesnake" title="Template talk:Whitesnake"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Whitesnake" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Whitesnake"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Whitesnake" class="fn org" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Coverdale" title="David Coverdale">David Coverdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Aldridge" title="Tommy Aldridge">Tommy Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reb_Beach" title="Reb Beach">Reb Beach</a></li> <li>Tanya O'Callaghan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Hoekstra" title="Joel Hoekstra">Joel Hoekstra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Luppi" title="Michele Luppi">Michele Luppi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Jelusick" title="Dino Jelusick">Dino Jelusick</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Micky_Moody" title="Micky Moody">Micky Moody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Marsden" title="Bernie Marsden">Bernie Marsden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Galley" title="Mel Galley">Mel Galley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sykes" title="John Sykes">John Sykes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivian_Campbell" title="Vivian Campbell">Vivian Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Vandenberg" title="Adrian Vandenberg">Adrian Vandenberg</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Steve Vai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_DeMartini" title="Warren DeMartini">Warren DeMartini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Aldrich" title="Doug Aldrich">Doug Aldrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Murray_(British_musician)" title="Neil Murray (British musician)">Neil Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Hodgkinson" title="Colin Hodgkinson">Colin Hodgkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Sarzo" title="Rudy Sarzo">Rudy Sarzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Pratt" title="Guy Pratt">Guy Pratt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Franklin_(musician)" title="Tony Franklin (musician)">Tony Franklin</a></li> <li>Steve Farris</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Mendoza" title="Marco Mendoza">Marco Mendoza</a></li> <li>Derek Hilland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uriah_Duffy" title="Uriah Duffy">Uriah Duffy</a></li> <li>Michael Devin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Solley" title="Peter Solley">Peter Solley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lord" title="Jon Lord">Jon Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mirkovich" title="Paul Mirkovich">Paul Mirkovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Tuggle" title="Brett Tuggle">Brett Tuggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Drury" title="Timothy Drury">Timothy Drury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Dowle" title="Dave Dowle">Dave Dowle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Paice" title="Ian Paice">Ian Paice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cozy_Powell" title="Cozy Powell">Cozy Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aynsley_Dunbar" title="Aynsley Dunbar">Aynsley Dunbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Carmassi" title="Denny Carmassi">Denny Carmassi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Frazier" title="Chris Frazier">Chris Frazier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Tichy" title="Brian Tichy">Brian Tichy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trouble_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Trouble (Whitesnake album)">Trouble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovehunter" title="Lovehunter">Lovehunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ready_an%27_Willing" title="Ready an' Willing">Ready an' Willing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Come_an%27_Get_It" title="Come an' Get It">Come an' Get It</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saints_%26_Sinners_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Saints & Sinners (Whitesnake album)">Saints & Sinners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slide_It_In" title="Slide It In">Slide It In</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitesnake_(album)" title="Whitesnake (album)">Whitesnake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slip_of_the_Tongue" title="Slip of the Tongue">Slip of the Tongue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restless_Heart_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Restless Heart (Whitesnake album)">Restless Heart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_to_Be_Bad" title="Good to Be Bad">Good to Be Bad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forevermore_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Forevermore (Whitesnake album)">Forevermore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Purple_Album_(Whitesnake_album)" title="The Purple Album (Whitesnake album)">The Purple Album</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flesh_%26_Blood_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Flesh & Blood (Whitesnake album)">Flesh & Blood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Live..._in_the_Heart_of_the_City" title="Live... in the Heart of the City">Live... in the Heart of the City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starkers_in_Tokyo" title="Starkers in Tokyo">Starkers in Tokyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live..._in_the_Still_of_the_Night" title="Live... in the Still of the Night">Live... In the Still of the Night</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live..._in_the_Shadow_of_the_Blues" title="Live... in the Shadow of the Blues">Live... in the Shadow of the Blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Donington_1990" title="Live at Donington 1990">Live at Donington 1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Made_in_Japan_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Made in Japan (Whitesnake album)">Made in Japan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Greatest Hits (Whitesnake album)">Greatest Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Masters_%E2%80%93_The_Millennium_Collection:_The_Best_of_Whitesnake" title="20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Whitesnake">The Best of Whitesnake: The Millennium Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Silver_Anniversary_Collection" title="The Silver Anniversary Collection">The Silver Anniversary Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Silver_Anniversary_Collection" title="The