---
title: "Steve Vai"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/steve-vai"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1960
---

# Steve Vai

**Steve Vai** is a progressive metal band, from United States, active 1960 to present.

Steven Siro Vai is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released 11 solo albums to date. He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake, as well as recording with artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Public Image Ltd, Mary J. Blige, Spinal Tap, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, and Polyphia. Additionally, Vai has toured with live-only acts G3, Zappa Plays Zappa, Beat and the Experience Hendrix Tour, as well as headlining international tours.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Steve Vai |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Carle Place, United States |
| Formed | 1960 |
| Releases in catalog | 11 |

## Genres

[Avant-Garde Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/avant-garde-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1984 | [Flex‐Able](https://themetalnet.com/album/6c23c663-aeec-3a02-984b-f5b3e904da80) | Album |
| 1984 | [Flex‐Able Leftovers](https://themetalnet.com/album/dfb6ec66-7680-346d-b79c-edaac81c00fe) | EP |
| 1990 | [Passion and Warfare](https://themetalnet.com/album/d3a36b48-9a42-376a-bee8-f97b96eee7a6) | Album |
| 1995 | [Alien Love Secrets](https://themetalnet.com/album/a5102319-03c4-3200-918f-3cc65cdd517d) | EP |
| 1996 | [Fire Garden](https://themetalnet.com/album/77d119b2-ef0d-3601-aeb2-78087db8e28f) | Album |
| 1999 | [The Ultra Zone](https://themetalnet.com/album/0930e9f0-de3c-3924-a6f8-a63bb8458eb1) | Album |
| 2005 | [Real Illusions: Reflections](https://themetalnet.com/album/d2ecf9fb-730f-3e61-b8bf-99838dd4645c) | Album |
| 2012 | [The Story of Light](https://themetalnet.com/album/7c93e86a-1a7d-4881-9dc1-e1c0f9beec62) | Album |
| 2016 | [Modern Primitive](https://themetalnet.com/album/507d5eb7-5bba-4b96-9902-76a7aa1695d0) | Album |
| 2022 | [Inviolate](https://themetalnet.com/album/56c467b6-6ea7-422d-ab8b-17fd44575432) | Album |
| 2023 | [Vai/Gash](https://themetalnet.com/album/0c30b426-c92f-4a64-b1dc-1a74cda0d952) | Album |

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- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together)
- [Led Zeppelin](https://themetalnet.com/band/led-zeppelin) (listened together)
- [Deep Purple](https://themetalnet.com/band/deep-purple) (listened together)
- [Van Halen](https://themetalnet.com/band/van-halen) (listened together)
- [Guns N’ Roses](https://themetalnet.com/band/guns-n-roses) (listened together)
- [Yngwie Malmsteen](https://themetalnet.com/band/yngwie-malmsteen) (listened together)
- [Ozzy Osbourne](https://themetalnet.com/band/ozzy-osbourne) (listened together)
- [Red Hot Chili Peppers](https://themetalnet.com/band/red-hot-chili-peppers) (listened together)
- [System of a Down](https://themetalnet.com/band/system-of-a-down) (listened together)
- [Judas Priest](https://themetalnet.com/band/judas-priest) (listened together)
- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- website: https://www.vai.com/
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdkBa5GZKEAfiTjqfqotWhQ
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevevai
- x: https://twitter.com/stevevai
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/32Jb1X3wSmmoHj2epZReZA
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevevaihimself/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/465118
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Steve_Vai/31107
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/1902

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/steve-vai](https://themetalnet.com/band/steve-vai). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt