cfmoran13

I know that there's another thread on this subject buried about 5 pages deep. But, it fits under the King's X umbrella and thought it might be good to mention it again...

 

"PINNICK GALES PRIDGEN will issued their self-titled debut album on February 12th, via Magna Carta. Composed of bassist/vocalist dUg Pinnick of the progressive metal band KING'S X, southpaw blues-rock guitarist Eric Gales (LAURYN HILL, solo) and ambitious ambidextrous drummer and former MARS VOLTA member, Thomas Pridgen, PGP unites three versatile artists, who demand, as much as share, the musical spotlight.

 

On the band's debut, each member of PGP infuses the material with his own set of musical influences, transforming his individual instrument into a lead instrument. The absolutely slamming musicianship frames the recognizable melodies of these songs and catapults the music into the realms of psychedelic blues, hard rock, and progressive soul/R&B.

 

Tracklisting:

'Collateral Damage'

'Angels And Aliens'

'For Jasmine'

'Hang On, Big Brother'

'Wishing Well'

'Hate Crime'

'Lascivious'

'Black Jeans'

'Sunshine Of Your Love'

'Been So High (The Only Place To Go Is Down)'

'Me And You'

'The Greatest Love'

'Frightening'

 

"This record is three guys, with music in us, who said, 'Let's go for it,'" says Pinnick. "It was built upon raw energy."

 

Produced by Mike Varney, Pinnick Gales Pridgen contains all the stinging bite and all-out sonic boom of King's X, The Mars Volta and THE ERIC GALES BAND. In addition, fans of artists as far ranging as JIMI HENDRIX, CREAM, LIVING COLOUR, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, TOOL, THE WHO, STEVIE WONDER and LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT might find something meaningful in these meaty, extended tracks."

 

You can find a video of the song "Hang On, Big Brother" on YouTube. I checked it out yesterday. Good stuff! I'm pretty psyched for this release.

Flying Colors - Flying Colors

Testament - Dark Roots Of The Earth

Overkill - The Electric Age

Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth

Rush - Clockwork Angels

Looking forward to Doctor Sleep finally being released. It'll be cool to see what little Danny is up to these days.

My favorite album of 2012 was Flying Colors' self-titled album. What a great album! The most I've listened to a new album in a very long time.

Sarzo is a super bassman and always seemed to have a lot of integrity (which is why it surprises me to see him in Tate's Scab-ryche). Personally, I'm very interested to see what the other guys can do now that the supposedly "controlling" hand of Tate is gone. LaTorre does a good enough job with the old stuff that we haven't gotten to hear in many years. And, I'm sure that they'll be writing the new material with his voice in mind as opposed to Tates's. Dedicated To Chaos was an unlistenable PoS. It can only go up from there. I'm hoping the move has given them that breath of fresh air they needed to get back to writing exciting music again.

 

As for Empire, I love the album. I still love Mindcrime better. But, it's a very solid album. As was said by someone else earlier, "Silent Lucidity" is the only one I can live without. It's a great song. However, MTV killed the song. And, radio continues to kill it (on stations that actually still play rock music). And, the tour was phenomenal. Suicidal Tendencies as the opener. Mindcrime in its entirety. Just awesome!

 

My favorite from the album can change depending on my mood. However, one of my faves has always been "Another Rainy Night (Without You)". I've always found the harmonies of the song's main guitar riff to be very cool. The solo is pretty good, too. And, I like the changing dynamics of the song.

I just received an e-mail from Rockabye Baby! announcing the release date of the new addition to their catalog... Lullabye Renditions of Rush!

 

A brand new year means a brand new roster of releases to treat your littlest rocker. First up for 2013: Lullaby Renditions of Rush.

Do you have a modern day warrior putting up a fight at bedtime? Looking for a reliable way to put baby to sleep and not some fly by night sandman? Try Rockabye Baby’s tender lullaby versions of Rush’s hard rock hits. This magic music will bring your baby closer to the heart of slumberland.

