"Ghost" Streaming Live right Now! Slash and Izzy rock!!

[D]

ive listened about 15 times but wont anymore

i am waiting to buy it.

[Naupis]

In the little video below the song link has the video with Slash saying that this riff was abandoned when Scott came in the band. Not surprisingly it was perfect for Izzy. We always heard about him doing the big purge of all material Izzy was involved with for sounding too much like GNR, and the story behind this song would seem to support that.

It's a shame that material (that Matt/Izzy/Slash/Duff recorded) will never see the light of day, because Izzy/Slash still have that chemistry and there probably are some gems in there when Slash wasn't relegated to writing material in a way as to purposely not sound like GNR as appears to have been what went on in VR. Not surprisingly now that he is on his own the sound comes back.

[WTTJ_91]

Yeah you can't deny the sheer rock n roll'ness that this album has got. What I'm digging about Ghost in particular is that in UYI I could barely hear Izzy at times, AFD was decent. But the production on the track(s) is really killer and you can just FEEL the Slash/Izzy dynamic after what 24 years? They still have it, and they have it fucking good. I can seriously feel Slash coming off the track, I can't wait to hear Myles do this live as well!


EDIT: Yeah it's a big time shame that that material won't be heard because I the Izzy/Slash/Duff combo would be killer , they all seem to just have IT when it comes to being musically capable with each other. That's the cool thing about the solo project is that with VR or Snakepit you don't want to sound like Guns because its a different lineup different era etc... but with a solo project we get stuff like this because the fact of the matter is at the end of the day Slash is still a balls-to-the-wall blues guitarist.

[IzzyDutch]

It's a shame that material (that Matt/Izzy/Slash/Duff recorded) will never see the light of day, because Izzy/Slash still have that chemistry and there probably are some gems in there when Slash wasn't relegated to writing material in a way as to purposely not sound like GNR as appears to have been what went on in VR. Not surprisingly now that he is on his own the sound comes back.

EDIT: Yeah it's a big time shame that that material won't be heard because I the Izzy/Slash/Duff combo would be killer , they all seem to just have IT when it comes to being musically capable with each other.

Actually, the 10 songs on the Like A Dog album, those are the songs that Izzy took to 'The Project' back in October 2002    Altough the ideas where worked out by Izzy's own band (and therefore with Slash/Duff/Matt would've sounded a bit different) still if you listen to Izzy's Like A Dog album then you have a pretty good idea what it would sound like.

This was confirmed by Duff after I asked him back in 2008 (he then also mentioned how he played bass on 3 Concrete songs). He also confirmed that 'Do It For The Kids' was based on an idea/song, which is the same idea as 'Bomb' on the Like A Dog album. Also in Slash's bio there's a pic of S-I-D-M jamming together saying 'they may or may not have been working on a song called Snafu'. Which is also a LAD track.

Funny thing is, according to JT (Izzy's bassist/engineer) the song ideas for Like A Dog were brought by Izzy on cassette tape, they also didn't know he also brought those ideas to Slash and Duff several months earlier. Izzy did the same routine with both S-I-D-M and his own band.

[WTTJ_91]

It's a shame that material (that Matt/Izzy/Slash/Duff recorded) will never see the light of day, because Izzy/Slash still have that chemistry and there probably are some gems in there when Slash wasn't relegated to writing material in a way as to purposely not sound like GNR as appears to have been what went on in VR. Not surprisingly now that he is on his own the sound comes back.

EDIT: Yeah it's a big time shame that that material won't be heard because I the Izzy/Slash/Duff combo would be killer , they all seem to just have IT when it comes to being musically capable with each other.

Actually, the 10 songs on the Like A Dog album, those are the songs that Izzy took to 'The Project' back in October 2002    Altough the ideas where worked out by Izzy's own band (and therefore with Slash/Duff/Matt would've sounded a bit different) still if you listen to Izzy's Like A Dog album then you have a pretty good idea what it would sound like.

This was confirmed by Duff after I asked him back in 2008 (he then also mentioned how he played bass on 3 Concrete songs). He also confirmed that 'Do It For The Kids' was based on an idea/song, which is the same idea as 'Bomb' on the Like A Dog album. Also in Slash's bio there's a pic of S-I-D-M jamming together saying 'they may or may not have been working on a song called Snafu'. Which is also a LAD track.

