Alcatrazz - Since You've Been Gone (with Steve Vai)

Alcatrazz Tokyo 1985

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Music

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• alcatrazz
• power
• live
• tokyo
• 1985
• vai
• bonnet
• uvena
• waldo
• shea
• rock

[maticmik]

Shit... problems... I'll try to put this video on youtube again...

[maticmik]

I think that guitar is not overdubbed, because on song Hiroshima Mon Amour Vai brokes string and it can be heard that the guitar is slightly out of tune. And than he changes from Charvel (to be Green Meanie his famous guitar) to strat with natural finish.

[HighTideLover]

Thank you! Finally someone who plays a Blackmore song and does not try to sound like Blackmore.

[malicious199]

graham bonnet is a fucking god !

[04jhayes]

please we need to see steve play this song

[shredmaster100]

this is why i thinnk steve vais a better player than malmsteen because steve has his own identity and did not try and copy malmsteens earlier stuff or blackmore vai is a guitar legend

[clivusx2]

Where's the video? I would like to see it!  Sad face

[Gonzarnr]

@HighTideLover Yes, Steve Vai has always talked about playing with your own style. It beats the crap out of pretending to be someone you're not. Let the song come to you, feel it.

[Heroeshere]

@faulker2010 When you get that good, nobody's better.

[governorgilf]

This song never gets old. Great version here.  On a sidenote, I understand how guitarists are constantly chasing tone and trying to evolve their sound, but it seems none of the sounds are better, and if fact, are often worse. Vai's tone here sounds better than anything he's had in 15 years. Same with Satriani and Van Halen on their stuff. Their tones in the 80s sounded way better than what they've had in recent years. You'd think with technology they'd be better now.

[faulker2010]

The voice cool , but Vai never compared with Blackmore , sorry for Vai.

[livemusicloverLyn]

Interesting version with original singer GB driving the song, as apose to the original where you have the power of Cozy Powell's drumming setting the pace and driving the track forward. Agree that it is for the best that guitarist not tried to copy Backmore's style and the drummer has not attempted to copy Powell. Result all in all a good cover by not trying to copy, sung by original singer, other players bought their own style to the table for a different version. Thumbs up from me!

[SilverTounge85]

certainly better guitarplaying than when Alcatrazz did this with Malmsteen. Malmsteen dressed just like Blackmore, playing his strat, wearing the same clothes, same hairstyle, and being just as difficult as Blackmore was. That is just lame.

[TuneLoony61]

remove yourself> T