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Artist: Liberty N' Justice
Title: 4-All: The Best of LNJ
Website:
http://www.libertynjustice.net
Label: Versailles Records/ LNJ Records
Style: Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal
Rating: 9.5 out of 10
By Senior Writer C.W. Ross
LNJ front man Justin Murr has a real talent for putting together all-star style releases. His latest is a greatest hits collection called, 4-All: The Best of LNJ.
This release is filled with a monster sized 18-tracks of music that last for over 72 minutes.
The songs break down this way:
The first four tracks are brand new songs.
Tracks 5-7 are taken from the 2004 release, Welcome to the Revolution.
Tracks 8-12 come from the 2006 release, Soundtrack of a Soul.
Tracks 13-18 come from the 2007 release, Independence Day.
The songs are filled with a who's-who of 80's and 90's rock n' roll royalty appearing as guest artist on them.
Here's a small list of some of them, Lou Gramm (Foreigner), Sebastian Bach, Dale and Troy Thompson (Bride), Michael Sweet (Stryper), Leif Garrett, Mark Slaughter (Slaughter), Tony Harnell (x-TNT), Stephen Pearcey (Ratt), John Corabi (Ratt, ex-Motley Crue), Jack Russell (Great White), Jani Lane (Warrant), Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger), Kelly Keeling (Transiberrian Orchestra/Blue Murder/TSO), Keri Kelli (Alice Cooper Band, Skid Row, Ratt, L.A. Guns), Jamie Rowe (Guardian), and Doug Pinnick (Kings X)
You'll find the occasional power ballad and more melodic number but for the most part this release is a hard rocking lollapalooza. The songs are filled with wailing guitars and break the windows powerful drum work along with stellar vocals.
If your new to Liberty N' Justice's music you definitely need to get this release. If you're a longtime follower of their music you probably have most of the songs already found on it but I still think it's worth buying to hear the four new songs.
Artist: Avenue F
Title: Tales From The Garage
Website:
http://www.avenuef.com
MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/avenuef
Style: Hard Rock
Rating: 8 out of 10
By Senior Writer C.W. Ross
Formed in 2002, and hailing from Bayonne, New Jersey is the hard rocking band, Avenue F. The band's line up is, Jack Kemple (lead vocals), Vinnie Valdes (bass), Mike Betkowski (drums), and Mike Marino (guitars, keys, vocals).
On the band's MySpace page they list, Van Halen, U2, The Beatles, and Alice In Chains as their musical influences.
Tales From The Garage is the follow up to the band's self-titled CD that was well received by their fans. This release defines what the band is all about, straight ahead hard rocking music. The songs found on it are filled with wailing guitars and heavy pounding drum beats.
The lyrics from track-5, "Radio" probably say it best with lyrics like, "We're a garage band. We're never selling out. We'd rather go broke."
A track you might recognize is track-4; "I Got You," it's the band's cover of the 80's hit song from the group Split Enz.
Besides staying true to your music other subjects dealt with include stories of family and friends, along with addiction, and bad romances.
Tales From The Garage is the type of release that you need to play with your stereo cranked up to full volume as you rock out to it.
Artist: Nemesis3
Title: Scream As Needed
MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/nemesis3
Style: Hard Rock/ Alternative
Label: Frog and Scorpion Records
Rating: 7.8 out of 10
By Senior Writer C.W. Ross
Nemesis3 is, Marc Wasmund (lead vocals, guitar), Dann Singer (drums, backing vocals), and Graig Lindgren (bass & backing vocals).
The guys pull on their diverse musical influences of both classic bands like Rush and Led Zeppelin to today's bands like My Chemical Romance, and Incubus.
Nemesis 3 has shared the stage with national acts like, P.O.D., Chevelle, Mushroomhead, and Drowning Pool.
Scream As Needed is the band's debut release and was released in 2004. The band is ready to enter the studio and start working on their next project. They said that, "We have 14 new songs to choose from and believe me, they are even better than the last CD."
Until then though Scream As Needed will be able to give you your needed fix of hard driving rock. It's filled with hard rock/metal guitar licks hot enough to dance with the devil along with bass lines that will smack the crap out of your stereo's speakers. Add on top vocals that are both pleading and wailing in the same song.
The band shows that they have more then one side to their music with a more melodic flow that can also be found on several of the songs.
The one thing that never changes on this release from track-to-track is the good music that it keeps pumping out of your speakers.
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