Year : 2020
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 131 mb
Bio:
George Lynch (born September 28, 1954) is an American hard rock guitarist and songwriter.Lynch is best known for his work with heavy metal band Dokken and his band Lynch Mob. Lynch is considered to be one of the most influential and famous 80's metal guitarists. He is known for his unique playing style and sound. He is ranked #47 in "100 greatest guitarists of all time" by Guitar World magazine also ranked #10 in "Top 10 Metal Guitarists of All Time" by Gibson.Lynch was born in Spokane, Washington and raised in the small town of Auburn, California. Great White guitarist Mark Kendall claims George started two-hand tapping before Eddie Van Halen did.Twice Lynch auditioned for the position of Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist, once in 1979 – losing to Randy Rhoads – and another time in 1982 to replace Brad Gillis. According to Lynch, he was hired for three days before Ozzy changed his mind and decided to go with Jake E. Lee. Lee, however claims that Lynch "got the gig, but only went on the road for two weeks to watch the show, and never actually played with Ozzy." Lynch looks back on the situation positively though; he has said "I won the consolation prize. Randy got to tour with Ozzy...and I got to teach at his mom's school." Lynch played in a late 1970s band called The Boyz, working the Sunset Strip clubs in L.A., alongside some of their contemporaries like Van Halen and Quiet Riot. The Boyz were to play a showcase for Gene Simmons of Kiss and his startup label. Van Halen opened the show and Gene opted not to stay and see The Boyz. After this he formed Xciter before joining Dokken.Lynch came to fame in the 1980s through his work as the lead guitarist in the band Dokken (of which he had been a member since 1980). Dokken had a string of successful platinum albums such as Under Lock And Key and Back for the Attack, that prominently featured Lynch's inventive lead guitar work and cemented his reputation as a bonafide guitar hero. The instrumental track "Mr. Scary" on Back for the Attack contributed to his popularity among guitar players. The band earned a Grammy nomination for the Best Metal Performance in 1990.In spite of the band's popularity, the group parted ways in March 1989 due to internal tensions with lead vocalist Don Dokken. Lynch formed his own hard rock band Lynch Mob which differed from Dokken in lyrical and guitar complexity, subject matter, song structure, and tuning. Lynch then took time off and his wife had a baby girl, Mariah Lynch. After spending a few years with his family he got back to work. In 1993, Lynch released his first solo album, Sacred Groove.By 1994, after Don Dokken, Jeff Pilson and Mick Brown reunited, they decided to try to bring Lynch back into the fold as well for a true reunion of Dokken. Lynch agreed to put all differences aside to give it a go once more. The reunited version of Dokken was signed to the Columbia/Sony label and after extensive writing, released Dysfunctional. Unfortunately the album did not do as well as expected and the band was dropped from the label. Dokken then signed on with CMC International and released an unplugged show the band performed in late 1994 titled One Live Night. By 1996 the band entered the studio and hired producer Kelly Gray. Gray along with Lynch, Pilson and Brown wanted to take Dokken in a new direction to the dismay of vocalist and founder Don Dokken and released Shadowlife which was a complete switch from melodic rock to a more alternative sound. Lynch still found time to appear at guitar clinics for ESP guitars and attend the annual NAMM Show. By 1997, tensions had again flared between Don and Lynch which led to Lynch being let go from Dokken and replaced by former Europe guitarist John Norum, who had played on Don Dokken's "Up From The Ashes". According to Don, he felt Lynch wanted to destroy Dokken and referred to a quote Lynch had made in regards to Shadowlife being the perfect album to destroy Dokken, more or less.
Jeffrey Steven Pilson (born January 19, 1959) is an American musician best known for being the bass player in Dokken and currently classic rock band Foreigner. He has also had an extended stint with Dio in the 1990s. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, cello, keyboards, piano and mellotron. Pilson played fictional heavy metal bassist Jörgen in the 2001 film Rock Star, and voiced Johnny Cage in the 2011 video game Mortal Kombat.Pilson was born in Lake Forest, Illinois and spent part of his youth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before moving to Longview, Washington, where he graduated from R.A. Long High School in 1976.He attended the University of Washington to study music after he had started playing bass at age 13 but left without a degree in order to pursue a career in music.One of his early bands was an Emerson, Lake & Palmer type progressive trio called Christmas. He moved to San Francisco in 1978 where he met up and became friends with guitarist Mike Varney. Varney and Pilson would join forces in the band Cinema. After moving back to Seattle for a brief period, Varney called Pilson to get involved in the recording of Rock Justice, a rock opera co-written by Varney and produced by Marty Balin.Still based in San Francisco, Pilson next teamed up with guitarist Randy Hansen, best known as a Jimi Hendrix impersonator, and Pilson recorded the Astral Projection – Live album with Hansen for Shrapnel Records. When the band with Hansen dissolved, Pilson moved to Los Angeles and only weeks later, on a recommendation by Mike Varney, was contacted by vocalist Don Dokken who was looking for a bass player for his band Dokken. An audition was set up and Pilson joined the band in 1983.Becoming a vital member of the band from the get-go, Pilson was co-writer on many of Dokken's best known and most successful songs, including Just Got Lucky, Alone Again, Into the Fire, The Hunter, In My Dreams, It's Not Love, Kiss of Death, and Dream Warriors. Pilson recorded the studio albums Tooth and Nail (1984), Under Lock and Key (1985), and Back for the Attack (1987), all certified platinum, and the gold certified live album Beast from the East (1988).After the break-up of Dokken in the wake of the Monsters of Rock Tour 1988, Pilson, along with Randy Hansen, Vinny Appice and Michael Diamond of Legs Diamond, formed his own group called Flesh & Blood in 1989, handling lead vocal and rhythm guitar duties. After changing the name to War & Peace, Pilson released a total of four albums, starting with 1993's Time Capsule, utilizing different players and line-ups along the way. The recordings of the original Flesh & Blood line-up were released in 1999 and re-issued in 2013 with a bonus track, packaged with recordings from another session, under the name War & Peace as The Flesh and Blood Sessions.
