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The Devil’s Butler

“I TOLD HIM NO AT FIRST, BUT THEN I READ THE SCRIPT AGAIN and felt that a certain side of my personality could relate to the character of Jack Butler” — STEVE VAI

STEVE VAI HAS rarely spoken in-depth about his role as Jack Butler in , likely because most of the questions he’s been asked were focused on his gear, how he achieved the sounds, which parts he actually playedinterview from 2004, Vai opened up about his experience making the film and how he delved into his dark recesses to embody a character so unlike him, but one that ultimately became Generation X’s unofficial guitar antihero.

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