Jean-Luc Ponty - Mississippi Riverbank Club, Minneapolis, MN 07-26-1986 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty
Mississippi Riverbank Club
Minneapolis, MN
July 26, 1986
Stereo Soundboard/FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 256kps
Cover Art included

01 Overture / Trans-Love Express
02 Cosmic Messenger
03 Infinite Pursuit
04 Perpetual Rondo
05 Elephants In Love
06 Cats Tales
07 The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea (Cut/Tape Flip > Fades Out)
08 Turtle To The Sea
09 Nostalgic Lady
10 Plastic Idols
11 Don't Let the World Pass You By
12 Open Mind

total time: 1hr 12mn 33sec

Jean-Luc Ponty - Electric Violin
Frank Gambale - Guitar
Kai Akagi - Keys
Baron Browne - Bass
Rayford Griffin - Drums

Like many my introduction to Jean-Luc Ponty was through his work with Frank Zappa and Mahavishnu Orchestra. I am also a fan of his solo out put. This fabulous recording is an excellent show case of Jean-Luc's talent. Jean-Luc has made a name for himself in the worlds of Jazz, Rock, and New Age Music with a reputation for a keen sense of composition.

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Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, & Wayne Shorter - Pinede Gould, Juan-les-Pins, France 07-15-2011 (FM)

Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, & Wayne Shorter
Tribute to Miles Davis
Pinede Gould
Juan-les-Pins, France
July 15, 2011
FM Broadcast Recording
Front Cover Only
MP3 320kps

CD1: 1hr 17mn 24sec
01 - Interview Marcus Miller 14:47
02 - Walkin’/ Little One / All Blues / Directions / Shh...Peaceful 34:23
03 - In a Silent Way / Water Babies / Someday My Prince Will Come / Footprints 28:12

CD2: 49mn 10sec
01 - Band Introductions 2:20
02 - Fran Dance / Jean Pierre 15:50
03 - Orbits / Dr. Jekyll 9:16
04 - Time After Time / Sketches of Spain / It’s About That Time 6:27
05 - Tutu 15:15

Lineup
Herbie Hancock - piano, keyboards
Marcus Miller - bass clarinet, bass
Wayne Shorter - saxophones
Sean Jones - trumpet
Sean Rickman - drums

During the long interview Marcus Miller says that the guys only had 3 days to rehearse and on the first day they didn't play 1 note. They just talked about their memories of Miles and what he meant to them personally.

This is a great sounding recording of an awesome performance. If your a fan of Mile Davis' music, or a fan of any of the gentlemen who make up this group, or just awesome Jazz music, download this show now!!

Hancock, Shorter & Miller are Living Legends in Jazz, all of which are known for awe inspiring shows. Their debt to Miles Davis is readily recognizable in their musical efforts. That debt is also recognized by the men themselves who will admit it at a drop of a hat. This is a fabulous tribute to a Jazz Pioneer so don't miss out on this one.

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Jean-Luc Ponty - The Village Gate, New York City, NY 09-01-1975 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty
The Village Gate
New York City, NY
September 1, 1975
FM Broadcast Recording
No Cover Art
MP3 320kps

01 Radio Announcer / Band Introductions
02 How Would You Like to Have a Head Like That?
03 Echoes of the Future
04 Polyfolk Dance
05 Upon the Wings of Music
06 Radio Announcer

Jean-Luc Ponty - violin
Daryl Steurmer - guitar
Mike Wolf - keyboards
Tom Fowler - bass
Norm Fearrington - drums

This FM recording catches Jazz Legend Jean-Luc Ponty early in his solo career. This is some awesome Jazz Fusion here so my often over used phrase of highly recommended is going to be applied here as well. If you've never listened to Jean-Luc Ponty before this is a perfect bootleg to get an idea of his early music. Jean-Luc wears his musical influences on his sleeve at this time of his career. His compositions echoing his musical lessons during his tenure with Frank Zappa and Mahavishnu Orchestra.

