Satch Unchained

JOE SATRIANI ON HIS NEW RIG, CHANNELING EDDIE VAN HALEN AND THE NEW G3 LIVE ALBUM

By Amit Sharma

THOUGH HE’S FAST approaching his 70s, Joe Satriani remains one of the busiest guitar players in the game. There’s a new live album out, documenting the original G3 lineup’s sold-out reunion tour of last year. He’s been paying tribute to Eddie Van Halen in the ongoing Best of All Worlds tour alongside Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Jason Bonham. And there’s the recently announced Surfing with the Hydra tour with the Satch/Vai band, where they’ll be performing new original music written together and solo tracks as one group for the very first time. For a six-stringer who released his debut EP way back in 1984 and now has 18 solo full-lengths under his belt, plus two albums with Chickenfoot and all kinds of collaborations stretching across the last four decades,…

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Guitar World (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2025

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