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    Nice,although I'm hoping there is better stuff on the disc :)

    Hope so, that song is ok, but from the names involved I was expecting much more to be honest.

    Not blowing me away but in truth its better than anything on the last Bonfire album

     

    Yes, better than the last Bonfire album as a whole!

     

     

    Agreed guys. Not great but not bad at all..... maybe a grower. And 100% better than that Bonfire disc. Easily.

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    Spoke to the drummer of the band MIRIAH. He is going to send me a CDR of their studio demos!!!

     

    YES!!! :banger:

    Wow.....awesome news!!!! Hope u can hook me up to those songs...and Rock on !! :git::beerbang:

    Hey.... check out this FB message from Jeff Martines from MIRIAH:

     

    Jeff Martines:

     

    hey Russ, it looks like Miriah will remixing the old sessions to release a updated cd. So thanks for the inspiration yesterday ( might even be a new tune involved) possibly a web site too. Will keep u updated Jam!!

    Damn!

     

    Now look what you've done. Ha.

     

     

    I know.... crazy huh?

     

    I told Jeff I wanted the original versions along with the new mixes. :D

     

    Greedy fucker aren't I? :lol:

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    Spoke to the drummer of the band MIRIAH. He is going to send me a CDR of their studio demos!!!

     

    YES!!! :banger:

    Wow.....awesome news!!!! Hope u can hook me up to those songs...and Rock on !! :git::beerbang:

     

     

    Hey.... check out this FB message from Jeff Martines from MIRIAH:

     

    Jeff Martines:

     

    hey Russ, it looks like Miriah will remixing the old sessions to release a updated cd. So thanks for the inspiration yesterday ( might even be a new tune involved) possibly a web site too. Will keep u updated Jam!!

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    http://www.filedropper.com/hardknox

     

    This is not either of the Hard Knox bands that are listed here on the main site. I think the one Hard Knox who released "Psychos R Us" was from Utah. The other Hard Knox band released "Combat Alley" in 2002 on Perris Records, was based in Tennessee.

     

    This is Baltimore's HARD KNOX:

     

    Ross Hancock: Vocals

    Jimi Tant: Guitars

    Paul Bobbin: Bass

    Chris Heuer: Drums

     

    Tracklist:

     

    1. Where Did I Go Wrong

    2. Sleeping Alone

    3. Take Me Away

    4. Who'll Take My Place

     

    Extras:

     

    Sleeping Alone (rough mix)

    Take Me Away (rough mix)

    Where Did I Go Wrong (rough mix)

    Who'll Take My Place (Live)

    Wind (Child's Play cover) (Live)

     

    Out of interest what year were these tracks recorded?

     

     

    1992

  5. I have tried several times to listen to this to see if it will grow. But I am just fooling myself. It won't. It kinda stinks. A very weak disc with no clear cut great song on it. A few pretty decent ones but nothing that great. And then several that are downright bad.

  6. Just got demos from RUMBLE STREET. But the odd thing is, I have a review of their demo from ROX and these songs are completely different than the ones reviewed. So this must be a later demo. Very hard to track down the singer Marc Savage, but I did track down their guitarist Stephen Jones. He hooked me up with 5 tracks.

     

    Just spoke to Aubrey Bradley from Korupt. Didn't know he was a member of RUMBLE STREET at one time. And he has a copy of their demo tape that he's going to send to me. Here is the review from the songs I was talking about!!

     

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    Found a review of RUMBLE STREET's demo in ROX:

     

    Rumble Street Rumble Street

     

    With the current glut of L.A. glam/biker rock clones in the market, Rumble Street are an easily forgotten band. The band member do display promise, but their creative direction won't do much to move them into the spotlight. . .or my cassette deck.

     

    Their five-song demo begins with "Open Road," a mid-tempo, basic progression grunge ballad. I felt like I was walking in molasses waiting for this open road to lead somewhere. It never did.

     

    The next cut is "Go All The Way," (Careful, the titles are out of order on the J-cover!), which opens with a cool tom tom pattern then breaks into something too L.A. Guns-ish. The convincing erotic moans did get under my skin, though.

     

    "Rumble Street," the third track, is a grinding city sleaze tune. This one is furious urban noise that made me see steam rising off the asphalt and pushers on the corner.

     

    Next up, "Heat Of The City" has all the basic components of a good hard rock song, but wasn't nearly as fresh or convincing as "Rumble Street."

     

    Last, but not least, "Need Your Love" as an interesting combination of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" and the Gunners' "My Michelle." This cut best displays vocalist Mark Savage's ability to hit those banshee wails, and is, ironically, about the most original piece on the demo.

     

    All told, this demo does have its merits. The songs have a street feel and the recording is fairly tight. But the main problem here is that Rumble Street's sound is too common, and in the city of a thousand bands, you need a lot more than a so-so demo to keep from getting buried under the pile.

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    To be released tomorrow March 11th, "7 Deadly Sins", the new album by Swiss hard rockers ME AND THE REST is my first approach to the band. However, the group has been active in central Europe for more than 20 years, with several recordings under their belt and more than 400 gigs, some of them supporting the likes of Krokus, Don Dokken, Rhino Bucket, Doro, etc.

     

    Since first track 'Holy Angels', Me And The Rest make honor to their homeland watch precision but in this case applied to traditional Hard Rock.

     

    Me And The Rest sound unmistakable German / Swiss, with all the vibe from this particular place in Earth when we speak about Rock: tight, precise, clean Hard Rock with an '80s foundation. Some kind of mix between Krokus / Bonfire / Victory yet always very, very melodic, and why not, catchy.

     

    Tracks like 'Take It or Leave It' will remind you Accept's more accessible side, while 'Temples of Gold' Mat Sinner's own band Sinner, but Me And The Rest never turn things too heavy.

     

    Take as example midtempo 'Echoes of the Past', in fact a melodic hard rocker with some Gotthard on it.

     

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    The above influences pretty much paint Me And The Rest's sound, and they are very good musicians, and the best of all, compose strong hard rock songs.

     

    Pumping bass lines (handled by female Edel Murchie), twin guitar riffs (always sharp and tight), dynamic beat drums and really fine vocals by Jürg Theiler-Scotch (who always wears kilt). He indeed feels Scottish-born as his English is excellent.

     

    'Burning Bridges' is another highlight, a true German melodic hard rock track where Bonfire comes to mind, and perhaps Mat Sinner's other band Casanova.

     

    'Better Oldschool' makes justice to its title as it's a rocker inspired by classic AC/DC / Krokus, while title track '7 Deadly Sins' to my ears even sounds like some recent Treat works.

     

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    Me And The Rest have nothing to envy to major acts from the current hard rock scene, as "7 Deadly Sins" is more than a solid record with strong compositions and first class production. Not strange, as the man behind the desk is talented Rolf Munkes (Tony Martin, Empire).

     

    A really nice surprise - Highly Recommended

     

    01 - Holy Angels
    02 - Take It or Leave It
    03 - Temples of Gold
    04 - Echoes of the Past
    05 - Burning Bridges
    06 - Better Oldschool
    07 - 7 Deadly Sins
    08 - City of Hope
    09 - When the West Winds Blow
    10 - Hell or High Water
    11 - Long Way to Sweden
    12 - World on Fire

     

    Jürg Theiler-Scotch - Vocals
    Edel Murchie - Bass
    Jürg Götz - Guitar
    Antonio Schiavano - Guitar
    Jan Moser - Drums

     

    PRE-ORDER:
    www.cede.ch/en/music/?branch_sub=2&id=1314227&view=detail
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