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Jean-Luc Ponty - 43rd Deutsches Jazzfestival ~ Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany 10-25-2012 (FM)

Jean-Luc Ponty & HR-Bigband Conducted & Arranged By Jim McNeely
43rd Deutsches Jazzfestival
Hessischer Rundfunk
Frankfurt, Germany
October 25, 2012
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kps
Front Cover Only

01 - On My Way to Bombay
02 - A Journey's End
03 - Lonely Among All
04 - Metamorphosis
05 - The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea
06 - Last Memories of Her
07 - To and Fro
08 - After the Storm
09 - Final Truth
10 - How Would you Like to Have a Head Like That

Jean-Luc Ponty, violin

Jim McNeely, conductor, arranger

Frank Wellert, trumpet
Martin Auer, trumpet
Christian Ehringer, trumpet
Axel Schlosser, trumpet
Günter Bollmann, trombone
Peter Feil, trombone
Christian Jaksjø, trombone
Manfred Honetschläger, b-trombone
Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, alto sax
Oliver Leicht, alto sax
Tony Lakatos, tenor sax
Steffen Weber, tenor sax
Rainer Heute, baratone sax
Peter Reiter, piano
Martin Scales, guitar
Thomas Heidepriem, bass guitar
Jean Paul Höchstädter, drums

Jazz legend Jean-Luc Ponty has always been a favorite of mine and this performance is quickly becoming a fave as well. At this festival performance Jean-Luc is backed by a 17 piece band. It's a very good quality recording that simply must be heard. To hear these songs done with such big arrangements is like candy for your ears. I got this from a really nice Jazz boot site called Jazz Boot Experiment . If you grab the occasional jazz boot from me and you want to expand you jazz collection Jazz Boot Experiment is a good place to start.

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Miles Davis Lost Quintet - Bitches Brew in Rotterdam ~ Rotterdam, The Netherlands 11-09-1969 (FM)

Miles Davis Lost Quintet

Bitches Brew in Rotterdam
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
November 9th, 1969
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 - Intro Stage Announcer Joachim-Ernst Berendt
02 - Directions (09.54)
03 - Bitches Brew (19.27)
04 - Sanctuary (16.53)
05 - Masqualero (15.14)
06 - Outro (00:43) station announcer

Total time: 63:04 min

Miles Davis - Trumpet
Wayne Shorter - tenor / soprano sax
Chick Corea - electric piano
Dave Holland - bass
Jack de Johnette - drums & marimba

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Miles Davis - Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival ~ Hart Plaza, Detroit, MI 08-31-1986 (SBD & Aud Matrix)

Miles Davis
Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival
Hart Plaza
Detroit, MI
August 31, 1986
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

MATRIX(PA-SBD (delayed) & Beyer Dynamics mounted on mike stand on mixing desk stand)>MCA(TDK D (no dolby)>CAS>Marc 2(24/64)>HD>WAVELAB Remaster ( using Sonic Foundry Noise Reduction, Click & Clack Removal, Paragraphic EQ, Pitch Shifter, and Steinberg Stereo Expander at -16% plug ins)>
16 bit/ 44.1 khz conversation> 99,9 % normalisation>CD Wave (tracking)>flac(also wave) > SBE Correction Disk B > FLAC

CD1
01 Opening Medley: Right Off/Street Scenes/Speak/That’s What Happened
02 New Blues
03 Perfect Way
04 Human Nature
05 Wrinkle
06 Tutu

CD2
01 Splatch
02 Time After time
03 Tomaas
04 Carnival
05 Introduction
06 Burn
07 Portia

Miles Davis - Trumpet, Keyboards
Robben Ford - Guitar
Bob Berg - Tenor & Soprano Saxophone
Bobby Irving - Keyboards, Musical Director
Adam Holzman - Keyboards
Felton Crews - 5 String & 4 String Bass Guitars
Steve Thornton - Percussion
Vince Wilburn - Drums, Simmons Drums

Ron Lorman - PA Engineer, tape recording

This is the last Miles Davis show with Robben Ford on guitar. The Monteux-Detroit Jazz Festival was the USA's Biggest Free Jazz Festival in it's day. This recording was made by the sound man.

