“That’s the difference between playing this stuff with Joe and just having some guitar player in the band that can imitate Eddie. He continued: “I’m going ‘I think that’s just Eddie just f-ing around beating the s- out of his guitars,’” and Joe goes ‘No, no, no, (he’s playing) a third here and an octave there.’ He knows his stuff. Joe knows what he’s playing and Joe can do something like that and know what it means.”
“They’re just imitating Eddie because he’s so distinct. “So many little kids in grocery stores nowadays just pick up a guitar off the shelf, 12-year-old and go play all this stuff, but they don’t necessarily know what they’re playing. We have songs from beginner to expert level. You can test out ActionTab right now by hitting the play button above. Just place your fingers where the colored dots are and strum or pick the strings that light up. The thing about what Eddie did – I mean the reason Joe is in this band for this tour is because like I said, if you’re gonna go deep into his stuff in the Van Halen catalogue, you need a guy like Joe Satriani that’s not just imitating Eddie.' Actiontab is a virtual fretboard that shows you exactly how to play a song just as if you were watching someone play guitar. You listen to that and and it blows your mind.” With Howard Stern remarking “that’s nuts!”, Michael Anthony then chipped in: “That was an intro to a song called ‘Mean Streets’ from early Van Halen stuff.
