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I assume Judas. . .I mean Matt. . .I mean ZoSo. . .whatever he's calling himself these days. You damn kids and your name changes! Oldsters like me can't keep up with ya! And get the hell offa my lawn!
Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah! Judas/Matt seems like the right age & temprament to have been into this guy. I wouldn't be surprised to hear him chime in. But are any of the rest of you old (or tasteful) enough to remember & admire this Irish 80's guitar hero?
I only own 2 albums of his, Wild Frontier and Victims of the Future, but I'm a dedicated fan based on those two alone. The story told by "Over the Hills & Far Away" (which is not a cover of the Zeppelin tune of the same name), the Celtic pride in "Johnny Boy" and "Thunder Rising", and the haunting beauty of the instrumental, "The Loner" make Wild Frontier a solid, solid album. Moore's guitar work goes from blistering solos that I figure Eddie Van Halen was listening to, to melodic leads almost as good as Gilmour at his best. Excellent stuff.
I think I like Victims just a bit better, because there's more solid tunes on it (a cover of the Yardbird's "Shapes of Things", near & dear to my heart for all time because it's the 1st bass line I ever learned, "Murder in the Skies", about the Russians shooting down Korean flight 007 - remember that?- , "Empty Rooms", "Law of the Jungle". . . all excellent 80's era hard rock. Maybe his guitar work isn't as varied as it is on Frontier - it's almost all the blistering solos here, and a bit less of the melodic leads - but it's just an awesome album.
Did this thread get anyone else chanting: "We want Moore!"?
Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah! Judas/Matt seems like the right age & temprament to have been into this guy. I wouldn't be surprised to hear him chime in. But are any of the rest of you old (or tasteful) enough to remember & admire this Irish 80's guitar hero?
I only own 2 albums of his, Wild Frontier and Victims of the Future, but I'm a dedicated fan based on those two alone. The story told by "Over the Hills & Far Away" (which is not a cover of the Zeppelin tune of the same name), the Celtic pride in "Johnny Boy" and "Thunder Rising", and the haunting beauty of the instrumental, "The Loner" make Wild Frontier a solid, solid album. Moore's guitar work goes from blistering solos that I figure Eddie Van Halen was listening to, to melodic leads almost as good as Gilmour at his best. Excellent stuff.
I think I like Victims just a bit better, because there's more solid tunes on it (a cover of the Yardbird's "Shapes of Things", near & dear to my heart for all time because it's the 1st bass line I ever learned, "Murder in the Skies", about the Russians shooting down Korean flight 007 - remember that?- , "Empty Rooms", "Law of the Jungle". . . all excellent 80's era hard rock. Maybe his guitar work isn't as varied as it is on Frontier - it's almost all the blistering solos here, and a bit less of the melodic leads - but it's just an awesome album.
Did this thread get anyone else chanting: "We want Moore!"?
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