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Steve Vai 1993 Live Bootlegs with the Dev

PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 4:43 pm
by 21st Century Jesus
from what I know there is one live show "Steve Vai live in NYC 1993" video bootleg with 940MB as mpg, and i dont have the complete one. maybe anyone can help? are there any other Vai 93 recordings out there with Dev on board?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:58 am
by Metalhead
No idea, but you've just inspired me to go on another Sex and Religion bootleg hunt.

Hoorah! Found some that do exist! I've been looking for this for over a year now! :D

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:04 am
by STS
Damn! I want that show!

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:09 am
by Ramses-Bringer Of War
STS wrote:Damn! I want that show!


Me too...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:46 pm
by Devinaddicted_Nils
thrice that.....

PostPosted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 3:35 am
by Janne
Didnt' think of that! Time to go filehunting...

PostPosted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:33 am
by 21st Century Jesus
friend of mine said that sometime he read steve saying that steve might put out a sex and religion era live recording sometime... ask steve, i just heard it from a friend.

that mentioned bootleg is coming in slowly, but go for *edited*, thats where...

PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:43 pm
by Janne
*edited*, huh... The only P2P program I cant seem to undertand how it works... Grr...

PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:49 pm
by Archetype
I just saw a small piece of the video, and it features Devin with a MOHAWK :D
The quality is very low, btw. It's VHS, but even worse. And it looks like the cameraman was drunk or something.

Dev's Position with Vai

PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:35 pm
by jak3y
Did Dev just do vocals or did he play guitar also?
I heard on the syl forums from Jed that Dev was playing circles around Vai!!! :D

PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 9:14 pm
by PUNCHLINE
Well, not sure about playing circles around Vai, in any way, shape or form! Dev did a very very short solo, showing off some fast picking and sweeping, which was cool, but as good a guitarist as Dev is, Vai was in no uncertain terms the master there!
Bootelg wise, i`ve got the show they did at Hammersmith Apollo in London on DVD, which is a one cam, audience shot affair, pretty poor sound ( which it was on the night, ear-bleedingly loud, and almost incomprehensible!), but was a great performance! Audio wise, I only have the show from the Commodore Ballroom, which is a soundboard, with very very loud vocals! Other Dev stuff-wise, I have the performance he did with the Wildhearts at the Reading Festival in `94, or `95, can`t remember, Pro-shot dvd, in which he looks even younger than he did with Vai!

As far as I`ve ever found, no pro-shot vids are available of Vai with Dev.
PL

PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:16 pm
by pnm
so who was in the touring band during sex and religion? I heard the drummer and bass player left the tour right away.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:50 am
by Dr.Mosh
IIRC the touring bass and drummer were the Bisonette brothers. I could be wrong though

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:43 pm
by Barking Pumpkin
I want to hear this....I loved Sex And Religion so much.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:20 pm
by kettle
PUNCHLINE wrote:Well, not sure about playing circles around Vai, in any way, shape or form! Dev did a very very short solo, showing off some fast picking and sweeping, which was cool, but as good a guitarist as Dev is, Vai was in no uncertain terms the master there!
Bootelg wise, i`ve got the show they did at Hammersmith Apollo in London on DVD, which is a one cam, audience shot affair, pretty poor sound ( which it was on the night, ear-bleedingly loud, and almost incomprehensible!), but was a great performance! Audio wise, I only have the show from the Commodore Ballroom, which is a soundboard, with very very loud vocals! Other Dev stuff-wise, I have the performance he did with the Wildhearts at the Reading Festival in `94, or `95, can`t remember, Pro-shot dvd, in which he looks even younger than he did with Vai!

As far as I`ve ever found, no pro-shot vids are available of Vai with Dev.
PL


For all the supposed greatness of "blue powder" and "for the love of god" or whatever "emotional piece" Vai is supposed to be playing, it always comes across as "over emotional" like he's pretending to be emotional, almost like a sleezy salesman type of thing.

I saw "Vai" perform in Newport South Wales UK, what I think gives the idea that Devin was running circles around steve was his stage presence, he really did take your mind off steve vai and onto pajama clad hooliganism. I thought devy was taking the piss when he did some of the double guitar parts, like he was mimicking, it was a very unusual show. Made me keep following Devin and spend a lot less time listening to vai.