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lettard

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  1. Yeah and Rob ain't there either...he seems sort of forgotten...the life of a drummer lol
  2. They didn't I got drawn in with that first song released and preordered...it arrived today..I haven't bought any of their albums in a very long time...wish I had stayed that way...its not bad..just not my thing at all...its pretty similar to the stuff the have been releasing..that I never bought.
  3. And he would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for them pesky kids...oh wait...he has lol
  4. I quite enjoyed Rabbit Hole , Sinbiosis & Fruedian Slip...that are mentioned above...but the whole disc is very good
  5. Nice news...love a bit of Mr.Jones myself...
  6. Happy days..i got them two and the new First Signal...Treat & Black Swan are very good...FS is ok...few more spins needed to form a more concrete appraisal
  7. Another I received today...sounding really really good...just like the Treat we have grown used to over the last few releases...only 2 spins in but im enjoying it.
  8. Got this today and its brilliant imho...only two spins through but it just sounds so good.
  9. Treat - The Endgame Black Swan - Generation Mind First Signal - Closer To The Edge
  10. That doesnt sound too bad..but September!! thats a long way away...and knowing Lions Pride it'll get put back lol
  11. Comes to us all I suppose...I mean I was a teenager when the self titled hit...almost 33 years ago
  12. First song isnt too bad...but Im not feeling the 2nd at all...pity cause he's got a good voice but this is just not grabbing me.
  13. Dare - Out Of The Silence (HR/HM Vol.5 Japan) Dare - Blood From Stone (HR/HM Vol.5 Japan) Stage Dolls - S/t (HR/HM Vol.5 Japan) The Ragged Saints - Sonic Playground Revisited
  14. Through Mystery was great and Ignite not so much...enjoyable in parts...but i'll still give this a go as they have huge potential...
  15. Just as Peacemaker put them in the soundtrack!
  16. Hope so.but Treat have never let me down...not a bad disc in their armoury for me.
  17. Yeah thats pretty good...a real throwback
  18. Sorry...what song was she playing? I got distracted by her stack
  19. This just got updated to a bonus disc with live material... 6th June...on Bad Reputation BOYS NITE OUT LOVE FOR SALE, GEORGIA LIGHTS LOVE AIN’T ENOUGH SHE’S DANGER CITY/ SEVEN HILLS SALOON TAINTED ANGEL BIG CITY WOMAN SHOOT ME DOWN RUSSIAN ROULETTE AIME FOR THE HEART GROOVE BUCKET Bonus live disc... Southgang was one of the countless pretty-boy hard rock bands to emerge from the late 80's hair metal craze. The band played respectable hook-laden hard rock with a slight southern influence, but grunge was already grabbing a foothold and all but ending the careers of bands such as Southgang. Formed in Rome, Georgia and originally going by the name Byte The Bullet, it wasn't long before Jesse Harte (vocals), Butch Walker (guitar), Jayce Fincher (bass) and Mitch McLee headed to the bright lights of L.A.'s Sunset Strip. Within a year of their arrival the band was headlining, garnering major label interest and making the decision to change their moniker from Byte The Bullet to Southgang. Hooking up with multi-platinum songwriter Desmond Child, the group's debut (around the same time as other highly melodic Hard Rock groups such as Firehouse, Slaughter, Warrant…) had started to gain attention from the record-buying audience and the MTV viewers. The band sounded similar in many respects to the aforementioned acts, but with some chief differences—a talent for merging various Hard Rock styles and grooves, then creating intriguing song arrangements and catchy choruses, and finally employing slick studio wankery and trickery for added spice and zest. With a slamming rhythm section in bassist Jayce Fincher and drummer Mitch McLee, a wickedly wild guitarist in Butch Walker, and a powerful and wide-ranging lead singer in Jesse Harte, SouthGang seemed to have everything going for it, including aid from Desmond Child, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (Steely Dan/Doobie Brothers), and Kane Roberts (Alice Cooper), who aided the band either during the songwriting, recording, and production processes. This was no “cookie cutter hair band” of the era, but a group that had not only big-time support, but mastery over its instruments. Plus, the musicians also had a knack for incorporating numerous surprises into each song, whether it be unexpected rhythm breaks or key changes, inventive drum, bass, or guitar fills, or the addition of a brass section, harmonica and cowbells, light Hammond organ and honky-tonk piano, acoustic and slide guitar and the aforementioned talk-box, even one instance of female background vocals, all giving SouthGang that “unpredictable factor” that set it apart from its contemporaries. And with the ultra-catchy choruses, a budding “guitar hero” in its midst, the overall energetic performances and rowdy atmosphere, and slick yet robust studio production, the band truly seemed destined for greatness.
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