Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    "Great equipment is only on component of great sound.  The ability to
    tastefully utilize it is something that takes time, experimentation,
    and thoughtfulness.  REZ has been around nearly 18 years, and we're
    still learning." - Glenn Kaiser
    
    Glenn Kaiser - lead/backing vocals/guitar
        Guitars: Les Paul Custon (2)
                 Fender Strat
                 Washburn electric/acoustic
                 6 string Dulcimer
        Amps:    Marshall 100wt head
                 Marshall 4x12 cab
        Effects: all effects originate at soundboard
        Misc:    Huang Harmonicas
                 Dean Markley strings
    
    Stu Heiss    - Lead Guitar
        Guitars: L. Bishop (2)
                 Ibanez artwood w/twin doubleneck
        Amps:    Seymour Duncan 100wt
                 Marshall 4x12 cabinet
        Effects: Boss pedals: compressor, noise gate, DDL, digital
                 dimension, distortion
        Misc:    Dean Markley strings
    
    John Herrin  - Drums
        Pearl MLX series kit
        Pearl rack, Pearl cymbal stands
        Pearl free floating brass snare
        Paiste & Zildjian cymbals
        ASBA bass drum pedal
        Sonor hi-hat
        Compco snare head
        Remo tom heads
        Ludwig bass drum head
    
    Wendi Kaiser - Lead/Backing vocals
        Misc:    Shure SM58
    
    Roy Montroy  - Bass/Keys
        Guitars: Steinberger bass
                 Fender jazz special w/active electronics
        Keys:    Roland JX-39
        Amps:    Trace Elliot 1110 combo
        Misc:    Superwound Starfire Rockmaster bass strings
                 Dunlop tortex 73 MM picks
    
    REZ also uses Star Cases.

    I've witnessed some startling contrasts in guitar rigs this weekend. 
    Friday night's REZ concert was a real tribute to Marshall!  Both the
    lead and rhythm players used JCM 800 heads.  The rhythm player is
    strictly a Les Paul straight into the JCM 800.  No effects!  He gets
    such a great sound too!  The lead player uses a strat styled Jackson
    into the JCM 800.  He had 2 of those Boss cases that hold 6 effects pedals 
    each.  There was a delay and a delay dimension pedal in there + at
    least 2 each of their compressor/sustainor, noise surpressor, and of
    course the power supply.  Also a great sound!  Nice and raw!  he only
    used 1 other guitar, for 1 song.  A beautiful blonde finished Gibson
    doubleneck with the vine like inlays.  Real vintage looking! 
    Bottomline: so simple, but AWESOME!
    
    Then a go to Coop's house on Sunday to play with the MAJOR MIDI RACK
    PUKE.  The technology involved in that rack is quite a contrast!  That
    rack also sounds great and is really flexible.
    
    Just goes to show there is room for both in this world!
    
    Mike

    Jesse, Greg, would you guys know the discography of the early REZ
    stuff?  I borrowed "Mommy Doesn't Love Daddy Anymore" from a friend and
    really liked some of the tunes on it.  I hear "Colors" is okay too.  I 
    started buying their stuff in the mid '80s.  Here is their discography 
    since then:
    
    D.M.Z.
    Live Bootleg
    Hostage
    Between Heaven and Hell
    Silence Screams
    Innocent Blood

    >had a lady wif long hair on the cover<
    Awaiting Your Reply
    Colours 
    Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore
    D.M.Z.
    Live Bootleg
    Hostage
    Between Heaven and Hell
    Silence Screams
    Innocent Blood

    

    thanks Jess!  I hope they start reissuing some of their stuff soon.
    
    Mike

    The only one I have is "Awaiting Your Reply", I think the first one was
    untitled (just the band name).
    
    While that album was fairly rockin' that was still back when producers
    for Christian labels were taking the edge off all the hard rock bands. 
    I saw them on the DMZ tour and they'd gotten a lot harder rock sound by
    then.
         
    gh

    Thanks Jess!  Here's some REZ tab notation for ya.
    
    "Souls For Hire" - from the "Hostage" album
    
    Here is the main lick in this song.  It has sort of a ZZ Top feel to
    it.  Use heavy palm muting where the x's are.  p = pull off
    
    E-------3--3--3----------------------------
    B-1--3--3--3--3--1--3----------------------
    G-2--4-----------2--4---2-x-2-2-x-2--------
    D-3--5-----------3--5---2-x-2-2-x-2--------
    A-3--5-----------3--5---0-x-0-0-x-0-0-3-p-0
    E------------------------------------------
    
    
    "Military Man" - from the "D.M.Z." album
    
    The main lick of song (intro & verse).  It has sort of an AC/DC feel 
    to it.  ~ = tremolo or 
    
