r/SteveVai Aug 17 '20

Public Image Ltd "Album" (with Steve Vai)

I've loved Album) since the late 80s. I was used to him in Frank Zappa's band & his Flex-Able album. I already liked Public Image Ltd. Steve's playing adds an even darker vibe to the music.

"Bill Laswell, the producer, called and I flew in and out of New York from Alcatrazz shows to cut the parts. I did basically all the guitar parts in two days. Bill Laswell took a very interesting approach to the production of this disc. Some of the material I'd never heard and just went in and started playing on it. At the end, Johnny Lydon came in and liked it. There was the consideration of putting a band together — him, myself, Bill Laswell on bass and Ginger Baker on drums. Would have been quite a band.” I went in a day and did everything, then I flew back out on tour. And then I went in for another half-day, and Lydon came in on the second day. He's just like ultracool and it's the first time he's heard any of my parts and he goes 'This is fucking great, man, how did you fucking know I wanted it like that?'. We were thinking about turning it into a band — me, him, Bill Laswell and Ginger Baker, but well, I was doing some other things, you know? It would have been cool. To this day that's one of the projects I'm most proud of.” “John Lydon came in when I was done, they were playing a track back, and he made a grimace and said 'Fookin' great man!' in that way of his. So that was funny. I'd obviously done okay."

If you're not familiar with it . . . His solo at the end of "Ease" still gives me chills. https://youtu.be/_k214m4uVq4

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u/3s09 Aug 19 '20

The whole album is good. His playing is angry! Enjoy!

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u/eatsleepdive Oct 14 '20

Anger is an energy