Generation Axe

Centre in The Square, Kitchener, Canada

Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, USA

Amidst 2018’s holiday madness I paused to take in Generation Axe, Steve Vai’s ultimate shredder show. After a successful inaugural run in 2016, the uber-talented supergroup took their thrilling show back on the road and returned to O-town to entertain a packed house of rabid rockers.

What's better than seeing one virtuoso guitar player in a live concert? Seeing five virtuoso guitar players in one night. At least that's Steve Vai's reasoning.

It’s one thing for great guitar playing to be in the context of a song, but can a show of nearly four hours of focus on guitarists, even some of the best in the business, maintain listeners’ appreciation – and attention?

ROYAL OAK -- There were not a lot of Gen-Xers in the older-leaning crowd Monday night, May 2, at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. But Generation Axe was well represented nonetheless. The epic guitar show is the brainchild of guitar legend and three-time Grammy Award winner Steve Vai, based on his love of layering

Generation Axe has a line-up of five virtuoso guitarists that fans would never in their wildest dreams have expected to see adorning a stage at the same time.