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ArcAttack’s Lightning Proof Midi Guitar
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Metallica Pushead Beach and Bath Towel $16.74 Cotton beach towel featuring the flaming sun artwork by Metallica Pus head. A great summer accessory for the beach, bath, dorm, or bedroom. ‘Metallica’ is printed in the band’s classic logo in white block lettering across the top of the image, on an angle. Below, a brilliant orange and yellow sun formed from a skull, looks awesome on the black towel. A hot-looking towel, sure to be a big hit with … |
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New Disney Interactive Pixar Cars Toon: Mater’s Tall Tales Action/Adventure Game Standard Retail Wii $25.00 Featuring fast-paced, multiplayer, family fun, Disney Pixar Cars Toon: Mater’s Tall Tales for Wii offers a large collection of pick-up-and-play games inspired by Disney Pixar’s popular Mater’s Tall Tales animated short series with a Mania! twist. Join Mater, Lightning McQueen and their pals as they relive the wild stories he conjures up about hilariously unpredictable events that may or may not h… |
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Original Sin Devil Guitar Poster $9.95 Hard Cider,11×17 Poster, Gig Posters, R. Black, 11″ x 17″ Item ships rolled in a protective tube… |
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Ride the Lightning $11.59 No Description Available.Genre: Popular MusicMedia Format: Compact DiskRating: Release Date: 11-JAN-1989… |
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Definitive Collection $8.93 … |
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Kill Em All $11.99 No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: METALLICATitle: KILL ‘EM ALLStreet Release Date: 06/20/1995… |
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Panamax M10-HT-PRO Home Theater Management $85.00 Improves Picture and Sound Quality The M10-HT-PRO’s Power Cleaning and Linear Filtration eliminates common symptoms of contaminated power (including loss of detail, pops, hisses, hums and visual artifacts) and allows your A/V equipment to perform up to its full capability. Monitors Incoming Line Voltage The M10-HT-PRO senses sustained voltages that are high enough to cause damage to your component… |
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Monster MP PRO 2500 10-Outlet Power Center with Stage 2 Clean Power $199.99 Monster Cable PowerCenter MP PRO 2500 Line Conditioner MC600003 Line Conditioners… |
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Monster MP PRO 3500 12-Outlet Power Center with Stage 3 Clean Power $299.99 Monster Cable Cable PowerCenter MC600004 Pro 3500 Surge Suppressor 600004 Surge Suppressors… |
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Metallica Ride The Lightning 2-sided T-shirt $29.95 Awesome shirt with electrifying graphics from the Metallica album, “Ride the Lightning”. On the back is additional artwork with a skeleton in an electric chair. 7-time Grammy-winning US heavy metal band Metallica’s 2nd studio album, ‘Ride the Lightning’ is often hailed by fans as a classic of the thrash metal genre, linking the band’s albums Kill ‘Em All and Master of Puppets. The front cover de… |
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Jimmy Bryant – Frettin` Fingers: The Lightning Guitar Of Jimmy Bryant [Box] * $37.37 Description Not Available |
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Metallica Riff by Riff (Paperback) $15.4 Every essential riff from every song written and recorded by Metallica from Ride the Lightning, Kill `em All, Master of Puppets, …And Justice for All, and Metallica. Includes notes and commentary for each plus tablature. |
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Slow Six – Nor`easter $11.88 Disc 1:pulse of this skyline with lightning like nerves, for violin, viola, cello 2 guitars, rhodes and computer, TheContemplation and dissolution of an idea for two parts, for 2 violins, guitar, and baritone guitarEch… |
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Joe Satriani – Live (DVD) $16.82 2 – Disc Joe Satriani is one of the foremost “shredders,” a guitarist whose lightning-speed virtuosity is matched by his vast theoretical knowledge and musical imagination. Backed by a band that includes fellow shredder Eric Johnson, t… |
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Dragonforce – Ultra Beatdown $11.45 Ultra Beatdown is back with soaring, epic vocals and lightning fast guitar solos. |
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Metallica – Ride the Lightning (Paperback) $13.43 Matching folio to Metallica`s second album, including: Creeping Death * Fade To Black * and more. |
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Lightning $8.39 This is the debut release from Picnic Records, a new label from Australia bringing you a 7″ by label producer Captn K and friends. “Lightning” is a blend of funky beats and psych with cool guitar and simple vocals reminiscent of Stone Roses, on the flip w |