    E-------------------------------------------------
    B-------------------------------------------------
    G--------5---5--4--2--0--2--------5---5--7--2-----
    D--------5---5--4--2--0--2--------5---5--7--2-----
    A-0-0-0----0----------------0-0-0---0-------0-----
    E----------------------------------------------3~-
    
    Chorus:  (chord changes: 
    
      G G D        Asus       G G D       A A Em      A A Em
    
    E-3-3-2-------------------3-3-2-------------------------------
    B-3-3-3-------------------3-3-3-------------------------------
    G-4-4-2--------2----5-4-2-4-4-2-------2-2---------2-2---------
    D-5-5-0--------2----5-4-2-5-5-0-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-------
    A-------3-0----0--0-------------3-0---0-0-2-3-0---0-0-2-3-0---
    E-----------3-----------------------3-----0-----3-----0-----3-
    
    Here's the lead solo section: (: = section repeats)
    
                            
    E---------------------------------------------------------
    B---------------------------------------------------------
    G--7-7-6-4-2-4-7-7-9-4---9-9-8-6-4-6-9-11-6-9-9-8-6-4-6-9-
    D-:7-7-6-4-2-4-7-7-9-4-:-9-9-8-6-4-6-9-11-6-9-9-8-6-4-6-9- (cont...)
    A---------------------------------------------------------
    E---------------------------------------------------------   
    
    E---------------------------------------
    B---------------------------------------
    G-------5---5-4-2-0-2--------5---5-7-2-
    D-------5---5-4-2-0-2--------5---5-7-2- (cont...)
    A-0-0-0---0-----------0-0-0----0-----0--
    E---------------------------------------
    
      G  D  F  F  G  D  F  C  A  C (mostly power chords)
    
    E------------------------------
    B----7-------------------------
    G-4--7--2--2--4--7-----5--2--5-
    D-5--7--3--3--5--7--3--5--2--5-
    A-5--5--3--3--5--5--3--3--0--3-
    E-3-----1--1--3-----1---------

    Hey Mike, 
    
    Did you cross reference that in the guitar conference??

    RE: -1
    
    No April, but I put it in the CCM conference.  I put the tab for "Ain't
    Talkin' bout Love" and "Sharp Dressed Man" in GUITAR this morning.
    
    Mike

Now that I'm back, EXCELLENT concert!  The way they've kept their ministry
in focus over the years really makes me happy for bands like them.  Glenn
Kaiser also delivered a hard-hitting message afterwards, a great speaker!
In JPUSA, Glen and the drummer John Herrin, are 2 of the 9 pastors in the
community.  Wendi also gave her testimony during the concert.  If you've
ever heard it, you'll know God has performed a healing miracle in her life!
Off the new album, "Innocent Blood" they did:  
    
Rooster Crow, Altar of Pain (opening number)
The House is on Fire
80,000 Underground
Fiend or Foul
Where Roses Grow (dedicated to our troops)
Right on Time
Bargain

Others:
Quite Enough - Live Bootleg
Silence Screams - Silence Screams
Light/Light  -           "
You Got Me Rockin' -     "
Shadows - Between Heaven and Hell

They also did a couple older songs that I wasn't familiar with, but I'm
told they were from the "Colors" album.  The first album I bought from them
was "D.M.Z.".  BTW - they cover Eric Clapton's "In the Presence of the
Lord" on that album too.
    
Mike

    I thought some REZ background info is in order here.
    
    REZ is:
    
    Stu Heiss - lead guitar, keyboards
    Glenn Kaiser - guitar, vocals
    Wendi Kaiser - vocals
    John Herrin - drums
    Roy Montroy - bass, keyboards
    
    Management and booking:
    
    Tone Zone Agency
    4707 N. Malden
    Chicago, IL 60640
    (312) 989-6330
    Marketing & management consultant:
    John Vassal
    (312) 939-0011
    
    You can also write to this address to receive the "REZ Rev Rag" to keep
    up with the band's activities.
    
    REZ is part of the JPUSA community located in the inner city of
    Chicago.  Sharing the plight of their neighbors, the community serves a
    meal for 250-300 people each day, and opens its doors at night for
    emergency housing for the homeless.
    
    If you have any questions, or if you would like to experience community
    life please write or call:
    
    Jesus People U.S.A.
    4707 N. Malden
    Chicago, IL 60640
    (312) 561-2450
    
    REZ will also send you a free year's subscription to "Cornerstone"
    Magazine, the literary voice of JPUSA (for those overseas please
    include $6 to cover postage).  REZ also invites you to their
    Cornerstone Festival, 4 days of stimulating seminars and rousing rock
    music.

    I'm gonna have to check them out, Mike...
    I've never heard of them, but any band that you're so crazy about must
    be worth listening 2.
    
