11/02/1927 TONY SOLO "PHASES OF THE MOON" 2011 "Though I am what I always wanted to be , so do not dream it "sang Blue Bloods, possibly, melodic hard rock band most important has given this country. The sentence is very nice, but hides a lot of bitterness behind. And it seems to be something ingrained in many of the musicians of this country, especially among those who are already very many years in this difficult world of music, with the added difficulty of trying to engage in body and soul to rock.
This morning he read the interview I've done to Jose Antonio Manzano and upload in a few days, I went back to check that feeling of hitting a wall, you should feel a lot. Very lucky person who gets to do what you like the way life should be a feeling of satisfaction difficult to explain, but also must be very hard, deal with the negative aspects of what you love, especially when you see the fruit of your effort does not correspond to what should be, by external factors outside yet inseparable your circumstances. Jerome Ramirez, guitarist for Santa among others, when at a festival, block saw, with all that had been opened the festival, wrote the song "Orphans of the Storm", which expresses exactly what I felt and that we are many:
slowly faded
a lone star in the sky
road twenty years behind
already feel tired.
A new fashion cast,
were defeated without a fight
are orphans of the storm,
firstborn of faith.
did not keep their guitars,
would not bury them alive.
ties did not change by
his jeans worn in the wind.
showed the way forward,
are now in my mind once again.
are the orphans of the storm,
firstborn of faith.
I do not like cliches, at least not too many although sometimes be a very handy resource, but that of Spain is different, we have the dubious honor of doing some at the first opportunity. This is a country of contrasts, where the word chauvinism deldiccionario have it deleted, and only use it to insult other nationalities, of which usurp their culture. I remember the 80's bands like Poison, Tigertailz or Twisted Sister, but painted a door broke the charts in Spain were not the great public course, but people of rock, while at home that had manual transvestism that is the cover of "Look What the cat dragged in" by Poison, Bella Bestia lashes out their pints. Bon Jovi, Danger Danger or Nightranger were raised to the altars of many giving back to bands like Niagara, Hiroshima or Manzano, who agreed that the comparison can not be sustained, but with bands like the Germans or other media Vamps hair, which were much more considered by the patriotism that rockerio from here.
But do not believe that this is only part of that decade, we have seen other people like The Fantastic Man shot, Psilicon Flesh, 091, and now Lizard Nick Maggot Brain or Soulbreaker Company, which presented the same proposal that breaks new ground beyond our borders, and with sufficient credentials to be tip of iceberg in our country survive that way. Then we wonder and regret, because M Clan or Fito decide to step out of the rock.
Fortunately, many of our rockers are at the foot of the canyon, and others see in time, retry your life, if it's not like they dreamed, at least as closely as possible. And that is the case with Tony Solo. For those not sound, was the lead singer of Blue Blood, a band that after its dissolution, except Carlos Raya, thanks to their hard work and talent has managed to place on the national scene and to a lesser extent, Juan Melero, which throughout the USA, where Santa Fe amount, and since a few years ago, this releasing albums at a good level of all its members, did not return to unaccounted disappeared no sign. It seems that their participation in the metal opera ¨ "Edgar Allan Poe, Legacy of a Tragedy," based on the figure of Edgar Allan Poe, the itch came back to put him in the body, and uncover the poison called rock and roll, you can hide not have, but that never quite leaves you.
Tony faces now launching his first solo album, has been 20 years since the dissolution of Blue Blood and hair no longer looks, and the hair combed, time passes for all. You're in Rhapsody studies in Madrid, where he has given life to this "The phases of the Mon ¨", in which he is accompanied Carlos Expósito (Stravaganzza battery) Abel Franco and Oliver Martin on guitar, and James Garcia on bass, who has co-produced the album with his partner in Iguana Tango Joaquin Padilla.
Tony has not been alone in this return, his former colleagues have wanted to leave his mark on his return, so the former members of Blue Blood (Carlos Raya, Juan Melendez, Julio Diaz and Luis Santurde ) get nostalgic note, and who knows, if you turn the spark of a reunion and a reunion of the band. In addition, other national classic hard rock, such as Sherpa, marks a dramatic duet with Tony. Others who did not want to miss the opportunity to participate in "Phases of the Moon" have been Julio Rubio of Elyte and Augusto Hernandez, former bassist of Hamlet and currently in Skin and Bone.
Tony was one of the most recognized voices of hard country, and in this return, although some may seem outdated, many, myself included, did not want to come back as an acoustic songwriter, a musician alternative or rediscovered roots, however cool that may be, Tony wanted to have come back doing what he does best, and so has been, with an album of eighties hard rock roots, marked by powerful riffs, choruses and impeccable capable of melting ballads to rock harder.
The album opens with "Together Forever", with some fantastic guitars, and Tony proving to be a great, Julio Diaz getting choirs, in addition to a letter that is a statement of principles. More striking is "Judgement", is that Tony has not forgotten to rock and a lot less. In this song, besides having the chorus again with bassist Blue Blood, Julio, Juan Melero hits a single spectacular. After the punch, "Better than anyone," a topic more accessible, with a perfect melody and a guitar with an incredible treatment, which gives great credibility to hard rock album. Blue Blood's ghost is present in this recording, the voice of Tony is unmistakable, and not disappoint fans of the band, but has managed to recreate their own sound, bringing together the best of style.
"moon phases", the title track has a chorus of those engaging, moving in most current schemes. "To you" begins with a guitar fire pitching and hitting follows you to the rhythm of rock and roll. Tony also knows get emotional, and "Raining Again" with its acoustic sound presents an intimate topic away from the typical power ballad, but has a great feeling and all the ballots to death in vivo function. A child's voice asks Tony to tell a story, and gives way to another Top of this ¨ The phases of the moon "," The bad story ", which sounds powerful, strong, heart, must sound like a good hard rock song." Road to Nowhere "returns a more personal tone, approaching a more AOR sound today, and again in July adding his voice to go with Tony, another great song.
One of the most awaited disc units, the least for me, is undoubtedly that of Charles Ray, one of the best guitarists this country has given birth, as we have found Fito, McLane or Quique Gonzalez and Antonio Vega. "No" is chosen, an issue that the band sounds much they shared, and where Carlos gets a guitar GONE to Eddie Van Halen do not leave anyone indifferent. Carlos, returns to hard rock, but now.
Blue Bloods needed only to appear, Luis Santurde, as it does in the penultimate track, "Say", a topic with a more modern sound in the stanza, the refrain in one of the most me Like the album, brings to mind the Gun's first album "Taking on the world." Finally, someone important in the history of native heavy and hard, Sherpa, one that, fortunately, decided to return to the rock, it should never come out, and that marks a dramatic duet with Tony in "Animal Instinct", a theme hard edged guitar rock in opposition with vocal melodies. On your to your between Tony and Sherpa is simply masterful. A great work of two, who put a finishing touch to complete "The phases of the moon."
This is an album that for some, be no more, another melodic hard rock release, but for those who live with expectation the world of hard rock, and those who decide to go with phases of the moon, can discover a great album, which hopefully will be for Tony Solo, as he dreamed.