Year : 2013
Style : Melodic Rock , Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : Greece
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 120 mb
Bio:
Wild Rose has been rockin' for over a decade. The original idea was sprung in 2004 by Andy Rock. A lot of soul-searching was required initially, as it was essential to find a suitable line up to harness the stylish and polished mellow sound of a quality A.O.R. Band. Finally, after two years and several line up changes Wild Rose settled on the line up today, introduced to an unsuspecting public back in 2006, with quality songs composed by Andy Rock.2007 Wild Rose released their first promo single CD entitled "It's All About Love" which contained the hard hitting title track and "Too Late", tracks that rapidly became accepted and loved by the A.O.R. audience. During the same period Wild Rose were picked up as support on Talisman's Farewell Tour in Hellas.At the beginning of 2008, two members took a break from Wild Rose to take care of their military obligations. The band was put onto hold for a while and Andy Rock continued to work on the song material. They returned in mid 2009 and recorded a 10 track demo CD with tracks written by Andy Rock and Dirty Haris.These songs matured through the rehearsal process and ended up in professionally recorded versions on the band’s debut album “Half Past Midnight” which was finally released on 10 October 2011 on the Retrospect Records label and received great results in the A.O.R. specialized press. The band also performed two successful live shows in Athens and Thessaloniki to support their debut album and received a great response and applause from the Hellenic audience.December 2011 and "Half Past Midnight" hits the Best Debut Release / Newcomer of 2011 on Heavy Paradise.January 2012 and Wild Rose took part at "Brave New Love: A Tribute To Alien" project covering Alien's well known track "Feel My Love".March 2012 and Wild Rose performed at Rosewood Festival II along with bands like Newman, Work Of Art,Konkurent to name a few, taking rave reviews from the music press.Later on 2012, the band has worked on new songs and recorded their second album “Dangerous” which was released on 22 February 2013 on the AOR Heaven label. This release was produced & mixed by Andy Rockand co-produced by Wild Rose between December 2011 and September 2012 at WR Studios, Thessaloniki, Hellas and is the first to feature new main vocalist David A. Saylor (Push UK).Wild Rose “Dangerous” receives rave reviews worldwide from the press and in June 2013 hits No.1 on import sales in Japan (BURRN Magazine).August 2013 and Wild Rose debut album Half Past Midnight hits SOLD OUT on the Retrospect Records label. "CEO Retrospect Records / Sam McCaslin: I'm very happy to announce that the Wild Rose 'Half Past Midnight ' CD is Officially Sold Out. Congratulations guys for being one of the Top Sellers ever in Retrospect's vast catalog. Great band , great music. Much respect to Andy Rock and crew for a job well done!"March 2014 and Wild Rose sign with AOR Blvd Records and are celebrating their Ten Years Of Existence with the release of their third album "Hit 'N' Run" along with a tour to support it. Hit 'N' Run has been recorded at EVO Studios, Evosmos, Hellas except vocals recorded at Front Room Studios, Birmingham, U.K. and keyboards recorded at W2R Studios, Chios, Hellas between September 2013 and January 2014. Hit 'N' Run was mixed & produced by Andy Rock and mastered by George Aspiotis at Studio Aspiotis, Athens, Hellas and consists 11 stellar songs, pure AOR sound replete with glorious melodies, catchy choruses, emotional vocals, lush keyboards, killer guitar riffs and powerful drums.October 2014 first single "Through The Night" from the album "Hit 'N' Run" hits #1 on Classic Rock Chart Week #40 - 2014 as first week appearence on the charts of Melodic.net
Album:
WILD ROSE is melodic AOR band from Greece formed in 2004 by Andy Rock, releasing two studio albums, “It's All About Love” of 2007 and the newly “Dangerous” just now.In general, “Dangerous” is a major hit stock. “Alone”, my likeable killer track, opening the album just as an opener should, a true AOR clincher with keys, heavy riffs & energetic rhythm section. Though with slight cheese, the chorus, bearing lyrics as “I need your love, can't you see girl, want you so for the rest of my life, I need you so much, I can't sleep another night alone…”, is amazingly played. No doubt that the 80s came back alive on this one. “Tonight” has pretty much the same ideas with texts as “Tonight I want you so desperately, I wanna change my life, I wanna be with you…”, how colorful. It seemed that the guys chose to title their tracks, certainly unintentional, according to old classics such as “I Can’t Stop Loving You” of VAN HALEN, PHILL COLLINS, “Dream On” of AEROSMITH and “Is This Love” of the legendary WHITESNAKE. On the other hand, WILD ROSE's songs felt different, and I love them all. “Hold On” is a boogie 80s Rock good time with a powerful chorus and a tight rhythm section, just an amazing atmosphere. “Dream On” channels Keys similar to EUROPE & riffs like SURVIVOR or TOTO. “If You Still Love Me” has a nice guitar solo and “Is This Love” presents impressive riffs. The ballad of “Awake” is typical for the most know ballads of 80s, but highly soothing. Catchy melodies with AOR guitars riffs, placid keyboards on “I Won’t Forget You” are so great and even playing saxophone in the spirit of HUMAN ZOO.Listening to this album is really enjoyable; every sound seemed to be written to perfection with every detail under consideration creating a very pleasant outcome. The music of WILD ROSE is very melodious and catchy, with the feeling spirit of 80s and 90s rock. David A Saylor has an interesting voice, perfectly suited for this kind of Rock, melodious, strong and very clear. Every song on this album was made solid and very enjoyable to listen. If You like such bands like BON JOVI, H.E.A.T., DEF LEPPARD, EUROPE or WINGER, you wouldn't be disappointed of the sounds WILD ROSE.
Line-Up:
David A Saylor - Lead Vocals
Dirty Haris - Keyboards, Back Vocals
Andy Rock - Guitars, Keyboards, Back Vocals
Phil Gun - Bass
Tiny Karpo – Guitars, Back Vocals
Junior Domanos – Drums
Guests:
Chris Siloma – Backing vocals (Track 1,2,4,5,7,9,10)
Tatiana Economou – Backing vocals (Track 8)
John & ArtinSound Studios, Francois Malan - Alto & Tenor Saxophones in track 8
Tracklist:
01. Alone [00:03:40]
02. Hold On [00:04:30]
03. I Canґt Stop Loving You [00:04:02]
04. If You Still Love Me [00:03:41]
05. Dream On [00:04:58]
06. Awake [00:04:57]
07. Tonight [00:04:39]
08. I Wonґt Forget You [00:04:41]
09. Is This Love [00:04:16]
10. Not A Day Goes By [00:04:15]
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