Silver Anniversary Collection">Best of Whitesnake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Early_Years_(Whitesnake_album)" title="The Early Years (Whitesnake album)">The Early Years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Definitive_Collection_(Whitesnake_album)" title="The Definitive Collection (Whitesnake album)">The Definitive Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rock_Album" title="The Rock Album">The Rock Album</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Songs_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Love Songs (Whitesnake album)">Love Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_Album" title="The Blues Album">The Blues Album</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Whitesnake_album)#Greatest_Hits:_Revisted,_Remixed,_Remastered_(2022)" title="Greatest Hits (Whitesnake album)">Greatest Hits: Revisited, Remixed, Remastered</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Into_the_Light:_The_Solo_Albums" title="Into the Light: The Solo Albums">Into the Light: The Solo Albums</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Boxsets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/30th_Anniversary_Collection_(Whitesnake_album)" title="30th Anniversary Collection (Whitesnake album)">30th Anniversary Collection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Extended plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Snakebite_(album)" title="Snakebite (album)">Snakebite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Way_from_Home_(EP)" title="Long Way from Home (EP)">Long Way from Home</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Love_in_the_Heart_of_the_City" title="Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City">Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Day_Tripper" title="Day Tripper">Day Tripper</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Long_Way_from_Home_(EP)" title="Long Way from Home (EP)">Long Way from Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fool_for_Your_Loving" title="Fool for Your Loving">Fool for Your Loving</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ready_an%27_Willing" title="Ready an' Willing">Ready an' Willing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Love_in_the_Heart_of_the_City" title="Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City">Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (Live)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Break_My_Heart_Again" title="Don't Break My Heart Again">Don't Break My Heart Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_I_Go_Again" title="Here I Go Again">Here I Go Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Guilty_of_Love_(song)" title="Guilty of Love (song)">Guilty of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Give_Me_More_Time" title="Give Me More Time">Give Me More Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Ain%27t_No_Stranger" title="Love Ain't No Stranger">Love Ain't No Stranger</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Slow_an%27_Easy" title="Slow an' Easy">Slow an' Easy</a>”</li> <li>“<a href="/wiki/Slide_It_In" title="Slide It In">Slide It In</a>”</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Still_of_the_Night_(song)" title="Still of the Night (song)">Still of the Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_I_Go_Again" title="Here I Go Again">Here I Go Again '87</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)" title="Is This Love (Whitesnake song)">Is This Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Give_Me_All_Your_Love" title="Give Me All Your Love">Give Me All Your Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Crying_in_the_Rain_(Whitesnake_song)" title="Crying in the Rain (Whitesnake song)">Crying in the Rain '87</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fool_for_Your_Loving" title="Fool for Your Loving">Fool For Your Loving '89</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Deeper_the_Love" title="The Deeper the Love">The Deeper the Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Now_You%27re_Gone_(Whitesnake_song)" title="Now You're Gone (Whitesnake song)">Now You're Gone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)" title="Is This Love (Whitesnake song)">Is This Love (reissue)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_I_Want_Is_You_(Whitesnake_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="All I Want Is You (Whitesnake song)">All I Want Is You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lay_Down_Your_Love" class="mw-redirect" title="Lay Down Your Love">Lay Down Your Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_for_Love_(Whitesnake_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="All for Love (Whitesnake song)">All for Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Summer_Rain_(Whitesnake_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer Rain (Whitesnake song)">Summer Rain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can_You_Hear_the_Wind_Blow" class="mw-redirect" title="Can You Hear the Wind Blow">Can You Hear the Wind Blow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stormbringer_(album)" title="Stormbringer (album)">Stormbringer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Burn_(Deep_Purple_song)" title="Burn (Deep Purple song)">Burn</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Soldier_of_Fortune_(Deep_Purple_song)" title="Soldier of Fortune (Deep Purple song)">Soldier of Fortune</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Videos albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Starkers_in_Tokyo" title="Starkers in Tokyo">Starkers in Tokyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live..._in_the_Still_of_the_Night" title="Live... in the Still of the Night">Live... in the Still of the Night</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Donington_1990" title="Live at Donington 1990">Live at Donington 1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Made_in_Japan_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Made in Japan (Whitesnake album)">Made in Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Whitesnake_album)#Greatest_Hits:_Revisted,_Remixed,_Remastered_(2022)" title="Greatest Hits (Whitesnake album)">Greatest Hits: The Videos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">David Coverdale solo albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_Snake_(album)" title="White Snake (album)">White Snake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwinds" title="Northwinds">Northwinds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Into_the_Light_(David_Coverdale_album)" title="Into