Year : 2021
Style : Hard Rock
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 167 mb
Bio:
Andy Susemihl has shared the stage with such rock icons as Ozzy Osbourne, Guns’n’Roses, Deep Purple and Lita Ford. His songs and guitar work have been showcased alongside the work of such noted guitarists as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Steve Stevens. Born and raised in Germany, Andy first picked up a guitar at the age of 14 and soon became a name in the local rock scene.After recording several albums and touring the world with projects such as U.D.O/ Udo Dirkschneider, the notorious lead singer of the popular heavy band Accept, he moved to Los Angeles, CA in 1994.Since his move to L.A., he was involved in many local as well as international projects. His credits over the last years include studio sessions with artists and producers such as Richie Kotzen (Poison/Mr.Big), Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix) and Shay Baby (Ozzy Osbourne/Warrant).By the beginning of the new century, Susemihl formed his own band as guitarist and vocalist. This band went through several incarnations and eventually turned into “Supermihl & Superfriends”.The following years, Andy was involved in many projects, extended his live experience by sharing the stage with acts such as Bob Geldoff & Seal as well as being responsible for the musical direction & composition of the huge “Leila” marketing campaign for Wyeth Pharma.Andy spent most of the year 2007 in the studio recording his 2nd release “King & the Giant” and his first instrumental guitar album “Supermihl & Superfriends” with guest appearances from artists such as Richie Kotzen and Rafael Moreira (Pink).In late 2008, Andy established the southern German Cult Project “Rock & Rollinger” with singer Thommy Bloch.Within the first year the band sold over 5000 units of their debut album.The same year, Andy also started to work with ex Bangalore Choir and Accept singer David Reece. In 2009 he produced the debut Album “Reece – Universal Language” and in 2010 the album “Bangalore Choir – Cadence”
Album:
Andy Susemihl’s last album ‘Elevation’ was my “Best of 2018″ – perhaps it should have been called “revelation” such was the surprise at a seasoned pro – and a relatively unknown one albeit with an interesting backstory – unleashing one of the year’s best albums by anyone’s standards.In the interim Andy has released an EP but ‘Alienation’ is a fine follow-up to the previous album if perhaps not quite topping it. When I interviewed him following the release of ‘Elevation’ he kindly sent me a selection of his previous solo albums, all had merit but sadly all were on fairly low-key labels and would have received little promotion outside of his homeland.For those with a weak spot for shortish (sub-four minute), melodic, pop rock tunes embellished with immaculate guitaring and great choruses look no further. Whilst fellow countryman Michael Schenker has been a big influence, stylistically the songs are more West Coast AOR reflecting that Susemihl lived in California for ten years. Before that he was in German hard rock band Sinner and then with Udo Dirkschneider’s band U.D.O.The album ramps up from the half-way mark including the standouts ‘Common Sense’, ‘Medicine Wheel’, ‘The Game’ and ‘Over My Head’.If some of the lyrical content seems to be derived from a world weariness with the music industry in general (‘Monkey Time’, ‘Billion Dollar Light Show’) this doesn’t come as a surprise because these observations were also present on previous tunes. Maybe Andy should just shrug his shoulders and move on.And as an aside, GRTR! gave ‘Elevation’ such a great write-up but we never received the EP ‘Burning Man’. There’s something amiss there?Let’s hope ‘Alienation’ is not a by-word for the future and that this latest offering – and with the previous album - sees Susemihl entering the mainstream. He certainly deserves it.
Line Up:
Andy Susemihl (vocals , guitars) - See also: ex-Sinner, ex-U.D.O, ex-Ape
Peter Baltes (Bass – #1,2,6,8)
Paco 'Patrick' Muller (Bass – #10,12)
Andy Kemmer (Bass – #3,4,5,7,9,11)
Andre Labelle (Drums – #2,3,5,6)
Alex Menichini (Drums – #7,9,11,12)
Harry Wester (Drums – #4,10)
Francesco Jovino (Drums – #1,8)
Tracklist:
01. Another Day Another Turn [03:17]
02. Aliens [03:29]
03. Top Of The World [03:58]
04. Monkey Time [03:26]
05. Billion Dollar Light Show [04:43]
06. Common Sense [04:11]
07. Medicine Wheel [03:43]
08. The Game [03:34]
09. Over My Head [04:33]
10. Hands On The Wheel [04:14]
11. Somewhere In Time [04:09]
12. So Tired [04:24]
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