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.

Born a year after Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani was listening to and drawing from the same era of music as his fellow guitar hero, who died Tuesday at 65. Both men would grow to become virtuosos ...

Joe Satriani says he prepared for the Best of All Worlds tour by watching cover versions of Van Halen songs to see how other players wrestled with the knowledge that “their hands are not Eddie's ...

Credit: Scott Legato/Getty Images Few guitarists, let alone a virtuoso like Joe Satriani, would dare to touch on the legacy of Edward Van Halen. Insinuating as much usually gets fans hot and bothe ...

Joe Satriani revealed he was persuaded several times to sign up for Van Halen’s proposed “kitchen sink” tour but backed out every time. Those plans fizzled out – while Hagar, Satriani and ...

Jason Newsted sent minor shockwaves through the hard-rock community late last week when he told the The Palm Beach Post that he’d been invited to jam with Alex Van Halen and Joe Satriani six ...

As with everything in the world of Van Halen, it's a slow and softly-softly approach before anything will be made official, if at all. "It's very complicated," Satriani added. "And all I can really ...

As guests on The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM, singer Sammy Hagar and guitarist Joe Satriani named the most difficult Van Halen riff to play. The shred legend called one riff "impossible to play ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Joe Satriani did not stop during the pandemic ... You’ve made some news recently as the guitarist for the rumored Van Halen tribute concert or tour. Where are you fitting ...

says Sammy Hagar, who's beaming a huge grin as guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani plays the opening notes to "Panama," a song released 40 years ago by Van Halen, when it was fronted by David Lee Roth.

Joe Satriani admits he needed some help when it came to figuring out Eddie Van Halen’s distinctive guitar riffs. Across 2024 and into 2025, Satriani has teamed with Sammy Hagar and Michael ...