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Ride The Lightning $19.95 “By Metallica. For guitar and voice. Guitar Personality. Metal and Hard Rock. Difficulty: medium. Guitar tablature songbook. Guitar tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams and guitar notation legend. 64 pages. Cherry Lane Music #7019. Published by Cherry Lane Music” |
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Ride the Lightning $15.18 Kill ‘Em All may have revitalized heavy metal’s underground, but Ride the Lightning was even more stunning, exhibiting staggering musical growth and boldly charting new directions that would affect heavy metal for years to come. Incredibly ambitious for a one-year-later sophomore effort, Ride the Lightning finds Metallica aggressively expanding their compositional technique and range of expression. Every track tries something new, and every musical experiment succeeds mightily. The lyrics push into new territory as well — more personal, more socially conscious, less metal posturing. But the true heart of Ride the Lightning lies in its rich musical imagination. There are extended, progressive epics; tight, concise groove-rockers; thrashers that blow anything on Kill ‘Em All out of the water, both in their urgency and the barest hints of melody that have been added to the choruses. Some innovations are flourishes that add important bits of color, like the lilting, pseudo-classical intro to the furious “Fight Fire with Fire,” or the harmonized leads that pop up on several tracks. Others are major reinventions of Metallica’s sound, like the nine-minute, album-closing instrumental “The Call of Ktulu,” or the haunting suicide lament “Fade to Black.” The latter is an all-time metal classic; it begins as an acoustic-driven, minor-key ballad, then gets slashed open by electric guitars playing a wordless chorus, and ends in a wrenching guitar solo over a thrashy yet lyrical rhythm figure. Basically, in a nutshell, Metallica sounded like they could do anything. Heavy metal hadn’t seen this kind of ambition since Judas Priest’s late-’70s classics, and Ride the Lightning effectively rewrote the rule book for a generation of thrashers. If Kill ‘Em All was the manifesto, Ride the Lightning was the revolution itself. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi Performers: Cliff Burton – Guitar (Bass), Bass; James Hetfield – Guitar, Vocals; Kirk Hammett – Guitar; Lars Ulrich – Drums |
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Lightning 1968-1971 $11.98 Arf! Arf! Records presents a taste of Lightning, a Minnesota-based rock band that grew out of White Lightning, a “power trio” consisting of ex-Litter guitarist Zippy Caplan, bass guitarist Woody Woodrich, and drummer Mick Stanhope. Woodrich is said to have pioneered the use of redline compression on his instrument, before such compressors were generally available to the public. The music heard here was performed by this trio and a quintet formed by the addition of second guitarist Ronn Roberts and percussionist Bernie Pershey, who can be heard operating a xylophone on “When a Man Could Be Free.” Technically, at least, Lightning was the name usually applied to the five-piece band. They engaged in such colorful crowd-pleasing routines as an electrified rendering of Gioacchino Rossini’s “William Tell Overture” (first performed in this version at the New City Opera House during the autumn of 1968), and a freaky take (à la Jeff Beck’s “Bolero”) on “Ghost Riders in the Sky” that featured Stanhope singing through a Moog synthesizer. “Of Paupers and Poets” was first released as a 45 rpm single on the Hexagon record label and made it to number five on the Top 40 in Minneapolis/St. Paul in January 1969. “They’ve Got the Time” was composed on September 18, 1970 in response to the death of Jimi Hendrix and was also dedicated to Janis Joplin and Brian Jones. Lightning was well received at rock festivals throughout the Middle West. They opened for (and reportedly upstaged) Grand Funk Railroad on December 31, 1970 at a concert in Des Moines, IA. One source claims that White Lightning (named after a notoriously potent brand of lysergic acid) existed in five distinct combinations between the years 1968-1974, and that six different Lightnings came and went between 1969 and 1990. None of these Lightnings are to be confused with Detroit’s short-lived post-Guardian Angel five-piece unit that went by the name of Lightnin’. ~ arwulf arwulf, Rovi Performers: Gus Gustafson – Horn Section; Rick O’Dell – Horn Section; Herb Pilhofer – Arp; Bernie Pershey – Drums; Jerry McGee – Keyboards; Mickey Stanhope – Drums, Vocals; Ronn Roberts – Guitar, Vocals; Tom “Zippy” Caplan – Guitar; Woody Woodrich – Guitar (Bass) |
