STARFIRE

Hey everybody, I'm posting about a live show in Los Angeles; while not technically a tour and/or concert, I couldn't find a better forum to post this in. If this should go into another forum, please let me know and have an administrator re-locate this post/thread to the appropriate area with my apologies in advance. Without further ado, however, what I'm here to talk about is that my band is having a show in Studio City! It's west of Laurel Canyon Blvd. south of the 101 on Ventura Blvd. at the Aura Nightclub September 15th at 8pm. Parking is free and we're encouraging everyone to come early so they can grab dinner; their menu is outstanding. The stage has a great lighting rig, awesome sound and we'll be there to play songs from our debut CD "Eye of the Storm." You can RSVP here or here. (21+ only, $6 at the door. Please bring a designated driver; don't drive drunk.) Classic rock fans would more than likely enjoy tracks like "No One But You" and "Open." You can hear them at our website which is linked in my sig below. I don't know how many of us on this discussion board are from the SoCal area so if you know anyone else in or near L.A. that'd be interested in checking them out, please please pass along the word to them. I have a Seasoned group of guys playing with me on that night and we are going to put on one kick ass show. Thanks for your time and attention all!

Hehehe, I don't know anything about any pornos that EVH may or may not have been involved in (LOL) but back to what was being said earlier about the production of the record, yes, I was horrified. I mean I guess we were all spoiled on Ted Templeman and just assumed that if it's "Van Halen" it's going to sound at least OK... But that record was ridiculous and when I found out they got a TV producer to make it, I couldn't help but wonder if that had anything to do with the band's involvement in the soundtrack for Twister. In either case, that was a major "jumped the shark" moment from them. And honestly, I don't think they have ever recovered since. Which, is too bad. But another sign that record was a mess is that when the band toured with Sammy in 2004 and then again with Roth a couple of years later, they played ZERO tracks from that album. So they know it stinks. Oh and whoever said "anything Bon Jovi has recorded lately" is right on. I'm trying to figure out why the worst acts from the 80s are the ones that end up getting asked back into the limelight by the mainstream music business? I mean during the 90s, when anything to do with 80s were pretty much tossed out like rotting garbage, came onto the scene, who was the first to come back to the top? U2, U f'ing 2. The least interesting rock group of that decade. Seriously, the 90s was one messed up time for music. Especially the last half of the decade.

If you go, will you tell us how those bands are? Who was good?

About time!!! Oh man, I have been looking for this record for, like, three years.

I'd much rather watch her cover Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Suck my Kiss." ;-)

Those are GREAT tracks. No one ever mentions Teacher's Pet and The Wild and the Young was one of the harder tracks off of QR III (you had some pretty fluffy 80s synth stuff on that record for the most part). Hungry for Heaven was a uniquely melodic song from Dio... They usually stuck with the power chords but there is some real complexity to that song, however subtle. Really good picks.

QUEENSRYCHE - WALK IN THE SHADOWS What a great track! That was some pre-Mindcrime stuff that really rocked.

