In 1985, Roth – fresh from leaving Van Halen – went about establishing his solo career. In his new band, an elite electric ...

Vai says he approached the opportunity from a place of love and freedom, not to cut down one of the world’s greatest guitar ...

Steve Vai said he nearly came off the road for good after touring with Frank Zappa – but his experience with David Lee Roth changed his mind in May 2024.

But one of the most challenging six-string adversaries he’s come across in all his years was Yngwie Malmsteen, with whom he ...

Steve Vai has bad news for fans hoping to see a reunion from David Lee Roth ’s Eat ‘Em and Smile -era band. “There was a period of time where we talked about it and we considered it,” the ...

Vai co-wrote the majority of the album with Roth, while Sheehan contributed “Shyboy.” Eat ‘Em and Smile went to No. 4 on the Billboard 200, and opened on a surprising tribute to a famous New ...

Roth recruited an ace band — guitarist Steve Vai, bassists Billy Sheehan, drummer Gregg Bissonette — and went full Diamond Dave. He turned the Statue of Liberty into a sex symbol on “Yankee ...

However, don’t ask Steve Vai to consider the gig. The guitar virtuoso, who was Roth’s right hand man after the incomparable frontman left Van Halen for a solo career during the mid-80s, has no ...

A new David Lee Roth box set titled 'The Warner Recordings 1985-1994' featuring the Van Halen legend’s first five solo releases is due out in February.