steve vai passion and warfare 25th anniversary tour

Thus, Passion and Warfare is arguably the richest and best hard rock guitar-virtuoso album of the '80s.“ (Steve Huey, AMG)ĭavid Rosenthal, keyboard, background vocalsĬhris Frazier, drums (tracks 1–5, 8, 10, 11, 13) His style isn't quite as derivative of influences Frank Zappa and Joe Satriani as it was six years earlier on Flex-able while some of Vai's sense of humor is still evident on tracks like the cock rock strut of 'The Audience Is Listening,' it is mostly replaced by a spiritual reflectiveness on ballads like 'For the Love of God' and 'Blue Powder' and dignified, committed rockers like 'I Would Love To' and 'Liberty.' Vai is a more distinguished composer than most of his guitar-shredder contemporaries, and rather than simply showing off his technique, he isn't afraid to experiment or take chances in his playing. „Widely acclaimed as his best album, Passion and Warfare finds Steve Vai coming into his own as a composer, as well as bypassing vocals almost entirely.

Vai says it best when he characterizes this album as 'Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a party that Ben Hur threw for Mel Blanc.' The album was recorded in his home studio, the Mothership, and released on Relativity/Epic Records. The album was inspired by sequential dream patterns Vai experienced earlier in his life, and results in one technically electrifying ride filled with vivid mysticism and groovy instrumental imagery. The one and only Satriani-taught and Zappa-tested virtuoso, Steve Vai, returns with his self-produced 1990 release, „Passion & Warfare“. Newly remastered in 96 kHz, 24bit from the original analog tapes, the Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary Edition disc includes, as bonus tracks, four previously unreleased recordings from the Passion and Warfare sessions.

The now-classic album, which took several years to record, features 'For the Love of God,' 'Liberty,' 'Erotic Nightmares,' 'The Animal,' 'Blue Powder,' 'The Riddle' and several other legendary Vai tracks. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of his landmark 1990 album, Passion & Warfare, Steve Vai has announced an extensive world tour that will celebrate the groundbreaking recording. Steve Vai celebrates the 25th anniversary of his 1990 album, „Passion & Warfare“, with reissuing a remastered version of it with a companion album, titled „Modern Primitive“.

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Steve vai passion and warfare 25th anniversary tour