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Budderside - Budderside (2016)











Year : 2016
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front + Video
Size : 131 mb

Bio:

Doused in the (street) waters of Los Angeles, California, Budderside are fronted by Patrick Stone, who was with the likes of Quiet Riot, Velvet Revolver and Adler’s Appetite before realizing the ultimate dream of his own band and singing his own songs to the world. Enter Michael The Stoneman Stone on bass, Rich Sacco on drums and Johnny Santoro, (Still Standing, Rock Sugar) on guitar to form a rock-solid band of brothers with instantly unbreakable bonds.Budderside manager, Todd Singerman of Singerman Entertainment (Motörhead), ensured the band went into Rosewood Strat Studio with producer Paul Inder Kilmister. And the result is a searing-hot, self-titled debut album BUDDERSIDE, which is due for release this summer and will be officially launched with the video for their first single Pain.Stone’s drive and verve come from a need to make sense of all life’s challenges –politics, sex, philosophy, rage, love, light, sound, senses- and express them all with one unifying current racing through it all – electricity, and Stone is far from encumbered by any perceived limitations of a rock band more than he is empowered by the freedom to explore.That seeker-spirit sees Budderside go from the thick, thumping, leather-clad rock riffery of The Envelope to the ska-tinted mobility of Ska-Bra which also features Motörhead’s Phil Campbell on guitar. There’s the bendy, grungy intoxication of X-Girlfriend, the big-stage orchestral grandiosity of Can’t Wrap My Head Around You and the thicker, space-fuzzy buzz-riff of Open Relationship… which all serve to say that whatever sonic broadsword Budderside want to swing, they swing with freedom and verve.Infectious, gritty, contagious and altogether dangerous, Budderside demand your fullest focus and most engaged attention…

Album:

Great debut album.On their first record, Budderside impress with a varied and entertaining sound that is occasionally reminiscent of Tenacious D (in earnest).Accompanied by partly acoustic, partly quite heavy guitars, the songs are about pretty much anything you can sing about. This love of experimentation can probably be traced back to singer Patrick Stone, who was able to gain some experience with his previous bands (Quiet Riot, Velvet Revolver and Adler's Appetite).Under the same management as Motörhead and with Lemmy's son Paul Inder-Kilmister as producer, the basis for success would already be secured. Anyone who doesn't find mercilessly good-humoured rock too exhausting in the long run should definitely get this album.

Line-Up:

Patrick Stone – vocals
Michael Stone – Bass
Johnny Santoro – guitar
Rich Sacco – drums

Tracklist:

01. Genocide
02. Ska Bra
03. Pain
04. X-Girlfriend
05. Clear Blue Sky
06. Open Relationship
07. My Religion
08. The Envelope
09. Let This One Breathe
10. Can't Wrap My Head Around You

+ Video "Pain" (Official Video)




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Budderside - Spiritual Violence (2021)













Year : 2021
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 85 mb

Bio:

Doused in the (street) waters of Los Angeles, California, Budderside are fronted by Patrick Stone, who was with the likes of Quiet Riot, Velvet Revolver and Adler’s Appetite before realizing the ultimate dream of his own band and singing his own songs to the world. Enter Michael The Stoneman Stone on bass, Rich Sacco on drums and Johnny Santoro, (Still Standing, Rock Sugar) on guitar to form a rock-solid band of brothers with instantly unbreakable bonds.Budderside manager, Todd Singerman of Singerman Entertainment (Motörhead), ensured the band went into Rosewood Strat Studio with producer Paul Inder Kilmister. And the result is a searing-hot, self-titled debut album BUDDERSIDE, which is due for release this summer and will be officially launched with the video for their first single Pain.Stone’s drive and verve come from a need to make sense of all life’s challenges –politics, sex, philosophy, rage, love, light, sound, senses- and express them all with one unifying current racing through it all – electricity, and Stone is far from encumbered by any perceived limitations of a rock band more than he is empowered by the freedom to explore.That seeker-spirit sees Budderside go from the thick, thumping, leather-clad rock riffery of The Envelope to the ska-tinted mobility of Ska-Bra which also features Motörhead’s Phil Campbell on guitar. There’s the bendy, grungy intoxication of X-Girlfriend, the big-stage orchestral grandiosity of Can’t Wrap My Head Around You and the thicker, space-fuzzy buzz-riff of Open Relationship… which all serve to say that whatever sonic broadsword Budderside want to swing, they swing with freedom and verve.Infectious, gritty, contagious and altogether dangerous, Budderside demand your fullest focus and most engaged attention…

Album:

’Spiritual Violence’ is the new longplayer from Budderside, a band that premiered with a self-titled debut in 2016.It took a while for the guys to unleash their sophomore record but now it’s in sight. ’Spiritual Violence’ ends the waiting time and what we can state right away, with 39 minutes it’s again not an epical long record and as the running time it’s also ten songs being a common denominator between debut and second album.Budderside stand for a modern interpretation of hard rock and sometimes I had the feeling of the band being a modern version of e.g. Mötley Crüe. This comparison shouldn’t mislead your thoughts though. The quartet doesn’t come with the same unbound wildness and there is also less heart and soul involved. ’Spiritual Violence’ includes some good songs and what is a plus is the strong and well-done sound with producer Jay Baumgardner (Bush, Godsmack, Papa Roach) at the helm and Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage) who did the mastering. What’s missing is the final punch of the ten songs. Each of them is a nicely done modern rock track but feels also designed at a drawing board more than worked on in a sticky rehearsal room. Again, the songs doesn’t cause earache. ’I’m a Man’ and the single release ’Zen’ are well-done modern rock songs, but at the same time predictable too. The same goes for the soulful half-ballad ’Things We Do’, nice to listen to but also without edges and surprises.One of the best songs is the Johnny Cash cover ’Folsom Prison Blu’ (no typo, it’s ’blu’ and not ’blues’). It’s not easy to cover a Johnny Cash song, but I think that the quartet managed very well to make the song their own without moving away too far from the original version. You can feels ”that train keeps a rollin’” at the end of the first verse.Furthermore it should be mentioned that with Phil Campbell (’Pardon Me’) and Carla Harvey (’Amber Alert’) two guests added a piece to the album which is a nice thing but at the same time doesn’t lift the overall impression.’Spiritual Violence’ is an album that sounds good but misses the dirt under the fingernails. Some more edges and own identity could help to differentiate Budderside from the masses.

Line-Up:

Sam “Bam” Koltun - vocals, guitar (Faster Pussycat, Dorothy)
Logan Nikolic - guitar
Gabe Maskaand - bass
Jeff Dewbray - drums

Tracklist:

01. Wide Awake
02. Zen
03. Amber Alert (feat. Carla Harvey)
04. Pardon Me (feat. Phil Campbell)
05. I’m A Man
06. Folsom Prison Blues
07. Things We Do (feat. MUSYCA)
08. Feels So Good
09. Soul Searches
10. Daygobah




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Budderside - White Flame (2024)











Year : 2024
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 102 mb

Bio:

Doused in the (street) waters of Los Angeles, California, Budderside are fronted by Patrick Stone, who was with the likes of Quiet Riot, Velvet Revolver and Adler’s Appetite before realizing the ultimate dream of his own band and singing his own songs to the world. Enter Michael The Stoneman Stone on bass, Rich Sacco on drums and Johnny Santoro, (Still Standing, Rock Sugar) on guitar to form a rock-solid band of brothers with instantly unbreakable bonds.Budderside manager, Todd Singerman of Singerman Entertainment (Motörhead), ensured the band went into Rosewood Strat Studio with producer Paul Inder Kilmister. And the result is a searing-hot, self-titled debut album BUDDERSIDE, which is due for release this summer and will be officially launched with the video for their first single Pain.Stone’s drive and verve come from a need to make sense of all life’s challenges –politics, sex, philosophy, rage, love, light, sound, senses- and express them all with one unifying current racing through it all – electricity, and Stone is far from encumbered by any perceived limitations of a rock band more than he is empowered by the freedom to explore.That seeker-spirit sees Budderside go from the thick, thumping, leather-clad rock riffery of The Envelope to the ska-tinted mobility of Ska-Bra which also features Motörhead’s Phil Campbell on guitar. There’s the bendy, grungy intoxication of X-Girlfriend, the big-stage orchestral grandiosity of Can’t Wrap My Head Around You and the thicker, space-fuzzy buzz-riff of Open Relationship… which all serve to say that whatever sonic broadsword Budderside want to swing, they swing with freedom and verve.Infectious, gritty, contagious and altogether dangerous, Budderside demand your fullest focus and most engaged attention…

Album:

