Steve Vai solo

I've looked several times, and I don't see Steve Vai solo here. Seems like a no-brainer...just which genre.

Uhm... Not difficult. Vai is metal for me but without metal songs... Not strange. Vai is only a guitar hero.

Oh damn we�re missing Vai? Of course he should be included. For now just to get him here fast I suggest putting him in tradional metal. Some of his albums should probably be tagged avant garde though. I�m not much of a fan of creating more subs but I actually see the point about an instrumental/ shredder sub. There are a substantial number of artists ( with a different sound, but still shredders) that would be really cool to have in the same place. Just to mention a few Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie, Paul Gilbert...etc. Until a sub like that might be created sometime in the future I think traditional heavy metal is the place for most of them.

I don't really like this whole "Shredders" genre, simply because so much of it isn't even metal. Shred and metal aren't always tied together.
Personally I've never seen Vai as a metal guitarist in his solos works. He still plays metal sometimes, but since Passion and Warfare when he got out of playing those 80s glam-type metal bands I feel he has really been a rock guitarist who dabbles in metal sometimes, not an artist that is metal artist at the core

Harry wrote: I don't really like this whole "Shredders" genre, simply because so much of it isn't even metal. Shred and metal aren't always tied together. Personally I've never seen Vai as a metal guitarist in his solos works. He still plays metal sometimes, but since Passion and Warfare when he got out of playing those 80s glam-type metal bands I feel he has really been a rock guitarist who dabbles in metal sometimes, not an artist that is metal artist at the core

Hmmm . . .
It begs the Question, would they be Rock? Jazz? Fusion? I would wonder what Jazz and Fusion guys would think of long haired "Shredders" on stage, would they be annoyed that theyre making nothing but noize!
Well I'm not asking Al DiMeola or Eric Johnson to be here.  Anyways, I get the jist that alot of these guys will be saved for later.

At the Prog station I listen to, Vai and other shredders (Or "Solo Guitarists") are considered Prog or Prog Metal as well.  No harm no foul I hope 

I think they belong here, and are part of the metal world. Their playing is definitely not blues based, and furthermore their playing influenced many many metal guitarists. Not that every influence has to be here but....

Stephen wrote: this axeman topic raised another interesting question should SLASH as solo artist be added ? i just pick up his new solo CD and saw many names performing as singer including some metal names, now if we want to add him, should we put him under Glam or Alternative Metal or ?

I think Slash belongs here. Don't know about the genre though. Maybe glam will do for now, and then a move to a more fitting genre later on.

UMUR wrote: Oh damn we�re missing Vai? Of course he should be included. For now just to get him here fast I suggest putting him in tradional metal. Some of his albums should probably be tagged avant garde though. I�m not much of a fan of creating more subs but I actually see the point about an instrumental/ shredder sub. There are a substantial number of artists ( with a different sound, but still shredders) that would be really cool to have in the same place. Just to mention a few Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie, Paul Gilbert...etc. Until a sub like that might be created sometime in the future I think traditional heavy metal is the place for most of them.

I agree with Jonas here. I would love to see a shred metal genre here, but until then I believe that they should go in traditional heavy metal. I can represent the trad. heavy metal team on this one, so anyone can feel free to add Steve Vai into this subgenre.