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Artist: Stonerider
Album: Three Legs Of Trouble
Label: Trustkill Records
Playtime: 39:28 min
Genre: Rock
URL:
Rip date: 2007-11-26
Street date: 2008-01-29
Size: 60.23 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 202 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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StoneRider arrives with whip-ass grooves and balls-out-rock-n'-roll for
anyone who has ever thrown back a brew to Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix or AC/DC
or lit a spliff chilling out to Lynyrd Skynyrd or even Pink Floyd.
"Everything has changed for us since writing our first album as kids and
getting a record deal, but at the same time, things haven't changed,"
explains vocalist and guitarist Matt Tanner of the Atlanta-bred outfit.
"We're just as hungry as we've always been. We have a better focus on where
we're going. We've learned a lot."
And the band's fierce but grooving debut album is the evidence of that
learning experience, putting everything they have grown up living, breathing,
and believing about rock music into the proverbial pot.
StoneRider crafted their debut album with producer Bill Appleberry
(Operator/Wallflowers), who spends time playing keys for Joe Walsh (The
Eagles) and had a blast getting the guys drunk while making the album. "We
couldn't be happier with him and the way he made the record with us," relates
guitarist Neil "Staxxx" Warren.
The album was written collaboratively, with the four former members of
Southern rock band "Fight Paris" -- Tanner, Warren, drummer Jason Krutzky and
bass player Champ Champagne - sitting in a room together jamming and working
off of each other. Whereas Fight Paris was fast and thrashy, StoneRider slows
things down a bit and lets the songs groove, even dabbling with mid-tempo
ballads. "This record is heavy in an entirely new kind of way," says Champ.
"You feel the heavy as opposed to hearing the heavy."
A huge part of StoneRiderÆs organic creative process has been sharing the
growth with their fans on their blog, talking about the importance of bands
like Zeppelin and The Who. "We feel that's a huge responsibility!" Krutzky
admits. "Most young kids don't know who those bands are and how good they
were. Their music is timeless. The Who, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Robert
Johnson, they were true innovators. Our job lies in staying true to that
essence."
StoneRider works hard, while playing loose and powerfully, to chase after
that goal on tracks like "Back from the Dead" (which to the band is a voice
for rock n' roll), the driving and Hendrix-esque "Uncanny," the band life
documentation of "Juice Man," the fast and upbeat "Rush Hour," and the
Southern Rock leaning "3 Legs of Trouble."
It's all there in the music: the hopes, the dreams, the dreaming, the women,
the song.
And now, after their long journey, the four Atlantans are hungry to get back
on the road and show their new face to the world, teaching the lessons of
Page/Plant and Scott/Young everywhere they go, partying, having a good time,
and showing the world their Southern hospitality.
World: Get ready for StoneRider to run up your tab.
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01. Rush Hour, Baby ( 3:38)
02. Back From The Dead ( 4:28)
03. Ramble Down ( 3:43)
04. Juice man ( 4:27)
05. Wild Child ( 4:14)
06. Bad Lovin' Never Felt So Good ( 3:47)
07. Hair Of The Dog ( 3:40)
08. Bite My Tongue ( 3:20)
09. Breakout ( 3:47)
10. Shut My Mouth ( 4:24)
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