Shy Boy Tobacco Road Unchained Panama Drum solo Pretty Woman Elephant Gun Everybody Wants Some? Vai solo On Fire Bump & Grind Ice Cream Man Big Trouble Yankee Rose Vai solo Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love Goin' Crazy
In late 1985, Roth assembled a band that many considered a supergroup, composed of guitarist Steve Vai, bass player Billy Sheehan and drummer Gregg Bissonette. He later enlisted Van Halen producer Ted Templeman to produce the band's debut album. Eat 'Em and Smile saw Roth return to hard rock music, and met with huge commercial success. In interviews around this time, Roth claimed that he had recorded additional Spanish and Portuguese language versions of the album, but to date only one of these, the Spanish language (all songs sung in Spanish) version titled "Sonrisa Salvaje", appeared. The Eat 'em and Smile Tour was one of the most successful concert tours of 1986.
After leaving Zappa in 1982, Steve moved to California where he recorded his first album Flex-Able and performed in a couple of bands – The Classified & 777 –. In 1985 he replaced Yngwie Malmsteen as lead guitarist in Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz with whom he recorded the album Disturbing the Peace. But let’s harck back to the pre Alcatrazz period and the jamming bands. Steve says on his website that the 777 band was a great jamming one. That was kind of The power trio from Venus. This band is the core rhythm section that made up most of "Passion And Warfare". Quite a few songs already were tracked with the band just waiting for the light of day. Part of the concert taped at the spirit club in San Diego in May 1985 was released on bootleg: steve vai: 777. All tracks come mainly from the flex over album.
Setlist
Viv Woman Salamanders In The Sun Little Green Men The Riddle Call It Sleep Lovers Are Crazy Instrumental Jam Ballerina Exercises Greensleeves Groovy Thing Sisters God Bless Video Black Napkins (Frank Zappa) Variations The Attitude Song
Line up: Steve Vai: guitar Stuart Hamm: bass Chris Frazier: drums