Flac CD1
Flac CD2

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Mahavishnu Orchestra - Kongress Saal Munich, Germany 08-17-1972 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Mahavishnu Orchestra
The Pre-Olympic Games "Jazz Now" Festival
Kongress Saal
Munich, Germany
August 17, 1972
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art Included

Pro-Shot DVD > DVD Audio Extractor 4.5.5 (wave) > Traders Little Helper (flac level8) sector boundaries aligned

01 - Meeting of the Spirits
02 - You Know You Know
03 - The Dance of Maya
04 - One Word  (end part)
05 - Resolution
06 - A Lotus on Irish Streams (cut short)

Mahavishnu John McLaughlin - double kneck guitar
Jan Hammer - keyboards
Billy Cobham - drums
Jerry Goodman - violin
Rick Laird - drums

Before and during the Olympic Games quite a few cultural events took place including the Jazz Now Festival and the Solo Now! Concert. John McLaughlin took part in both. At Solo Now! John performed with just an acoustic guitar, at Jazz Now! of course he performed with Mahavisnu Orchestra. This nice recording comes from a bootleg DVD with impeccable sound and video quality. The last track ends early but the rest of the performance lows fine.

Some notable things that happened at the 1972 games was swimmer Mark Spitz setting a record for winning 7 Gold Medals which stood till swimmer Michael Phelps won 8 in 2008. Australian swimmer Shane ould won 3 Gold Medals, 1 Siver Medal, and 1 Bronze. Shane was just 15 years old. The USA lost in the basketball final to the USSR under much controversy, ending with the USA Team refusing to accept their Silver Medals which are still in Switzerland to this day.

The 1972 Olympics are remembered mostly for the tragic deaths of 9 Israeli athletes. The Games were suspended during and for 24 hours after the attacks for a Memorial Service and then the Olympics continued.

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John McLaughlin - Solo Now! Herkules-Saal des Deutschen Museums, Munich, Germany 08-19-1972 (FM)

John McLaughlin
Solo Now!
Herkules-Saal des Deutschen Museums
Munich, Germany
August 19, 1972
FM Broadcast Recording
Mp3 192kps
Front Cover Only

01 Announcement J. E. Berendt (0:46)
02 Waltz for Bill Evans (C. Corea) 10:46
03 Blue in Green (M. Davis) 5:54
04 Something's Missing / Something Spiritual (D. Herman) 7:21
05 Good Bye Pork Pie Hat (C. Mingus) 9:18
06 Follow Your Heart (J. McLaughlin) 4:35

Total Time: 38mn 40sc

Mahavishnu John MacLaughlin acoustic guitar

In August 1972, while the city of Munich was hosting the Olympic Games, the organizers also put on a series of cultural happenings. Part of this offering was the Jazz Now! Festival which took place from 17th to 20th August. On 19 August the concert at the Herkules Saal was entitled Solo Now! and consisted of solo performances by Albert Mangelsdorff, Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Jean-Luc Ponty and John McLaughlin.

John also took part in the Jazz Now! Festival performing with Mahavishnu Orchestra. That performance is also available on this blog. This is a very clean sounding recording, every note is audible. John performs some very tasty stuff here too. John covers some of his favorites of the Jazz Greats, then finishes off with his own composition.

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Type O Negative - Westwood One Absolutely Live High Voltage #04-08 (Pre-FM)

Type O Negative
Westwood One Absolutely Live High Voltage #04-08
For Broadcast The Weekend Of February 21/22, 2004
House Of Blues
Anaheim, CA
August 23, 2003
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
CD Scans Included

 

Rosebud's Pick

CD-r Copys of Pre-FM Silver 2 CD set > EAC (secure) > Wave > GoldWave v.5.04 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (flac 8 align on sector boundaries)

Thanks Go Out To Randy For This!!