Album:
Let’s be honest here, a decent covers album is something of a rarity isn’t it? The fine line between putting your stamp on a track, and murdering a track held dear to the listener is a tricky one to walk at times. More often than not, these attempts result in failure. Then there’s those who just do pointless covers by numbers, therefore presenting the world with an inferior version of the original. As a result, I approached this album, with more than a little trepidation. But, what we have here is almost an exception to the rule. It’s not faultless, but it manages to walk that fine line, and stay on it most of the way.Former Dokken duo George Lynch and Jeff Pilson have re-united to deliver their interpretation of eleven tracks from a variety of different genres. It won’t go down as a classic by any means, but as these sort of albums go, its a very enjoyable listen with a couple of gems along the way too.The gems come in the shape of really rocky interpretations of Prince‘s Kiss, and Music by Madonna. Both receive superb guitar driven reworkings, but neither loses the essence of the original release either. The former’s instantly familiar riff is still present, but is given a heavier arrangement by Lynch, with Pilson contributing a heavy funky bass line in the background. It features a searing solo from George at the end too. It sounds very natural in it’s own right as opposed to having a rock arrangement crowbarred into it.The same can be said of their version of Music. Obviously the original was anything but a rock track. But here, Lynch has replaced the dance beat with a great riff that fits the song like a glove. Listening to it, you could easily imagine it having always been played this way. Another tip of the hat goes to their version of Ordinary World. Yep, Duran Duran track from the mid 90’s. They’ve wisely not attempted a note for note copy of the original. The signature guitar intro has been replaced with a lower key, more subtle sound, that repositions the song perfectly. Its also a very apt choice of song, as the lyrics could easily apply to the year we have had, and likely to have next year. A very credible effort.Joan Osbourne‘s One Of Us is given a heavier, more brooding arrangement and opens the album. This may seem like an odd place to put it, but it works. It builds nicely from a restrained intro, and ends with a powerful crescendo. I was never the biggest fan of the original recording, but quite like this version.There are a few run of the mill covers included. As soon as you see titles I Feel The Earth Move, Nowhere To Run, You Got The Love and Lucille, you sort of know how they’re going to sound. Competent, heavy blues based treatments are given to each. All are perfectly listenable, but there is nothing really too exciting about them either.Speaking of nothing too exciting, they have included Champagne Supernova by tiresome media darlings Oasis. It’s one of those songs that has been vastly overplayed to my ears, and covering it is pointless as a result.. Though it benefits from less nasal whining than on the original, it doesn’t really do anything more for me than the original. Maybe it will receive greater appreciation in America, where it won’t be as well known over there.Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I feel Fine) by REM could’ve been really good and been right up their street. But it just doesn’t work for me. The frantic feel of the original is missing until approximately half way through when it finally kicks in. It’s a shame, because its a track crying out for a more frantic metallic approach.But worst of all is Apologize. Originally released by American Producer Timbaland, it sounds like what it is, a rock band trying to play R’n’B, and it sounds very contrived as a result. All they’ve done is add a bit of guitar to the original arrangement and tried to sound modern and current. The result is the albums’ poppiest moment by far. It sticks out like a sore thumb, and is as painful as one!Overall, as far as covers albums go, its not a bad effort. A few excellent moments, some good, a few OK and only a couple of duffers. The good far outweighs the bad. At the time of year when most covers seem to be exclusively mournful, piano driven dirges aimed at being the background to a TV advert, this is a refreshing change. Now, how about a new album of original material guys?
Line-Up:
George Lynch - Guitar - See also: ex-T&N, ex-Hear 'n Aid, Dirty Shirley, KXM, Lynch Mob, Souls of We, Sweet & Lynch, The End Machine, ex-Dokken, ex-Lynch-Pilson, ex-Xciter
Jeff Pilson - Vocals, Bass, Keyboards - See also: ex-T&N, ex-Hear 'n Aid, Black Swan, Foreigner, Freakshow, The End Machine, ex-Craig Goldy, ex-Dokken, ex-Minoru Niihara, ex-Power Project, ex-Dio, ex-Cinema, ex-Flesh And Blood, ex-George Lynch, ex-Lynch Mob, ex-Lynch-Pilson, ex-McAuley Schkener Group, ex-Rock Justice, ex-Tooth and Nail, ex-War & Peace
Michael Frowein - Drums
Tracklist:
01. One of Us (Originally by Joan Osbourne)
02. You Got The Love (Originally by Rufus & Chaka Khan)
03. I Feel The Earth (Originally by Carole King)
04. Ordinary World (Originally by Duran Duran)
05. Music (Originally by Madonna)
06. Apologize (Originally by OneRepublic & Timbaland)
07. Nowhere To Run (Originally by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas)
08. Kiss (Originally by Prince)
09. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (Originally by R.E.M.)
10. Champagne Supernova (Originally by Oasis)
11. Lucille (Originally by Little Richard)
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