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Yes. First of all I went to G3 in Glasgow. I've been a fan of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani for years, and to actually see them in the flesh was amazing. They were supported by Robert Fripp, who was gash to be honest. The whole using the guitar as an analogue control for a synth was cool for about 2 minutes. Some people couldn't handle 35 minutes of it and left. It wasn't that he couldn't play, it was that he wouldn't.
Steve Vai was awesome. He walked out onto stage with his hair billowing in true rock star fashion. Indoors remember. That's how cool he is, his hair automatically billows. He played his heart out for around and hour and a half, performing all his best known songs like The Riddle and For The Love Of god etc. His backing band had Tony MacAlpine on keyboards (he was a shredder from the 80's that I loved as well) and Billy Sheehan, the worlds best bassist, one time of Mr Big along with Paul Gilbert.
It was like seeing Hendrix, probably. Vai played normally, behind his back and with his teeth. He even gave on playing the guitar to just make notes out of feedback at one point. He genuinely was on fire that night.
Then Satriani, the most famous of them all appeared. He too played a blinder, with a bunch of stuff from his new album along with songs like Surfing With The Alien, the ones that made him famous all those years ago. Although I prefer Vai to Satriani, and I think Vai played better on the night, together they rammed home the point of how good live music can be when people actually have talent. I hate modern music, it is fake and soulless. This was real, these guys never had people vote on telly for them. They made it by being really good at what they do. And it was wonderful.
Then at the end they all came out for a jam. Two astoundingly good guitarists, and one good one, all on stage. The noise, the tone, the feeling. I've never seen guitar played like that before. It was truly inspiring. They played a bunch of King Crimson stuff, thankfully the good stuff, which of course Fripp wasn't responsible for. They played some of their own songs as well.
I didn't think G3 would really work, having several spots then a final jam with three guys who all do the same thing. But it did. If you play guitar, you really have to see them play. Hearing just isn't enough, you never appreciate the tricks they use that way.
But I'm not counting Fripp amongst guitarings holy trinity. That third place is reserved for Eddie Van Halen.
Van Halen were huge twenty years ago. They had several records back to back go over 15 times platinum. They did something like 10 albums. They were huge. They swapped out singers. Then that one, Sammy Hagar, left as well. A year ago EVH was almost dead with cancer.
What a difference a year can make. Eddie got the all clear. Sammy made up with the rest of the band. And they went on tour, recorded a few new songs and released a greatest hits. I saw them on that tour at the Pepsi Centre in Denver. It was an experience of a life time.
To begin with the place was packed, but comfortable nonetheless. There was a great atmosphere, a big stage and no support band to detract from them. They came out, Eddie without his shirt and with a perfect 6 pack. Not bad for someone in his late forties who nearly died.
And they played astonishingly. It was wonderful to see, like a well oiled machine. Sure, they've had the practise, but that was the first tour in years. All of them were on top form. And they had the songs to back it up - Panama, Jump, Why Can't This Be Love, Right Now so on.
I never thought I would see Van Halen live. I've wanted to, ever since a maths lecturer raved about seeing them on the 1984 tour years ago. When I realised that I would be in Colorado at the same time as them, I knew I had to go. It was one of the greatest gigs I've ever seen, one of the most amazing displays of musical prowess, and finally a dream come true.
So why did I tell you? Hopefully to impart some of my enthusiam for them, to get you to take a chance and listen to some of their stuff, so that you too can experience the holy trinity of guitarists in some shape or form some day.
That's rock n' roll man.
Steve Vai was awesome. He walked out onto stage with his hair billowing in true rock star fashion. Indoors remember. That's how cool he is, his hair automatically billows. He played his heart out for around and hour and a half, performing all his best known songs like The Riddle and For The Love Of god etc. His backing band had Tony MacAlpine on keyboards (he was a shredder from the 80's that I loved as well) and Billy Sheehan, the worlds best bassist, one time of Mr Big along with Paul Gilbert.
It was like seeing Hendrix, probably. Vai played normally, behind his back and with his teeth. He even gave on playing the guitar to just make notes out of feedback at one point. He genuinely was on fire that night.
Then Satriani, the most famous of them all appeared. He too played a blinder, with a bunch of stuff from his new album along with songs like Surfing With The Alien, the ones that made him famous all those years ago. Although I prefer Vai to Satriani, and I think Vai played better on the night, together they rammed home the point of how good live music can be when people actually have talent. I hate modern music, it is fake and soulless. This was real, these guys never had people vote on telly for them. They made it by being really good at what they do. And it was wonderful.
