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Line-Up Ex-Members Albums Singles Videos Movies Various
VAI
USA

Line-Up:

VAI (photo)
 

Devin Townsend - voc
Steve Vai - g
Scott Thunes - bg
Will Riley - kb
Abe Laboriel Jr - ds

Former Members:

T.M. Stevens (bg, 1992-93)
Terry Bozzio (ds, 1992-93)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Sex And Religion
produced by: Steve Vai		7/1993 Relativity17 48

Steve Vai:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Flex-able1984 Urantia/Food For Thought
2.Flex-able Leftovers1985 Urantia
3.Passion And Warfare5/1990 Food For Thought8 18
4.Alien Love Secrets03.04.1995Epic39 125
5.Western Vacation / Steve Vai Band
& Western Vacation		18.03.1996Muffin/EFA
6.Fire Garden16.09.1996Epic 106
7.G3 - Live In Concert
& Joe Satriani & Eric Johnson		12.05.1997Epic 108
8.The Ultra Zone07.09.1999Epic 121
9.The 7th Song (Enchanting Guitar Melodies - Archives Vol. I)07.11.2000Epic
10.Live Around The World01.05.2001Epic
11.Alive In An Ultra World
(2CD)		8/2001 Epic
12.Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 104.06.2002Favored Nations
13.Mystery Tracks Archives, Vol. 323.09.2003Favored Nations
14.Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology18.11.2003Sony
15.G3 Live: Rockin' in the Free World
& Joe Satriani & Yngwie Malmsteen		24.02.2004Sony
16.Real Illusions: Reflections22.02.2005Epic 147
17.Archives, Vol. 406.09.2005Favored Nations
18.G3: Live in Tokyo
& Joe Satriani & John Petrucci		25.10.2005Sony
19.Sound Theories Vol 1&2
(2CD)		26.06.2007Epic
20.Fire Garden29.01.2008Sbme Special Mkts
21.Ma Raison17.06.2008Warner
22.Original Album Classics29.07.2008Sony/BMG
23.Where The Wild Things Are29.09.2009Favored Nations
24.Playlist: The Very Best of Steve Vai26.01.2010Playlist
25.Where the Other Wild Things Are: Live in Minneapolis13.04.2010Favored Nations
26.The Essential Steve Vai15.03.2011Epic
27.The Story Of Light14.08.2012Favored Nations 78
28.Stillness in Motion: Vai Live in L.A.07.04.2015Legacy
29.Make a Noise30.10.2015
30.Modern Primitive24.06.2016Legacy
31.Inviolate1/2022 Favored Nations
32.Vai / Gash1/2023

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.In My Dreams With You / Erotic Nightmares
CD + I Would Love To		11/1993 Epic

Steve Vai:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Flex-able Leftovers EP1984
2.Deep Down Into The Pain8/1993 Epic

Videos:

Steve Vai:

1. Where The Wild Things Are - 29.09.2009, live

Movies:

1. Crossroads (1986, Steve Vai starring)
2. Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, Steve Vai music by)
3. California Man (1991, Steve Vai music by)

Various:

Steve Vai:

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as regulérní člen hrál on the LP:

Frank Zappa: You Are What You Is (9/1981, Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa: Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (5/1982, Barking Pumpkin)
Frank Zappa: The Man From Utopia (3/1983, Barking Pumpkin)
Alcatrazz: Disturbin The Peace (1985, Capitol)
Whitesnake: Slip Of The Tongue (1989, Geffen)
David Lee Roth: Eat 'Em And Smile (1986)
David Lee Roth: Skyscraper (1987)

produced by LP:
David Lee Roth: Skyscraper (1/88, WEA)
Bad 4 Good: Refugee (1992)

appeared on the LP:
Public Image Ltd: The Album (2/86, Virgin)
Great White: Twice Shy (1989, Capitol)
Alice Cooper: Hey Stoopid (6/91, Epic)
Z: Shampoo Horn (1993, Food For Thought)
Dweezil Zappa: What The Hell Was I Thinking (9/96)
Munetaka Higuchi: Free World (1997, Ariola)
Gregg Bissonette: Submarine (25.4.00, Favored Nations)
Yardbirds: Birdland (22.4.03, Favored Nations)
Motörhead: Inferno (22.6.04, Metal Is)
Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell III (31.10.06, Virgin)
Spinal Tap: Back From The Dead (15.6.09)
Meat Loaf: Hang Cool Teddy Bear (4/10, Mercury)
Joe Jackson: The Duke (7/12, Razor & Tie)
Derek Smalls: Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing) (13.4.18)
Jason Becker: Triumphant Hearts (7.12.18)
Billy Morrison: The Morrison Project (19.4.24, The Project Group)

appeared on the SP:
Public Image Limited: Rise (1/86)
Mark Knopfler: Going Home (15.3.24)

Compilation Appearances:
"Highway Star" na compilation "Re-Machined: A Tribute to Machine Head" (24.9.12, Eagle Rock Entertainment, & Glenn Hughes & Chad Smith a Lachlan Dewey)

Awards:

1990 Guitar Player
- Best Guitar
- Best Rock Guitar
- Best Metal Guitar
- Best Guitar Album ("Passion And Warfare")
- Best Experimental Guitar
1993 Grammy Awards - Best Rock Instrumental Performace (track "Sofa", & Zappa's Universe Rock Group)
2008 Grammy Awards - Best Rock Instrumental Performance ("Peaches En Regalia", & Zappa Plays Zappa & Napoleon Murphy Brock)