I like the energy and soundвЂ“what rock music is and but on the other hand I have a deep attraction to composition and the intellectual side of music so to speak and my brain just mixes these things together and thatвЂ™s what comes out. Live2Play: It really doesnвЂ™t but to me it transcends the genre. SV: Yes, because it was so contrary to what people might have been expecting and to what was going on at the time in the music scene.ItвЂ™s considered a rock guitar instrumental record but it really doesnвЂ™t quite fit into that category. SV: Absolutely not, I was coming from those metal bands ( Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake) and at face value that was the music that looked like when you recorded it you would expect something.When I created Passion and Warfare it came from a deep seated desire to create a particular style of music as an artistic statement and to be honest I thought it would be the end of my career. Did you realize when you were creating it that it would have such an impact and still be relevant today? Live2Play: Steve, ItвЂ™s been 25 years since the release of your Passion and Warfare CD.

I was fortunate enough to sit down with Steve when the tour stopped in Ventura California.It was great to be able to chat about the CD and his thoughts on the creative process creating the CD and itвЂ™s relevance in todayвЂ™s current music climate. I also heard that it would be a show not to be missed with special guests as well as Steve and his band playing the entire Passion and Warfare CD. When I heard that Steve was going to do a 25th anniversary tour to commemorate the CD I was really excited.

Well, itвЂ™s hard to believe that itвЂ™s already been 25 years since the release of this iconic Instrumental Guitar CD. Then as luck would have it shortly after I got the CD I got to see Steve play a few of the songs off the CD at an Ibanez NAMM show event.I believe it was the first time that he had played the songs live. Already a long time Steve Vai fan, I was totally blown away by the music, the innovative production and of course SteveвЂ™s mind-blowing musicianship.In my opinion it forged a whole new path in the instrumental guitar genre. I remember when I first got my copy of Steve VaiвЂ™s Passion and Warfare CD in 1991.

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