Year : 2013
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 155 mb
Bio:
The Dead Daisies are a powerful musical collective featuring some of the best rock musicians on the planet. Born from a sound that’s influenced by late ‘70s and early ‘80s hard rock, with a soulful Bad Company meets Foreigner via The Faces kind of vibe, featuring big choruses, powerful melodies and strong hooks.In early 2013 The Dead Daisies were invited to open for ZZ Top in Australia. Word about their dynamic live show spread quickly and the band soon joined legendary American rockers Aerosmith on their first Australasian tour in 23 years. In August and September of 2013 The Dead Daisies were part of the massive 25-date Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival through the US and Canada alongside Alice In Chains & Jane’s Addiction among others.The debut album was released in the US and Canada through Caroline/Universal on August 9th, 2013 to exceptional reviews and was a featured iTunes release. Their first single “Lock ’N’ Load”, a new track co-written by and featuring legendary guitarist Slash received airplay on radio networks across the US including national airplay on SiriusXM satellite radio, with both Alice Cooper’s and Nikki Sixx’s popular syndicated radio programs and was named Rolling Stone’s Daily Download. The video for the single has been shown on over 20 outlets including play on Much Music, which beams into more than 30 million homes across North America.Mid November saw The Dead Daisies head to the UK where they played an 18-date tour as special guests of Black Star Riders. To kick it off, the bands first headline UK show at the prestigious Underworld rock club in Camden was SOLD OUT.The band released their self-titled debut album “The Dead Daisies’ on November 11th in the UK after having released the first single “Lock ‘N’ Load” a month earlier. The song stormed the UK radio airwaves and was placed on a number of key playlists including Team Rock, Kerrang Radio, and went to number 1 on Planet Rock Radio. It has also received spins on the nations largest station BBC Radio. In addition to radio, “Lock ‘N’ Load” were played throughout English football stadiums and even received a play to a sold out 80,000 plus crowd at Wembley Stadium for the NFL’s American football match between the San Francisco 49ers and Jacksonville Jaguars on the 27th of October 2013 in London.The Dead Daisies were also heavily featured in the November issue of Britain’s influential Classic Rock Magazine and were the spotlight artist for both Classic Rock and Metal Hammer’s websites.The Dead Daisies headed to Israel after the UK to play two shows in Tel Aviv and ended 2013 with a SOLD OUT epic headline show at The Barby.The band released singles “Washington” in the US & Australia and “It’s Gonna Take Time” in The UK. Live music videos for both songs were filmed during their London show at O2 Shepherd’s Bush. “Washington” was added to over a dozen US Rock radio stations and received airplay on Triple M in Australia. “It’s Gonna Take Time” made the playlist on both Planet Rock and Team Rock Radio in the UK.February 2014 saw the band return to Australia playing dates in support of their debut album, which was released on Feb 7th.The ‘Face I Love’ ep was released in conjunction with an innovative free app, giving fans all around the world the opportunity to be part the next release by the band. A music video was produced using many of the images sent in by fans through the app. Airplay for the bands music continues to grow steadily on various radio networks throughout the world including the USA, Europe, Australia and Japan among others.In July, the band embarked on a tour across the USA as special guests of Bad Company and Lynyrd Skynyrd playing their first arena shows in the States and was followed by a month long stint in August with one of the hottest rock tours of 2014, opening for KISS and Def Leppard.Ahead of their second tour of Australia and New Zealand at the end of the year, the band made their first ever trip on the KISS Kruise, spending four days at sea and in the Bahamas along with the legendary rock band Kiss, members of Cheap Trick and Pat Travers winning more new fans.The ‘Angel in Your Eyes’ tour would see the band (in the same line-up as the summer) visit New Zealand for a second time, this time as guests to good friend and Aussie superstar Jimmy Barnes. The tour continued in Australia with the band playing headline shows in Perth and Brisbane for the first time and returning to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.As with every other year in The Dead Daisies, 2015 is no different. With many big plans ahead of them, what could be more historic than a visit to Cuba. Within months of trade restrictions being relaxed by the Obama administration, the band made a landmark visit to the Caribbean Island to play a number of shows at the end of February before heading to Australia to record their second album.The majority of the second album ‘Revoluciòn’ was written and recorded over four weeks in Sydney with Richard Fortus, Marco Mendoza, David Lowy, Dizzy Reed and John Corabi along with Jackie Barnes on drums.In June, The Dead Daisies will return to Europe joining KISS on their 40th Anniversary Tour. First time collective member Tommy Clufetos (Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne) will be joining on drums. Australian Daisies fans will get to see the band perform with KISS across Australia in October when they bring the Spider Down Under for the first time, they will then set sail once again on the latest KISS Kruise (V) to the Bahamas. To close up 2015, The Dead Daisies will make a return trip to Europe as guests of rock legends Whitesnake.
