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Spiders & Snakes - Glam Rock (2014)











Year : 2014
Style : Glam Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 79 mb

Bio:

Spiders & Snakes is a Los Angeles-based glam rock band fronted by ex-London co-founder Lizzie Grey and former London drummer Tim Yasui (aka Timothy Jay). The band draws heavily from British glam rock of the 1970s and performs regularly on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood and throughout the Los Angeles club scene.The recent resurgence of 80′s era styled hard rock owes a bit of debt to Los Angeles cult heroes Spiders & Snakes. The over the top glam band formed by singer / guitarist Lizzie Grey (formerly of Ultrapop and London) and drummer Timothy Jay (also a former member of Ultrapop and London) in the early 90′s has remained a constant dynamic entity in the international music market and has been cited by several European bands as an inspiration and influence.Spiders & Snakes’ first release, Arachnomania (1991) would be distributed by RED, and the band enjoyed a brief flirtation with MTV success, the band would spend that next decade and a half enjoying great underground success worldwide and releasing a string of critically acclaimed independent releases including 1993’s Retro 2000, London Daze, and Hollywood Ghosts.Now with a host of recent high-profile appearances including a strong presence in the Cleopatra Records issued Hollywood Rocks Book and Box Set, as well as VH1’s “Driven: Motley Crue”, and the upcoming Prism Films Guns N’ Roses documentary, S&S is poised to release their finest world to date.S&S Live“We are extremely proud to be affiliated with a band like Spiders & Snakes. Lizzie Grey is one of the true unsung Godfathers of Modern Hard Rock, and an incredible talent, as well as a true inspiration as one of those rare people who TRULY makes music because he loves to.” said Corporate Punishment Records President Thom Hazaert. “And while it’s a little left field of the usual CPR release(s), S&S has made a 15 year career out of releasing brilliant, pure records, solely for the love of their craft, and it’s definitely an honor to be a part of that.” twelve tracks offered up on Melodrama highlight the band’s affinity for 70′s glam rock indulgence and their knack for writing hooks as wide as the Atlantic Ocean. Featuring a stunning cover of the Bay City Rollers’ classic “Yesterday’s Hero” (sung by drummer Timothy Jay), and highlighting Sluggo (of Oingo Boingo fame) on a terrific saxophone solo, ‘Melodrama’ also sees Spiders & Snakes covering themselves with “Fear Of Flying” which originally appeared on the band’s 1992 release ‘Arachno II’, with rewritten lyrics by Spiders & Snakes co-founder Jay. The band has written a wealth of material for the new album, including tracks such as the Cheap Trick inspired “Shoot Me Down” (written and sung by bassist Phil St. Vincent), the in your face hard rocker “Kicks”, and the melancholic ballad, “Another Lonely Day.”Producer/engineer Gavin Ross (Traci Guns/LA Guns, Angelo Moore/Fishbone) and the band wantedS&S Live to create an album on an independent budget in the spirit of Bob Ezrin’s earlier efforts with KISS and Alice Cooper, effectively mixing heavy rock and powerful ballads to create a more theatrical sounding release. Hence the album’s name Melodrama.Having previously worked with Gavin on 2005′s Hollywood Ghosts, the band was even more comfortable this time around, and took full advantage of Steady Studios recent new technology not available during the Hollywood Ghosts sessions. It’s also notable that the album Melodrama is the first release in the band’s 15+ year history that features performances by 3 different lead vocalists on the same album, and their first album working with new bassist Phil St. Vincent. The result is a richer, more vibrant pure rock recording screaming to be turned up!S&S LiveSpiders & Snakes honed the new album’s songs over a year and a half of slamming the local club circuit again, this time as a 3 piece band, with all the band members taking turns singing lead vocals on a couple of songs. If the new lean and mean power-trio appeal that Spiders & Snakes have been having in their hometown of Hollywood, California is any indication of their new songs potential, then the rest of the U.S. is definitely in for a treat. With a new global distribution agreement thru Koch Entertainment the band is excited to bring Melodrama to the road to their fans in person in 2007 and 2008.

