neo classical with out the keyboards

[tanpsi]

It's not so much that I don't like keyboards- i do- but I've noticed with a few bands the synth is there as fill noise and in some cases the guitar and keyboards just sound muddled together.

I'll try to find an example of what i'm talking about

I definitly know what you are saying, I feel the Hammond B3 is the keyboard that really fits in best with heavy guitar, my favorites bands were Deep purple and Rainbow.

I also liked Yes and ELP in those bands the synths were more dominate and the guitar was more in the backround or they had more worked out parts which seemed to work.

I think for just Guitar Bass and Drums to work you would need a guitarist who doesn't just do power chords for rythem, but all the cool fills like Ritchie Blackmore does (did)

[tanpsi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paHugvyOZZ4

The trading off between YJM and his goof keyboard player is pretty cool here, but the
keyboard patch is cheesy, although you can program some simple and real cool heavy sounding analog lead patches.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

John, you're singing now? I haven't checked your site out in awhile, but didn't you have two chicks singing before? Cool video!

i've been singing the whole time.
on the second album we added a chic to do our "Meatloaf" Metal Album.
that didn't last too long cause chics are chics, ya know.
now its back to a 4 peice.

[toejam]

Ah, cool. Never realized that. BTW, I saw your two CDs in my local record store the other day.

https://www.vvinyl.com/store/search

[Dreamland_Rebel]

wow they have Midnight Stikes instock. we've been out of that cd for years.

[Partial @ Marshall]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGA3vjMLgE

Greatest song of all time? I think so.

With all due respect....What a d*ck!!!

[Spivonious]

Symphony X rules all. Check out their latest album, Paradise Lost. It doesn't have a lot of keyboards on it. From there, I'd check out (in this order) V, Odyssey, Divine Wings of Tragedy, Twilight in Olympus, Damnation Game. The farther back you go, the more synth there is, but it NEVER is used as filler.

[quiksilver]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGA3vjMLgE

Greatest song of all time? I think so.

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Scarified is jaw-dropping, but I like Technical Difficulties even better!