01 Wolf Moon >
02 Anesthesia
03 Xero Tolerance >
04 Paranoid (Black Sabbath Cover) >
05 Summer Breeze (Seals & Crofts Cover)
06 Christian Woman
07 Love You To Death >
08 World Coming Down
09 Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All)
10 Prelude To Agony
11 My Girlfriend's Girlfriend
12 Show Promo

total time: 1hr 8mn 29sc

Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass guitar
Kenny Hickey – guitar
Josh Silver – keyboard
Johnny Kelly – drums

justdave notes:
All commercials and voice overs removed

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Type O Negative - Avalon Ballroom, Boston, MA 10-30-1999 (FM)

Type O Negative
Avalon Ballroom
Boston, MA
October 30, 1999
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

 

Rosebud's Pick

FM Broadcast > (?) > CD-r > EAC (secure) > Wave > Traders Little Helper (flac level 8 align on sector boundaries)

01 Everyone I Love Is Dead
02 Love You to Death
03 Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare All)

Peter Steele (R.I.P.) – lead vocals, bass guitar
Kenny Hickey – guitar, vocals
Josh Silver – keyboard
Johnny Kelly – drums

justdave notes:
This may not be the correct date, I chose it because Type O Negative were most likely on their World Coming Down Tour. I came to that conclusion because they play "Everyone I Love Is Dead". Peter Steele had issues with the material on World Coming Down stating they were "..too strongly connected to an uncomfortable period in his life." So songs from that album were under represented in live sets after the World Coming Down Tour. The band played March 9, 1999 on the Road Rage Tour and November 1, 1999. So these are also possible dates.

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Stone Sour - Westwood One In The Zone ~ House Of Blues, Anaheim, CA November 2002

Stone Sour
Westwood One In The Zone
House Of Blues, Anaheim, CA November 2002
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cue Sheets

Siver Pre-FM CD > (?) > CD-r(x) > EAC (secure) > GoldWave v.5.04 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (flac 8 align on sector boundaries)

01 Monolith
02 Cold Reader
03 Inhale
04 Idle Hands
05 Choose
06 Bother
07 Blue Study
08 Tumult

total time 36mn 52sc
Corey Taylor – Lead Vocals
James Root - Guitars
Josh Rand - Guitars
Shawn Economaki – Bass guitar
Joel Ekman – Drums, Percussion

This is a rebroadcast the original broadcast was a more complete show.

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Soulfly - 36th Moutreux Jazz Festival, Miles Davis Hall, Montreux, Switzerland, 07-07-2002 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Soulfly
36th Moutreux Jazz Festival
Miles Davis Hall
Montreux, Switzerland
July 7, 2002
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

01 Roots Bloody Roots (Sepultura Cover)
02 Tribe
03 Attitude (Sepultura Cover)
04 Tree Of Pain (w/ Richie Cavalera)
05 Refuse/Resist (Sepultura Cover)
06 LOTM
07 Fire
08 Umbaraumba
09 Back To The Primitive
10 No
12 Eye For An Eye

Max Cavalera - vocals, guitar, berimbau
Marcelo "Cello" Dias - bass
Roy Mayorga - drums
Mikey Doling - guitar

This is one of the best sounding Soulfly shows that I have heard. The band is in fine form as always, playing both Soulfly and Sepultura tracks. When Max left Sepultura he took the Tribal Inluenced Neo-Metal sound of Roots and ran with it to great effect. Soulfly has gone through many line-up changes as Max prefers to keep the membership fluid. This is so that he may experiment with different sounds, with different players.

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Dio - Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 10-05-1984 (FM)

Dio
Hammersmith Odeon
London, England
October 5, 1984
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kps
No Cover Art

Rosebud's Pick

01 Intro
02 Stand Up And Shout
03 One Night In The City
04 Don't Talk To Strangers
05 Mystery
06 Egypt (The Chains Are On)
07 Holy Diver
08 Heaven And Hell
09 The Last In Line
10 Rainbow In The Dark
11 Man On The Silver Mountain
12 Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
13 We Rock

total time: 58mn 40sc

Ronnie James Dio vocals
Vinny Appice drums
Jimmy Bain bass
Vivian Campbell guitar
Claude Schnell keyboards

This is an awesome DIO show, and a nice sounding recording. DIO was on tour to promote the second DIO album The Last In Line. Holy Diver & The Last In Line were both certified Gold a month before this recording was made. DIO had made his move from fired/former Black Sabbath vocalist to fronting his own band. He was riding high on a wave of success, while Black Sabbath by 1984 had slipped into hiatus after The Born Again Tour ended with Ian Gillan returning to Deep Purple, and a failed attempt to replace him with Dave Danato (a story for another post). Fellow former Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne was also riding high with the success of Bark At The Moon. So download this show to hear this version of the DIO band at their collective peak!

