Originally Posted by Josh-da-man

The thing about Satriani (and Steve Vai, for that matter) is the people who listen to them and buy their records are either musicians or want to be musicians. Occasionally, one of them will put out an album (like Satriani's "Surfing with the Alien" or Vai's "Passion and Warfare") that has some crossover appeal, but every person I've met who is a fan is either a musician, a former musician, or an aspiring musician.

That said, my girlfriend, who is not a musician, love Satriani's "Always with You, Always with Me." It's one of her favorite songs.

Originally Posted by wendersfan

"Just asking a question" would read something like, "How familiar are you with Satriani's music?", not "Have you even heard Joe's music, or did you just hear 'instrumental guitar' and decide it had to suck?"

Originally Posted by JasonF

It should be noted that Satriani's own hands aren't exactly clean when it comes to copyright infringement.