#bob marlette

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Alice Cooper would eventually return to the MC5-ish hard rock of his early ‘70s classics, but before doing so he delivered a couple records with Bob Marlette that were far and away the heaviest of his career.  “Sanctuary” was a crushing riffer that did away with any feints towards commercial success, and the man born Vincent Furnier spitted and snarled with an intensity that was arguably even more venomous than his days when Alice Cooper was a band.  The song straight up attacked, and came as a shock to those who either onboarded or endured the previous 15 years of Alice’s attempts at hair metal- for that matter, even the original diehards were taken aback by the processed grime and force of Eric Singer’s drumming.  Of course there was no way Brutal Planet was going to garner much attention, let alone sell in large volumes, but after roughly 25 years of drift, compromise and questionable decisions it was nice to hear the Coop try something new for the sake of being creative and really go for it, especially with something as forceful as “Sanctuary”.

Rob Zombie - Dead City Radio And The New Gods Of Supertown

Session musicians on their own hould not have to go somewhere else in their sonic voyages. Guitarland from Tim Pierce, for instance, feels close to what he does on his session work for a multitude of players. You shouldn't see this as a pejorative, he probably prefers to do something within these sounds, which gave him a name in the community. Still, I'm shocked he didn't call any of his famous collaborators to lend him their services, yet I assume he wished to do something that is completely his own. I mean, session musicians are always a bunch the business people are familiar with, whereas the public doesn't really notice them. This is their great paradox – they can make or break a song, but they don't reap the benefits of that.

Laisse Tomber Les Filles by No Small Children

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