Steve Vai - The Attitude Song (Live In Concert) 

I believe THIS is actually his golden era. He wasn't mainstream discovered really back then, just kind of a cult favorite. So many generations now know him and buy his music and appreciate him. Now much like Pantera, he blew up during the best time and the worst time in history. What a time to be alive.

I think the next tour beat this one.... but just barely.

Agreed

That's how we get stereo.

he is the silent roar of all us unsung guys...

Anyone can eventually copy someone but can he create thia before anyone else?

In harmony no less..

@@RonGrover665can we see your version?

It's Zappa's band borrowed by Steve but yes.

​@@ianedmonds9191Zappa was long dead.

he had commitment issues and moved around way too much

indeed - Agreed

Mike keneally is a beast on its own 😊

watching your hands can simply be a habit.Doesnt mean anything.

Mike Mangini for you 🤗

There are some bootlegs from Vai's non-G3 concerts from this fire garden tour. Mangini is on fire. Lookup for "Bad Horsie Minneapolis 1993" for a gist.

We're fortunate to have been exposed to his drumming.

Shit, I wish I could've seen that!

I got my copy copy in Guitar Player magazine. I think I wore it out in about a week of constant playing. It was amazing then now still mind blowing.

No one sounded like Steve then or now. And thank God for that , this is unlistenable . Vai is much better than what he's playing here . This is embarrassing .

That cassette almost had me institutionalized. it was like the Lollipop guild kidnaped me and made love to my goldfish. It just wasn't right but I had no one to complain to yet I felt I should pay someone for something. I feel like anything from 1984 has that same something.

I would like to hear an isolated track of Mike Kenneally's playing. I'm yet to be convinced he is anywhere near Steve's accuracy and punch. Mike is an allrounder. If he was kinda up there he would have had the opportunity to show his ability with Zappa. Unlike Stevies' Spanking there is no featured Mike K song

​@@2216sammylol, you stink. You can't play a lick and you haven't produced anything worth a damn. Sit down and shut up.

@@frankbreuer8849 zappa universe dvd. I doubt this performance is edited. Mike IS simply that versatile.

Por que antes no estaba en RU-vid?

@@brandonjimenez9609 Ni idea, recuerdo que una vez lo habia encontrado en una pagina japonesa. Seguramente por derechos de autor...

Mike Mangini. He plays with Dream Theater now.

He didn't invent the beat i.e. he didn't write it. Steve Vai probably wrote it or at least the drummer from the studio recording did.

​@@tonypaella- Maybe, but he improved a LOT of the Portnoy era DT music.

@@danlc95 that could very well be. I don't follow dream theater much and what I know is from the portnoy era. It's just not my cup of tea music wise.

Ich Kinder Liebe and yet he isn’t even credited on this video

Couldn’t agree more, Satriani wouldn’t be without him! Never seen anyone play keyboards and guitar simultaneously like Mike!

I love how Vai is always looking over and smiling at Mike and Mike is looking at the damn fret board like any normal person!!

@@marcsmith4261 Tony macalpine is just as good I think.

From Mike's website (this was interesting, since I had an idea for years that something had to be redone in MK's parts, and now I know): "My guitar parts had to be redone in Steve's studio because the microphone which was placed on my amplifier for the live recording was trashed and useless, so I got to experience the magic of re-recording my "Attitude Song" part under the watchful eye of the composer. It was fun! I haven't had such minute attention to detail focused on my playing since, oh, 1988 or so. We did a lot of laughing and I enjoyed being subjected to such scrutiny. Let me re-emphasize: I REALLY LIKE being in Steve Vai's band." So perhaps there were a few multitracks going on here. Given Vai changes, adds and re-records things on almost every live release, it wouldn't surprise me.

For sure! 1996-97 era Vai has the best sound, I think. His has the tour rig documented in pictures here: www.vai.com/fire-garden-gear/ The Legacy I gets close to this sound with some outboard gear but this sound is IT for Vai.

Doesn't sound good nowadays?

@@davidletterboyz his current rig is sounding pretty close to this era actually. 1:53 - note he is using a stereo full wet-dry-wet rig, with a mix-and-match of 3 different amps, feeding four cabinets (3 miked). Sure that they were able to capture a quite rich frequency range. TLDR: Rich recording + good mixing and stellar execution

When is Mangini not destroying any song he's attempting? Guy is the Steve Vai of the drums.

@@SirPhilMcCrackinVonBeggington what...

@@mirkecWii What don't you understand?

And a few zeros in the bank acct

They 5ta

@@louisnunezjr5304 xDD

and only one looks good shirtless in leather pants.

The real difference is Steve writes this music and that’s big

Julian Stacy I agree, it caught my eye❗️🎸

My favorite Jem, the RB (Rootbeer)

Although most RBs didn't have the fingers routed in the monkey grip, just a slot

@@jameskotrba7135 actually i think they were using the neville prototype jem, the one that was auctioned off

Mike Keneally. Briefly another stunt guitarist for Zappa and an incredible musician.

Me too!!!

Yes.. Also a fair bit of passion and warfare is taken from flexable.. And a lot of vai only really knew vai frim passion n watfare... Funny

Actually Slash used and uses a B. C. Rich Mockingbird with a Floyd Rose sometimes. ;-) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LUtvWvf1vq0.html

Mee too ;)

At least you can be sure everyone feels it!

You did-Thank you. Vai still rules!

is he?

Yup..mike mangini

Or Mike Keneally forgot that part and needed to look at Steve Vai's fingers to see how it is played lol

Or it's just habit... Guitarists tend to look at their fingers even if they know what they need to play without looking.

And the rest of the song? Stop keep looking in stupid things dude

lmaooooo looked like an insurance guy.

@@DanielSilva-fq1oz yeah lol