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| From | Chuck and Cheryl <spaznchaz@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: Alka-trazz |
| Date | Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:44:20 -0800 |
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Didn't a young Glen Ballard write that?
On Jan 17, 2008, at 7:29 PM, rob@splitsville.com wrote:
> Yeah, but what about when Bonnet was in Rainbow?
>
> "Since You've Been Gone" is a stone-cold 80's classic!
>
>> ----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>> From: :audities@smoe.org
>> To: audities@smoe.org
>> Sent: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 -0800 (PST) 13:50:28
>>
>> Gabriel Fuentes wrote:
>>
>>>> Yngwie Malmsteem with Alactraz
>>>> (remember them?)
>>
>> Yea.
>>
>> I still remember the first time I saw the video for
>>
>> "Island in the Sun" on MTV in, like, 1984 (never
>> saw
>> it again LOL); here's this simplistic, relatively
>> straight-ahead power-pop song and then, suddenly,
>> Yngwie's
>> totally-out-of-place-but-nonetheless-thrilling
>> guitar
>> solo (take that, guitar solo haters!).
>>
>> As a metal-head at the time -- oh, okay, so I still
>>
>> am, sue me -- I found Yngwie's fretboard prowess to
>> be
>> inspiring. Of course, after he released what seemed
>>
>> like dozens of solo albums that all featured
>> exactly
>> the same pentatonic mile-a-second runs, I grew
>> board.
>>
>> The thing about Alcatrazz that killed it for me was
>>
>> the vocalist, Graham Bonnet; I'm certainly not a
>> snob
>> when it comes to vocal stylings, but damned if this
>>
>> guy didn't ruin the songs for me with his
>> over-the-top
>> screeching. Strange, because the man is
>> well-respected
>> among many metal/rock musicians, at least from what
>>
>> I've heard.
>>
>> Wheedle-y wheedle-y wheee!
>>
>> kErrY
>> www.myspace.com/kompost
>>
>> NP: Droid Action -- Mama's Dead EP
>>
>>
>>
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Chuck
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