Long ago, Joe Satriani decided Eddie Van Halen’s virtuoso body of work was off limits. Fearful of inadvertently stealing the maestro's licks, he vowed never to learn Ed's riffs or licks, and ...

Joe Satriani: I was bouncing ideas off of my keyboardist, Ray Thistlethwaite, who has an amazing voice. You know, we just finished a G3 tour where he was singing some really old ‘60s stuff.

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have released the debut single from their collaborative project, the SatchVai Band. Considering their status among rock’s greatest shredders, it’s fitting that the ...

Eventually, at the end of Satriani's set, the two progenitors of shred guitar came together on stage, first to perform a song they recorded and released just this spring, "The Sea of Emotion, Part 1." ...