Line Up:

Lizzie Grey - (lead vocals, guitar) (Ex-London)
Timothy Jay (drums, keyboards, percussion, vocals)
Phil St. Vincent (bass, vocals)

Former members:

Vince Votel, bass (1991-1993)
Chris "Cupcake" Taylor, guitar (1991)
Leigh Lawson, bass (1993-2000)
Doug E. Sex, guitar (2000-2001, 2005-2006)
Joe Petro, bass (2000-2001)
Steven Christal, guitar (1992-1993)
Johnny G, guitar (1995-1997)
Anthony Castillo, guitar (1997-1999)

Tracklist:

01. Little Willy ((Oddities: The Glitter Years Version))
02. Yesterday's Hero (Artist: Sluggo, Spiders & Snakes)
03. Billion Dollar Babies
04. Air That I Breathe
05. Rock n Roll Queen
06. Run, Run, Run
07. The Girl Can't Help It (Artist: Angelo Moore, Spiders & Snakes)
08. Mellow Yellow ((Astro Pop Version))
09. Spiders & Snakes
10. Kicks
11. Mellow Yellow ((2000 Retro Version))




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Spiders & Snakes - Year Of The Snake (2014)













Year : 2014
Style : Glam Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 89 mb

Bio:

Spiders & Snakes is a Los Angeles–based glam metal/hard rock band fronted by ex-London co-founder Lizzie Grey until his death, and by former London drummer Tim Yasui (aka Timothy Jay). The band draws heavily from British glam rock of the 1970s and performs regularly on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood and throughout the Los Angeles club scene.Spiders & Snakes' first release, Arachnomania (1991) would be distributed by RED, and the band enjoyed a brief flirtation with MTV success, the band would spend that next decade and a half enjoying great underground success worldwide and releasing a string of critically acclaimed independent releases including 1993’s Retro 2000, London Daze, and Hollywood Ghosts.Now with a host of recent high-profile appearances including a strong presence in the Cleopatra Records issued Hollywood Rocks Book and Box Set, as well as VH1’s “Driven: Motley Crue”, and the upcoming Prism Films Guns N’ Roses documentary, S&S is poised to release their finest world to date.“We are extremely proud to be affiliated with a band like Spiders & Snakes. Lizzie Grey is one of the true unsung Godfathers of Modern Hard Rock, and an incredible talent, as well as a true inspiration as one of those rare people who TRULY makes music because he loves to.” said Corporate Punishment Records President Thom Hazaert. “And while it’s a little left field of the usual CPR release(s), S&S has made a 15 year career out of releasing brilliant, pure records, solely for the love of their craft, and it’s definitely an honor to be a part of that.”The twelve tracks offered up on Melodrama highlight the band's affinity for 70's glam rock indulgence and their knack for writing hooks as wide as the Atlantic Ocean. Featuring a stunning cover of the Bay City Rollers' classic "Yesterday's Hero" (sung by drummer Timothy Jay), and highlighting Sluggo (of Oingo Boingo fame) on a terrific saxophone solo, 'Melodrama' also sees Spiders & Snakes covering themselves with "Fear Of Flying" which originally appeared on the band's 1992 release 'Arachno II', with rewritten lyrics by Spiders & Snakes co-founder Jay. The band has written a wealth of material for the new album, including tracks such as the Cheap Trick inspired "Shoot Me Down" (written and sung by bassist Phil St. Vincent), the in your face hard rocker "Kicks", and the melancholic ballad, "Another Lonely Day."Producer/engineer Gavin Ross (Traci Guns/LA Guns, Angelo Moore/Fishbone) and the band wanted to create an album on an independent budget in the spirit of Bob Ezrin's earlier efforts with KISS and Alice Cooper, effectively mixing heavy rock and powerful ballads to create a more theatrical sounding release. Hence the album's name Melodrama.Having previously worked with Gavin on 2005's Hollywood Ghosts, the band was even more comfortable this time around, and took full advantage of Steady Studios recent new technology not available during the Hollywood Ghosts sessions.It's also notable that the album Melodrama is the first release in the band's 15+ year history that features performances by 3 different lead vocalists on the same album, and their first album working with new bassist Phil St. Vincent. The result is a richer, more vibrant pure rock recording screaming to be turned up!Spiders & Snakes honed the new album's songs over a year and a half of slamming the local club circuit again, this time as a 3 piece band, with all the band members taking turns singing lead vocals on a couple of songs. If the new lean and mean power-trio appeal that Spiders & Snakes have been having in their hometown of Hollywood, California is any indication of their new songs potential, then the rest of the U.S. is definitely in for a treat.With a new global distribution agreement thru Koch Entertainment the band is excited to bring Melodrama to the road to their fans in person in 2007 and 2008.