1. 2112: Overture
   
2. Limelight
   
3. Fly by Night
   
4. The Spirit of Radio
   
5. Freewill
   
6. Tom Sawyer
   
7. Working Man
   
8. A Farewell to Kings
   
9. The Trees
   
10. Red Barchetta
    
11. Subdivisions
    
12. Closer to the Hear
    

Ozzy - Sabbath needed to go first. Now, it's his time as a solo artist.

 

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Duran Duran - if ABBA and Blondie can get in, these guys should be in

 

 

As much as I love Ozzy, I disagree. His first two solo albums are two of my favorite albums by any artist. Bark at the Moon is decent, but much of it hasn't aged well. After that, his solo work is, at best, spotty.

 

I agree about DD though. They are basically the face of early MTV.

What you said about Ozzy already surpasses GnR's qualifications. Appetite is one of the most classic hard rock albums. Illusions 1 and 2 are good (combined, they could've made one killer album without the filler songs). GnR Lies and Spaghetti Incident hardly qualify as GnR albums. And, Chinese Democracy is "meh". At least in his 25+ years as a solo artist, Ozzy's put out more than 4 albums. Granted, I haven't liked anything since 'No More Tears'. But, that's beside the point. He could be inducted solely on the fact that he introduced most of the world to Randy Rhoads.

 

If there's a place for Isaac Hayes, ABBA and Donna Summer, surely there's a place for solo Ozzy! And, I know I shouldn't get too excited over this. After all, it's all complete BS anyway.

I just finished watching it on YouTube. They did a fantastic job. Even better was seeing the reactions from Page, Plant and Jonesy. You gotta wonder, though, what it was exactly that had Plant welling up like that. Was it the wonderful treatment the Wilson sisters were giving one of Zep's most celebrated songs? Or, was it, as was pointed out in an earlier post, that Plant knows he can't do that anymore? Either way, it was very touching to see him genuinely moved.

 

I so wish they would tour. I've seen Page on his own. I've seen Plant on his own. But, to see them tour together with JPJ and Jason would be very cool.

KISS - just do it already!

Ozzy - Sabbath needed to go first. Now, it's his time as a solo artist.

The Ramones

Yes

Deep Purple

Judas Priest

Motorhead

 

The next 2 should be in but are not at the "THEY MUST BE IN!!!" level:

Duran Duran - if ABBA and Blondie can get in, these guys should be in

Lionel Richie - Commodores and solo work, the guy can write a good song

I listened to the album a little while ago. It still holds up fairly well. I got to see this tour, too. Bad English were the openers, right?

 

Hey! Thanks for mentioning that. I remembered seeing Bad English live once but I forgot they opened for Whitesnake. The Babys meets Journey. They had a few hits but they were too poppy for me!

 

"Slip" really does still hold up in 2012!

 

Tonight I will crank the "1987" cd. Classic.

"Forget Me Not" off the first Bad English album is a great song. MTV would frustrate me when the album came out because they would play the video to that song and they would never put the credits on. So, I had no idea who they were. After a month or so, they finally started putting up the titles. I bought the album the next day. A few weeks later, "When I See You Smile" was released and everyone knew who they were.

 

'1987' is way better than 'Slip Of The Tongue' (IMO). SotT is good. But 1987 is awesome. I so wish they could've written another album with that crew. Sykes wrote some good stuff. He proved that again with 'Blue Murder'.

I listened to the album a little while ago. It still holds up fairly well. I got to see this tour, too. Bad English were the openers, right?

