Song · Steve Vai
“Erotic Nightmares” by Steve Vai
From the album Passion and Warfare (1990)
“Erotic Nightmares” by Steve Vai appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1990 on the album Passion and Warfare. Its best result is #210 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,205 hard rock song of all time.
Steve Vai wrote, arranged and produced "Erotic Nightmares" for Passion and Warfare, his second studio album, which came out through Relativity and Epic in May 1990. It's his show from top to bottom, with Stuart Hamm on bass, Chris Frazier on drums and David Rosenthal on keyboards backing his guitar.
The album was a long time coming: Vai had started planning it as early as 1982, shelved it when he joined David Lee Roth's band, and only picked it back up after leaving Roth in 1989. He cut it at the Mothership, his home studio, drew on dreams from his younger days, and summed the whole thing up as Jimi Hendrix meeting Jesus Christ at a party thrown by Ben Hur for Mel Blanc. This one's title fits that fever-dream brief.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 210 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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