Year : 2019 (Japan Edition)
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 116 mb
Bio:
Hollywood Monsters are the brainchild of vocalist, guitarist, composer, Stéphane Honde, a French expatriate, who after living in Los Angeles since 2012, recently moved to Sacramento, California) Honde first became noticed when fronting Mamooth, subsequently garnering a well-deserved reputation as a guitar virtuoso when playing in Café Bertrand, a French rock group he joined in 2004. The band toured, playing humongous stadiums such as the Stade de France, with an audience capacity in excess of 80.000 - performing with classic rock giants such as AC/DC and Deep Purple, the latter for whom they opened on thirty-six dates across Europe in November 2006, and another 12 in March of 2007. Honde recorded two albums with Café Bertrand - both critically acclaimed and commercially successful - ""Les Airs Empruntés"" (2005) and ""L'Art Délicat du Rock'N'Roll"" (2008), before leaving the band in 2011. Honde then embarked on a length tour with Paul Di'Anno, oriignal voaclist with Iron Maiden before absconding to California. Once in Los Angeles Stéphane Honde befriended Tim Bogert, coaxed him out of retirment and convinced Bogert to play on his debut album...and voilà, the Hollywood Monsters were born. Stéphane Honde recently signed an agreement with Mausoleum Records for the release of the debut album entitled ""Big Trouble"" by his new band: Hollywood Monsters, scheduled for release in May 2014. The talented Hollywood Monsters line-up on ""Big Trouble,"" besides Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus - on bass, additionally welcomes the performances of some more of Stéphane's talented pals, including: Don Airey (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Michael Schenker and dozens more - on keyboards), and Vinnie Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath - on drums), the latter for whom Stéphane had written the song ""Village Of The Damned"" as an hommage...before ever meeting Vinnie!
Album:
HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS are a prodigious music collective founded by songwriter / guitarist Steph Honde, including legendary Vinny Appice on drums and bass player Ronnie Robson as the core, who bring with them an amazing collaborative of Internationally known musicians, all that come with huge resumes, performing on the various albums and in the live spectrum.“Thriving On Chaos” is their third, brand new album, and among the guests there’s talented Don Airey and his Hammond B3, while the disc was mixed / mastered by Tommy Denander, who also play guitar.HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS aim is simple; bring back the classic rock / stadium of the Seventies and Eighties. However, what it isn’t so simple is to do that well.The key in ‘Thriving On Chaos’ and on all HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS albums are the contributions. Honde / Vinny Appice / Robson are the foundation providing groove and a steady pace, but all the guests really give color to each song.While the first two tracks are really heavy, pretty metallic indeed, since then there’s a classic rock feel all over the record, tough and muscular, always melodious. Steph Honde has a versatile approach to songwriting which add lush and modern touch to the classic rock / hard rock sound.We find some bluesy moments as well, and a couple of old school melodic rockers too.
Line-Up:
Steph Honde (Paul DiAnno) - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Ronnie Robson - Bass Guitar
Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath) - Drums
Guest musicians:
Don Airey – hammond solo “Scream Looking For A Mouth”
Tommy Denander – lead guitar on “Drop Dead (That’s Who)”
Ted McKenna – drums on “Running Up Hill” (rest in peace)
Jim Crean – backing vocals on “I Don’t Need No Doctor”
Greg Godovitz – vocals on “Drop Dead (That’s Who)”
Fred Mika – drums on “Fortune Teller”
Danko Jones – vocals on “Cold Sweat”
Glen Drover – lead guitar on “I’m The Best You Can Get”
Alexis Von Kraven – drums on “I’m The Best You Can Get”
Tracklist:
01. A Scream Looking For A Mouth
02. Speak Of The Evil
03. Something Wicked
04. Running Up Hill
05. Numb
06. In This House
07. I Don’t Need No Doctor
08. Drop Dead (That’s Who)
09. Thriving On Chaos
10. Fortune Teller
11. Cold Sweat
12. I Am The Best You Can Get (Bonus Track)
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