Sandy Masuo - The Masters who pull the strings:
Interview - By Arend, Sep 1, 2001 12:00 AM
Tom Morello, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather, Stanley Jordan, Trevor Rabin
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Arend Slagman - The new career of Larry & Luke
Interview - By Arend, Aug 1, 2001 12:00 AMBoth star guitarists Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather already did a tour in Japan (autumn 1998) and the USA (spring 2001) and half a tour in Europe, as they arrive in Amsterdam for a couple of interviews and two concerts. On the day the Dutch all time rock & roll artist Herman Brood jumps off the roof of the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel, they are doing two evening concerts in Paradiso, two times for a sold out hall.
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Arend Slagman - Carlton & Lukather in Amsterdam, Holland, July 11th 2001
Editorial - By Arend, Jul 14, 2001 12:00 AMLarry Carlton and Steve Lukather did two sold out evening concerts in the Amsterdam pop temple Paradiso on the day that turned out to be a memorable one in Dutch rock history. -
Adam Levy - Spontaneous combustion
Interview - By Arend, Jun 1, 2001 12:00 AMTwo players dominated the Los Angeles pop session scene in the 1970s and '80s: Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather.
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Arend Slagman - Inertia, New standard in multi fused rock
Editorial - By Arend, Jun 1, 2001 12:00 AMInertia turned out to be a new standard in multi fused rock that will appeal to a wide cluster of modern music lovers. -
Glenn Astarita - Inertia, Sherinian’s finest recorded hour to date!
Editorial - By Arend, May 6, 2001 12:00 AMKeyboard whiz Derek Sherinian has made a living as a first call session ace, performing and recording with such disparate talent as Alice Cooper and Kiss along with his involvement with prog-metal bands Dream Theater, Platypus and the high octane Planet X. However, Inertia might represent Sherinian’s finest recorded hour to date! -
Glenn Astarita - No substitutions, Virtues of restraint and nuance
Editorial - By Arend, May 5, 2001 12:00 AMNo substitutions – Live in Osaka marks the first live performance collaboration by these seminal Southern California-based studio guitarists and group leaders. -
Dave Hughes - No substitutions, Carlton as "sensei"
Editorial - By Arend, May 1, 2001 12:00 AMFor those who worship the guitar gods, this meeting of two of the axe's finest, recorded live in Osaka, naturally provides much incredible technique and balls-out fusion energy in which to revel. -
Tom Hamilton - Carlton & Lukather in Japan
Editorial - By Arend, Apr 3, 2001 12:00 AMFrom very aggressive to creamy quiet. I went in expecting to hear all the notes I don't know but was surprised at how rock the thing was. -
Willie G. Moseley - Steve Lukather
Interview - By Arend, Nov 1, 2000 12:00 AMA full plate for more than 20 years: Native Californian guitarslinger Steve Lukather has been a mainstay on the Left Coast studio and concert scene for longer than you think. He’s best noted for his longtime association with platinum-selling Toto, which has sold 30 million albums worldwide since its first single, Hold the line, hit the top 10 in 1978. -
Richard Hallebeek - Bob Bradshaw
Interview - By Arend, Sep 1, 2000 12:00 AMThis interview with Bob Bradshaw (Steve Lukather's main technician) took place at the Custom Audio Electronics store at Magnolia Boulevard, L.A., Sept. 2000. Antti Kotikoski was there also and asked some questions here and there too. Bob is a great story teller, so Richard Hallebeek decided to keep the interview unedited. Long, but nevertheless interesting, here's it is...
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Arend Slagman - Odd Couple at North Sea Jazz
Editorial - By Arend, Jul 14, 2000 12:00 AMLuke's and Edgar's presence to the 25th anniversary of the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Holland, was as much unforgettable as it was risky. "Of course we knew that we were playing at an honourable jazz festival with honourable jazz lovers," Luke stated right after the concert, "but in the end we felt we had to do our own gig.
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Robyn Flans - Simon Phillips, Reflections on…
Interview - By Arend, Jun 1, 2000 12:00 AMPhillips is reflecting on the influences, techniques and characters of drummers like (…) Jeff Porcaro.
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Jeb Wright - Steve Lukather
Interview - By Arend, May 1, 2000 12:00 AMI've been doing this for over 25 years. I learned from the best. Before everyone had drum machines in their house, you had to hire a full rhythm section. I got a chance to work with the greatest musicians at the time. The great producers and engineers. -
Ewan Smith - Steve Lukather blues
Editorial - By Arend, Feb 1, 2000 12:00 AMFor all his versatility I tend to think of Steve as a turbo-charged blues player: all the standard blues ideas are present - bends, vibrato and pentatonic scales - but they're played with a modern tone and some serious bursts of tricky alternate picking. -
Jason Sidwell - Steve Lukather
Interview - By Arend, Feb 1, 2000 12:00 AMAs a guitarist's guitarist, Steve Lukather defined the '80s American rock sound. With a rejuvenated Toto, he spoke to Jason Sidwell about the band, his career and influences. -
Hans Nijs - The two Toms and a lost record
Editorial - By Arend, Apr 1, 1999 12:00 AMAbout 25 years back Tom Jans was as much an artist's artist as Tom Waits. -
Darrin Matteson - In terms of two, The amazing similarities between Chicago and Toto
Editorial - By Arend, Jan 1, 1998 12:00 AMEssay about the musicians scene around Toto and Chicago. -
Ine Bodewes - I've just grown really critical
Interview - By Arend, Jul 1, 1997 12:00 AMIn July 1997 Ine Bodewes interviewed Steve Lukather for the Dutch Toto & Los Lobotomys fanclub. Lukather, who was in Europe during the Luke Tour 1997, talked about his third solo album, his personal (love) life and more... -
David Vousden - Steve Lukather (Fastlane)
Interview - By Arend, Dec 1, 1996 12:00 AMThe following interview was originally published in Issue 3 of ‘Fastlane’ a UK based fanzine in December 1996. As most of the copies of said magazine are sitting in a dusty garage somewhere in darkest England it seemed the time was right for a second look.
