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Many thanks to Shy Beast for letting me use his scans. I got, obviously, the cd but I just hate scanning :lol: :lol:
This is Southern Hard Rock and one of the best band in its style, trust me. I just love them and had the opportunity to see them alive :punk: This is one of their best cds, no doubt.
The former Led Zeppelin bassist help arraging "strings" in a beautiful ballad: Lynne. :w00t:
If you never listened to this band and like this style, do not miss it :wink:
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This is Southern Hard Rock and one of the best band in its style, trust me. I just love them and had the opportunity to see them alive :punk: This is one of their best cds, no doubt.
The former Led Zeppelin bassist help arraging "strings" in a beautiful ballad: Lynne. :w00t:
If you never listened to this band and like this style, do not miss it :wink:
| TRACKLIST |
| 1. Anywhere But Here 2. Weatherman 3. Pearly 4. So Help Me 5. What Have You Done 6. Take a Hold 7. Laughin' and Cryin' 8. Don't Worry About the Bomb 9. Lynne 10. Lord Have Mercy 11. National Dust 12. Ain't Ugly None |
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| After four years of licking wounds, Raging Slab have emerged from a Pennsylvania barn with a second major-label effort that testifies to their new label exec Rick Rubin's genius, elevates producer Brendan O'Brien and reaffirms American rock's ability to reinvent itself at the witching hour. With weird, wise, flag-waving riffs galore on Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert, Raging Slab's three-slide-guitar army may be the first band good and crazy enough to make you remember what ZZ Top was like before Billy Gibbons hooked himself to a computer for life support. If it works, it's because head Slab Greg Strzempka, who often sounds as if Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Bob Seger and Jim Dandy were all smushed and screaming for mercy together in his throat, is not shy, ashamed or even nostalgic about his references. "Pearly," his invocation of the divine spirit of Gibbons' legendary guitar, may be the most passionate and tender fan letter since Nils Lofgren's "Keith Don't Go." But Strzempka's not merely using his 15 minutes to reach out and touch his idols; "Lynne," a ballad whose eerie strings were hauntingly arranged by John Paul Jones, is a final, emotionally stripped call to a lost younger sister. Still, it's in climactic kick-out-the-jams like "Anywhere but Here," "Weatherman" and "Laughin' and Cryin'" that Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert lives up to the promise of its title. Tying to a brand-new whipping post the primal vibes of the classic alternative rock that once rumbled across the country – from ZZ Top's Texas, the Stooges' Detroit and Blue Oyster Cult's Long Island – Raging Slab makes you almost believe the good new days are here again. (RS 663) DEBORAH FROST |
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| Raging Slab was described as a combination of Metallica meets Lynryd Skynyrd, which is a fairly apt description (though one could say Blackfoot), but one key ingredient was left out, Pat Travers, heavy Pat Travers circa "Putting it Straight" & "Heat in the Street," & maybe more influential than Metallica. Raging Slab was a formidable musical entity, & their name fit perfectly. Singer Gregory Strzempka, belting out vocals like Ronnie Van Zant, with all the emotive capabilities of the former. Strzempka wrote lyrics like Ronnie to, of human pain & happiness. No, Raging Slab was not just a dumb redneck southern heavy metal outfit; there was a lot of brain power going on in this band, along with a wall of guitars. Raging Slab featured three guitarist, & they knew how to play, & play well they did! Raging Slab has put out five or six albums to my knowledge, but there are two that stand head & shoulders above the rest; Raging Slab "ST" & the monumental "Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert," which sounds like a title for a live album, but is a studio release. Both these albums are masterful works of heavy, heavy, southern rock, & only Blackfoot before them ventured into this heavy of territory. Raging Slab "ST" was just a blaze of guitars & heavy rhythms, pulling the listener into to their swirling vortex for a sonic train ride that was over way to short & leaves one begging for more. As good as "ST" was, & it was GOOD, Raging Slab's crowning achievement had to be "Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert." Here everything that came in play with the "ST" was personified & diversified to one of the best albums of rock history, & it didn't sell squat! Strzempka was at the height of his writing abilities, sounding like the second coming of Ronnie Van Zant. This man should have replaced Ronnie instead of Ronnie's brother Johnny, seriously, Strzempka was that good on this album, & I could just imagine what he & Ricky Medlocke (Blackfoot) now of Lynyrd Skynyrd could do together! Oh the possibilities! But back to the album. "Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert" was a true masterpiece of guts, glory, & beautiful melodies that struck deep down in my musical soul, of the like Raging Slab have never repeated. Each song a triumph of musical integrities to Strzempka's profound musical vision, a perfect album if there is such a thing. After fifteen years this CD still gets heavy play on my stereo, & friends of mine. It is an immortal achivement of the highest order & not to be missed by anyone who loves heavy metal & southern rock! |
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Keykey está oyendo: 003. Raging Slab - [Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert #03] Pearly
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