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AMERICAN MAFIA -
Rock N Roll Hit Machine (W/John West)
FROM WHAT I GATHER THIS IS BASED AROUND GUITARIST TOM JUDE. TOM JUDE (EX-DORO) BASSIST FREDDY VILLANO (EX-QUIET RIOT/WIDOWMAKER) DRUMMER BOBBY MARKS, WHILE THE OTHER SPOTS ARE FILLED BY PROMINENT GUESTS. JIMMY KUNES (CACTUS), JOHN WEST (ARTENSION, BADLANDS) MIKE DIMEO (RIOT, THE LIZARDS ETC) I INSTANTLY GET INTERESTED. WELL, I’M HAPPY TO SAY THE ALBUM OPENER "OBSESSION" FEATURES SINGER ED TERRY, WHO IS JUST AS INTERESTING. THE TRACK IS A COOL RIFF-ORIENTED HARD ROCKER WITH A FUNKY TOUCH. IT ALSO SHOWS THE BAND HAS A COOL GROOVE AND A TIGHT SOUND, PLUS GUITARIST TOM REALLY RIPS THE LEADS! GREAT STUFF! SECOND TRACK "EVERY TIME" IS A MORE STRAIGHT AHEAD SOUTHERN ROCKER WITH KUNES STRETCHING HIS VOCAL CORDS LIKE ONLY HE CAN. NEXT UP IS JOHN WEST, WHOSE VOICE MAY NOT BE AS RASPY, BUT INSTEAD HE ADORNS THIS BAD COMPANY STYLE BRIT ROCKER WITH A MORE PAUL RODGERS:Y BLUES FEEL. UP-TEMPO BLUES ROCKER DEATH & DESTRUCTION INTRODUCES ANOTHER OUTSTANDING SINGER IN DON CHAFFIN (RED LAMB), WHO SOUNDS CONFUSINGLY CLOSE TO RUFUS HUFF’S JARROD ENGLAND, WHOSE VOICE I TOTALLY LOVE! SO FAR, FOUR OUTTA FOUR! AND, IT JUST KEEPS ON! THIS IS TOP NOTCH BLUESY MELODIC ROCK WITH A STRONG BRITISH SEVENTIES VIBE. THERE’S ALSO A COVER OF STEVIE WONDER’S "LIVING FOR THE CITY", FEATURING SINGER DAVE KNIGHT, WHO SADLY COMMITTED SUICIDE IN 2014. THIS ONE SOUNDS AS IF THE MID-SEVENTIES FOREIGNER HAD PUT THEIR TEETH INTO IT. A TOTAL RIPPER! THERE’S EVEN A HIT HIDDEN IN THERE! "THE SKY IS FALLING" SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING FANS OF LATE SEVENTIES MELODIC ROCK, SUCH AS BALANCE, EARLY SURVIVOR OR THE AFOREMENTIONED FOREIGNER, WOULD EMBRACE. NICE MELODIC HOOKS INDEED! THIS IS REALLY AN AWESOME ALBUM WHICH MADE THIS A THROWBACK WEDNESDAY REMINDING ME OF THE GREAT LATE SEVENTIES MELODIC ROCK AND THE LONG FORGOTTEN ODD GEMS BY BANDS LIKE BUXX, TARGET, MORNINGSTAR, HERO, FORTNOX, RUSSIA, OAKLEY ETC. YOU WON’T SEE THIS ONE LEAVING MY CD PLAYER ANY TIME SOON! JANNE STARK / STARK MUSIC REVIEWS (OCTOBER 2014) 01. OBSESSION 02. EVERY TIME 03. YOUR GOOD LOVIN’ 04. DEATH & SATISFACTION 05. FRIENDLY FIRE 06. IF I KNEW 07. MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE 08. LIVING FOR THE CITY 09. THE SKY IS FALLING 10. LET ME GO 11. ALL I NEED 12. RESURRECTION |