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“He Was Across the Hall and I Mentioned My Tone Troubles to Him…” How Steve Stevens Saved Steve Vai on His David Lee Roth Debut

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Vai was a novice at “big rock guitar tones” at the time – but Stevens came to his rescue
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For the majority in the northern hemisphere, January 28, 1985 was a typically chilling mid-winter day. But perhaps not so much if they dared venture into the open air to buy a copy of "Crazy From the Heat." So it was called the solo debut EP of Van Halen singer David Lee Roth. And his personality seemed to radiate the heat of summer. Van Halen arrived at the scene in early 1978 and proceeded to redefine the rules of rock. Since then, Roth had al…

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Futuro broke the news in on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
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