WHEN GUITARS ATTACK
As proved by the hulking success of Avengers: Endgame in May (pun intended), crossovers and ‘shared universes’ are all the bloody rage right now. Everywhere you look, coked-up marketing execs are trying to cram four or five popular properties into one – there’s even a Godzilla vs. King Kong movie coming out next year, which you’ll be able to enjoy while you chow on Krispy Kreme M&M doughnuts and wash them down with a Chupa Chup Slurpee. The modern rock landscape certainly isn’t exempt, either – think of your five favourite bands, and we’d guarantee at least three of them have members involved in some variation of a ‘supergroup’.
The latest supergroup to send your local shredhead into a seizure of hype is Generation Axe: an all-star lineup of genre-defining virtuous spearheaded by Steve Vai – a player so exceptional he was recruited by Frank Zappa at age 18, and went on to