Then at the end they all came out for a jam. Two astoundingly good guitarists, and one good one, all on stage. The noise, the tone, the feeling. I've never seen guitar played like that before. It was truly inspiring. They played a bunch of King Crimson stuff, thankfully the good stuff, which of course Fripp wasn't responsible for. They played some of their own songs as well.
I didn't think G3 would really work, having several spots then a final jam with three guys who all do the same thing. But it did. If you play guitar, you really have to see them play. Hearing just isn't enough, you never appreciate the tricks they use that way.
But I'm not counting Fripp amongst guitarings holy trinity. That third place is reserved for Eddie Van Halen.
Van Halen were huge twenty years ago. They had several records back to back go over 15 times platinum. They did something like 10 albums. They were huge. They swapped out singers. Then that one, Sammy Hagar, left as well. A year ago EVH was almost dead with cancer.
What a difference a year can make. Eddie got the all clear. Sammy made up with the rest of the band. And they went on tour, recorded a few new songs and released a greatest hits. I saw them on that tour at the Pepsi Centre in Denver. It was an experience of a life time.
To begin with the place was packed, but comfortable nonetheless. There was a great atmosphere, a big stage and no support band to detract from them. They came out, Eddie without his shirt and with a perfect 6 pack. Not bad for someone in his late forties who nearly died.
And they played astonishingly. It was wonderful to see, like a well oiled machine. Sure, they've had the practise, but that was the first tour in years. All of them were on top form. And they had the songs to back it up - Panama, Jump, Why Can't This Be Love, Right Now so on.
I never thought I would see Van Halen live. I've wanted to, ever since a maths lecturer raved about seeing them on the 1984 tour years ago. When I realised that I would be in Colorado at the same time as them, I knew I had to go. It was one of the greatest gigs I've ever seen, one of the most amazing displays of musical prowess, and finally a dream come true.
So why did I tell you? Hopefully to impart some of my enthusiam for them, to get you to take a chance and listen to some of their stuff, so that you too can experience the holy trinity of guitarists in some shape or form some day.
That's rock n' roll man.
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Icarus mk2 wrote:
> Erm, like, what? Who are these people? I'm confoozed.
and yet you've no doubt heard of Kim Marsh.
Can I destroy the world and we'll start again please?
> Erm, like, what? Who are these people? I'm confoozed.
and yet you've no doubt heard of Kim Marsh.
Can I destroy the world and we'll start again please?
Erm, like, what? Who are these people? I'm confoozed.
Yes. First of all I went to G3 in Glasgow. I've been a fan of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani for years, and to actually see them in the flesh was amazing. They were supported by Robert Fripp, who was gash to be honest. The whole using the guitar as an analogue control for a synth was cool for about 2 minutes. Some people couldn't handle 35 minutes of it and left. It wasn't that he couldn't play, it was that he wouldn't.
Steve Vai was awesome. He walked out onto stage with his hair billowing in true rock star fashion. Indoors remember. That's how cool he is, his hair automatically billows. He played his heart out for around and hour and a half, performing all his best known songs like The Riddle and For The Love Of god etc. His backing band had Tony MacAlpine on keyboards (he was a shredder from the 80's that I loved as well) and Billy Sheehan, the worlds best bassist, one time of Mr Big along with Paul Gilbert.
It was like seeing Hendrix, probably. Vai played normally, behind his back and with his teeth. He even gave on playing the guitar to just make notes out of feedback at one point. He genuinely was on fire that night.
Then Satriani, the most famous of them all appeared. He too played a blinder, with a bunch of stuff from his new album along with songs like Surfing With The Alien, the ones that made him famous all those years ago. Although I prefer Vai to Satriani, and I think Vai played better on the night, together they rammed home the point of how good live music can be when people actually have talent. I hate modern music, it is fake and soulless. This was real, these guys never had people vote on telly for them. They made it by being really good at what they do. And it was wonderful.
Then at the end they all came out for a jam. Two astoundingly good guitarists, and one good one, all on stage. The noise, the tone, the feeling. I've never seen guitar played like that before. It was truly inspiring. They played a bunch of King Crimson stuff, thankfully the good stuff, which of course Fripp wasn't responsible for. They played some of their own songs as well.
I didn't think G3 would really work, having several spots then a final jam with three guys who all do the same thing. But it did. If you play guitar, you really have to see them play. Hearing just isn't enough, you never appreciate the tricks they use that way.
But I'm not counting Fripp amongst guitarings holy trinity. That third place is reserved for Eddie Van Halen.
