T he tube amp Joe Satriani has created with 3rd Power to nail Eddie Van Halen’s transitional, 1986-era guitar tone has been made available as a plugin – with physical amps on their way, too.

Joe Satriani did not stop during the pandemic; in fact, he calls it "a period of extended creativity" that yielded a new album, "The Elephants of Mars." The guitarist's guitarist has also been ...

Sammy Hagar, as he often does during interviews, turned heads recently when he said he'd written a song inspired by a dream he had about Eddie Van Halen, and had tapped Joe Satriani to bring it to ...

Joe Satriani admits he needed some help when it came to figuring out Eddie Van Halen’s distinctive guitar riffs. “This is a gig that I turned down multiple times,” the guitarist confessed ...

Long ago, Joe Satriani decided Eddie Van Halen’s virtuoso body of work was off limits. Fearful of inadvertently stealing the maestro's licks, he vowed never to learn Ed's riffs or licks, and ...

Joe Satriani Doesn’t Want To Be In A Tribute Band. When pressed as to why he decided to join Hagar’s tour, Satriani insisted, “Because it was a friend calling about a retrospective of his ...

Joe Satriani talked to UCR about the long-rumored Van Halen tribute tour and explained why he's not the best fit for guitar in October 2022. Skip to main content Skip to site footer.

Joe Satriani: Well, it's an interesting period, because I'd survived the popularity of Surfing With the Alien. I went from obscurity to having a platinum album, and all of a sudden, I went from ...

Legendary guitarist and influential rock and roller Joe Satriani is about to embark on his massive instrumental “Earth” 2022-23 world tour that will take him to venues all over North America ...

Joe Satriani + Sammy Hagar Name the Most Difficult Van Halen Riffs to Play. Top 75 Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time. Counting down rock and metal's greatest guitar players.