Prior to joining Metallica in 1983, Hammett played in Bay Area legends Exodus and was one of the band's founding members, starting up the group back in '79. After two years, he started taking lessons ...

Last year, Joe Satriani assembled the original G3 trio and hit the road with Steve Vai and Eric Johnson for what turned out to be one of 2024’s most notable guitar tours. The tour saw the three ...

Joe Satriani still remembers the first time he laid eyes on Steve Vai. It was 1972 in Carle Place, Long Island, and at the time, Satriani, then just a teenager, was already known around the ...

When guitarist Joe Satriani called his band together to begin recording his latest album, he knew what he wanted the other musicians to do. "I told them, 'What I'm going to ask you to create on this ...

A blast of guitar power chord and a room-shaking drum beat assured those at the Fisher Theatre on Tuesday night, April 16, that they were not there for…oh, “Mama Mia.” Instead the usual home of ...

Following the release of their new song, "The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1," guitar legends Steve Vai and Joe Satriani joined Chuck Armstrong on Loudwire Nights to celebrate their first official recording ...

Guitar wiz Joe Satriani says he initially thought he’d become a drummer. But when he discovered the late, great Jimi Hendrix, he decided he’d rather play guitar. “After three years [of drum lessons], ...