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Steve Vai is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Billy Sherwood, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Living Colour, Frank Zappa and Led Zeppelin. Those roots explain a lot about how Steve Vai arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Joe Satriani, Vinnie Moore, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman and Chickenfoot, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Guthrie Govan, Flying Colors, Eric Sardinas, Ed Wynne and G//Z/R, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Steve Vai, reaching back through Billy Sherwood and forward to Guthrie Govan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Steven Siro Vai is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released 11 solo albums to date. He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake, as well as recording with artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Public Image Ltd, Mary J. Blige, Spinal Tap, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, and Polyphia. Additionally, Vai has toured with live-only acts G3, Zappa Plays Zappa, Beat and the Experience Hendrix Tour, as well as headlining international tours.
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Steve Vai connections
Steve Vai grew out of Billy Sherwood, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Living Colour and Frank Zappa, shares an orbit with Joe Satriani, Vinnie Moore, Paul Gilbert and Marty Friedman, went on to shape Guthrie Govan, Flying Colors, Eric Sardinas and Ed Wynne. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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