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Of Lucifer & Lightning $22.39 Judging from their name alone, there should be confusion as to what style of music Angel Corpse specialize in. But if you’re still searching for answers, just take a gander at the album title and cover art of their 2007 release, Of Lucifer & Lightning (with a cover illustration depicting what appears to be Beelzebub eating an upside-down Jesus Christ, with Armageddon going on in the background). Yep, black metal/death metal is the name of the game here — gobs of it. Indecipherable vocals, metronome-gone-mad drumming, rubbery riffs, and spine-tingling guitar solos abound — a recipe that has been adopted by countless similarly styled extreme metal bands since the 1980s. But if straight-ahead, no-frills death metal is what you’re looking for, such rapid-fire tracks as “Antichrist Vanguard” and “Henexsabbat” should leave you writhing in delight. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi |
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Carrying Lightning $9.58 2011 release from the Lubbock, Texas-based singer/songwriter/fiddler. Amanda Shires is blessed with a singular, literate songwriting style and a crystalline, distinct voice that hints at her Lubbock roots. Much like Neko Case’s Blacklisted and Lucinda Williams’ Happy Woman Blues, Carrying Lightning is the work of an artist gaining control of her considerable talents and funneling them into a cohesive whole. From playing fiddle in the Texas Playboys at the precocious age of 15 to playing with Gwyneth Paltrow in Country Strong just this year, Shires displays the kind of talent that has garnered her praise from artists like Justin Townes Earle, DeVotchKa and Jason Isbell. Performers: Amanda Shires – Whistle, Ukulele, Fiddle, Strings, Vocals; Tommy Perkinson – Toy Piano, Drums, Percussion; Neal Casal – Vocal Harmony, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic); David Henry – Strings, Piano, Percussion; Steph Dickinson – Bass (Upright); Chris Scruggs – Guitar (Steel); Colt Miller – Banjo, Guitar (Acoustic); Kris Killingsworth – Drums; Paul Slivka – Bass; Rod Picott – Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic); Will Kimbrough – Guitar (Electric) |
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I’ll Be Lightning $15.98 Liam Finn’s musical apprenticeship was at the feet of his father, Neil, the acclaimed singer/songwriter behind Crowded House. Finn’s teenage band Betchadupa opened for Neil on solo tours in the late ’90s, and when Crowded House re-formed in 2007, Liam joined as a touring member. Such close familial connections are not uncommon among Finns — Neil joined his brother Tim’s band Split Enz when he was in his late teens and he soon was on an equal footing with his sibling by his early twenties, roughly the same age Liam was when he released his solo debut, I’ll Be Lightning, in 2007 (the record was released in the U.S. in early 2008). I’ll Be Lightning finds Liam coming into his own as a singer/songwriter not unlike how Neil did around the time of True Colours, a remarkable parallel in musical development that, when combined with the passing similarity in their songwriting styles, can perhaps tie Liam a little too closely to his father. Like his dad, Liam has an ear for hooks and a predilection for melodic craft, but he is not only his own man, he is certainly the product of his own generation, raised on classic pop dating back to the Beatles but obsessed with indie singer/songwriters of the ’90s, specifically Elliott Smith. I’ll Be Lightning has the same spare, dreamy qualities of Smith’s music, but Liam Finn isn’t as haunted as Smith, even if he has a similar knack for floating melodies. Despite a fair share of brokenhearted ballads here, this isn’t an overly melancholy album; it can be comforting in its spells of sadness, partially because they’re balanced by lighter material that meshes with the slower, sadder songs to give this depth, a richness in lyric and music uncommon to young singer/songwriters. The arrangements are slyly inventive, too: “Bottle It Up” gains considerable propulsion from its blaring bass, “Second Chance” has a tapestry of skittering drum loops and gentle harmonies, and even the straight-ahead driving pop tune “Lead Balloon” is percolating with ideas beneath its undeniable hooks. These little details are revealed upon repeated plays, but what really gains hold upon those subsequent revisits to I’ll Be Lightning is the strength of Liam Finn’s songwriting, as the 14 songs here seem stronger upon each listen, with the songs soon seeming indelible. This kind of gift is rare, but it has been passed on from father to son in a way that is similar yet quite different and equally valuable, as this excellent debut makes plain. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi Performers: Connan Hosford – Autoharp, Vocals; Liam Finn – Guitar, Vocals, Drums; Matt Eccles – Drums; Neil Finn – Bass |
