LIFO

The Len Price 3- 3.0
I haven’t had this much fun since the Foxboro Hot Tubs put their brand on tuneful 60’s garage rock. These guys brazenly bash out the same 3 chord riffs that endeared The Kinks, and The Who to my heart. The album is energetic, raucous, and loaded with catchy hooks and great guitar riffs. While they may never reach the stratosphere of the aforementioned groups- they are going to have fun trying and I’m going to have fun listening.

Slash- 2.5
I’m not a real huge Gun’s N Roses fan and not a real huge Slash fan. I mean, ok, the guy can play guitar and sure this record has the scathingly fast riffs and a lot of star power via the guests, but I just get the feeling that Slash is phoning it in. I don’t get the sense that this is a real serious undertaking and I certainly don’t get the sense that there is lot of chemistry between Slash and friends. The songs are ok and the performances are pretty good but lets face it- this album isn’t going to change any lives.

Taylor Hawkins and The Coattail Riders- 3.5
Red Light Fever is the album that Them Crooked Vultures wish THEY made. Boy, is this a fun listen. Straight ahead rock and roll with an opening track that took me right back to early Queen (Tie Your Mother Down). And what a great sound to channel- chunky guitar riffs, big choruses, and a little glitter glam to get your head right into 1975. There are a couple of misses here. Hell To Pay starts out very promisingly but ends up being just a little flat and Hole In My Shoe is the opposite- starts out being pretty ordinary but finishes really rocking out. Almost like a different song. Anyway, the hits way outweigh the misses.

The Cure- 3.0
Supposedly, this is considered by hard core Cure fans to be their best album ever. I don’t see it. While there are some great Cure tunes here- The Hanging Garden being my favorite- I feel the 3 albums released later in the 80’s are when The Cure hit their peak(The Head on the Door, KissMe KissMe KissMe, and Disintegration). Pornography is good- it’s just not consistently good and, you have to have a little bit of appreciation for gloomy, dark, and somewhat depressing music. If you really listen to Cure music, the layers of sound can be quite hypnotic and pretty interesting- at least to my ears.

Stevie Wonder- 4.0
Music of My Mind, Innervisions, Talking Book, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life. Wow. That’s a run. You cannot dispute the fact that the guy is a musical genius. If I remember correctly- he plays every instrument on the album, wrote all the songs and was record producer and arranger. Not to shabby for a blind guy.

Question
AC/DC - Brian Johnson/Bon Scott--Scott
Beatles - Paul/John/Ringo/George-- John
Chicago - Peter Cetera/Robert Lamb/Terry Kath--Cetera
Journey - Steve Perry/Gregg Rolie-- Perry
Santana - Gregg Rolie/Alex Legertwood/Greg Walker- G. Rolie
Eagles - Joe Walsh/Glenn Frey/Don Henley/Don Felder/Timothy B Schmidt- D. Henly
Rainbow - Joe Lynn Turner/Ronnie James Dio/Graham Bonnet- Bonnett
Black Sabbath - Dio/Ozzie- oz
Van Halen - David Lee Roth/Sammy Hagar/Gary Cherone- DL Roth
The Who - Pete Townshend/John Entwhistle/Roger Daltry- Daltry
Pink Floyd - Roger Waters/David Gilmour/Syd Barrett- Waters
Genesis - Peter Gabriel/Phil Collins- P. Gabriel
Kiss - Ace Frehley/Peter Criss/Paul Stanley/Gene Simmons- don’t care