@@aquabot Yep, i have 2 xerox boxes plum full of GFTPM from the late 80's to about maybe 1991 or so. The only other mags I have is because maybe they had an interview with my fav players at the time Jason Becker, Marty Friedman , Nuno, or Yngwie. That February 1991 issue with Jim Martin and Becker on the cover had the music for "Air". I swear the first time i looked at that music I wanted to just quit!
Music critics have always been some of the rudest, least talented individuals. they are so envious of these talented musicians, that they have to tear them down in order to feel relevant, and powerful. I hated those days. some slob, without any musical ability, could rip apart a great album, with no regard for the talent, creativity, and painstaking collective effort it took to create it. 30 years later and Yngwie is still driving Ferrari's, and the music critic is probably scrubbing urinals, or flipping burgers.
Amen! Musicians have it hard enough trying to make a living. I've always been of the opinion that music "reviews", especially in the era of streaming music, should stick to promoting albums that the reviewer likes! Most music "journalism" is paraphrasing press kit info from label publicists anyways, so it's all marketing one way or another. No one is well-served by someone else's negative opinion of a recording! Now, I love learning about music I haven't heard before, learning what other people love about it, and forming my own impressions as I listen- if I think something sucks, I can figure it out myself! There's no risk if I listen to something and don't enjoy it, certainly not in today's music listening climate!
How dare Steve Vai get paid for all the countless hours and dedication he poured into mastering his craft to become the incredible guitarist we all admire. Imagine that-someone being compensated for their hard work! And let me tell you something else. I started playing guitar in 1984, at the age of 11, long before the days of the internet, TH-cam, and all the modern resources we take for granted now. Back then, we had guitar magazines, and I spent an alarming amount of time in the '80s and '90s immersed in their pages. I can assure you, those magazines had no issue putting Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen on their covers year after year. In fact, they did so disproportionately often-and not once did they mock them or label them sellouts while profiting off their fame to sell magazines. Funny how that works, isn’t it?
I remember reading these and thinking “they don’t know what they are talking about” then they go on to tell us how amazing the guy from dinosaur jr is compared to guys like Vai.
Ha! I still have this issue (as well as most of the early to mid-90’s). Shredders, traditional Metal like Maiden and Priest…etc. GW was picking at all of them during this period and just pandering to the ‘cool kids’. Nobody could foresee that all of these artists would have a resurgence one day.
The thing is that those people didn't really pay attention. Because... - Dimebag Darrel was breaking big in those days. - Likewise, Frank Gambale was making people go "What the hell is he doing and HOW is he doing so?" - Charlie Hunter also had people scratching their heads with that amazing ability of his. - Need I remind people that Extreme broke through in those days with Nuno Bettencourt shredding away? - And what about DREAM THEATER, did everybody forget about John Pretucci? - Brian Setzer revamped his career in those days, shredding away with The Brian Setzer Orchestra. And to those who say that there were no shredding solos on Grunge songs. - Listen to Mike McCready and Stone Gossard shred away and trading solos in "Even flow" - Or listen to the severely underrated Dave Navarro shred on Jane's addiction's "Ritual" or RHCP's "One hot minute" Shred wasn't dead, it just wasn't clad in neon spandex.
Great video as always and those comments are way off base it's ridiculous. Hope that you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a a Happy New Year. 🎄🤘🏻
It's not always these artists fault..... it's the producers and record labels forcing their hands.... but listening to their comments makes me realise why I never bought this magazine unless it had transcriptions I really wanted... which wasn't that often....
I remember GW went through a phase of not having the transcriptions of the songs we all love. I'd typically only buy it if it had a song I knew and liked in the transcribed section. Ideally you just use your own ears and learn to transcribe ASAP.
Steve Vai was working at a breakneck pace working for Zappa and even got jaundice. He then worked for Roth at an easier schedule, and even with Alcatrazz, Vai has more than paid his dues. What is this joker thinking running him down? Just....wow.
The point of the commentary on Steve Vai was that he's very talented, yet sold himself out for money playing dumbed down hair metal. I can't think of another Frank Zappa alumni that wound up in a hair metal band apart from Missing Persons - Warren Cucurillo (sp) and Terry Bozzio might be the only other ones I can think of - but at least the guys made the music pretty interesting at times. Magazine writers love stirring the pot. It gets people talking about the article and generates a lot of letters to the editor FWIW.
Guitar Player magazine taught people about how to play guitar. Guitar World magazine used its pages to talk about artists prison records. Guitar World was NEVER a legitimate publication; it was written for teenage boys who think they play guitar.
Go watch that video of the dudes from Polyphia, the 'new breed' of re voicing virtuoso's', get absolutely schooled on stage in a back and forth by Vai.
Yngwie was influential when he emerged but now a washed up irrelevant has been, playing with a really crappy live band and releasing badly produced awful albums. Steve Vai did indeed ruin Skip Of The Tongue with his self indulgent playing and s guitar sound and tone that just did not fit Whitesnake. Vai and Yngwie are not good songwriters not do they claim to be, they are stunt guitarists and nobody in 100 or 500 years from now will remember their music. In saying that Yngwie, Vai, Satriani, Michael Angelo Batio, etc thoroughly deserve the success and acclaim they have had, they've worked hard at it and for every one of them there is millions of wannabes that never made it and never will! GP were happy to have these people on the cover in 80's, 90's and praise them, so this article is just sheer flatulence and hypocrisy bowing to current trends.
All this type of media , is written by people who produce nothing good themselves . They are basically talking about themselves , and sticking a talented persons name as the title .
Guitar World is interested in selling magazines - so promotes what the “in thing” is at the time to appeal to as many people as possible to sell as many copies as possible. Zero integrity, simple as that, and not really surprising given that 50% of their pages are sold to the highest bidder
The new crop of shredders can’t write a hook to save their lives, and very very few of them have their own sound. No one goes back to the roots anymore. Artistry is bit by bit being watered down.
Really? In 2024 Pearl Jam sells more tickets than Whitesnake, Yngwie, Priest, Mr. Big, LA Guns, Zakk Wylde and Poison combined. Vai/Satch aren't selling what these guys are, neither was G3. Top songs and albums will beat hot guitar in concert venues anyday of the week. Pearl Jam is headlining Stadiums and doing a couple nights in a row at MSG. I'm not even a fan, but c'mon man! You're joking here. Not trying to be a jerk here, but I have to call it as I see it.
Steve is the reason I play guitar.I saw Steve in the Yankee Rose video and that was it for me.
I miss Guitar For The Practicing Musician. That was the guitar magazine.
GFTPM was an such an amazing magazine! I’m a big fan of them! 🙌🎸🎸🎸
@guitarzarfun It truely was. I've got plenty of GFTPM issues, I must have 2 or 3 Guitar world copies.
@@aquabot Yep, i have 2 xerox boxes plum full of GFTPM from the late 80's to about maybe 1991 or so. The only other mags I have is because maybe they had an interview with my fav players at the time Jason Becker, Marty Friedman , Nuno, or Yngwie. That February 1991 issue with Jim Martin and Becker on the cover had the music for "Air". I swear the first time i looked at that music I wanted to just quit!
@@guitarzarfun 🤣🤣🤣 I can understand that.
don’t forget guitar player magazine
Guitar World follows trends…in ‘93 it was not really in vogue. GW was pandering. They were always the Circus Magazine of guitar rags.
How many times did this magazine put these exact people on their cover? GFTPM was the best mag of the genre...
Music critics have always been some of the rudest, least talented individuals. they are so envious of these talented musicians, that they have to tear them down in order to feel relevant, and powerful. I hated those days. some slob, without any musical ability, could rip apart a great album, with no regard for the talent, creativity, and painstaking collective effort it took to create it. 30 years later and Yngwie is still driving Ferrari's, and the music critic is probably scrubbing urinals, or flipping burgers.
It's really dumb when a guitar mag shits on talent like that, it's like you're punished for being good at something.
Amen! Musicians have it hard enough trying to make a living. I've always been of the opinion that music "reviews", especially in the era of streaming music, should stick to promoting albums that the reviewer likes! Most music "journalism" is paraphrasing press kit info from label publicists anyways, so it's all marketing one way or another. No one is well-served by someone else's negative opinion of a recording! Now, I love learning about music I haven't heard before, learning what other people love about it, and forming my own impressions as I listen- if I think something sucks, I can figure it out myself! There's no risk if I listen to something and don't enjoy it, certainly not in today's music listening climate!
How dare Steve Vai get paid for all the countless hours and dedication he poured into mastering his craft to become the incredible guitarist we all admire. Imagine that-someone being compensated for their hard work! And let me tell you something else. I started playing guitar in 1984, at the age of 11, long before the days of the internet, TH-cam, and all the modern resources we take for granted now. Back then, we had guitar magazines, and I spent an alarming amount of time in the '80s and '90s immersed in their pages.
I can assure you, those magazines had no issue putting Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen on their covers year after year. In fact, they did so disproportionately often-and not once did they mock them or label them sellouts while profiting off their fame to sell magazines. Funny how that works, isn’t it?
Shred is dead? So are guitar magazines.
That Fire & Ice is a killer record and Yngwie is a master.
I remember reading these and thinking “they don’t know what they are talking about” then they go on to tell us how amazing the guy from dinosaur jr is compared to guys like Vai.
Ha! I still have this issue (as well as most of the early to mid-90’s). Shredders, traditional Metal like Maiden and Priest…etc. GW was picking at all of them during this period and just pandering to the ‘cool kids’. Nobody could foresee that all of these artists would have a resurgence one day.
The thing is that those people didn't really pay attention. Because...
- Dimebag Darrel was breaking big in those days.
- Likewise, Frank Gambale was making people go "What the hell is he doing and HOW is he doing so?"
- Charlie Hunter also had people scratching their heads with that amazing ability of his.
