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| 3028.1 | | BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Trouble with a capital 'T' | Fri Jan 13 1995 14:14 | 9 |
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I have it, and I don't think his speed is anything to write home
about ... but it is a very good guitar-oriented album.
Not sure about the gear ... but I can check the liner notes and
at least give you the maker on the stuff.
GTI
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| 3028.2 | whattayamean TROUBLE? | POLAR::KFICZERE | | Fri Jan 13 1995 15:55 | 6 |
| Idunno, I do have his second release and this kids fingers are on
fire! If you think that he's not that fast, you must really kick a$$.
Do you think I could get your autograph???
Kevin (who is smiling now).
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| 3028.3 | Whom do you regard to be "fast" | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | db | Fri Jan 13 1995 16:56 | 18 |
| Kevin,
Could you give us examples of other well-known guitarists who you
think are "fast"?
A lot of people are really out-of-touch with the "state of the art"
in playing today. Three separate people have told me they thought
Eric ("Slowhand") Clapton was fast. Although Clapton is a "great"
player, he is most certainly not "fast" by today's standards.
What I've learned is that a lot of people, particularly people not into
the more technically oriented genres (prog rock, heavy metal, speed
metal, etc.) really don't have a clue as to what "fast" means these
days.
db
IPTSWITSINWCA
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| 3028.4 | | BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Trouble with a capital 'T' | Sat Jan 14 1995 09:15 | 19 |
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No autographs ... sorry. 8^)
I never said I was fast ... heck, I don't even play guitar. I
just listen to ALOT of it, and although fast is a relative term,
there is a dividing line there somewhere.
If you want to hear the fastest guitar solo that exists, as far
as I know, listen to the song "Machine Gun Eddie" on Nitro's
"O.F.R." album. There is none faster. There are quite a few
that are much better, though, as long as you don't automatically
associate fast with good.
And now you have me wondering whether I have the 1st or 2nd al-
bum. What are the titles? I think I have the one with "Trouble"
in the title ... sounds familiar for some reason.
GTI
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| 3028.5 | HOT STUFF | POLAR::KFICZERE | | Sat Jan 14 1995 10:45 | 21 |
| GTI, the second album (the one I have) has some really amazing work
on it,for that style of playing of course.I honestly can not get that
title to come to mind right now,but some of the tracks are :
Temple of deliverence
Misty
She's so heavy (Beatles cover...Interesting)
Bang that bell
And a bunch more(I think it's actually called Temple of
Deliverence). Anyways, as for this fastest issue that seemed to come
out of nowhere, I'm not really that much of speed freak. I really enjoy
listening/playing to blues oriented stuff. If you've ever heard Johnny
Winters Live album with Rick Derringer, that sort of style really
knocks me out. The fast stuff that I guess I'm refering to are those
BLISTERING leads based around pentatonic scales that seem to just never
stop. I'm a big Hendrix and SRV fan so that Gales kid really blew me
away. He's just so fluid...Scary.
I don't mean to be nieve, but who's this NITRO chracter?
Kevin
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| 3028.6 | | BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Trouble with a capital 'T' | Sat Jan 14 1995 11:14 | 17 |
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I believe I have the 1st one, then. Those songs don't sound
familiar to me.
Nitro is a 3- or 4-piece metal band headed by Jim Gillette on
vocals [who has amazing range, but is just as horrible to listen
to as Mariah Carey] and Michelangelo [no relation to the painter
8^)] on guitar. Michelangelo is LIGHTNING fast, but gets very
boring very fast since all his solos start to sound the same
after a few songs.
Their 2nd album had a cover of Nugent's "Cat Scratch Fever" that
Gillette ruined since he had to add "embellishments" to show off
his vocal range.
GTI
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| 3028.7 | The Invisable Man | POLAR::KFICZERE | | Sat Jan 14 1995 12:04 | 11 |
| The NITRO doesn't sound like a gotta-rush-out-n-get-it-now kind of
album.thanks for the review though.
Getting back to that fret demon we were yakin' about.....
Yeah,I'd like to hear a little more on that first CD. Apperently
they've grown quite a bit in their song writing,not that they are all
that great at it with this release, but they sure get done what they
set out to do.I think any fool could figure out that they're just a
medium for this kid to WAIL...
Kevin
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| 3028.8 | Brain Dead | POLAR::KFICZERE | | Sun Jan 15 1995 05:25 | 5 |
| I was wrong.....'picture of a thousand faces' was the name of that
2nd release.
Kevin
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| 3028.9 | | RICKS::CALCAGNI | The animal trainer and the toad | Mon Jan 16 1995 08:21 | 3 |
| Eric Gales seems to be using a stock Fender SRV Signature Strat whenever
I see him; that may be where the Fender endorsement comes from.
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| 3028.10 | I knew it | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | db | Mon Jan 16 1995 08:48 | 31 |
| >> What I've learned is that a lot of people, particularly people not into
>> the more technically oriented genres (prog rock, heavy metal, speed
>> metal, etc.) really don't have a clue as to what "fast" means these
>> days.
> I really enjoy listening/playing to blues oriented stuff.
