Who the Hell are Bushman's Revenge and why should we care?

How can you resist an album titled, "You Lost Me At Hello"??

We should care because these Norwegian shredders make a great argument in the "What if Jimi Hendrix had...?". The approach is bone crushing power trio "BAM" with the flexibility of an agile jazz trio.  Guitarist Even Helte Hermansen has captured the zeitgeist of Hendrix's more experimental jazz-oriented excursions seemingly by osmosis then processes through his 21st century musically informed brain with incredible up-to-the-minute technique. This guy makes Raoul Bjorkenheim sound like a castrated bagpiper at the gates of hell. And I LOVE Rauol(please research Scorch Trio and have a post here in the morning;-}).  

So, eat Even's Dust Joey Satch, Yngwie and "Bitchy" Blackmore! Cringe in fear Tipton and Downing! Scurry away like rats on fire Santana and Schenker! Melt under the withering Helte Hermansen fret fire "Robbie" Trower! Bite the steel from your gay Ibanez rigs Vai! May Valerie live out her dream of bashing your brains out with that silly looking toy you call a guitar Eddie VH! Don't even THINK of trying this at home Metheny! You can't handle the truth Page!

OK, I could go on so I'll give the nod to Nokie Edwards of The Ventures, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Danny Gatton, John McLaughlin, Tony Iommi, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Pat Martino, Pete Cosey of Miles Davis' acid rock band of 74-75, Dennis Coffey, and the great underrated Rhino of Captain Beyond because I believe Even would respect these guys too.

Hinden-Bergs, we are incredibly fortunate that this flaming comet of vocabulary, passion, and technical abilities has appeared in the sky during our lifetimes. I would pay to see these guys!

Beaawwwwaaauuuwwwaaauuuuww

Jono- excellent. I. know. nothing!

Sir Lord Baltimore, a waste of 180Gram vinyl?

OK, I've been known to put on "Women Tamer" as the 4:30AM "Party Room Clearer" and it's been very effective. The morning after one horrible show where my band drowned our collective sorrows in horrendous amounts of the usual substances, the only way I could face the day was to scream, "Get me my Vitamin B!" and when my girlfriend brought a handful of REAL vitamins I screamed, "No!! Vitamin BOURBON!!!" the bottle of which came abruptly.  After a few hefty swigs that livened me up but kept my mood dark I went to the living room and blasted "Woman Tamer" to which my girlfriend who, unbeknownst to me was tripping on acid wailed, "I'm sorry I EVER heard of these guys!".  The day got much better after my bit of "Schadenfreude";-}. Having said that I've treasured these albums and still have my original LPs.  You haven't lived until you've been pummeled by ditties like; ""Master Heartache", "Kingdom Come", "Lady of Fire", "Caesar LXXI" and the above mentioned "Just when you thought it couldn't get any slower!" pain inducer.  When I found out both albums had been re-issued as "Audiophile" pressings I said, "What a waste of good vinyl, ugh" and immediately went right down to my local record store and bought them both.  Essential for fans of "Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep and a host of your favorite heavy Brit blues bands not coming around any time soon?" Oh, the drummer is the lead singer! 

Magma has returned!

Yikes! I can't believe Christian Vander is back in the road.  This is a "Rot-Alarm" Mein Klang-Festers!  If anyone has doubts about Vander's contributions go find anything from "Udu Wudu".  Get It, You Won't Regret It....