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Devin Townsend says seeing Steve Vai play guitar made him give up shredding

February 28, 2023 comments off

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A young Townsend entered the studio to record vocals for Vai’s 1993 Sex & Religion, and left with a drastically altered outlook on what kind of guitar player he wanted to be

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