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Book of Lightning $15.18 Mike Scott recorded his ninth Waterboys record live in the studio, bringing along some old friends and re-igniting a fire that had been burning awfully low since 2003′s deeply introspective and inconsistent Universal Hall. Opening with Book of Lightning’s finest four minutes, the gorgeous “Crash of Angel’s Wings,” fueled by the instantly recognizable laser sweep of longtime Julian Cope collaborator Thighpaulsandra, Scott doesn’t just breath life back into the band, he makes it sound like a band again. This is the amiable and slightly mischievous Waterboys of old, as evidenced by the tight, Beatles-inspired “Nobody’s Baby Anymore,” which takes a winking look at age, success, and longing for the day where “Peacocks danced around my eyes” and “I kissed riches/Strode tall in my britches,” but that’s not to say that the weighty themes of life, loss, faith, and hope aren’t still the bedrock on which Scott builds his sonic temples. “Strange Arrangement” echoes the more soulful, R&B-influenced ballads from Room to Roam, the aching “Sustain” relies heavily on Vancouver backing band Great Aunt Ida’s dynamic, tide-like construction and longtime trumpet collaborator Roddy Lorimer’s steeple-high runs, and Scott revisits the “Big Music” of the Pagan Place era on “It’s Gonna Rain,” a rousing, vaguely apocalyptic romp that echoes “The Whole of the Moon.” This time around, the soul-searching feels like part of the process rather than the mission itself, and even the somewhat manipulative “Everybody Takes a Tumble,” which is nearly a carbon copy of “Fisherman’s Blues,” feels like a campfire full of good-natured charlatans on a stormy night, just waiting to talk the ear off of some lucky (or unlucky) traveler. [Book of Lightning is also available with a bonus DVD called The Travels of the Waterboys.] ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi Performers: Annie Wilkinson – Resonator; Johnny Andres – Falsetto, Vocals; Johnny Andrews – Falsetto, Vocals; Mark Coates Smith – Resonator; Clive Deamer – Tabla; Daniel Presley – Vocals (Background); Mike Scott – Bellzouki, Sleigh Bells, Loops, Tambourine, Guitar (Rhythm), Sound Effects, Bells, Percussion, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Piano; Steve Wickham – Fiddle, Viola; |
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White Lightning $3.99 “By George Jones. For piano, voice, and guitar (chords only). Country; Rock. 3 pages. Published by Hal Leonard – Digital Sheet Music” |
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Lightning in a Bottle $14.37 Lightning in a Bottle is the double-disc soundtrack to the documentary film of the same title directed by Antoine Fuqua and shot at a February 7, 2003, concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Billed as a “Salute to the Blues,” the show featured veteran blues musicians as well as a younger generation of players and artists either directly working in the genre or deeply influenced by it, and the running order follows the evolution of blues from Africa, up the Mississippi, and through Chicago and beyond. With a crack house band of Steve Jordan and/or Levon Helm on drums, Dr. John on piano, Willie Weeks on bass, and Danny Kortchmar on guitar, Lightning in a Bottle has quite a few high points, including Macy Gray’s version of Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog,” Bonnie Raitt’s “Coming Home,” and the deep Southern gospel soul of Solomon Burke on “Turn On Your Love Light.” Also impressive is David “Honeyboy” Edwards’ stark and haunting solo acoustic rendering of “Gamblin’ Man.” Mavis Staples arguably stole the show, however, with her huge, shuffling, and ominous take on Blind Lemon Jefferson’s “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean.” The shifts and mutations of the blues from an acoustic music to an electric one are traced, ending in Chuck D and the Fine Art Militia’s thundering rap version of John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom.” The CD set lacks some of the music actually performed in the film, however, so the best way to catch this moving concert in its entirety is on DVD, which also includes backstage footage and interviews. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi Performers: Aaron Neville – Tambak, Vocals; Steve Jordan – Bass Drum, Drums (Bass), Drums; Charles Neville – Cowbell, Vocals; Alison Krauss – Fiddle; Babi Floyd – Vocals (Background); Curtis King – Vocals (Background); Cyril Neville – Conga, Vocals; Danny Kortchmar – Guitar (12 String Acoustic), Dobro, Guitar; Keb’ Mo’ – Banjo |
