On December 14, 2018, Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater saw some of rock music's greatest guitar talents join forces for the Generation Axe US Tour.
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Generation Axe is a rock/heavy metal super-group formed in 2016 by Steve Vai. The group is made up of five internationally renowned, extremely talented guitarists: Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, and Tosin Abasi. They perform songs from their catalogs, as well as some well-known songs from other rock musicians.
Steve Vai
Guitar virtuoso, composer, singer, songwriter, and producer Steve Vai released his first solo album in 1984. Prior to that, Vai worked as the guitarist for Frank Zappa in 1980. Vai has earned 3 Grammy Awards and 15 nominations. He is considered one of the Top 10 greatest guitarists and has sold over 15 million records.
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Steve Vai
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| Nuno Bettencourt, Zakk Wylde, and Steve Vai |
Zakk Wylde
Zakk Wylde is a Grammy Award-winning guitarist, singer, songwriter, and actor best known as Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist and founder of the heavy metal band Black Label Society. Wylde has appeared on 26 albums including 8 with Ozzy Osbourne, 14 with Black Label Society, and 2 solo albums.
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| Zakk Wylde |
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| Nuno Bettencourt, Steve Vai and Zakk Wylde |
Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and band leader. Malmsteen has released 20 studio albums in his approximately 40 year career. Yngwie Malmsteen was named by Time Magazine among the ten greatest electric guitar players of all time.
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| Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen |
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Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt is a Grammy-nominated guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. Nuno Bettencourt is best known as the lead guitarist for Extreme, as well as the founder of several other bands including Population 1 and DramaGods.
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| Nuno Bettencourt |
Tosin Abasi
Tosin Abasi was born in the USA to Nigerian parents. He is the founder and lead guitarist of the instrumental progressive metal band Animals as Leaders. Abasi is ranked as #97 on the list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time by Guitar World Magazine.
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| Nuno Bettencourt and Tosin Abasi |
Appearing on stage in support of these five guitar greats are Pete Griffin (bassist), Nick Marinovich Keyboards, and JP Bouvet (drums).
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| Steve Vai |
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