Joe Satriani has all-but-confirmed he’ll be playing an EVH Striped Series '78 Eruption electric guitar on the forthcoming Best of All Worlds tour – but it will be unlike any other EVH guitar you’ve ...

The ahead-of-his-time guitar great recalls starting a trend followed by Steve Vai and Tosin Abasi, why he had to quit a Joe ...

Joe Satriani is the epitome of the modern guitar hero. Raised on Long Island but on the West Coast since the late ‘70s, he quit football to play guitar, spending time as both student and teacher -- ...

When Joe Satriani was coming of age during the ’70s, guitar heroes weren’t the focal point unless they also sang lead. So the guitarist known as “Satch” figured he would just be a cog in a wheel. “I ...

Joe Satriani admits he needed some help when it came to figuring out Eddie Van Halen’s distinctive guitar riffs. Across 2024 and into 2025, Satriani has teamed with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony for ...

Joe Satriani says that his 2024 tour with ex-Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar was “amazing” - but he admits that even he had ...

Speaking with the magazine in preparation for the upcoming G3 Reunion Live home release, Satriani clarified that he “was very happy with those Nirvana records” before adding that the iconic grunge ...

Joe Satriani has admitted the challenge of playing Eddie Van Halen’s guitar parts is “really frightening.” In a recent conversation with Forbes, the guitarist admitted he can’t be expected to fill ...

As guests on The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM, singer Sammy Hagar and guitarist Joe Satriani named the most difficult Van Halen riff to play. The shred legend called one riff "impossible to play" ...

That’s a warning from Steve Vai, the creator of the crazy three-necked guitar that he plays on a song appropriately titled “Teeth of the Hydra.” “I am hellbent on bringing that beast (on tour), ...