Anyway, in the spirit of embracing new music and new bands, I went to see the Winery Dogs supported by Inglorious a few weeks back. I was quite excited by Inglorious, a new English band that Planet Rock had been promoting and the couple of lead off tracks from the then soon to be released album, sounded excellent.
They hit the stage, all young and rocking and the first thing that you notice is the singer, a natural frontman, larger than life, commanding the stage yet endearing, you can't help but like him. I do hope that he doesn't lose that natural friendliness. Then there is his voice, good god, can the boy sing, a huge range with soul and depth and he uses all of it. Cracking covers of Toto's "Gone Girl" far better than the original and a very faithful cover of Rainbow's "Surrender". Their own material stacked up well and they are definitely a band I won't even need to keep my eye on as my youngest was all enamored by them, meeting them after their stint and now keeping in touch over Twatter.
The headliners, Winery Dogs, Richie Kotzen, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy, a 2 album super group that attracted the wannabes and the genuine muso's. Kotzen is a great guitarist with a soulful voice, remarkably reminiscent of Chris Cornell. Billy Sheehan is a bass supremo, a guy at the top of his game for many years and Mike Portnoy is a powerhouse drummer, ex-Dream Theatre, he is mentioned in the same circles as Neal Peart but with maybe a touch less reverence. Their 2 albums are excellent and the show was great, enough virtuoso playing without ruining the songs and I loved them. They funk, rock, mellow things down and cover all the bases, mind you if you look back who they've all played with and the stuff they've done, they have covered all the bases. I will definitely be seeing them again.
Their Bowie tribute, so sweet:
All in all it was a great night, great support band and an excellent headliner, the future for rock is looking better.
But I'm not done yet. I also adore Tax the Heat, another new British band and their album isn't due till April. Again, the 2 lead tracks (thanks Planet rock) are excellent and I have pre-ordered their album, as I did with Inglorious except that Tax the Heat had the option for vinyl. I have also pre-ordered the new Anthrax album off the back of bloody Planet rock playing "Breathing Lightning" and I adored it so much I have that winging it's way to me when it's released in the next week or 2 and they also played the new single from Wolfmother, "Victorious" and I bought the flac of the song and I'm now considering ordering the album as well. Damn you Planet Rock, you are like kryptonite to my bank account. On the plus side, it does feel really good to be listening to music again. I spent all Saturday streaming songs from my phone and listening to vinyl and I discovered that 1989 and 1990 were good years for music.
Tax the Heat:
Anthrax:
Wolfmother:
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