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:: Release Info:
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:: Artist......> English Motorbike
:: Title.......> Lonely Road
:: Label.......> Neaty Spanky Tunes
:: Genre.......> Blues
:: Rip.Date....> 05.21.2005
:: Street.Date.> 00.00.2005
:: Source......> CDDA
:: Quality.....> VBRkbps - Joint-Stereo
:: Play Time...> 43:27 min
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:: Track Listing:
::
:: 01. Ride with Me
:: 02. Don't Mean A Thing to Me
:: 03. Ain't Got You
:: 04. What You Do
:: 05. Love by Myself
:: 06. Darkness Falls
:: 07. Born Under A Bad Sign
:: 08. We Are Through
:: 09. Healousy
:: 10. Don't Be Shy
:: 11. If I Told You
:: 12. The Only One
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:: Release Notes:
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::
:: ENGLISH MOTORBIKE Bio
::
:: At a recent show where ENGLISH MOTORBIKE was performing, a
:: young musician, who had played in the opening act, came up to
:: singer Billy Woodson and expressed his appreciation for EMB's
:: bluesy rock style, referring to their music as "retro rock".
:: To Woodson this was a slightly confusing yet appropriate
:: reference. He had never thought of doing anything
:: deliberately "retro". What English Motorbike plays today is
:: similar to the music that he has always played since his
:: early days in the OC rock scene back in the late 70's. Billy
:: Woodson (vocals/guitar), Steve Gage (guitar/vocals), Michael
:: Riech (bass), Mick Rosen(drums), stand for everything that is
:: raw, primitive, direct and loose about rock music. Like all
:: the best bands, they traced their influences to the source,
:: the fountainhead of which is found to share with bands like
:: The Stones, Faces, and The Who.
::
:: Being referred to as "Retro Rock" is a handle that ENGLISH
:: MOTORBIKE can wear very well. It is a label that fits IF it
:: is applied correctly. "Retro" in that ENGLISH MOTORBIKE
:: creates a voice absent for so long in modern rock music. This
:: voice is clear in the way that they present their modernist
:: view of blues-based pop rock. They do so by celebrating rock
:: and rolls classic traits - blazing guitars with searing
:: leads, strong pounding back beat grounded by a heavy bottomed
:: bass. These musical traits serve an attitude that is at once
:: self-affirming and defiant, themes both questioning and
:: confrontational created by musicians who follow their hearts
:: rather than compromising or allowing to be compromised for
:: sales. ENGLISH MOTORBIKE present their music honestly and
:: humbly as possible in a fashion reminiscent of the Stones
:: circa "Exile on Main Street" and the Yardbirds at their mid
:: sixties peak.
::
:: The group can be considered veterans in the North Orange
:: County music scene with infant beginnings that stretch back
:: to the birth of punk and new wave with OC bands like the
:: Mechanics, Eulogy, Audio, Sleeper, and Zicko Glick. There was
:: an excitement and a nervous energy in the scene at the time
:: as it was trying to define itself and become relevant like
:: similar scenes in New York and Los Angeles.
::
:: It was in this time that Billy Woodson met Steve Gage for the
:: first time. It was a chance meeting through the guitarist in
:: Billy's then current band Eclipse, (Mike Jones, Zallen). They
:: immediately hit it off and where soon jamming together in off
:: times from their own respective bands. Steve was a member of
:: the pop rock darlings of the LA scene, Audio who were making
:: a name for themselves at clubs like the Troubadour, the
:: Starwood, and Gazarri's. Billy's musical pursuits started
:: soon after high school were he was recruited by a childhood
:: friend to sing for his band because they had a gig playing at
:: the campaign open for his father who was running for Sheriff
:: of Orange County. The gig was a bust but it gave Billy the
:: rock and roll bug. He was soon fronting his own bands working
:: through a series of Orange County bands that included
:: Eclipse, Wink and finally Sleeper. Sleeper was a guitar
:: oriented power pop band that featured guitarist Jon Nichols
:: (Beth Hart, Shovelhead) who in the 1980's developed
:: considerable industry interest with the release of their
:: record, Mine Tonight.
::
:: At the same time, Michael Riech was pursuing his own
:: experimental art rock projects with a group known as Zicko
:: Glick whose members included Dan Van Patten and Chris
:: Velasco. Zicko Glick added bassist John Crawford and vocalist
:: Terri Nunn and ultimately became the internationally famous
:: techno pop band Berlin but not before Michael departed to
:: pursue his own musical directions working with former YES
:: guitarist Peter Banks. In the 1980's Michael released an
:: album, Within Riech, which showcased his multi talents,
:: playing most all the instruments and producing (with the
:: engineering help of Berlin's Dan VanPatten). With ENGLISH
:: MOTORBIKE Michael brings his talent and experience as a
:: multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer to give the
:: sound that blues rock edge with a sense of sophistication.
::
:: Mick Rosen is a veteran of the Hollywood strip rock scene and
:: has been part of the rhythm sections of artists like Poison's
:: C.C. Deville, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Steve Lynch from
:: Autograph. Currently Mike sits on two drum stools, one for
:: the Los Angeles based rock/rap outfit Superdank Brothers
:: (Bleed) as well in the hot seat in ENGLISH MOTORBIKE.
::
:: Keith Richards once said about post 1990's rock music
:: "Everyone talks about rock these days, the problem is, they
:: forget about the roll." ENGLISH MOTORBIKE has never forgotten
:: their roll or how to rock like their heroes, and has kept a
:: clear sight on their roots and the roots of modern American
:: rock music.
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