01 - Beat Up
02 - Old Tune
03 - Rollin Rollin
04 - Gone
05 - Difference
06 - Waiting For My Ride
07 - Job
08 - Raven
09 - Way It Goes
10 - Texas
THIS IS THE LATEST RELEASE FROM IZZY STRADLIN 2010.ITS "WAVE OF HEAT" AND IS AVAILABLE ON I TUNES NOW [ THANKS TO TUNE CORES RAPID REPONSE TEAM! ] HERE ARE 3 SAMPLE TRACKS FROM ALBUM.ENJOY!............IT WAS WRITTEN AND RECORDED FROM JAN THRU MAY 2010 IN CALIFORNIA.MUSICIANS INCLUDE DUFF MCKAGAN [FROM GUNS N ROSES] ON BASS/7 TRACKS,RICK RICHARDS [FROM GEORGIA SATELLITES] ON GUITAR,TAZ BENTLEY [FROM REV.HORTON HEAT] ON DRUMS/PERCUSSION,J.T. LONGORIA [FROM SILVER LOVES MERCURY] PLAYS BASS ON 3 TRACKS AND WAS THE ENGINEER .RECORDED AND MIXED AT "BROTHERYN STUDIOS" AND MASTERED AT "THE MASTERING LAB" ..............SPECIAL THANKS/GREG PENNY.....JESSE,JASON AND TODD AT BROTHERYN,SUNNY AND DOUG AT THE LAB.........Recorded with DW drums, 4 piece kit.Fender precision bass ,Gallien -Krueger bass amp MBs 3.Guitars/acoustic...gibson hummingbird and J-200....Electric/izzy,70`s fender telecaster w/humbuckers,gibson es-135,the old 60`s telecaster[sunburst] from illusions recordings,gold top gibson les paul[60`s re- issue]...mostly through a fender "pro -junior" .. fender super sonic for a few overdubs/leads.Rick Richards/electrics...gibson les paul custom,les paul gold top,mostly through marshall jcm 2000 combo and marshall "vintage-modern" 4/12 half stack...........SPECIAL NOTE TO FANS..IZZY STRADLIN HAS NO TWITTER,FACEBOOK,OR MYSPACE ACCOUNTS. ......more later
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After listening several times now, I find the album to be a big grower, gets better with each spin. I find the production to be much better then Smoke which was kinda muffled, Izzy's voice ain't as understandable as on the older albums but I think that's more got to do with his vocal style these days - softer and more airy, not loud or screaming anymore since Like A Dog.
Anyways the songs are pretty simple, a bit more southern rock sounding and they're getting more catchy with each spin. Lyrics seem to be less repetitive and more clever, though the style of the latest albums don't really focus much on the lyrics, more the vibe. Clever like the old albums, no, but definetly more clever then on Smoke. Though Comfort Zone and Snow were pretty strong on that one.
All in all I find it to be a pretty fresh and upbeat sounding album, easy listening and not a drag at all. This will get me going for a year and hopefully next year new album, seems like Izzy really found his pace now - writing / demoing / recording at home probably also helps alot. Also with this one you can say again that with each new album there's a new sound, no remakes or anything with a slight change of style like usual - yet at the same time it's the same type of music as always.
Reading the gear info that's pretty cool too (I guess the higher powers are reading this forum
), I find it funny that on Like A Dog, Miami, Concrete, Smoke and now also Wave Of Heat Izzy is using this small Fender Pro Jr. amp. Which is all-tube and 'only' 15W, has like 3 knobs on it
Seems like this amp has become his standard 'get-to-go' amp along with his black Gibson ES-135 guitar. He used this guitar and amp also on 'Ghost' on the Slash album. Also interesting to see Rick using only Gibsons and Marshalls this time, using the JCM2000 DSL401 combo he also used on Miami and now also the Vintage Modern (which Slash also used for a few years during Velvet Revolver). I expected a bigger tone difference between Izzy and Rick. Izzy also does a few solos here and there (as described in the info about using the Fender Super Sonic), for example the solos on 'Rollin Rollin'.
For the rest is it me or does the studio of Brotheryn looks alot like Flower studios (Zirkon Skye before that) where Concrete and Smoke were recorded? Maybe a revamp or something..
Anyways my favorites at this point are 'Old Tune', 'Rollin Rollin', 'Waiting For Me Ride', 'Raven' and 'Texas'.
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