Given what you said earlier, I would've bet money that you'd say that.
> If you've ever heard Johnny Winters Live album with Rick Derringer,
> that sort of style really knocks me out. The fast stuff that I guess
> I'm refering to are those BLISTERING leads based around pentatonic
> scales that seem to just never stop. I'm a big Hendrix and SRV fan so
> that Gales kid really blew me away. He's just so fluid...
These guys are all great players but you'll have to take my word for it
that you can't look to the blues to get any notion of where the state
of the art is with regard to speed. It's just not what the blues
is about.
If you were blown away by Eric Gales speed, and are interested to see
what the state of the art is in speed technique, there's a long list of
people you should check out outside of the blues genre.
I like blues AND I metal/progressive. I play in two bands: one largely
R&B one entirely progressive/metal. In blues the emotion comes from
phrasing and dynamics (largely). In other genres speed is used to
generate energy/excitement/adrenaline (i.e. "emotion", although blues
purists often don't seem to view it that way).
db
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| 3028.11 | Coincidentally Speaking... | POLAR::KFICZERE | | Wed Jan 18 1995 06:35 | 14 |
| re.10
Good point.
Re your prog. metal band, what do you consider "prog metal"?
As compared to ....Pearl jam or soundgarden? I'm not really
familiar with this term.
Another scary point is that I'm currently involved in an R&b
project as well as a heavier rock (prog metal??) band....
Interesting
Kevin
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| 3028.12 | Kalvin? | KAOOA::MONAHAN | | Wed Jan 18 1995 11:06 | 5 |
| Tell ME, Kevin what are these bands called ? Whom are the supporting
musicians ? A curious bystander would like to know.
TRM
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| 3028.13 | It's about time Dude! | POLAR::KFICZERE | | Wed Jan 18 1995 11:21 | 3 |
| TODD!!!!!
Does 'Animal and the Sound' ring a bell????
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| 3028.14 | DING...ding..di | KAOOA::MONAHAN | | Thu Jan 19 1995 09:56 | 17 |
| I hear a faint ringing in my ear, but can't place the name. Give me
another hint. I found your E-mail address but the message I sent you
was Returned-to-Sender. I'll try again today. So who's in this band?
When are you going to come jam with Davin, Devin, Mike and myself
(remember I'm doing the "drum thing" now), We suck (me anyway) but have
fun, nobody argues, its quite unique. Give me a call @dtn 640-7236.
P.S. Mikes Bandmaster and 2x12 Fender cab are at my place all the time
(he's got a SuperAmp now as well) it sounds great, I'd like to hear you
avec Strat on it. One other thing, Mike wants to sell his Strat if you
know anyone whos interested, he's into Les Pauls this week. Oh ya,
Devin is looking for a cheap bass, he's got a Carvin 100w head and
Peavy 2x12 cab.
TRM
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| 3028.15 | I'm not really an expert in prog-metal | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | db | Fri Jan 20 1995 15:39 | 28 |
| > Re your prog. metal band, what do you consider "prog metal"?
> As compared to ....Pearl jam or soundgarden? I'm not really
> familiar with this term.
"Progressive" is one of those terms that nobody can agree on. There
was even a long string of letters to Keyboard magazine over the span
of about 5 months as to what constituted "progressive" music.
But since you asked "what do YOU consider 'prog metal'?"...
Truth is, I'm not all that familiar with the heavy metal side of
progressive rock.
One band I know without a doubt that falls into that category is
Dream Theater. Their "Images and Words" album is IMHO, the very
best album to come out in the last decade.
One band I would NOT call "progressive" is Pearl Jam, although note
that all new forms of music (including "Seattle" which is how I
categorize PJ) are progressive in that they are... "new".
> Another scary point is that I'm currently involved in an R&b
> project as well as a heavier rock (prog metal??) band....
Interesting coincidence. Me too, I have two bands, one that does
mostly R&B, the other is almost entirely progressive rock.
db
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| 3028.16 | | BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Trouble with a capital 'T' | Tue Jan 24 1995 07:08 | 7 |
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Well, it turns out I have the debut album, or at least the self-
titled CD. And I listened to it the other night and it is very
good.
GTI
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| 3028.17 | | BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Trouble with a capital 'T' | Tue Jan 24 1995 07:09 | 9 |
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RE: Progressive metal
Fates Warning is the only one that I can name right at the
moment. I'd describe them as a heavy Dream Theater.
GTI
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| 3028.18 | In from the Storm | POLAR::KFICZERE | | Fri Jan 27 1995 07:13 | 7 |
| re.16
thanks for the review. I think I'll pick it up.
(no inside on the gear eh?).
Kevin
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| 3028.19 | | BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Trouble with a capital 'T' | Fri Jan 27 1995 10:29 | 5 |
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I forgot to look ... sorry!!
GTI
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| 3028.20 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | A swift kick in the butt - $1 | Mon Oct 02 1995 08:38 | 3 |
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Eric and Eugene both use/endorse Fender guitars/amps.
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| 3028.21 | | POLAR::KFICZERE | | Mon Oct 02 1995 08:42 | 4 |
| Better late than never!
Thanks,
-kev
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