Album:
Throwback rockers THE DEAD DAISIES have become a hot topic largely because of Slash gracing "Lock 'n Load" on their self-titled debut album. Of course, former INXS and NOISEWORKS singer Jon Stevens is another notable, while a revamp to the band's touring lineup has brought over Dizzy Reed and Richard Fortus from GUNS N' ROSES along with Marco Mendoza (THIN LIZZY and WHITESNAKE), plus NINE INCH NAILS drummer Alex Carapetis.The nucleus of THE DEAD DAISIES comprises of Stevens and guitarist David Lowy (THE ANGELS, MINK and RED PHOENIX). Reportedly, they'd come up with the foundations of the twelve songs for their inaugural album within the span of few hours. In the company of producer and engineer John Fields, "The Dead Daisies" was laid down in a couple of weeks. Finding themselves swept onto AEROSMITH's Australian run this year and subsequently showcased on the 2013 Rockstar Uproar Festival, the whirling success of THE DEAD DAISIES could prove to be an immediate fruitful venture. Or it could turn out to be a flash-in-the-pan.With all the hype surrounding them, THE DEAD DAISIES don't play like the next minute matters. What's best said about their work is their concocted weave of seventies-to-eighties blues and hard rock is entertaining and occasionally explorative. While "The Dead Daisies" doesn't quite roll with start-to-finish energy, Stevens and Lowy do have undeniable passion.It helps that Jon Stevens is an expert in mixing finesse with knuckle-down in his chops. Even when the album taps along with squishy and smooth hummers like "Tomorrow" and "Yesterday", Stevens lends a subtle fang overtop, keeping a dirty verve that's accented by David Lowy's bluesy lags. All throughout the album, Stevens sings like he's got John Lee Hooker at his back, and when the album may not be firing on all thrusters, you can count on him to soar.Focused primarily on a BAD COMPANY and ALLMAN BROTHERS stack of country blues and bar rock grooves, THE DEAD DAISIES clicks best on the sweaty "Yeah Yeah Yeah" and the punchy drag of "I Can't Fight This Feeling". They come out swinging with the uppity "It's Gonna Take Time" and cut back to the same jumpy pace on "Miles In Front of Me", "Bible Row" and "Talk to Me". Along the way, they borrow from THE ROLLING STONES' late sixties psychedelics and calypso splashes on "Washington". Plus they somehow manage to turn ROD STEWART's "Forever Young" (straight down to the twinkling mandolin) into something unfathomably meatier with "Writing On the Wall".As for the highlight cut, "Lock 'n Load", the omnipresence of Slash elevates the song's swampy, double-backed feel. You know when he's there, particularly on the wailing top layers and the juicy solo section. Without Slash, however, the number wouldn't be quite as exciting; it would come off as the majority of "The Dead Daisies" does, played for kicks, not quite shooting to thrill.Therein lies any inherent criticism of this album. For what it is, "The Dead Daisies" is a good knockabout album to pull down a round of suds, even if you subtly find yourself wanting to pull down the first four BAD COMPANY records halfway into this jaunt. Jon Stevens and David Lowy know what they're doing, but they'll need to let their amped-up touring squad stoke their fires beyond their homey little foundry if there's to be a return visit to this project.
Line Up:
Jon Stevens – vocals, guitar
David Lowy – guitar
John Fields – bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, producing, recording
Kevin Savigar – keyboards
Dorian Crozier – drums
Additional personnel:
Slash – lead & rhythm guitar on "Lock 'n' Load"
Simon Hosford – bass, electric Guitar, acoustic Guitar on "Lock 'n' Load"
Johnny Salerno – drums on "Lock 'n' Load"
Isaac Carpenter – drums on "Yesterday" and "Tomorrow"
Vanessa Amorosi – vocals
Tracklist:
01. It's Gonna Take Time
02. Lock 'N' Load
03. Washington
04. Yeah Yeah Yeah
05. Yesterday
06. Writing On The Wall
07. Miles In Front Of Me
08. Bible Row
09. Man Overboard
10. Tomorrow
11. Can't Fight This Feeling
12. Talk To Me
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