the Light (David Coverdale album)">Into the Light</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Whitesnake_members" title="List of Whitesnake members">Band members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitesnake_discography" title="Whitesnake discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coverdale%E2%80%93Page" title="Coverdale–Page">Coverdale–Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Purple" title="Deep Purple">Deep Purple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Murder_(band)" title="Blue Murder (band)">Blue Murder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manic_Eden" title="Manic Eden">Manic Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Snakes" title="The Snakes">The Snakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Company_of_Snakes" title="The Company of Snakes">The Company of Snakes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><img alt="" 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href="/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zakk_Wylde" title="Zakk Wylde">Zakk Wylde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Nicholson_(musician)" title="Rob Nicholson (musician)">Rob "Blasko" Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Wakeman" title="Adam Wakeman">Adam Wakeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Clufetos" title="Tommy Clufetos">Tommy Clufetos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_of_Ozz" title="Blizzard of Ozz">Blizzard of Ozz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diary_of_a_Madman_(album)" title="Diary of a Madman (album)">Diary of a Madman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bark_at_the_Moon" title="Bark at the Moon">Bark at the Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Sin" title="The Ultimate Sin">The Ultimate Sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Rest_for_the_Wicked_(Ozzy_Osbourne_album)" title="No Rest for the Wicked (Ozzy Osbourne album)">No Rest for the Wicked</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_More_Tears" title="No More Tears">No More Tears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzmosis" title="Ozzmosis">Ozzmosis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Down_to_Earth_(Ozzy_Osbourne_album)" title="Down to Earth (Ozzy Osbourne album)">Down to Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Under_Cover" title="Under Cover">Under Cover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Rain_(Ozzy_Osbourne_album)" title="Black Rain (Ozzy Osbourne album)">Black Rain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scream_(Ozzy_Osbourne_album)" title="Scream (Ozzy Osbourne album)">Scream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordinary_Man_(Ozzy_Osbourne_album)" title="Ordinary Man (Ozzy Osbourne album)">Ordinary Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patient_Number_9" title="Patient Number 9">Patient Number 9</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speak_of_the_Devil_(Ozzy_Osbourne_album)" title="Speak of the Devil (Ozzy Osbourne album)">Speak of the Devil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribute_(Ozzy_Osbourne_album)" title="Tribute (Ozzy Osbourne album)">Tribute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_%26_Loud" title="Live & Loud">Live & Loud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Budokan_(Ozzy_Osbourne_album)" title="Live at Budokan (Ozzy Osbourne album)">Live at Budokan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Extended plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne_Live_E.P." title="Ozzy Osbourne Live E.P.">Mr. Crowley Live EP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_Say_Ozzy" title="Just Say Ozzy">Just Say Ozzy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations/box sets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Best_of_Ozz" title="Best of Ozz">Best of Ozz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments_(Ozzy_Osbourne_album)" title="Ten Commandments (Ozzy Osbourne album)">Ten Commandments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ozzman_Cometh" title="The Ozzman Cometh">The Ozzman Cometh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Essential_Ozzy_Osbourne" title="The Essential Ozzy Osbourne">The Essential Ozzy Osbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Darkness_(Ozzy_Osbourne_album)" title="Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne album)">Prince of Darkness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memoirs_of_a_Madman_(album)" title="Memoirs of a Madman (album)">Memoirs of a Madman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Crazy_Train" title="Crazy Train">Crazy Train</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mr._Crowley" title="Mr. Crowley">Mr. Crowley</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flying_High_Again" title="Flying High Again">Flying High Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Over_the_Mountain" title="Over the Mountain">Over the Mountain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Symptom_of_the_Universe" title="Symptom of the Universe">Symptom of the Universe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Paranoid_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)">Paranoid</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bark_at_the_Moon_(song)" title="Bark at the Moon (song)">Bark at the Moon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shot_in_the_Dark_(Ozzy_Osbourne_song)" title="Shot in the Dark (Ozzy Osbourne song)">Shot in the Dark</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/No_More_Tears_(Ozzy_Osbourne_song)" title="No More Tears (Ozzy Osbourne song)">No More Tears</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mama,_I%27m_Coming_Home" title="Mama, I'm Coming Home">Mama, I'm Coming Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Changes_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Changes (Black Sabbath song)">Changes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pictures_of_Matchstick_Men" title="Pictures of Matchstick Men">Pictures of Matchstick Men</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gets_Me_Through" title="Gets Me Through">Gets Me Through</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dreamer_(Ozzy_Osbourne_song)" title="Dreamer (Ozzy Osbourne song)">Dreamer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_My_Life" title="In My Life">In My Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Wanna_Stop" title="I Don't Wanna Stop">I Don't Wanna Stop</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_Going_Away" title="Not Going Away">Not Going Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/How%3F_(song)" title="How? (song)">How?