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Beard of Lightning $13.58 With a characteristic blend of bravado, overstatement, naivety, and genius, Guided By Voices’ main man Robert Pollard once declared that if he had been in Phantom Tollbooth the band would have “ruled the world.” Catching word of his boast, the members of Phantom Tollbooth (who had broken up almost a decade prior) called him out on it. Essentially saying “prove it,” they erased the vocals from their final album, 1988′s Power Toy, and mailed him the tapes. Pollard then wrote new lyrics, re-titled the songs, and constructed whole new melodies out of the Tollbooth instrumentals, thus already very Pollard-esque titles like “Extinction Plus” and “Circus of Wolves” became “Mascara Snakes” and “Crocodile to the Crown,” and Power Toy was reborn as Beard of Lightning. And while it’s not an album destined for global domination, it is certainly better than the original. The production is far less dated and the noise-skronk is toned down ever so slightly (also, we’re thankfully spared the cover of Heart’s “Barracuda” from the original). Pollard succeeds in making Phantom Tollbooth a bit more approachable without turning them into a pop band; a scuzzy art rock-fuzz still lingers, and the Captain Beefheart allusion in the above-mentioned “Mascara Snakes” is certainly apt, though they sound even closer to a more surreal version of the Minutemen. Admittedly, there is good reason to be dubious of Beard of Lightning; it’s partly a lazy, fan-milking, vanity project, and yet another frustrating case of Pollard doing his best work on non-LPs and side projects. But like the man himself, it’s an unlikely success. ~ Jason NIckey, Rovi Performers: Chris Xefos – Piano, Organ; Dave Rick – Guitar; Gerard Smith – Bass; Jon Coats – Drums; Robert Pollard – Vocals |
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Thunder And Lightning $9.58 For this album Thin Lizzy went all out and recorded what is arguably the heaviest album in their career, partially due to the intricate guitar work of John Sykes (who would later work with Whitesnake and form his own group called Blue Murder). Phil Lynott’s voice is in top form on the album, which contains “Holy Wars,” “Cold Sweat,” and “Baby Please Don’t Go.” ~ John Book, Rovi Performers: Dayne Marshall – Cymbals; Brian Downey – Drums; Darren Wharton – Vocals, Keyboards; John Sykes – Guitar; Phil Lynott – Vocals, Bass; Scott Gorham – Guitar; Snowy White – Guitar |
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Bayou Lightning $14.38 All the promise that Lonnie Brooks possessed was realized on this album, his finest and most consistent to date. The churning bayou groove of “Voodoo Daddy,” and a soul-steeped “Watch What You Got,” a bone-chilling remake of Junior Parker’s “In the Dark,” rollicking covers of Tommy Tucker’s “Alimony” and Brooks’ own “Figure Head,” and the swaggering originals “You Know What My Body Needs” and “Watchdog” are among the set’s many incendiary highlights. ~ Bill Dahl, Rovi Performers: Billy Branch – Harmonica; Bob Levis – Guitar; Casey Jones – Drums; Harlan Terson – Bass; Lonnie Brooks – Vocals, Guitar; Rob Waters – Keyboards |
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Lightning Ghost $12.78 Bird Show is the creation of Ben Vida, a musician who is not fearful of using whatever he can find to create interesting and intriguing sounds that can be put into quirky pop songs. “Field on Water” sounds like something Devendra Banhart might have attempted with the monotone harmonies and a series of chimes and handclaps. Singing about being unable to separate water from the waves, the track then moves into a slightly richer wall of sound, with a bass, guitar, and other effects sauntering in and out. Think of Violent Femmes or They Might Be Giants on sedatives and it would give you a clear understanding of what’s going on here. “Pilz” takes you down a Middle Eastern-meets-psychedelic road with more sound samples interspersed throughout. Singing like he’s off in the distance, Vida makes this a rather aquatic affair that seems perfect for some movie where the character is losing his mind. Perhaps the first rock-oriented song is the hypnotic “Seeds,” which builds on its primitive, tribal percussion slowly but steadily. Add a bagpipe-like sound into the mix and it only gets stranger but catchier. Another highlight, despite the rather annoying guitar feedback to start, is “Beautiful Spring,” which resembles Grandaddy if they were fascinated by musical triangles and wind instruments. One of the more thoughtful, moodier pieces has to be the title track, which comes off dreamy but dreary at the same time. Unfortunately it goes on far too long and dies a rather slow, agonizing death. One sleeper pick might be “On the Beach,” which gives Vida’s vocals more clout while the mid-tempo backbeat and keyboard drone serve as nice complements. It’s an earthy, folksy, roots-oriented type of track that’s one of the album’s highlights. Another solid effort is the coda “Sleepers Keep Sleeping,” which is based around a simple, campfire-like arrangement that is soft but strong, resulting in the lyrics taking on a mantra or chanting rhythm. ~ Jason MacNeil, Rovi |