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Oct 24 2012, 07:37 PM)

QUOTE (cfmoran13 @ Oct 24 2012, 11:40 AM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Oct 24 2012, 02:04 PM) QUOTE (cfmoran13 @ Oct 24 2012, 03:28 AM) QUOTE (ReGorLaTroy @ Oct 23 2012, 09:35 PM) I'm going to a book signing tomorrow not too far from where I live. Very excited to meet him, as his (KISS') music has been a part of my life forever. He's very nice to everyone. I met him at a Rock and Horror convention about 10 (maybe more) years ago. He took time to talk to everyone in line and seems genuinely interested in whatever people had to say.   Ace (who was next to him), on the other hand, was a complete @sshole. This is before he cleaned up his act. From my point of view, he looked like he was drunk/ high or severely hung over. Whatever it was, he was acting like an entitled douchebag. I'm sure it would be different now.   Enjoy the book signing! I've heard good things about the book, too. I'll probably pick it up soon. Peter always comes off as a genuine, friendly and sincerely nice guy in interviews. I'm not surprised you had that experience with him. Yeah, he was awesome! Smile on his face. Laughing with everyone. The woman in front of me told him that she went to his same high school in New York and, from his reaction, you'd think they were best buddies, and started reminiscing about the school.   Ace, on the other hand, threw his Sharpie into the air after it ran out of ink and started screaming for another one with a big puss on his face.   I had them both sign the cover to my vinyl copy of the first KISS album in silver sharpie. Looks pretty sweet!   Dee Snider was there as well. Great guy, too. I had him sign the CD jacket for the first Widownaker (underrated) CD. Very friendly. I've heard other people speak negatively about meeting Ace, but it probably did have something to do with where he was at the time with drinking/doing drugs.   In 1983 or 1984 I went to a record store signing that had Gene, Paul, Eric Carr & Vinnie Vincent. I really didn't care about Eric or Vinnie, but all of them were really nice guys. I remember staring at Gene with these wide eyes, and he stared back at me with exactly the same expression - it was actually pretty funny. Yeah, I've gotten to meet everyone from KISS other than Eric Carr, Mark St. John and Tommy Thayer. And, all but the previously mentioned Ace were very cool. Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick were awesome.   Actually, Vinnie was a bit of a tool. This was at a KISS convention about 10 years ago. From the way he carried himself, you'd think that he was selling out arenas all across the country. He was only signing things if you bought something. And, what's with his fascination with the color pink?!?

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Oct 24 2012, 02:04 PM)

QUOTE (cfmoran13 @ Oct 24 2012, 03:28 AM) QUOTE (ReGorLaTroy @ Oct 23 2012, 09:35 PM) I'm going to a book signing tomorrow not too far from where I live. Very excited to meet him, as his (KISS') music has been a part of my life forever. He's very nice to everyone. I met him at a Rock and Horror convention about 10 (maybe more) years ago. He took time to talk to everyone in line and seems genuinely interested in whatever people had to say.   Ace (who was next to him), on the other hand, was a complete @sshole. This is before he cleaned up his act. From my point of view, he looked like he was drunk/ high or severely hung over. Whatever it was, he was acting like an entitled douchebag. I'm sure it would be different now.   Enjoy the book signing! I've heard good things about the book, too. I'll probably pick it up soon. Peter always comes off as a genuine, friendly and sincerely nice guy in interviews. I'm not surprised you had that experience with him. Yeah, he was awesome! Smile on his face. Laughing with everyone. The woman in front of me told him that she went to his same high school in New York and, from his reaction, you'd think they were best buddies, and started reminiscing about the school.   Ace, on the other hand, threw his Sharpie into the air after it ran out of ink and started screaming for another one with a big puss on his face.   I had them both sign the cover to my vinyl copy of the first KISS album in silver sharpie. Looks pretty sweet!   Dee Snider was there as well. Great guy, too. I had him sign the CD jacket for the first Widownaker (underrated) CD. Very friendly.

QUOTE (ReGorLaTroy @ Oct 23 2012, 09:35 PM)

I'm going to a book signing tomorrow not too far from where I live. Very excited to meet him, as his (KISS') music has been a part of my life forever.

I think you're thinking too much about it. If you're excited when they start playing a song, show it - sing, air guitar, whatever. If you're not so excited when a song starts, do whatever you feel like.

