Generation Axe

Artist:   Generation Axe
Origin:  USA
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Original line-up:

Steve Vai:  Guitar
Yngwie Malmsteen:  Guitar
Zakk Wylde:  Guitar
Nuno Bettencourt:  Guitar
Tosin Abasi:  Guitar

Generation Axe is the American Rock Guitarist Supergroup formed by Steve Vai (Guitar), and three-time Grammy Winner ex Frank Zappa, Whitesnake, David Lee Roth.  For this superb project with World-Class Rock Guitarist by his side.  Part of this group are, beside Steve Vai himself, legendary Guitar Heroes Yngwie Malsteen, Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society/Ozzy Osbourne), Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme), and Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders).

Title:  The Guitars That Destroyed The World:  Live In China (2019)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  earMusic
Rating:   ****

Format:  CD: 

Tracks:

 1.  Foreplay (Genration Axe)  (4:46)
 2.  Tempting Time (Tosin Abasi)  (5:28)
 3.  Physical Education (Tosin Abasi & Nunu Bettencourt) (4:40)
 4.  A Side Of Mash (Nuno Bettencourt)  (7:16)
 5.  Sideways (Nuno Bettencourt & Zakk Wylde)  (7:19)
 6.  Whipping Post (Zakk Wylde)  (6:58)
 7.  Bad Horsie (Steve Vai)  (6:36)
 8.  Valhalla/Baroque & Roll/Overture/From A Thousand Cuts/Arpeggios From Hell/Far Beyond The Sun (Yngwie Malnsteen)  (6:45)
 9.  Black Star (Yngwie Malmsteen & Steve Vai)  (8:01)
10. Frankenstein (Steve Vai/Zakk Wylde/Nuno Bettencourt/Tosin Abasi)  (10:57)
11. Highway Star (Generation Axe)  (10:34)

Format:  LP:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Foreplay (Genration Axe)  (4:46)
 2.  Tempting Time (Tosin Abasi)  (5:28)
 3.  Physical Education (Tosin Abasi & Nunu Bettencourt) (4:40)

Side B:

 1.  A Side Of Mash (Nuno Bettencourt)  (7:16)
 2.  Sideways (Nuno Bettencourt & Zakk Wylde)  (7:19)
 3.  Whipping Post (Zakk Wylde)  (6:58)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Bad Horsie (Steve Vai)  (6:36)
 2.  Valhalla/Baroque & Roll/Overture/From A Thousand Cuts/Arpeggios From Hell/Far Beyond The Sun (Yngwie Malnsteen)  (6:45)
 3.  Black Star (Yngwie Malmsteen & Steve Vai)  (8:01)

Side D:

 1.  Frankenstein (Steve Vai/Zakk Wylde/Nuno Bettencourt/Tosin Abasi)  (10:57)
 2.  Highway Star (Generation Axe)  (10:34)

Personnel:

Steve Vai:  Guitar
Yngwie Malmsteen:  Guitar
Zakk Wylde:  Guitar
Nuno Bettencourt:  Guitar
Tosin Abasi:  Guitar

Additional Musicians:

Pete Griffin:  Bass
Derek Sherinian:  Keyboards
JP Bouvet:  Drums

The Guitars That Destroyed The World:  Live In China is a live album by Generation Axe, released on June 28, 2019 by earMusic, recorded from various performances of their last successful tour of Asia.