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Struck by Lightning $14.39 Kim Simmonds’ outlet for his electric blues-rock remains the on-again off-again Savoy Brown. Therefore he uses his solo albums, of which this is the third, to elaborate on the acoustic Delta blues generally ignored by his full-time outfit. Unlike Eric Clapton, who has consistently returned to this unplugged music throughout his career, Simmonds seems driven to explore his acoustic blues roots only since 1997. Simmonds uses this outlet to play predominantly self-penned material, with a few obscure covers thrown in. Accompanied by subtle piano, bass, and drums, the guitarist/vocalist commands center stage with his dusky yet emotional, talk-sung vocals, somewhat like J.J. Cale. Simmonds’ guitar work is consistently classy, substituting the flash and boogie impulses of his extensive work as leader of Savoy Brown with a more thoughtful, measured playing that perfectly fits these terrific folk-blues tunes. While the lyrics and subject matter aren’t particularly revelatory, songs such as “My Home Is a Highway,” “Like an Angel” (the requisite love song to his wife), and the title track (also repeated in its rawer demo version) sound like authentic Delta blues tracks from decades ago, even though they are newly written originals. Along with covers of Peetie Wheatstraw, Arthur Crudup, and most interestingly NRBQ’s Terry Adams, the album is another successful, surprisingly low-key, and consistently earnest effort that should please those blues fans who feel Simmonds’ tougher approach with Savoy Brown compromised his music with excess volume. ~ Hal Horowitz, Rovi Performers: Pat DeSalvo – Bass (Acoustic); Dennis Cotton – Percussion, Drums; Kim Simmonds – Guitar, Vocals; Mark Nanni – Piano |
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Thunder + Lightning $11.98 Modey Lemon offer scabrous, punky hard rock on their second album, driven by elemental riffs that owe much to the early-’70s proto-punk school. It’s the kind of thing that’s been done by many other bands, of course, but Modey Lemon are fairly good at it, with Phil Boyd’s hoarse-but-youthful vocals imparting a knowing cool as they ride on top of pummeling rhythms. Too, they have a much better sense of dynamics than many another groups following similar paths, particular in Boyd’s use of some skin-crawling electronic textures to add depth to the dominant drums and guitars. Lyrically, this covers much of the stuff that seems to go with the territory in this sort of thing: dread, on-your-toes lookouts for survival, and a compulsive attraction to predatory sex (“I’d rather be your enemy than to be nothing at all” they proclaim in the title track), with some ghoulish imagery of graves, crows, snakes, and worms mixed in here and there. They don’t sound quite as gloomy and pissed-off as some of their fellow travelers (though hardly lacking in energy), which actually serves the music well: they’re fighters who do celebrate some aspects of life, not total revelers in its muck. The mix doesn’t lend the lyrics clarity at all times — another trait that comes with much of this territory — but they’re printed in the sleeve if you get lost. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi Performers: Philander Boyd – Moog Synthesizer, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals; Paul Quattrone – Drums |
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Lightning Darkness $13.58 Clearly the most outerworldly and diverse Northwoods album released, Lightening Darkness is a journey into Middle Eastern music and free harmonic extractions. The title comes from a Sun Ra poem, and the album features more beautiful cover artwork from bassist Mike Johnston, who designed their previous two covers. The album also marks their first appearance on the Entropy Stereo label, out of Ann Arbor, MI. Northwoods waste no time in their exploration of Eastern atonalities, as the opening title track suggests. Abstract percussion and Johnston’s skilled William Parker-like bowed bass create a sense of uneasy anticipation — a soundscape of sorts. Suddenly a crashing gong from drummer Nick Ashton signals Mike Gilmore’s vibes to quietly end the piece. Here one can hear the magic and effortlessness of the band’s intimate communication. “Rainbow” features Gilmore on the cheng and sounds like a Ravi Shankar venture into abstract, progressive Krautrock. It is his shining moment on the instrument, illustrating his complex musical diversity. Gilmore also highlights the obscure Sun Ra piece “God Is More Than Love Could Ever Be,” this time on the vibes. His relaxed textured overtones send a deep, heartfelt message to the listener’s soul, as the rest of the group perfectly round out this near-flawless tribute to one of their obvious musical influences. Not to be outdone is Johnston, whose Middle-Eastern flute on “Tuareg” and “Tariquah” is spine-chilling, as it begs the question, “Where did these Midwesterners pick up such an intimate talent for these non-Western musical mysteries?” Both tunes feature guests Kirk Lucas (cello, tambourine, bowed banjo) and Ben Bracken (tamboura, percussion), who plays with Gilmore and Johnston in the experimental Remote Viewing Ensemble. “Tariquah” (meaning path or way) is Johnston’s most intimate moment in the trio, as one gets the feeling he is taking listeners on a personal journey through his emotions and experiences. Bone guitar and tamboura peacefully fill in musical spaces as Ashton offers gentle percussive guidance. All members are present for “Black Ice,” their most abstract recording and a piece that defies simple definition. This 14-minute excursion works well, exploring harmonic extremes with gentle ease. Lightening Darkness is a great musical addition to any jazz or music lover’s collection indeed. ~ Jason Hundey, Rovi Performers: Kirk Lucas – Bowed Banjo, Cello, Tambourine; Mike Gilmore – Cheng, Vibraphone, Percussion; Ben Bracken – Tamboura, Percussion; Mike Johnson – Wood Flute, Flute (Wood), Bass, Percussion; Mike Johnston |