Van Halen were huge twenty years ago. They had several records back to back go over 15 times platinum. They did something like 10 albums. They were huge. They swapped out singers. Then that one, Sammy Hagar, left as well. A year ago EVH was almost dead with cancer.
What a difference a year can make. Eddie got the all clear. Sammy made up with the rest of the band. And they went on tour, recorded a few new songs and released a greatest hits. I saw them on that tour at the Pepsi Centre in Denver. It was an experience of a life time.
To begin with the place was packed, but comfortable nonetheless. There was a great atmosphere, a big stage and no support band to detract from them. They came out, Eddie without his shirt and with a perfect 6 pack. Not bad for someone in his late forties who nearly died.
And they played astonishingly. It was wonderful to see, like a well oiled machine. Sure, they've had the practise, but that was the first tour in years. All of them were on top form. And they had the songs to back it up - Panama, Jump, Why Can't This Be Love, Right Now so on.
I never thought I would see Van Halen live. I've wanted to, ever since a maths lecturer raved about seeing them on the 1984 tour years ago. When I realised that I would be in Colorado at the same time as them, I knew I had to go. It was one of the greatest gigs I've ever seen, one of the most amazing displays of musical prowess, and finally a dream come true.
So why did I tell you? Hopefully to impart some of my enthusiam for them, to get you to take a chance and listen to some of their stuff, so that you too can experience the holy trinity of guitarists in some shape or form some day.
That's rock n' roll man.
Steve Vai was awesome. He walked out onto stage with his hair billowing in true rock star fashion. Indoors remember. That's how cool he is, his hair automatically billows. He played his heart out for around and hour and a half, performing all his best known songs like The Riddle and For The Love Of god etc. His backing band had Tony MacAlpine on keyboards (he was a shredder from the 80's that I loved as well) and Billy Sheehan, the worlds best bassist, one time of Mr Big along with Paul Gilbert.
It was like seeing Hendrix, probably. Vai played normally, behind his back and with his teeth. He even gave on playing the guitar to just make notes out of feedback at one point. He genuinely was on fire that night.
Then Satriani, the most famous of them all appeared. He too played a blinder, with a bunch of stuff from his new album along with songs like Surfing With The Alien, the ones that made him famous all those years ago. Although I prefer Vai to Satriani, and I think Vai played better on the night, together they rammed home the point of how good live music can be when people actually have talent. I hate modern music, it is fake and soulless. This was real, these guys never had people vote on telly for them. They made it by being really good at what they do. And it was wonderful.
Then at the end they all came out for a jam. Two astoundingly good guitarists, and one good one, all on stage. The noise, the tone, the feeling. I've never seen guitar played like that before. It was truly inspiring. They played a bunch of King Crimson stuff, thankfully the good stuff, which of course Fripp wasn't responsible for. They played some of their own songs as well.
I didn't think G3 would really work, having several spots then a final jam with three guys who all do the same thing. But it did. If you play guitar, you really have to see them play. Hearing just isn't enough, you never appreciate the tricks they use that way.
But I'm not counting Fripp amongst guitarings holy trinity. That third place is reserved for Eddie Van Halen.
Van Halen were huge twenty years ago. They had several records back to back go over 15 times platinum. They did something like 10 albums. They were huge. They swapped out singers. Then that one, Sammy Hagar, left as well. A year ago EVH was almost dead with cancer.
What a difference a year can make. Eddie got the all clear. Sammy made up with the rest of the band. And they went on tour, recorded a few new songs and released a greatest hits. I saw them on that tour at the Pepsi Centre in Denver. It was an experience of a life time.
To begin with the place was packed, but comfortable nonetheless. There was a great atmosphere, a big stage and no support band to detract from them. They came out, Eddie without his shirt and with a perfect 6 pack. Not bad for someone in his late forties who nearly died.
And they played astonishingly. It was wonderful to see, like a well oiled machine. Sure, they've had the practise, but that was the first tour in years. All of them were on top form. And they had the songs to back it up - Panama, Jump, Why Can't This Be Love, Right Now so on.
I never thought I would see Van Halen live. I've wanted to, ever since a maths lecturer raved about seeing them on the 1984 tour years ago. When I realised that I would be in Colorado at the same time as them, I knew I had to go. It was one of the greatest gigs I've ever seen, one of the most amazing displays of musical prowess, and finally a dream come true.
So why did I tell you? Hopefully to impart some of my enthusiam for them, to get you to take a chance and listen to some of their stuff, so that you too can experience the holy trinity of guitarists in some shape or form some day.
That's rock n' roll man.
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