 

At the Newark show, there was a dude screaming "Headlooong Fliiiiiight" during the entire first set. When they broke into the song, he totally freaked and was singing louder than Geddy. Was it annoying? Hell yeah! Did I say anything to the guy? Hell no! The dude was having a blast and the song that he absolutely wanted to hear played was being played. Why should I crap on his parade?!?

 

Bottom line, you payed your money to see a band play songs. As long as you're having honest reactions, who cares what you do?!? Whatever you do at a show, have a good time.

 

Long-time KISS fan who doesn't like Sonic Boom (or at least the Gene half). On first listen or two, didn't like Monster. Each song started to sound like a Frankenstein of 2 or more older KISS songs.

 

I told a friend of mine who's a huge long-time fan as well what I thought of it and he asked if we were listening to the same album. He said he loved it and thought it was one of their best. So, I'm listening to it some more.

 

I do wish I still had a dedicated stereo at home to listen to this on. Nowadays, everything is iPod, car stereo or computer speakers. Nothing really big-sounding. Maybe I'll play it through the home theater setup of my blu-ray player for a broader spectrum of sound.

 

One thing I will stand behind is that "Take Me Down Below" has to be one of the worst songs lyrically that they've ever created. Absolutely horrible!

Death Angel/ Anthrax/ Testament - October 5th, Montclair NJ

Rush - October 20th, Newark NJ

Megadeth - November 14th, Sayreville NJ

I just listened to my first iTunes clip, for "Wall Of Sound". Does anyone else hear "Murder In High Heels"?

I can't believe they're playing the Starland Ballroom here in New Jersey. I've gone to a handful of shows there and it blows my mind that they're playing there. If it holds 1,200 people, I'd be surprised. You can't find an actual capacity because the website says it depends on who's playing, that it can be altered to a degree. Tix go on-sale today at noon. I'm gonna try my best to get a ticket. Hopefully, I'll be seeing them for my 9th time.

 

I got to see them when they toured for Countdown in '92. So, this'll be kinda cool to see/ hear the whole album performed 20 years later.

Eric Carr. Not that Eric Singer isn't a good drummer. But, Carr's bombastic drum sound was fantastic. Even if the return of the make-up couldn't have been avoided, it could've been a return to the Elder/ (almost) Creatures line-up. Plus, Psycho Circus and Sonic Boom could've been helped immensely by his energy.

QUOTE (Rick N. Backer @ Aug 1 2012, 01:55 PM)

QUOTE (metaldad @ Aug 1 2012, 01:47 PM) QUOTE (shail @ Aug 1 2012, 12:44 PM) QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Jul 31 2012, 02:47 PM) QUOTE (shail @ Jul 31 2012, 11:44 AM) Kiss? It's kiddie good two shoes music. happy happy joy joy shit. boys running around with lolly pops in their mouths. You should not speak in public.   did you run out of lolly pops? well go find your mommy and ask for another one. sounds like you've had one to many. Not only does this Not make any sense, it's not funny at all . Seriously MD, I should let you know that because I see you put Kiss in your 5 bands in your rotation list every f-ing day, you broke me down and I picked up Sonic Boom. Haven't had a chance to give it a spin yet though. Please tell me that Sonic Boom is not going to be your introduction to KISS's music! IMO, it's easily in the bottom 5 (or maybe 3) of their studio albums.

Back in high school before I could drive, I was waiting for my friend and his father (our ride) to pick me up to head to the Queensryche (touring for Mindcrime)/ Def Leppard (touring for Hysteria) show. My friend had a soccer game that afternoon which went into overtime. Once they finally picked me up (this was before cell phones, so I had no idea why he was so frickin' late), we got to the show and totally missed Queensryche. It would've been my first time seeing them. I had to wait 3 more years for the Building Empires tour to finally see them live. I was pissed!

My wife and I took our then 3.5-year-old daughter to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra 2 winters ago. She wore big ear-hugging ear protection (made by 3M, found on Amazon for $8) and absolutely loved it.

 

As long as you're careful with the ears, there shouldn't be a problem.

I was, too... until I found SongPop. That's my new addiction.