VON GROOVE - S/T (Released: 1992, Chrysalis)

Von Groove formed back in 1990 in Canada. Their first album was released by Chrysalis Records in 92' produced by Richie Zito and with musical guests including Tommy Funderburk and Deen Castronovo between others. The band have another seven albums but none of them as good as their debut. This is a must have for lovers of  Warrant, Tyketto, Damn Yankees and late 80's Bon Jovi.










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THE ANSWER - Revival (Release: Oct 3, 2011)

 

Here we go with the third effort by this Irish guys. With no doubt THE ANSWER is one of the best Rock bands of the last decade. Their music is straight pure Hard Rock with raw sound and some reminiscent of LED ZEPPELIN.
This album, Revival, is a masterpiece and for the first time in a long long time i must say that i love all the tracks in this cd. Cormac Neeson raspy voice is at its best with his old school way of singing, Paul Mahon riffs and solos are brutal while the rythm section with James Heatley on drums and Michael Waters on bass do and excellent work too, specially Heatley playing like an animal, more exactly like Animal the puppet, you remember? this crazy guy in love with drumming... Heatley is some kind of this, a fantastic and energetic drummer.
The album opens with Waste Your Tears, starting with some slide guitar that suddenly explode into electric with a heavy riff and some Zeppelinesque taste that leads into a great a catchy chorus... a brilliant start to this album with an epic in-crescendo ending full of backing vocals.
Use Me is an straight and fast cut with some AC/DC flavor and powerfull chorus backed by intense guitars... turn the volume into 10 and let this track blow you head. Trouble starts with some Southern guitar and harmonic that will remind you of COVERDALE/PAGE album leading to a more melodic bridge that once again turns into a powerfull chorus while Nowhere Freewhere is a more "poppy" cut feat. Lynne Jackaman from SAINT JUDE but sadly i must say that though she comes from a Blues-Rock band her way singing do not fit at all with THE ANSWER much rawer and oriented to Rock music. Tornado is the representation into music of what the title means, starting in a smooth way and turning into a "tornado" of Rock at the chorus. Vida (I Want You) is totally THE ANSWER while Caught On The Riverbed is a faster track built on funny drums and with expectacullar bridge that slows a bit at the chorus... another gem with a fantastic drums work. Destroy Me, once again, sounds a little of COVERDALE/PAGE and jumping we reach Can't Remember, Can't Forget, some kind of mid-tempo built on modern drums and with astonishing vocals. 
The rest of the album keeps the same rocking vibe with the exception of All Lights Down a more intimate cut but with strong chorus.


In summary, an awesome album of pure straight British Hard Rock. If you enjoy their previous albums you'll love this one.

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More info: http://www.theanswer.ie/home.html

Best Tracks (in order of preference):

Use Me
Waste Your Tears

Vida (I Want You)

Caught On The Riverbed

New Day Rising

This album is worth of 4.8 out of 5 ROCKS!!!

NEWS: New AEROSMITH album in March

Steven Tyler tells Rolling Stone... "Two months doing that and we’re almost there,"... "We’re gonna spend another month in L.A."...
Rolling Stone: "Is there a release date in mind?"
Steven Tyler: "March, hopefully."