Any recommendations on some new real deal rock n roll?

South of Eden - The Talk

Dirty Honey - Scars

Rival Sons - Do Your Worst

True Villains - Blood in the Water

A little shameless self promotion here:
Bayou Bullets - Light in the Attic

And since y’all have been patient in the past, here’s something unreleased that I am working on:
Okay, Boomhaur - Alex Box Lights

Lords of Black, from Spain. Lead singer Ronnie Romero sang with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow revival a couple of years ago, to give you an idea of his esteem.

New album, their fourth, dropped in September.

Dying To Live Again

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Dude, how do you know about all these bands?

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I saw True Villains open up for Steel Panther back in 2019.

The other 3 were recommended to me by the lead singer of my band (he sang the bullets song).

Once you find something good, spotify and youtube can help you find similar artists.

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Also-is that you on vocals on that song?

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I sang the Boomhaur one. Just backup vocals on the bullets song.

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Any recommendations on the best way to put chords, chord progressions, solos into your songwriting?

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Most of my songs are pretty simple structure wise. It’s a lot of 1, 5, 7 or 4 chord songs. Typically, I have an intro riff, 2 or 3 riffs for the verse, a chorus riff, and a bridge that’s often a reprisal of sorts of the intro. Coming out of the bridge is either a chorus to the end or one more verse and chorus. The guitar solo is usually either in the bridge, replacing a verse, or little short solos are in the verse riff after the chorus but before vocals start.

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I can write at least what I think is decent lyrics, but I cannot put it together at all. It’s like a huge block. Any recommendations?

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For me, I struggle to write music if the lyrics came first. So, I tend to write the music first and then come up with lyrics that fit it. I start humming along with a melody that works until words come to mind and then slowly add more and more until I have something that works.

As for playing leads, I’m a rhythm player, so all of the “leads” in the second song I linked are mostly just texture with no real solos. Why? Cause I can’t play them . In the 18 or so songs I’ve recorded, I’ve maybe played a guitar solo on 2 of them. I tend to try and surround myself with better instrumentalists to take care of the things I lack, like guitar solos.

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Okay, Boomhaur - Alex Box Lights

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This was pretty damn good, thanks

So long as we're doing the shameless self-promotion thang, here's a track from my band's most recent release:

The Moderns - Again

We're just starting our next album. Both the guitarist/lead vocalist/BL and the drummer are more or less retired now, so they have plenty of time on their hands, hopefully it wont take the nearly 3 years the last one did

Keep the links coming, kb, this stuff is all pretty good. It's a shame this kind of music is virtually nonexistent in the mainstream these days, but it may be a good thing for creativity to be underground in the long run.

Spirit Adrift

Thank me later

The lead guitarist from this band bought a Bassman from me a couple months ago, so I feel I should give them a plug...
Royal Thunder - April Showers
Live

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Good stuff! At first, I thought it sounded like some Blink 182, but once the vocals and other guitars kicked in, I got a real Springsteen vibe.

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Thanks - not too shabby for a bunch of old dudes, I think

Not sure who DVed your post - probably a Springsteen hater...

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Dying To Live Again

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