- Need I remind people that Extreme broke through in those days with Nuno Bettencourt shredding away?
- And what about DREAM THEATER, did everybody forget about John Pretucci?
- Brian Setzer revamped his career in those days, shredding away with The Brian Setzer Orchestra.
And to those who say that there were no shredding solos on Grunge songs.
- Listen to Mike McCready and Stone Gossard shred away and trading solos in "Even flow"
- Or listen to the severely underrated Dave Navarro shred on Jane's addiction's "Ritual" or RHCP's "One hot minute"
Shred wasn't dead, it just wasn't clad in neon spandex.
Great video as always and those comments are way off base it's ridiculous. Hope that you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a a Happy New Year. 🎄🤘🏻
Give me the names of the writers of this article please. Just want to see if my suspicions are correct. Thanks
Anyway, to those who love the shred stuff and love to learn it, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you🎅🎸
Guitar World has always been embarassing. Their current existence is puzzling, just like internet forums.
YJM is the King.... i don't think anyone else has style and tone above his endeavor.
Not a great sentence, but i get what you are trying to say.
It's not always these artists fault..... it's the producers and record labels forcing their hands.... but listening to their comments makes me realise why I never bought this magazine unless it had transcriptions I really wanted... which wasn't that often....
I remember GW went through a phase of not having the transcriptions of the songs we all love. I'd typically only buy it if it had a song I knew and liked in the transcribed section. Ideally you just use your own ears and learn to transcribe ASAP.
Steve Vai was working at a breakneck pace working for Zappa and even got jaundice. He then worked for Roth at an easier schedule, and even with Alcatrazz, Vai has more than paid his dues. What is this joker thinking running him down? Just....wow.
The point of the commentary on Steve Vai was that he's very talented, yet sold himself out for money playing dumbed down hair metal. I can't think of another Frank Zappa alumni that wound up in a hair metal band apart from Missing Persons - Warren Cucurillo (sp) and Terry Bozzio might be the only other ones I can think of - but at least the guys made the music pretty interesting at times.
Magazine writers love stirring the pot. It gets people talking about the article and generates a lot of letters to the editor FWIW.
I mean… is “gloriously obnoxious” a dig or complement? I feel like ZW would laugh and agree with that. LOL. 🤘😎🤘
Guitar Player magazine taught people about how to play guitar. Guitar World magazine used its pages to talk about artists prison records. Guitar World was NEVER a legitimate publication; it was written for teenage boys who think they play guitar.
GW then turned around and put Zakk, Dime, Edward & Vai on multiple covers over the years…
Shred is brilliant. Always will he.
You know who's dead? Guitar World is dead. This is sheer desperation.
Go watch that video of the dudes from Polyphia, the 'new breed' of re voicing virtuoso's', get absolutely schooled on stage in a back and forth by Vai.
Yngwie was influential when he emerged but now a washed up irrelevant has been, playing with a really crappy live band and releasing badly produced awful albums. Steve Vai did indeed ruin Skip Of The Tongue with his self indulgent playing and s guitar sound and tone that just did not fit Whitesnake. Vai and Yngwie are not good songwriters not do they claim to be, they are stunt guitarists and nobody in 100 or 500 years from now will remember their music. In saying that Yngwie, Vai, Satriani, Michael Angelo Batio, etc thoroughly deserve the success and acclaim they have had, they've worked hard at it and for every one of them there is millions of wannabes that never made it and never will! GP were happy to have these people on the cover in 80's, 90's and praise them, so this article is just sheer flatulence and hypocrisy bowing to current trends.
Blasphemy
All this type of media , is written by people who produce nothing good themselves .
They are basically talking about themselves , and sticking a talented persons name as the title .
Guitar World is interested in selling magazines - so promotes what the “in thing” is at the time to appeal to as many people as possible to sell as many copies as possible. Zero integrity, simple as that, and not really surprising given that 50% of their pages are sold to the highest bidder
The new crop of shredders can’t write a hook to save their lives, and very very few of them have their own sound. No one goes back to the roots anymore. Artistry is bit by bit being watered down.
Gw is crap since it changed from Guitar for the Practicing Musician. HW is more like 16 magazine or Hit Parader now
Have they gotten 20 year olds writing there now ?
Probably written by someone who has their associates degree in music but doesn't play any instruments 😆
Fire n Ice sucked and Slip was nit Steves finest moment- wasnt BAD but wasnt as great as 87’ from Sykes
It just goes to show. Just because you like something doesn’t mean somebody else does.
Grunge is dead
Really? In 2024 Pearl Jam sells more tickets than Whitesnake, Yngwie, Priest, Mr. Big, LA Guns, Zakk Wylde and Poison combined. Vai/Satch aren't selling what these guys are, neither was G3. Top songs and albums will beat hot guitar in concert venues anyday of the week.
Pearl Jam is headlining Stadiums and doing a couple nights in a row at MSG. I'm not even a fan, but c'mon man! You're joking here. Not trying to be a jerk here, but I have to call it as I see it.
Are the new writers also mad Trump won ?