    :)

    I hear they get a lot of secular airplay in Texas.  ZZ Top even asked
    them to open up for them on the Eliminator tour, but they declined.
    
    Mike

     i seen these guys 3 times and have their earlier stiff. THey rock.

    As I've said before, REZ has a great heavy rockin sound.  I think
    they're an excellent band.  I've seen them live once back in '85 or so
    and they rocked.
    
    Their early material was kind of rock and then they got kind of an
    AC/DC kind of sound (which they had live when I saw them).  The later
    stuff I've heard is a little more finess then that, but is still fairly
    heavy, but more like Dokken then AC/DC (not that these are *real* close
    comparisons, just a general sound kind of thing, not like a clone band
    thing).
    
    (As moderator, I moved some of the discussion on REZ that occurred in
    note 53 here, but there is more information on them still in that note. 
    I chose to leave it there as it was in the context of conversations
    that discussed several Christian bands and I wanted to preserve the
    flow of those old discussions.)
    
    gh

    RE: .12 & REZ tab
    
    I finished tabbing out "Souls for Hire" if anyone's interested.
    
>    Here is the main lick in this song.  It has sort of a ZZ Top feel to
>    it.  Use heavy palm muting where the x's are.  p = pull off
    
    After  fooling with  it,  I found  out that the  muting  sounds more
    accurate when you do it with the left hand.  Fret the A power chord
    with your index finger  and mute with your  free fingers (middle  and
    ring).
    
    Mike

    "Civil Rites" is in the stores now.
    
    "Awaiting Your Reply" and "Rainbow's End" have been reissued on CD.
    
    Mike

Article: 2017
From: [email protected] (Michael D Toth)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: REZ / Resurrection: how to order?
Date: 21 Aug 91 04:00:51 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
Organization: The Ohio State University
 
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] writes:
>In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Andy Norman) writes:
>> I've been trying in vain to get hold of CD's or tapes by the group REZ.  I'm
>> in England which makes things doubly-difficult.
>> 
>> I'd appreciate any pointers to folks that I can contact to mail-order from
>> that carry REZ / Resurrection material.
>> 
>> 					[email protected]
>
>I wish I could be more positive about this; I love REZ myself, and would KILL
>to have everything (incl. Rainbow's End) on CD.  Speaking of which...
>
>Anybody got tape copies of the first two albums (Awaiting your Reply and
>Rainbow's End) they'd like to get rid of???  I'd be willing to pay...well,
>enough, if they're in decent condition.  Post something here if so...email's
>trickey to BSU.
>
>Bruce Anderson
>
Gee, do I have some info that should make you guys happy!  Rez currently puts 
out most of their own stuff on their own (JPUSA's) Grrr Records label.  By
writing to them at the address below, you can find their Grrr albums and 
available copies of their older albums as well.  (I got a catalog/news zine
called "MaGrrrZine" with my last issue of Cornerstone Magazine, which is one
of the best Christian magazines EVER, IMO)
 
ONE BIG ITEM: BOTH Awaiting Your Reply and Rainbows End have JUST BEEN REISSUED
on cassette and CD on Grrr -- I saw these at C-Stone - THEY EXIST!
 
For more t-shirts, buttons, bumper stickers, and old albums than any Rez fanatic
will know what to do with, write:
 
Grrr Records
920 W. Wilson
Chicago, IL  60640 
(USA :-))
 
-Michael.

    Mikey, I've had Rainbow's End and Awaiting Your Reply for so long I
    don't even know where they are. Mebbe if I find them I'll find my long
    lost summer tape series.

    Now you can get them on CD!

    REZ has received a great review for their new "Civil Rites" album from
    CCM.  The first 2 paragraphs sum it up for me:
    
    "Over the years, and I mean more years than I would care to admit, REZ
    has been a band you could count on.  You could count on it evangelical
    vision and hard rockin' approach, its concern for those Jesus called
    "the least of these" (victims of racism, violence, oppression, and
    discrimination), and you could count on well crafted hard rock songs
    with often poetic lyrics.  You could also count on a lifestyle that
    backed up the songs, on the fact that words were supported by real
    actions in the real world.  All this can be heard on the band's latest
    effort, Civil Rites.
    
    Artistically speaking, REZ is at its best (for my two cents worth) when
    it leans to the bluesy end of the hard rock equation; when Glenn
    Kaiser's distinctive, wailing voice has room to breathe in the mix, and
    Stu Heiss' guitars wrap around a searing, heart-rendering melody, as on
    "Footprints in the Snow" and "In My Room".  But, there's plenty of that
    all-too-familiar power-riff crunch rock, a la AC/DC, to please the
    band's headbangin' metal music fans on this third album for its own
    Grrr label (the band's 12th overall)."