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Ride the Lightning [Deluxe Edition] $32.29 Kill ‘Em All may have revitalized heavy metal’s underground, but Ride the Lightning was even more stunning, exhibiting staggering musical growth and boldly charting new directions that would affect heavy metal for years to come. Incredibly ambitious for a one-year-later sophomore effort, Ride the Lightning finds Metallica aggressively expanding their compositional technique and range of expression. Every track tries something new, and every musical experiment succeeds mightily. The lyrics push into new territory as well — more personal, more socially conscious, less metal posturing. But the true heart of Ride the Lightning lies in its rich musical imagination. There are extended, progressive epics; tight, concise groove-rockers; thrashers that blow anything on Kill ‘Em All out of the water, both in their urgency and the barest hints of melody that have been added to the choruses. Some innovations are flourishes that add important bits of color, like the lilting, pseudo-classical intro to the furious “Fight Fire with Fire,” or the harmonized leads that pop up on several tracks. Others are major reinventions of Metallica’s sound, like the nine-minute, album-closing instrumental “The Call of Ktulu,” or the haunting suicide lament “Fade to Black.” The latter is an all-time metal classic; it begins as an acoustic-driven, minor-key ballad, then gets slashed open by electric guitars playing a wordless chorus, and ends in a wrenching guitar solo over a thrashy yet lyrical rhythm figure. Basically, in a nutshell, Metallica sounded like they could do anything. Heavy metal hadn’t seen this kind of ambition since Judas Priest’s late-’70s classics, and Ride the Lightning effectively rewrote the rule book for a generation of thrashers. If Kill ‘Em All was the manifesto, Ride the Lightning was the revolution itself. [Universal Int'l issued a Deluxe Edition in 2008.] ~ Steve Huey, Rovi |
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Frettin’ Fingers: The Lightning Guitar of Jimmy Bryant $38.45 Here’s the kind of gargantuan production that only Bear Family in Germany has usually undertaken for vintage American country artists: a three-CD set, encompassing 75 songs and nearly three hours of music recorded by guitar great Jimmy Bryant from 1950-19 |
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Lightning Crashes (Digital Print) $2.99 By Live. For easy guitar. Easy Guitar with TAB. Pop; Rock. Easy Guitar with TAB. Standard notation with tablature. 4 pages. Published by Hal Leonard – Digital Sheet Music |
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Notorious Lightning and Other Works $7.98 Fans that were disenchanted with Dan Bejer’s 2004 foray into keyboard-driven melodrama, the eclectic and exhilarating Your Blues, will find this six-track companion piece to be the perfect elixir. Fresh off of his tour with fellow Canadian carny-barkers Frog Eyes, the Destroyer mastermind has concocted a raw, tense, and equally thrilling EP of guitar-heavy reworkings of Your Blues material with Frog Eyes as the house band. For the most part, things sound blissfully loose — in that tight-when-it-counts, “we’ve been on the road for a long time” kind of way. Songs that were once plaintive and atmospheric, such as “Music Lovers” and “Your Blues,” are now T. Rex-style dirges, and quirky anthems like “New Ways of Living” and “An Actors Revenge” take on a whole new sense of desperation. The insular keyboard lead that fueled “Notorious Lightning” is still there, but this time around it’s distorted and distant, leaving room for Bejar and Frog Eyes screamer Carey Mercer to trade off banshee wails and nebulous moans. The band as a whole sounds delightfully panicked, causing its high-energy performance to feel both lived in and ripe for exorcism. Notorious Lightning and Other Works is heady and brief, but it needs to be, as its possessed ringleaders are two of indie rock’s most insistent and volatile characters. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi Performers: Carey Mercer – Vocals (Background), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Organ; Daniel Bejar – Vocals (Background), Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic); Grayson Walker – Keyboard Synthesizer, Keyboards; Melanie Campbell – Drums; Michael Rak – Tambourine, Guitar (Bass), Bass |
