Rock Candy

 UK

Rock Candy magazine is a bi-monthly, 100-page rock publication produced and managed by a bunch of British rock journalists with decades of experience in music and mags, writing for legendary publications including Kerrang!, Metal Hammer and Raw. Founded in 2017.

2018 April-May

No. 7

Rapid Fire Recall – Steve Vai
By Howard Johnson, pp 74-77


FRANK ZAPPA
“Frank was the most extraordinary man I ever met. I still marvel to this day at the incredible opportunity I had to work with him. There isn’t a day that passes without me seeing how being with him has helped me in the way I do my business, how I make my music and how I explore things. Why? Because Frank was an independent thinker, an explosion of freedom. He was constantly, constantly creating. Frank didn’t just hear your words. He was honing in on the intent behind the words. So you had to be really careful, because he could smell shit a mile away. If anything you were saying smacked of ego or ignorance he’d really let you have it.”