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Living Colour - WBCN Live at TT the Bears, Cambridge, MA 07-23-1988 (FM)

Living Colour
WBCN Live at TT the Bears
Cambridge, MA
July 23, 1988
FM Broadcast Recording
No Cover Art
Flac & MP3 320kps

01 Stage Introduction and Tuning 1:28
02 Funny Vibe 4:30
03 Desperate People 5:38
04 Memories Can't Wait 5:17
05 Glamour Boys 4:31
06 Broken Hearts 6:04
07 Open Letter (To a Landlord) > 5:51
08 Middle Man 3:38
09 Cult of Personality 5:14
10 Which Way to America ? 6:20
11 Should I Stay or Should I Go ? (Clash Cover) 3:02
12 What's Your Favorite Colour ? 5:30
13 Talking About a Revolution (Tracy Chapmen Cover) 5:23
14 Carter Alan Encore Break 2:43
15 Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry Cover) 4:47
16 Announcer Closing Comments 2:22

Living Colour is
Corey Glover vocals
Vernon Reid guitar
Muzz Skillings bass
William Calhoun drums

This is Living Colour's first live radio broadcast and the first in the series WBCN Live at TT the Bears. This is a small club gig, Living Colour would soon graduate to much bigger venues, but this is still pretty early in their career. "Cult of Personality" was just starting to break as a single at this time. The band has to enter and exit through the crowd, at the end of the set where the band would leave for an encore break Corey remarks that they can't get through the crowd so they were just going to keep playing. The band rips through the set which includes covers of The Clash and Chuck Berry. The surprise highlight is a cover of folk singer Tracy Chapman's "Talking About A Revolution". This is a must have!!

Living Colour became the standard bearer for the Black Rock Coalition. The B.R.C. was just that, a conglomerate of African American Rock/Hard Rock bands focusing on promoting the fact that African Americans still play Rock And Roll. Corey Glover once said that after rap broke as a viable genre record labels didn't want to know black people still played Rock And Roll so The B.R.C was formed to self promote these bands.

It's interesting that Corey would have a hard time getting his band attention from the media seeing that he already had an acting career. Actors have been able to get their inner rock star attention for a long time. Does anyone remember Don Johnson's Heartbeat, Stevie Ray Vaughan actually played on that disasterpiece ! To be exact on the songs "Heartache Away" & "Love Roulette".

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Judas Priest - Genocide ~ Kosei-Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 07-31-1978 (SBD)

Judas Priest
Genocide - (Bondage Music - BON037)
Kosei-Nenkin Hall
Tokyo, Japan
July 31, 1978
Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 White Heat, Red Hot
02 Victim of Changes
03 Beyond the Realms of Death
04 Genocide
05 Tyrant
06 White Heat, Red Hot
07 Starbreaker
08 Beyond the Realms of Death

total time: 58mn 25sc

tracks 01-05 Kosei-Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 1978
tracks 06-08 Cleveland Ohio 1978
*** Stained Class Tour ***

Personnel:
Rob Halford – lead vocals
K. K. Downing – rhythm & lead guitars, backing vocals
Ian Hill – bass, backing vocals
Glenn Tipton – lead & rhythm guitars
Les Binks – drums

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Judas Priest - Supergroups Presents A Night On The Road #ANOTR-182 (Pre-FM)

Judas Priest
Supergroups Presents A Night On The Road #ANOTR-182
The Palladium, New York City, NY 1981
Pre-FM Recording sourced from 3 LP vinyl set
Flac & MP3 320kbps
LP Label Scan Included

