Izzy - Like a Dog

[Locomotive98]

Hey all, does anyone have this album? If so, is it good and where can I find it?

Funny, but since the Hammerstein shows I havnt listened to Guns, but Mr Stradlin instead. Great to see the guy is out there and still alive!!

Cant stop listening to his work, great stuff.

[IzzyDutch]

Yeah it's damn good

You can only order it on www.scootersteez.com 20USD and it will be delivered on your doorstep.

Scooter is an old Indiana friend of Izzy and is handling the sales.

Info:

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/releases/izzy/like-a-dog/index.html

Review:

Bomb - Great fast rocker with awesome lyrics and vocals, there's a breakdown in the middle of the song and at the end when you think it's finished it starts again. Probably my favourite on the album.

Hammerhead - Another classic rocker with a great groove.

Snafu - Not a song you'd expect by Izzy but it's very cool, the intro is a stereo sound of fast notes a la AC/DC's Thunderstruck. Then the song begins with aggressive sounding palm muting from Izzy like on Grunt.

Hell Song - Great song with a great groove.

Rollin' On - And another great song with nice vocal harmonies and a nice standout solo section.

Just Don't Know - The song starts with a drum intro followed by a single note riff from Rick. When I first heard the song the vibe of it reminded me of Easy Rider for some strange reason hehe. The bridge right before the solo is also really cool.

Chop Away - It's the slowest on the album and the "typical" three chord song with slide playing from Rick on it.

Win U Lose - Took me some time to get used to but now I love it, it's basically a bluesrocker kinda song. I like the verses which standout a little from the rest of the song.

On The Run - Izzy starts with a guitar riff which reminds me of River's Jump In Now. Then Taz comes in with some awesome drumming and the whole song starts. It's basically a three chord song but with some unexpected stops in it and with Rick making some weird slide guitar noises aswell. And then at the end when you think the song is about to come to a stop Taz starts away with the drum riff again and the song finishes in a Highway Zero kind of way.

Like A Dog - Again kinda of a bluesrocker song which is repetitive but still sounds good. It's a simple melody but sticks in your head.

And then after 5 minutes the hidden track starts; First you hear a distorted phone call between Izzy and Taz or Rick and before that's finished the drums start to kick in and the rest of the song. Just simple riffs but they sound cool, at the end there's a slower part and when that stops Izzy starts soloing until the fade out of it. That solo of him sounds pretty cool, kinda reminds me of the Nightrain solo.

Here are two 30 sec. promo samples that Izzy sent back in 2003 of Bomb and Hammerhead.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=AEF82FCC114E4817

And you can hear "Chop Away" on unofficial MySpace acount http://www.myspace.com/jujuhounds

About the cd, it's the real thing, a real press but it does not contain artwork. However the full artwork is downloadable at www.beenafix.com mainpage or www.scootersteez.com.

This is how the cd looks like:

[Locomotive98]

Good work bro! Thanks very much!

[IzzyDutch]

No problem

[Sagolik]

sounds cool, i have the river and i really enyojed it 

[Big Gun]

Chop away by far the best Izzys(imo)song since he left GNR. can someone tell how can i download it...please!

[IzzyDutch]

Chop away by far the best Izzys(imo)song since he left GNR. can someone tell how can i download it...please!

You can buy the cd

Chop Away is a good song but the album has even better songs... Bomb, Hammerhead and Hell Song are just awesome, they're classics

[Doc Emmett Brown]

wooooo!  I now have THREE Izzy albums!  GO ME   

Izzy & the juju hounds
117 degrees
Like A Dog

Each album shows a different side of Izzy and how he's living over the years.  In the juju hounds, you can really sense how trapped he felt by the monstrous GNR fame, and he just wanted to shut that door to anybody who came knockin.  I also like the lyrics to the song Like A Dog - it shows Izzy as a free soul. 

[tomass74]

hmmmm, maybe I should look into getting this..


I have Ju Ju Hounds which I love..

and 117 Degrees and River...

Both of those I thought were ok. A few really cool somgs but alot of average ones too....

[IzzyDutch]

I'll reupload the Bomb and Hammerhead samples tomorrow

[f]

hmmmm, maybe I should look into getting this..

I just got a copy, sent the money on a Monday/Memorial Day and it arrived the following Monday (of course, my state is next to Indiana). 

pretty good, I just need to listen to it some more yet.

[RichardNixon]

I like this CD a lot. Here's how I'd rank Izzy's albums:

Ride On- Classic, cool as fuck, you got to hear this one.
Like A Dog
Ju Ju Hounds
River
On down the Road
117*

[tomass74]

I like this CD a lot. Here's how I'd rank Izzy's albums:

Ride On- Classic, cool as fuck, you got to hear this one.
Like A Dog
Ju Ju Hounds
River
On down the Road
117*

I always palnned on getting Ride On... I have heard the song and it rocked.. I think I am just gonna have to suck it up and buy them all..Are they all available on his site?

[IzzyDutch]

^ Only Like A Dog is available on www.scootersteez.com but there's a topic on the Izzy forum which contains links where you can order/buy the other albums.

Here are three 30 sec samples of Bomb, Hammerhead and Hell Song:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=3A494A754E77BEA0

[gnecia]

Who knows why in "Like a dog" thanks is mentioned the names of Steven Tyler and Aerosmith? What part have they played?

[badapple81]

I'm glad a new thread on this was opening as I was thinking about this yesterday. I had another listen whilst driving and I just love Hammerhead, Hell Song and then Chop Away. My three fave songs from the album. Definately worth adding to your collection!

[IzzyDutch]

Who knows why in "Like a dog" thanks is mentioned the names of Steven Tyler and Aerosmith? What part have they played?

Steven helped Izzy getting clean in '89.

[purplehaze1988]

i cant believe no one ever says just dont know when they talk about LAD.

and dutch, does it say thanks to tyler in every album cover, i cant remember (and i cant look cos im not at home right now - veenendaal woo!)

[IzzyDutch]

^ You're in Veenendaal right now?

Nope it doesn't say thanks to Tyler in every album cover, he thanks GN'R music in the LAD cover aswell which he hasn't done that either.

Just Don't Know is a great song yeah... especially the bridge right before the solo is just cool

[BurningHills]

Is this cd still available?