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Lightning Strikes Twice $14.38 In the late ’70s and early ’80s Lightning was one of the biggest draws in Texas nightclub history. Rocky’s fame was such that Gibson honored him by making him the only non-record label endorsee in the company’s history. At 23 Rocky Athas was named as one of the ten best guitarists in Texas, as an inductee to Buddy Magazine’s Texas Tornadoes. Rocky wasn’t only recognized by Texas musicians, the English rock band Thin Lizzy wrote the song Cocky Rocky after hearing Rocky play. Their notoriety in the South led to a very strong and loyal fan base, which brought them a deal with United Artists then onto Capricorn Records, but Capricorn filed bankruptcy and the band couldn’t regain its momentum. Rocky has collaborated, on this project to re-record some of their personal favorites from the past, with Lightning veterans Walter Watson, Skipper Wilson and Larry Samford. Performers: Jerry Wilson – Vocals; Larry Samford – Vocals; Rocky Athas Group – Ukulele, Guitar |
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Lightning Strikes Again $8.47 Sometimes when main members exit rock bands, the group’s sound changes significantly. This has not proven to the case with melodic metallists Dokken. Although six-string hero George Lynch was a major part of the group’s initial success, his 1997 departure hasn’t proven to alter the group’s sound as much as originally believed, as evidenced by such subsequent post-Lynch releases as 2008′s Lightning Strikes Again. In fact, from a production, sonic, and songwriting standpoint, the album could have been released in 1986, and Dokken’s legion of hair-sprayed/fingerless leather glove-wearing fans would have undoubtedly snapped it up. Frontman Don Dokken still sings about love gone bad (“How I Miss Your Smile”) while guitarist Jonathan Levin offers Lynch-esque riffs and solos by the bucket load (the album opening “Standing on the Outside”). Sure, you’ll have heard it all before if you’re a longtime Dokken fan. But with the resurgence of ’80s metal sounds in the early 21st century, Dokken are no dummies, and they wisely stick to the sound that made them famous in the first place throughout Lightning Strikes Again. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi Performers: Barry Sparks – Bass, Guitar (Bass); Don Dokken – Vocals; Jonathan Levin – Guitar; Mick Brown – Drums, Vocals; Wyn Davis – Keyboards |
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DVD : Thunder & Lightning Tour $17.84 PAL 0. This video will not play on standard USA DVD players. This DVD contains interviews with: Jim Fitspatrick, Smiley Bolger, Laurence Archer, Nick Tauber, Philomenia Lynott, Sean Meaney, Dennis Keeley and Brian Robertson. For the First time on DVD we are proud to present the legendary Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy in the phenomenally successful 1983 ‘Thunder And Lightning Tour’ performed in his native Dublin. As an introduction to the program, if any were needed, Phil’s fellow band members Eric Bell and Brian Robertson reminisce about their years performing together; they are joined by production man Nick Tauber and all three have their own special memories of the iconic driving force behind super group, Thin Lizzy. Also contributing their own recollections of the guitar playing genius are footballing legend George Best and musician Brush Shields who together lead us into the explosion of sound of what sadly proved to be Thin Lizzy’s final tour. Included in the spectacular set are all time favorites such as ‘Whiskey In The Jar’ and ‘Still In Love With You’ plus many more in this concert ignited by the charismatic force that was Phil Lynott. |
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Ride The Lightning – Bass $17.95 “By Metallica. For bass guitar and voice. Bass Guitar Series. Metal and Hard Rock. Difficulty: medium. Bass tablature songbook. Bass tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, bass notation legend and introductory text. 40 pages. Cherry Lane Music #7040. Published by Cherry Lane Music” |
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White Lightning (Digital Print) $3.99 “By George Jones. For piano, voice, and guitar (chords only). Country; Rock. 3 pages. Published by Hal Leonard – Digital Sheet Music” |
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Lightning on the Strings, Thunder on the Mic $15.18 The soul of bluegrass and the power of hip-hop: the best of both worlds in a groundbreaking new sound. The beats are thumping, the rhymes are hard and heavy, and the bluegrass banjo, fiddle, and resonator guitar are authentic. |
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GANGSTAGRASS: LIGHTNING ON THE STRINGS T $11.01 The soul of bluegrass and the power of hip-hop: the best of both worlds in a groundbreaking new sound. The beats are thumping, the rhymes are hard and heavy, and the bluegrass banjo, fiddle, and resonator guitar are authentic. |