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Under_the_Graveyard" title="Under the Graveyard">Under the Graveyard</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ordinary_Man_(Ozzy_Osbourne_song)" title="Ordinary Man (Ozzy Osbourne song)">Ordinary Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Raid" title="It's a Raid">It's a Raid</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Featured singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Close_My_Eyes_Forever" title="Close My Eyes Forever">Close My Eyes Forever</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_Stoopid_(song)" title="Hey Stoopid (song)">Hey Stoopid</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shake_Your_Head" title="Shake Your Head">Shake Your Head</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shock_the_Monkey" title="Shock the Monkey">Shock the Monkey</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/N.I.B." title="N.I.B.">N.I.B.</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stillborn_(song)" title="Stillborn (song)">Stillborn</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Take_What_You_Want" title="Take What You Want">Take What You Want</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Goodbye_to_Romance_(song)" title="Goodbye to Romance (song)">Goodbye to Romance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Suicide_Solution" title="Suicide Solution">Suicide Solution</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Want_to_Change_the_World" title="I Don't Want to Change the World">I Don't Want to Change the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hellraiser_(Ozzy_Osbourne_and_Mot%C3%B6rhead_song)" title="Hellraiser (Ozzy Osbourne and Motörhead song)">Hellraiser</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concert tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_of_Ozz_Tour" title="Blizzard of Ozz Tour">Blizzard of Ozz Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diary_of_a_Madman_Tour" title="Diary of a Madman Tour">Diary of a Madman Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speak_of_the_Devil_Tour" title="Speak of the Devil Tour">Speak of the Devil Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bark_at_the_Moon_Tour" title="Bark at the Moon Tour">Bark at the Moon Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Sin_Tour" title="The Ultimate Sin Tour">The Ultimate Sin Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Rest_for_the_Wicked_Tour" title="No Rest for the Wicked Tour">No Rest for the Wicked Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_More_Tours_Tour" title="No More Tours Tour">No More Tours Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzfest" title="Ozzfest">Ozzfest</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ozzfest_lineups_by_year" title="Ozzfest lineups by year">Ozzfest lineups by year</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merry_Mayhem_Tour" title="Merry Mayhem Tour">Merry Mayhem Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzy_and_Friends_Tour" title="Ozzy and Friends Tour">Ozzy and Friends Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_More_Tours_II" title="No More Tours II">No More Tours II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ozzy_Osbourne_members" title="List of Ozzy Osbourne members">Former band members</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Guitarists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Rhoads" title="Randy Rhoads">Randy Rhoads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Torm%C3%A9" title="Bernie Tormé">Bernie Tormé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Gillis" title="Brad Gillis">Brad Gillis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_E._Lee" title="Jake E. Lee">Jake E. Lee</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Steve Vai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Skolnick" title="Alex Skolnick">Alex Skolnick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Holmes" title="Joe Holmes">Joe Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Cantrell" title="Jerry Cantrell">Jerry Cantrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_G" title="Gus G">Gus G</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bassists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Daisley" title="Bob Daisley">Bob Daisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Sarzo" title="Rudy Sarzo">Rudy Sarzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Way" title="Pete Way">Pete Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Soussan" title="Phil Soussan">Phil Soussan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geezer_Butler" title="Geezer Butler">Geezer Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Inez" title="Mike Inez">Mike Inez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_LoMenzo" title="James LoMenzo">James LoMenzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Trujillo" title="Robert Trujillo">Robert Trujillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Newsted" title="Jason Newsted">Jason Newsted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Wyse" title="Chris Wyse">Chris Wyse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Drummers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Kerslake" title="Lee Kerslake">Lee Kerslake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Aldridge" title="Tommy Aldridge">Tommy Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmine_Appice" title="Carmine Appice">Carmine Appice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Castillo" title="Randy Castillo">Randy Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deen_Castronovo" title="Deen Castronovo">Deen Castronovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Bordin" title="Mike Bordin">Mike 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Story</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Ozzy" title="I Am Ozzy">I Am Ozzy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trust_Me,_I%27m_Dr._Ozzy" title="Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy">Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne_discography" title="Ozzy Osbourne discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzfest" title="Ozzfest">Ozzfest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Osbournes" title="The Osbournes">The Osbournes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savage_Skies" title="Savage Skies">Savage Skies</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Family_members" scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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