Funny thing is, according to JT (Izzy's bassist/engineer) the song ideas for Like A Dog were brought by Izzy on cassette tape, they also didn't know he also brought those ideas to Slash and Duff several months earlier. Izzy did the same routine with both S-I-D-M and his own band.

Holy moly I never listened to Izzy solo stuff , Bomb is basically DIFTK , crazy stuff. Thanks for the information!

[D]

anybody ripped this to MP3 yet?

[Butch Français]

wow!! what fucking awesome guitars!

[Pine Barrens]

anybody ripped this to MP3 yet?

That's what I'm wondering too!

[DeN]

it has a Blue Oyster Cult feeling on it, I like that.

[Falcon]

Obviously very "The Cult" sounding, Ian's abstract lyrical content and immediately recognizable voice.  I really like the vocal outro, trademark Astbury.

The guitar intro sounds very Billy Duffy-esque as well, good stuff with the rest of the guitars signature Slash/Izzy.

Seems as though it's a good track to start off the record.

[oldgunsfan]

It's a shame that material (that Matt/Izzy/Slash/Duff recorded) will never see the light of day, because Izzy/Slash still have that chemistry and there probably are some gems in there when Slash wasn't relegated to writing material in a way as to purposely not sound like GNR as appears to have been what went on in VR. Not surprisingly now that he is on his own the sound comes back.

EDIT: Yeah it's a big time shame that that material won't be heard because I the Izzy/Slash/Duff combo would be killer , they all seem to just have IT when it comes to being musically capable with each other.

Actually, the 10 songs on the Like A Dog album, those are the songs that Izzy took to 'The Project' back in October 2002    Altough the ideas where worked out by Izzy's own band (and therefore with Slash/Duff/Matt would've sounded a bit different) still if you listen to Izzy's Like A Dog album then you have a pretty good idea what it would sound like.

This was confirmed by Duff after I asked him back in 2008 (he then also mentioned how he played bass on 3 Concrete songs). He also confirmed that 'Do It For The Kids' was based on an idea/song, which is the same idea as 'Bomb' on the Like A Dog album. Also in Slash's bio there's a pic of S-I-D-M jamming together saying 'they may or may not have been working on a song called Snafu'. Which is also a LAD track.

Funny thing is, according to JT (Izzy's bassist/engineer) the song ideas for Like A Dog were brought by Izzy on cassette tape, they also didn't know he also brought those ideas to Slash and Duff several months earlier. Izzy did the same routine with both S-I-D-M and his own band.

Holy moly I never listened to Izzy solo stuff , Bomb is basically DIFTK , crazy stuff. Thanks for the information!

like a dog is my favorite izzy solo album; very raw rock sound that you can easily see as being the roots of a killer gnr album minus axl

[faldor]

I love the way this song starts, but it never lives up to the hype for me after that.

[metallex78]

By the 3rd or 4th listen, and I fuckin LOVE the song now. So much groove going on!

[metallex78]

Does anyone else think that the opening riff of Ghost is almost like a higher pitched version of the opening riff to Jungle?
It has the same kinda syncopated rhythm style going on. And then when it kicks into the main riff, the song has a really great groove too.

At first I thought the lyrics and singing weren't very good, but after a few listens, it's like Ian has an understated coolness to his vocal delivery.

I'm almost addicted to the track at this moment!

[Genesis]

Does anyone else think that the opening riff of Ghost is almost like a higher pitched version of the opening riff to Jungle?
It has the same kinda syncopated rhythm style going on. And then when it kicks into the main riff, the song has a really great groove too.

It is similar in rhythm and tempo. When they shift to playing the same riff with power chords it sounds even cooler.

At first I thought the lyrics and singing weren't very good, but after a few listens, it's like Ian has an understated coolness to his vocal delivery.

Yeah, same here. I thought the lyrics were poor and what eight verses? But after listening to it a couple of times, I feel it really suits
 the track and Ian's vocals are the exact kind of rock vocals I like, which is why on listening to Starlight after this, Myles sounds
a bit American Idolish.

[metallex78]

Yeah, vocally, I don't like Starlight at all. Musically it's pretty killer though.

[D]

Slash just has a way with the high pitches appreggio type riffs.

so many other guitar players try to copy Slash and it ends up making your ears bleed.

with Slash he does it in a way that just kicks ass.

[D]

This is one of the most kickass songs Ive heard in a very long time

I cant quit listening

I cannot wait to take this album out on a very long run.

[Billo]

Im really likeing this one    

[ckgent]

LOVE THIS TUNE