Year : 2021 (Born To Rock Records Limited Edition)
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 169 mb
Bio:
Myke Gray - British rock guitarist born 12 May 1968, Fulham, London...ex-Skin and Jagged Edge bands.Myke Gray is also former guitarist of the band Dorian Gray and briefly of UFO.Jagged Edge formed in 1987, England.An excellent melodic rock band, Jagged Edge U.K. fit in perfectly alongside other long forgotten classy rockers such as Beggars & Thieves, Dirty White Boy and Baton Rouge.Early incarnations of the band had a revolving door membership, with guitarist Myke Gray being the only mainstay. Demos were recorded, at different times, with a female vocalist and production by Whitesnake's Neil Murray. The classic line-up would form in 1989 around Myke Gray, Matt Alfonzetti (vocals, ex-Bam Bam Boys), Andy Robbins (bass, ex-Tokyo Blade and Shogun) and Fabio Del Rio (drums).The band signed with Sanctuary management (which also looked after the affairs of Iron Maiden) and a record deal with Polydor. The debut EP Trouble arrived in early 1990, but it would be the full-length Fuel For Your Soul that really showed what Jagged Edge U.K. was capable of. The Sanctuary connection led to Del Rio playing drums on Bruce Dickinson's solo album Tattooed Millionaire. The band would also tour behind Dickinson, as well as Thunder and David Lee Roth in 1990/91. But the band was promptly dropped by Polydor and split apart soon after.Gray and Robbins resurfaced in the even more popular Skin, while Matti Alfonzetti joined the heavy Skintrade before returning with a solo band and then hooking up with Damned Nation.
Album:
Limited Self release. Solo album under the name 'Shades of Gray' with Myke performing all parts of a band.It’s been 30+ years since Jagged Edge released their sole album ‘Fuel For Your Soul’ a first and last long player before the band split. It was an album full of great songs and hinted at what might have been. Guitarist Myke Gray of course went on to form UK melodic rockers Skin and is currently focused on his SHADES OF GREY project.While on the cover art you see a full band, on this album (only on physical CD) titled ”2021” Myke perform all vocals and instruments but drums which co-producer Pete Newdeck (Midnite City, Nitrate) handles.The album is a great collection of songs with a classic rock / melodic rock meets glam. Myke Gray wanted to create the kind of record that he would listen when he was a kid. It has full on Glam rock tracks like ‘Wam Bam’, classic rock infused like ‘California’, while Def Leppard fans circa 1981 will go crazy with ‘Turn It Up Louder’.Not only is this all beautifully crafted but you can just tell Gray is having an absolute ball as the hooky, slinky rhythm of the songs grabs you from the off.
Pure musical ’70s / ’80s sunshine and an antidote to these troubled times.
Line-Up:
Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys – Myke Gray - see also: ex-Skin, ex-Jagged Edge, ex-Dorian Gray, ex-UFO
Backing Band – Colin Parkinson, Mark Pascall
Backing Vocals – Daniel Byrne
Drums, Backing Vocals, Co-producer – Pete Newdeck
production:
Engineer – Doug Johnson
Executive Producer – Ryan Northrop, Stephen Craig
Producer, Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards – Kenny Mcgee
Mastered By – Mark Suiter
Tracklist:
01. Turn It Up Louder
02. This Is How We Rock & Roll
03. I Get Up
04. Are You Ready For Love
05. Shout
06. Wham Bam
07. Tied Up In Love
08. Music Is My Remedy
09. Take Me Higher
10. California
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