Hey all, My wife grew up listening to east-coast hip-hop, and I grew up listening to stations like KMET, KLOS and 105.5 KNAC here in Los Angeles; suffice it to say, we've been schooling each other on the respective musical styles and their accompanying stories. It all got me to think about what songs I would put on a super sampler CD full of music that more or less defined heavy metal as we remembered it in the 80s... Before the cookie monster, drop tuned, 7th string, wall of guitar, clickity-clackity drums, tinny digital pro-tools, auto-tuned era that pretty much ruined rock for me after 1992... Mid-tempo, heavy grooves that are strong on melody with plenty of guitar wizardry and operatic vocals. Not all of these tracks exactly fit that description, but I feel that each one of this hits their mark. This is what I came up with: XYZ - Inside Out YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN - Rising Force (the song) Y&T - Mean Streak WHITESNAKE - Children of the Night WINGER - Seventeen WHITE LION - Wait WARRANT - Uncle Tom's Cabin VAN HALEN - Man on a Mission TRIUMPH - Never Surrender TESLA - Modern Day Cowboy STYX - Love is the Ritual STEVE VAI - Erotic Nightmares SKID ROW - Youth Gone Wild SLAUGHTER - Desperately SCORPIONS - I'm Leavin' You QUEENSRYCHE - Empire QUIET RIOT - Metal Health MOTLEY CRUE - Dr. Feelgood MR. BIG - Green Tinted Sixties Mind METALLICA - Sad But True RATT - Lay it Down OZZY OSBORNE - The Ultimate Sin LOUDNESS - Crazy Nights LIVING COLOUR - Cult of Personality LITA FORD - Gotta Let Go KROKUS - Eat The Rich KISS - I Wanna Hear It Loud KINGDOM COME - Get It On JUDAS PRIEST - The Sentinel JOE SATRIANI - Summer Song IRON MADDEN - Two Minutes to Midnight GREAT WHITE - Lady Red Light EXTREME - Kid Ego ELECTRIC BOYS - All Lips and Hips EUROPE - More Than Meets the Eye DIO - Last in Line DOKKEN - In My Dreams DEF LEPPARD - Photograph DAVID LEE ROTH - Yankee Rose CINDERELLA - Save Me BULLET BOYS - Smooth Up In Ya BLUE MURDER - Blue Murder I intentionally avoided most of the songs that get (or got) played to death on radio/satellite radio... For example, I know someone will try to tell me that a Sammy Hagar-era Van Halen song is probably blasphemy, heh. For a band like that, it's hard to pick JUST one song... I could have easily taken a cross section of Unchained, Amsterdam and Little Guitars and been just as happy--but I wanted one song for one band, and one that I think would surprise even those that consider themselves fans of the genre. What do you guys think of this list? What would be on yours? Are there any songs from this list that you disagree with?

Hello, This is just a brief message to mention that my band has an official website, www.starfiremusic.com which offers information about our live performances, links to where the band's debut album can be picked up along with streaming digital audio clips featuring tracks from the album such as the Internet radio-promoted single "No One But You." It also serves as the gateway to our presence on MySpace, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. As a special feature for our Japanese fans, the website is bilingual and available in their language. We encourage you to check it out and let us know what you think, especially as far as what else it should have. STARFIRE specializes in melodic rock ranging from "soft rock" and some dance pop in the style of Billy Joel or Elton John through arena rockers like Journey, Genesis and Night Ranger, and currently performs in the southern California area. Thanks all very much for your time. :-)

Hey whats up? My name is Dairenn, which sounds like "Aaron" but with a D, and I was born in raised in L.A. My late dad and his dad were guitarists, so, it was no surprise when I ended up yet another one in the family, but I also sing and play keys. Been at it since 1986; now I front my own rock group named STARFIRE and we actually just released our debut in late April. I invite you all to check it out, just click on the link in my signature below. Thank God for Internet Radio; Pandora has seriously hooked me up with that kind of rock and metal I like which seems to be mostly made in Europe these days... If anybody knows of any podcasts or blogs that talks about melodic rock, melody-driven heavy metal and anything of the sort, please turn me onto it. I love my classic recordings from the 80s but I always want to hear something NEW too. I'm just tired of the new stuff that sucks, but wins Grammy awards. Thanks all!

Telsa's "Before My Eyes" (Mechanical Resonance). I owned this album on cassette tape and was always fascinated how the tape ran out EXACTLY as the song did. It just had this tension that, very nicely, closed out the album. Incidentally, the first half of that album I didn't even like very much (besides Modern Day Cowboy) but that last half was rich with texture and had such a great, live feel to it. That song was a fantastic way to end the record.

I agree and it was shocking to me, too, 'cause I think Eddie is a genius but that album was intolerable. Cherone is an outstanding vocalist, and it irks me when the failure of that record gets blamed on him. EVH just did not deliver the goods and it was amazing to me, too, because I don't think any VH album had ever received more hype. Wasn't it '98 at that point, 20 years after their debut album came out? There was just so much anticipation, so, I can appreciate how people felt about that CD.

I bought it the day it came out on 4/20/10 and it is classic-ish RATT. Pearcy sounds like himself, which is decent. The bass is heavier than the old days but it actually sounds good. DeMartini still has the best licks; they groove and just fit right in... I really like what they did on this record. They got away from that early 90s cheese too (e.g., "Lovin' You's a Dirty Job"). This able kicks your face in and, amazingly, Road Runner didn't botch the promotion on this album. They had GREAT Facebook Presence and though I couldn't make it to their Key Club party, I watched the video clips from it. I should've tried harder to show up!

They've still got it! It's so electric, I can't wait until that album comes out in stores here in the United States. Lucky Europeans! =)