Passion & Warfare

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For the Love of God” was kind of a defining moment for guitar players in the Nineties. It demonstrated you could have chops and still play with real fire and emotion. Besides meditation, I take cognizant steps in the direction of this emotional abyss when I’m performing live. Sometimes, when performing, I’m tenderly battered about and brutally caressed by these frightening yet engaging energies. Occasionally the audience even seems to experience them with me. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010. Mount Martha, Melbourne, Victoria: Moonlight Publishing.

The independent album sold surprisingly well, and Vai gained a reputation as the thinking man’s guitar hero. It was an impression further solidified by his band, The Classified, a progressive, Zappa-esque unit that appealed to a small group of hipsters in Los Angeles who had little use for the growing Eighties hair metal scene. The only downside was, it seemed like Vai was headed for nothing more than cult status, when suddenly he shifted gears. That may be, but the liner notes to Passion and Warfare show there was some internal conflict. There are spoken word lines throughout the album that talk about balancing the physical with the metaphysical. For example, you say, “We may be human but we’re still animals,” or you talk about “walking a line between Pagan and Christian.” There is a very palpable sense of trying to pull together both spectrums of your personality.I didn’t give myself achance to go too mad. But even within the parameters of the pentatonic scale, there are many things you can do. Within limits is the infinite! Sure, you have to be extra-creative with the five orsix notes you’ve got, but it helps you realise anything is always possible!” manic guitar effects ... to probably more weird combinations I can't think of right now, Steve Vai kills it with this hard

Tolinski, Brad (July 1990). "Steve Vai's Field of Dreams". Guitar School. Archived from the original on 2004-06-12. Retrieved 2013-12-17. The sound was all around. Inside, outside, upside-down etc. There was no pain or discomfort, no direction or real volume in the conventional way we know it. It was just untainted brilliant, euphoric intensity. Poison attitude); it did not aged as well as Eric Johnson or Satch records, but an amateur of challenging Canadian album certifications – Steve Vai – Passion and Warfare". Music Canada . Retrieved 8 May 2021. Meditation, in many circles, is the exercise of bringing the mind and body to that very still place. Then the inner worlds open up. It’s easy to become a famous guitar player but it’s virtually impossible to still and control the mind (I did say virtually).American album certifications – Steve Vai – Passion and Warfare". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 8 May 2021. I believe (and so do many others) that there are those who are in control of these elements and can enter or exit these states of mind at will because they are masters of their mind, but they don’t bother with these mental seductions because even these lofty spheres of awareness are the lower planes of even higher dimensions where these great masters make their conscious abode. Fanelli, Damian. "Steve Vai Announces 'Passion and Warfare' 25th Anniversary World Tour". Guitar World.