“I was nervous for about a minute and said, ‘Forget it’” Steve Vai on replacing Eddie Van Halen as David Lee Roth’s guitarist for ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’

On the album’s 40th anniversary, we revisit Vai’s classic Guitar Player interview when he stepped into rock guitar’s most ...

Now Hear This: July 2026

Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new ...