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06-27-2012, 04:57 PM | #112 (permalink) |
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I have never heard of that touchstone band, but It Bites is a very fine AOR/neo-prog band. Their 'once around the world' album is a 5-star record. The album that followed, 'eat me in St-Louis' was more hard-rock oriented but still very good. It is worth noticing that Francis Dunnery, it Bites' frontman, has vocals similar to Peter Gabriel, and guitar play influenced by Alland Holdsworth.
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06-27-2012, 06:43 PM | #113 (permalink) | |
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Edit: oh yeah, sorry, I see it now...
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06-27-2012, 06:49 PM | #114 (permalink) |
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Been away from MB a lot these days but I have both albums ready on Spotify although It Bites fill me with dread. Calling All The Heroes is a terrible song and put me off them big time but I will listen to both albums over the weekend and report back.
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06-28-2012, 02:38 AM | #115 (permalink) | |
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Should be listening to both albums later this evening.
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06-28-2012, 06:10 AM | #116 (permalink) | |
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Still, I'd like to know what your final decision is... Thx
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06-28-2012, 06:55 AM | #117 (permalink) | |
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maybe i'll just have a cursory listen on youtube but that'd be quite unfair to both |
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06-30-2012, 09:16 AM | #118 (permalink) | |
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The It Bites album is poor, if this passes as prog these days......well need I say more. They sound more like a mixture of Level 42 and a whole load of other terrible pop bands that infested the UK charts in the 1980s, hopefully Touchstone will be better.
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06-30-2012, 10:12 AM | #120 (permalink) | |
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Yes but I wasn't expecting them to sound like a pop band.
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