01 Solar Angels
02 Heading Out To The Highway
03 Diamonds & Rust
04 Hell Bent For Leather
05 Sinner
06 Beyond The Realms Of Death
07 Grinder
08 Desert Plains
09 Hot Rockin'
10 You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise
11 Victim Of Changes
12 Green Manalishi
13 Breakin' The Law
14 Living After Midnight
15 Tyrant

Rob Halford – vocals
Glenn Tipton – guitars, keyboards, synthesizer
Ian Hill – bass
K. K. Downing - guitars
Dave Holland - drums

Black Sabbath is widely considered to be the fathers of the beast we all love to call Heavy Metal. Ian Gillan once said that until Sabbath came along the heavy groups thought being heavy meant playing louder. Judas Priest is credited with defining the modern Metal sound as well as the metal uniform of studs and leather. The band is in fine form on this recording proving they deserve the title of Metal Gods. The set list is awesome, you still get classics like "Tyrant" & "Beyond The Realms Of Death", plus "Solar Angels" & "Dessert Plains" which are not played much after this tour. The sound quality is great but a little crisp on the high end as most Pre-FM recordings are EQed to compensate for the FM signals natural cutting of a recordings high end.

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Warrant - Reggio Emilia, Milano, Italy 0912-1992 (SBD)

Warrant
Monsters Of Rock Festival
Arena Festa Nazionale Dell'Unita'
Reggio Emilia, Milano, Italy
September 12, 1992
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
Poster Replica Included

Rosebud's Pick

01 Sure Feels Good To Me
02 The Hole In My Wall
03 Uncle Toms Cabin
04 Machine Gun
05 Down Boys (w Dimebag Darrell backing vocals)
06 Cherry Pie
07 Balls To The Wall (Accept cover)

total time: 28mn 03sc

Warrant
Jani Lane (R.I.P.) vocals
Erik Turner lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Joey Allen lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Jerry Dixon bass, backing vocals
Steven Sweet drums, backing vocals

special guest:
Dimebag Darrell (R.I.P.) backing vocals track 05

Hair/Glam Metal band Warrant were going for a heavier darker feel with there 1992 release Dog Eat Dog. While a critical success, sales were not as good as the bands previous albums. Released during the Grunge explosion, it only sold 500,000 copies - compared to Cherry Pie's 2 million. The band would go on a short hiatus after the Dog Eat Dog tour, not releasing an album until 1995. The band went through many changes throughout the years, culminating in the departure of Jani Lane in 1994. Lane was replaced by former Black And Blue vocalist Jaime St. James. In 2008, St James left and Jani Lane returned then departed again this time being replaced by present vocalist Robert Mason. Sadly, Jani Lane died of acute alcohol poisoning August 11, 2011 - he was just 41 years old. Download this show now to hear Warrant during what many critics and fans consider their artistic peak.

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Prong - Enter Nightmare Live Europe 1994 ~ Milan, Italy, 06-12-1994 (SBD)

Prong
Enter Nightmare Live Europe 1994 - (Octopus Records - OCTO 052) 

Milan, Italy
June 12, 1994
Soundboard Recording
Cover Art Included
MP3 vbr

01 Beg To Differ
02 Lost And Found
03 Whose Fist Is This Way
04 Cut Rate
05 I'll Give You Hell If I Could
06 Broken Peace
07 Another Worldly Device
08 Prove You Wrong
09 Home Rule
10 Unconditional
11 Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck

Tommy Victor - Guitars & Vocals
Paul Raven - Bass & Backing Vocals
Ted Parsons - drums
John Bechdel - keyboards

Industrial Metal band Prong on the road promoting their Cleansing release. Cleansing contained Prong's only radio hit "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck". It also was their biggest commercial hit reaching #129 on the Billboard Hot 200. When the 1996 follow up LP Rude Awakening failed to sell as well as Cleansing Prong were dropped by their label and disbanded, a return wasn't until 2000. I saw Prong on the Cleansing Tour in Detroit. The band stood at the doors and greeted every person who walked through the door with a hand shake saying "Hi we're Prong thanks for coming to see us". All four members shook each persons hand, I have attended many concerts and have never before or since been personally greeted at the door by the band.

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