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!
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