Year : 2017
Style : Hard Rock , Classic Rock , Blues Rock
Country : Ireland
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 120 mb
Bio:
Bernie Tormé (born Bernard Tormey, 18 March 1952, Dublin, Ireland) is a rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, record label and recording studio owner.Tormé was influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher and Gary Moore of Thin Lizzy and formed his own band at a young age. His first paid performance came when Don Harris, a 14 year old drummer he played alongside when he was 17, secured a gig at the local Girl Guides' dance in Kilmainham in Dublin.Tormé then played in Dublin band 'The Urge' in the early 1970s before relocating to London in 1974, where he initially played with heavy rockers 'Scrapyard' (whose bass player, John McCoy would later be re-united with Tormé in Gillan), before forming the punk 'Bernie Tormé Band' in 1976. The Bernie Tormé Band toured with The Boomtown Rats and Generation X among many others. Tormé has since revealed that he secured the supporting band slot with the Boomtown Rats by agreeing to go around London putting up posters advertising the tour.In 1977 the band were asked to contribute two tracks to the Live At The Vortex album, "Streetfighter" and "Living for Kicks". This led to them being signed to the Jet Records label, who "...paid us forty quid a week each for the next 18 months... Apart from that they just sat on us pretty much, they were more into ELO.Frustrated by a lack of commercial success, Tormé accepted the invitation of former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan in 1979 to join his band Gillan, and it was as part of this band that Tormé is best known.Over the next four years the group enjoyed three Top Ten UK albums (Mr. Universe, Glory Road and Future Shock), in addition to extensive worldwide tours of Europe, Japan, and the United States.In 1981 Tormé walked out on Gillan, citing lack of money despite touring the world as his reason. He played as a live session man for Atomic Rooster and then Ozzy Osbourne as the immediate successor of the recently deceased original guitarist Randy Rhoads. Tormé was hired to play on makeup dates resulting from cancelled concerts after Rhoads' death. After only 7 shows in 10 days, Tormé quit to concentrate on his own band Electric Gypsies and was replaced by Brad Gillis. It was widely reported in 1982 that severe performance anxiety lead to Tormé's departure from Osbourne's band, though this has apparently never been confirmed.Since 1982 Tormé has led his own band under various names and lineups (including a version of Torme with singer Phil Lewis, formerly of Girl and later with LA Guns).Tormé spent several years with the band Desperado with former Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider. Although the record saw limited release, Snider re-used a number of the songs for a subsequent project, Widowmaker (not to be confused with the 1970s English band of the same name).Tormé also played guitar on René Berg's solo album, The Leather, The Loneliness And Your Dark Eyes, released in 1992.In addition to the continued release of new Tormé recordings and re-issuance of his back catalogue titles, Tormé also became involved with the 'Silver' project, which also included former Michael Schenker Group vocalist Gary Barden.In 2006, Tormé announced the formation of Guy McCoy Tormé (aka "G.M.T"), with former Gillan bassist John McCoy and drummer Robin Guy. In 2007, Tormé contributed lead guitar and sitar parts to "Smile In Denial", track #4 of Yoni, a solo album from Wildhearts frontman Ginger.Tormé also runs his own record label, Retrowrek Records, and recording studios, Barnroom Studios in Kent, where he lives with his family.
Album:
Bernie Torme I first came across via his days in Gillan and loving the band’s performance of ‘New Orleans ‘ on ‘Top Of The Pops’. Then I didn’t really take much notice of his solo work until the much missed and impressive GMT, that featured fellow Gillan band mate John McCoy.Torme certainly has kept himself busy since then and now unleashes a triple album – two albums of all new material, one electric and one acoustic, plus a live album recorded last year on tour. The album hit its pledge funded target in under nine hours highlighting the loyalty and love of his music his fans have.First up the electric album…Bernie Torme’s guitar playing is something else! The trademark dive bomb style is in evidence, along with electrifying blues playing on ‘Power Of The Blues’. ‘Hair Of The Dog’ is a monster of a rock tune, again plenty of guitar action on this one and a strong, melodic chorus.Nice little look back as his musical past on ‘Way It Rolls’, whilst on ‘Janus (Pt 1&2), he lets fly with some tasty spacey guitar solos and effects. The later gives the only real respite in an otherwise full on rocking, in your face album.Over on the acoustic album you simply must listen to ‘Shine’. What a piece of music this is, from the opening birdsong and gentle guitar strumming, through to the trippy feel later as the progresses . The song would appeal to prog rock fans (especially as it clocks in at over eleven minutes) and many others. Such a stark contrast to the electric album and it so damn good. Next up the acoustic slide on blues/Americana ‘Morning Raga’, where you can almost sense Mr Torme wants to rip it up on a electric guitar on the mid-section!The howls in ‘Wolfgirl’ reminded me of Warren Zevon’s classic ‘Werewolf In London’, a gentle song that like the rest of the album shows Bernie Torme is perfectly at ease playing acoustically.The live set includes plenty of classics from across his career including a suitably raucous version of GMT’s ’Rocky Road (From Dublin)’ and ‘Wild West’, complete with a suitably OTT solo. The two Gillan classics, ‘New Orleans’ (his guitar filling in for Colin Towns’ original piano parts very nicely) and ‘Trouble’ get a suitably rousing reception from the crowd and Torme’s fingers are flying all over his guitar, wonderful stuff.The word essential can often be overused in reviews, however this album really is that and then some. Two albums to rock out to and then one to wind down and chill out with, perfect.
Line Up:
Bernie Torme - Vocals , rhythm guitar (Ex-Gillan,Atomic Rooster,Desperado,GMT)
John Pearce - bass
Chris Jones - drums
Tracklist:
CD1 (Electric)
01. Dublin Cowboy
02. Hair of the Dog
03. Power of the Blues
04. Bak 2 U
05. Time (Has Taken Its Toll)
06. Skangers Delight
07. Little Brother
08. In the Groove
09. Way It Rolls
10. Janus (Pt 1 & 2)
11. Already Gone
CD2 (Acoustic)
01. Shine
02. Morning Raga
03. Wolfgirl
04. Lethe
05. All My Demons
06. Lady November
07. Cirkus
08. Death of Dreams
CD3 (Live)
01. Wild West (Live)
02. Bullet in the Brain (Live)
03. Blood Run Cold (Live)
04. Turn Out the Lights (Live)
05. Pain Song (Live)
06. Star (Live)
07. Stoneship (Live)
08. Rocky Road (From Dublin) (Live)
Please my link you can´t spread further and don´t upload to other hostings!!!
Code: Select all
Password: horex
Remember! if You like the release, buy the original CD. Support the artists!
Please when You buy a premium account, You can support our work, You can do parallel downloads with unlimited speed and never waiting.
Please click and buy some account only through icons below: (when You not see icons below stop AdBlock and AdBlock plus in Google chrome)
Cuando usted compra una cuenta premium, Usted puede apoyar nuestro trabajo, usted puede hacer descargas paralelas con velocidad ilimitada y nunca espera.
Por favor, haga clic y comprar de cuenta sólo a través de iconos por debajo: (si no ves el iconos siguiente parada AdBlock y AdBlock Plus en Google Chrome)