THE APPEARANCE OF , the self-financed debut album by Steve Vai, tore up the rule book for what could be achieved by an electric guitar wielded with deadly intent. Unleashed in 1984, it heralded the arrival of the most important new figure in rock guitar since Eddie Van Halen. The record served as a calling card for the mind-blowing array of Vai’s unearthly gifts. There is the talking guitar on “Next Stop Earth,” which predates his work on David Lee Roth’s “Yankee Rose” in 1986. “Call It Sleep”
Steve VAI Flex-Able
Mar 19, 2024
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