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Lillian Axe from New Orleans
Posted on 7/22/22 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 7/22/22 at 12:04 pm
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Posted on 7/22/22 at 12:16 pm to themetalreb
Yeah. Didn’t the drummer end up in Godsmack for a while?
Posted on 7/22/22 at 12:24 pm to MyRockstarComplex
Yes...man they skirted around "big time" for 30 years.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 12:35 pm to themetalreb
Yep, saw them many times in local bars in the early 80’s. Should have never gotten rid of their original singer before their first album came out. Steve Blaze was/is a beast.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 12:47 pm to themetalreb
I've seen them several times. I feel like the music is okay, they're a really talented band, but I think the songwriting is a little lacking. Their songs just never seem to leave a lasting impression on me. I guess they're just not "catchy" enough.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 12:55 pm to kingbob
Steve Blaze has a tendency to write long songs...dark, sad, and well, just not very poppy or happy. I like this style so it works for me, but it's not for the masses.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 1:01 pm to themetalreb
songs can be dark, sad, brooding, long, and complicated yet still be earworms. Being catchy and being dark are not mutually exclusive by any means.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 1:06 pm to kingbob
I agree with that...the song I posted in the link, (47 Ways To Die), has a fairly good hook in the chorus...it has the Steve Blaze trademark melancholy verses, but this is one of LA's shorter, more commercial songs. I believe it was in a movie called "The Hit List".
This post was edited on 7/22/22 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 7/22/22 at 1:45 pm to kingbob
Steve and I are close friends. In addition to being an incredibly talented guitarist, writer and composer/arranger, Steve is one of the nicest and most genuine guys on the planet. Talk to him five minutes and you'll feel like you've been pals for decades.
We recently collaborated on his first-ever signature guitar pickup, the Carondelet "Blazebucker." It is a musical firebreather that's dripping with string to string balance, touch sensitivity and harmonics galore. It's all over the new Lillian album, "From Womb to Tomb," which comes out August 19 on Global Rock Records.
As I type this, I'm building out the custom Carondelet guitar he will be using on Lillian's UK tour next month, their first in over 20 years. Steve has always had really nice guitars, he has been endorsed by Ibanez Japan and Jackson USA over the years. When he commissioned this custom build earlier this year, he told me my guitars are the best instruments he's ever touched in his life. I wear that compliment with immense pride. That's a Blazebucker in the bridge position and a prototype neck position single I created that was inspired by the tone of the EMG in his old white Charvel guitar.
Steve's songwriting (he is Lillian's primary writer) has always been extremely diverse, never pigeon-holed into any specific genre, any common lyrical subjects, any cookie cutter tempos, any stereotypical moods. It's a blessing and a curse from a commercial success standpoint.
The new record is a true concept album. Typical to form for Lillian, it is nothing like anything in their discography so far. It has more in common in my opinion with great prog rock albums from the 1970s than it does with anything from any more modern decade.
Many critics are going to shitcan it, I promise you, because it's not a reboot of pieces of their first four records. Which is fine ... no point in recreating what's been done already.
We recently collaborated on his first-ever signature guitar pickup, the Carondelet "Blazebucker." It is a musical firebreather that's dripping with string to string balance, touch sensitivity and harmonics galore. It's all over the new Lillian album, "From Womb to Tomb," which comes out August 19 on Global Rock Records.
As I type this, I'm building out the custom Carondelet guitar he will be using on Lillian's UK tour next month, their first in over 20 years. Steve has always had really nice guitars, he has been endorsed by Ibanez Japan and Jackson USA over the years. When he commissioned this custom build earlier this year, he told me my guitars are the best instruments he's ever touched in his life. I wear that compliment with immense pride. That's a Blazebucker in the bridge position and a prototype neck position single I created that was inspired by the tone of the EMG in his old white Charvel guitar.
Steve's songwriting (he is Lillian's primary writer) has always been extremely diverse, never pigeon-holed into any specific genre, any common lyrical subjects, any cookie cutter tempos, any stereotypical moods. It's a blessing and a curse from a commercial success standpoint.
The new record is a true concept album. Typical to form for Lillian, it is nothing like anything in their discography so far. It has more in common in my opinion with great prog rock albums from the 1970s than it does with anything from any more modern decade.
Many critics are going to shitcan it, I promise you, because it's not a reboot of pieces of their first four records. Which is fine ... no point in recreating what's been done already.
This post was edited on 7/25/22 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 7/22/22 at 1:56 pm to TheFretShack
Wow that is beautiful work TheFretShak...I'm excited about the new album as well...Lillian Axe has always had progressive tendencies with longer songs and non-commercial arrangements...this concept album should be very interesting.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 1:57 pm to TheFretShack
I have often suffered from a similar issue. I have a lot of musical influences, and often chase after styles like a dog chasing multiple squirrels in a park. This can lead to massive tone shifts on the same album despite having the same songwriter. I enjoy Lillian Axe’s music. I just feel like they kinda never quite broke through because they were so hard to pin down from a marketing perspective. They were too dark to fit in with the hair metal, too technical and theatrical for grunge, not shreddy enough for the thrash scene, too polished for punk, etc. The music industry really didn’t have a box for bands like them and Queensryche after Nirvana took over.
This post was edited on 7/22/22 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 7/22/22 at 5:00 pm to themetalreb
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Yes...man they skirted around "big time" for 30 years.
Wasn't Zebra another one from the same area and era that just quite didn't break through?
Posted on 7/22/22 at 5:16 pm to shutterspeed
Zebra still plays. Randy Jackson plays a lot of acoustic shows that are really good. Usually between 3-4 hours. plays Zebra, Beatles, Zep, etc. Plays in NY a lot. Their website is thedoor.com
Posted on 7/22/22 at 6:14 pm to shutterspeed
Zebra was about ten years before Lillian Axe.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 6:42 pm to Zoso
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Zebra still plays.
Played in Laffy last week. Still put on a solid show.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 7:39 pm to kingbob
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songs can be dark, sad, brooding, long, and complicated yet still be earworms. Being catchy and being dark are not mutually exclusive by any means.
Agree with this, but most of these will not be popular with the masses.
Posted on 7/23/22 at 12:09 am to themetalreb
“The Axe is back!”
—said in a “Mike at Nite on the Rock & Roll Flight to Midnight”, Yeah-U-Rite accent (Michael Costello—WRNO/WTIX)
—said in a “Mike at Nite on the Rock & Roll Flight to Midnight”, Yeah-U-Rite accent (Michael Costello—WRNO/WTIX)
Posted on 7/23/22 at 12:11 am to Zoso
Randy played Hurricanes Bar in Metry last Thursday. Felix joined him for the second set.
Good show.
Good show.
Posted on 7/23/22 at 12:20 pm to themetalreb
Steve Nudamacher or something like that. He was fast and Loud, but I'd rather see Zebra.
Posted on 7/23/22 at 1:58 pm to Scatback1
It's actually Nunenmacher.
New guitar complete ...
New guitar complete ...
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