Conference napalm::heavy_metal

925.0. "Ransom - Stig's band" by FRETZ::HEISER (Goodbye Larry, you were the best!) Mon Feb 08 1993 14:01

    Our own Paul Castiglione (Stig) recently sent me a demo tape of his
    Christian rock band.  I think there's some really good stuff on it that
    some of you may enjoy as well.
    
    Two of the 5 songs are recorded with Paul's band Ransom (BTW - Did you
    guys know there is a band out of L.A. named Ransom?  They have a female
    lead singer and I believe they are on the Intense label).  Stig also
    has 3 of his own songs on there.  
    
    Musically speaking, I liked them all.  The rhythm guitar on "The Anchor"
    started to get a little repetitive, but other than that I thought they
    were a great effort.  There are some pretty cool solos on this tape!
    Some tunes were definitely HM, some had a HR-Rock slant, showing good
    diversity.  The lead singer I liked too, good range.  The lyrics
    weren't compromising or watered-down and that was refreshing to me.  Too 
    many bands are doing that today to appeal to the mainstream.
    
    It was also a breath of fresh air to hear that I'm not the only one in
    HM recording this type of music.
    
    good job,    
    Mike