Album:

If you live outside of Hollywood, then you may not be aware of the band Spiders & Snakes. In fact, they are so underground- and have been for nearly a quarter of a century- they make the Clash look like the Who! They are so underground that they have released their ninth studio effort and not many outside of the City of Glitz can tell you who they are. With any underground band that has this kind of survival skills, however, there is always a good story behind the scene.The band rose from the ashes of another iconic underground band called London, most famous for giving guys like Nikki Sixx, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, Slash, Blackie Lawless and Fred Coury a start in the business of rock and roll. The band was founded by ex-London member Lizzie Grey and Tim Yasui and quickly became darlings of the Sunset Strip. The band had killer tunes, mixing hard rock with English glam and featuring outrageous stage shows and nearly naked chicks—so, one can see the initial appeal. The band continues with that mix of craziness on Year of the Snake as one can hear Glam rock, ‘80s hard rock and Mott the Hoople-type coolness mixed with some old-school Alice Cooper influences.It works.The new album features multiple lead singers, which is different from past efforts where Grey was the front man. He doesn’t mind sharing the vocal duties... and for good reason, as the album has a cool vibe and kinda makes one wonder what’s coming up next. It could be a guitar solo, some horns, a scream or a drum fill, but rest assured- it will be fun. Fun seems to be the band’s modus operandi, which is very welcomed in the screwed up world in which we live.The songs range from the funky “Don’t Step Out” to the rocking/rollicking of “Crazy” and “Too Angry” to the more pop “Hey You.” The genre changes make the music even more enjoyable and fresh. Another fun aspect is the famous folk who make appearances on the making of Year of the Snake, including Billy Sherwood (YES, CIRCA), Angelo Moore (FISHBONE), Rik Fox (W.A.S.P., STEELER), Ryo Okumoto (PHIL COLLINS, ARETHA FRANKLIN, SPOCK'S BEARD) and Betsy Weiss (BITCH).Grey sums the attitude of Spiders & Snakes when he admits, “We’re simply not has-beens since we never officially became mainstream.” If that ain’t a rock and roll attitude then I don’t know what the hell is.If you need a little something different that still rocks like a mofo, then look no further. Simply celebrate the Year of the Snake.

Line-Up:

Lizzie Grey - Lead vocals, guitars
Timothy Jay Yasui - Drums, keyboards, percussion, vocals
Phil St. Vincent - Bass, vocals
Chris Sheridan - Guitars

Guests:

Billy Sherwood (YES, CIRCA)
Angelo Moore (FISHBONE)
Rik Fox (W.A.S.P., STEELER)
Ryo Okumoto (PHIL COLLINS, ARETHA FRANKLIN, SPOCK'S BEARD)
Betsy Weiss (BITCH)

Tracklist:

01. Don't Step Outta Line (featuring Angelo Moore)
02. Too Angry (featuring Angelo Moore)
03. Kawasaki City (featuring Ryo Okumoto)
04. Neutron Baby
05. Driving Me Crazy
06. Hey You
07. Hello
08. Crazy
09. Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore (featuring Rik Fox from Steeler and Betsy Weiss from Bitch)
10. Over And Over (featuring Dave Soble)
11. The Digital Church (featuring Billy Sherwood)




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