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John Wesley has confirmed he has had nor will he have any involvement in this album or upcoming tour.

Did he fall out with SW?

Neil said in a pre-tour interview (I think it was the Time Machine tour?) in one of the magazines that he was interested in performing Hand Over Fist live but I guess it didn't make it past rehearsals

Hand Over Fist is just great.

Going to track down that Exit Stage Right boot and listen to it today.

 

I found this on youtube today and listened to it. It's fun to hear them live in this era - playing really well....but still a little bit loose, too. (I like hearing Neil and Alex screw around at the end of Closer To The Heart, both trying to get the "last word"...) For me, if you could put a handful of Signals tunes into this setlist, it would be just perfect. As it is, it's an unreal set of music from them.

 

One thing that is interesting to hear with shows from this era is how hit-or-miss Neil is with tempo sometimes. I find it funny when you see people's comments on things like youtube praising Neil as the be-all-end-all drum god...often people will say something like "Metronomes set themselves to Neil".... and I always think, wow, you haven't listened to some of the unofficial live stuff! He's all over the place in that Chicago show - you can hear how they get out of sync with the sequencer in Spirit Of Radio, for one obvious example. He was still progressing as a live drummer I guess... and yet, I love how energetic and powerful he is in this time. I'd rather hear him be shaky in '81 than tempo perfect in 2004....

I was watching the ESL film, and my god is TS just all over the place. So fast at the beginning and then NP has to put the brakes on in the middle of the song. He struggled with that one for awhile. Closer to the Heart took a few years too.

One of the absolutely worse days yet.

Hang in there. Sending happy thoughts.

Wow the live cuts are a bit of a revelation:

So now I’m listening to the live tracks on the deluxe edition of the album on Spotify.

So — it’s pretty good. More rockin and better produced than the actual album.

Hey at least I voted back in Feb!

That Bacon guy's career went into the toilet after GTR disbanded. He ended up going on a talent show around 2000 singing The Hunter and When the Heart Rules the Mind. It was like he was living in the past trying to milk those old songs like it was the only thing he had.

 

This is cringe x 1000, but he can sing in tune at least.

Is this 2000? Looks like 1992 or something.

I wrote a big long screed about GTR on CP before it crashed 15 times in a row.

There’s a documentary on YouTube about the making of that first album.

It has aged not very well. And then Hackett re-did the single a few years back.

Howe just was cashing in like nobody’s business.

YES! "THE QUEST!"

I mean - I gotta agree. This album surprised the shit out of me.

Van Halen’s A Different Kind Of Truth.

Sure some recycled tracks. But there’s new shit too - and it’s awesome.

EVH is fully reinvigorated and inspired. Like it’s 1985. Just beautiful guitar playing.

He’s got the prog bona fides and the chops.

 

I am not a Styx fan by any stretch of the imagination but watching him play is fantastic.

You should listen to “The Mission”, it may change your mind.

I’ve now listened to the 2 latest albums and I’ve really enjoyed them. Thanks for the suggestion.

Eddie's guitar tone will always be my favorite however on F.U.C.K. I don't really care for the production.

 

Power drills and guitars FTW

 

Mr Big has entered the chat

:lol:

I remember when they opened for RUSH and we all laughed our asses off when he pulled out the drill...

 

Didn’t he get his hair caught in it one show?

Pretty sure that happened.

A Lil Ain’t Enough just has better songs. I just revisited this album.

Time to tell the truth is pretty damn good.

Drop in the bucket too.

Holy crap.

 

I actually LIKE it.

 

Seems like Steve Howe decided he needed to carry some of the weight. And he plays quite exquisetly on this album.

 

Jon Davidson spouts silly nonsense, per usual, but he's more tuneful than previous releases.

 

The production is pretty damn good. And Alan White does a commendable job too.

 

 

I also dug the Benoit David mini album that came out last year.

 

 

Maybe my ears are going out.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbGEa7ju8bg

 

What the FUKK??

 

The intro synth sounds like EMERSON LAKE & POWELL!

 

"TOUCH AND GO!"

A tribute maybe? It’s too close.

I'm sold.

Tickets are cheap for The Greek show too. No brainer.

Holy crap.

I actually LIKE it.

Seems like Steve Howe decided he needed to carry some of the weight. And he plays quite exquisetly on this album.

Jon Davidson spouts silly nonsense, per usual, but he's more tuneful than previous releases.

The production is pretty damn good. And Alan White does a commendable job too.

I also dug the Benoit David mini album that came out last year.

Maybe my ears are going out.

10 hour heart surgery - holy shit.

He is done. No more touring for him.

So, how is the "full version" of the video different from this official video?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQgu0MpnKq8

 

The “full version” installs a shit ton of malware on your computer?

 

It’s the full video. It has the entire song. The YouTube version does not have the full song. Don’t know why some of you are putting my words in quotes when it’s literally true. All you have to do it watch the video to see it’s missing segments of the song. It’s not malware, it won’t infect your computer, I uploaded it to help preserve the video as it should be viewed. Nothing more than that.

Please let us know when you upload it to YouTube.