Armed with elements of every vital decade of hard rock history, modern rock ’n’ roll American outfit BUDDERSIDE deliver high-energy anthems. “White Flame” is the title of their new album, and indeed they mix the powerful sound of well-done modern rock with 80s & 90s groove. Just listen the track “Voices”; it sounds like White Lion wrapped by a 2024 production.As happens with many current bands managed by themselves, BUDDERSIDE are releasing singles every three months or so, and then compiling them into a full album with the addition of previously unreleased tracks. That’s the case with “White Flame”.The band also excels in sonic storytelling – despite not having a big company behind them, Budderside produce high-standard produced videos for almost each song, including elaborated FX. And the album is really well produced too, with a vibrant punch.Coming in full force ‘Good For Nothing’ opens with a huge energy that seems to be common with the LA rockers. There’s something fun about the large guitars backed by the pounding beat of the drums, ‘Good For Nothing’ has got spirit. Vocally Patrick Stone delivers a raspy but power-driven melodic pipes that would more commonly be found on a classic metal track rather than this modern hard rock. I found myself unable to play this song loud enough, and this was just the beginning of a very solid album.Keeping up with the attention-grabbing hard rock ‘Voices’ pulls you into a huge room filling riff. This one is more like a melodic hard rocker, but it doesn’t steer away from the heavy guitars and strong drums.Third track ‘A Thousand Teardrops’ features a bit of use of electronics, showing that Budderside aren’t a band trying to be like artists of the past and that they are very much in the present. ‘A Thousand Teardrops’ leans a little heavier than the previous two songs and had me even more excited by ‘White Flame’ than I already was. It’s also very catchy which makes it one of my favourites on the album.Going in a slightly different direction ‘Never Worth It’ had me making mental comparisons to late Nienties acts ,a little alternative yet heavy-melodic. Where the previous songs on ‘White Flame’ all had this fun high energy, ‘Never Worth It’ seems to pull more from harder emotions like anger or sadness. I have no doubt that hard rock listeners are going to love this hard-hitting chorus that instrumentally punches you in the face while the soaring vocals deliver the catchy title lyric.‘The Truth’ is another one that feels very rooted in modern hard rock with elements of the early 2000’s. This one is clearly emotion fuelled, the track thunders through your ears in the verses while the chorus settles into a more melodic sound letting the apparent anger of the lyric shine through. The sweeping guitar solo moment within solidifies this as a track that would easily be found on a 2000’s hard rock album.‘Evol’ has a driving riff that is packed with strength. Vocally the verses show off a sweeter side but that doesn’t last long, the pre- chorus comes in and not only do the vocals build the tension, but the drums prepare you for the massive chorus.After the excitement of ‘Evol’, ‘Joker’ is a much needed cool down. It’s still got power to it, yet it’s a little more melodious and has a feeling of love. A simple melody with the raspy vocals still delivering pure soaring power, this one is a nice song that feels very fitted to its place on the album.One of my favourite things in hard rock music is when it’s made to feel just a little bit spooky, and Budderside nail that with the next track ‘Ghostlighting’. The guitars drive that spooky Halloween sound while the vocals are really given an opportunity to shine.Nearing the end of the album with only four songs left ‘Black River’ makes itself stand out as being more rhythm focussed in the opening verse before the chorus strikes like a viper. It may not be as exciting for me as some of the other songs has definitely earned it’s place.‘Ain’t Alright’? is so different from the other songs on ‘White Flame’. This one starts off feeling like it’s trying to inspire hope and is full of light but then the chorus comes in giving it this twisted feeling. I was about ready to give up on this song if it wasn’t for the unusual guitar throughout the chorus. I can’t begin to explain the sort of unsettling yet enjoyable feeling this song gives me, the duality of the happy and light with this unusual darkness.Closing ‘White Flame’ is the title track, which is an explosive, epic rock song that starts off in the form of a modern ballad. There’s a sort of goth vibe before it transforms into something massive. I loved the vocals throughout the whole album, but they especially shone in this emotion filled track.There’s well done and enjoyable modern hard rock out there: Budderside is one of ’em and “White Flame” is able to please old-school metallers and hard rockers as well as listeners eager for a more modern sound, with punch and groove.

Line-Up:

Patrick Alan Stone - vocals
Sam “Bam” Koltun - vocals, guitar (Faster Pussycat, Dorothy)
Logan Nikolic - guitar
Jeff Dewbray - drums

Tracklist:

01. Good For Nothing
02. Voices
03. A Thousand Teardrops
04. Never Worth It
05. The Truth
06. Evol
07. Joker
08. Ghostlighting
09. Black River
10. Too Far
11. Ain’t Alright
12. White Flame




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Budderside - Good For Nothing (2024)











Year : 2024
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 58 mb

Bio:

Doused in the (street) waters of Los Angeles, California, Budderside are fronted by Patrick Stone, who was with the likes of Quiet Riot, Velvet Revolver and Adler’s Appetite before realizing the ultimate dream of his own band and singing his own songs to the world. Enter Michael The Stoneman Stone on bass, Rich Sacco on drums and Johnny Santoro, (Still Standing, Rock Sugar) on guitar to form a rock-solid band of brothers with instantly unbreakable bonds.Budderside manager, Todd Singerman of Singerman Entertainment (Motörhead), ensured the band went into Rosewood Strat Studio with producer Paul Inder Kilmister. And the result is a searing-hot, self-titled debut album BUDDERSIDE, which is due for release this summer and will be officially launched with the video for their first single Pain.Stone’s drive and verve come from a need to make sense of all life’s challenges –politics, sex, philosophy, rage, love, light, sound, senses- and express them all with one unifying current racing through it all – electricity, and Stone is far from encumbered by any perceived limitations of a rock band more than he is empowered by the freedom to explore.That seeker-spirit sees Budderside go from the thick, thumping, leather-clad rock riffery of The Envelope to the ska-tinted mobility of Ska-Bra which also features Motörhead’s Phil Campbell on guitar. There’s the bendy, grungy intoxication of X-Girlfriend, the big-stage orchestral grandiosity of Can’t Wrap My Head Around You and the thicker, space-fuzzy buzz-riff of Open Relationship… which all serve to say that whatever sonic broadsword Budderside want to swing, they swing with freedom and verve.Infectious, gritty, contagious and altogether dangerous, Budderside demand your fullest focus and most engaged attention…

Album:

Armed with elements of every vital decade of hard rock history, modern rock ’n’ roll American outfit BUDDERSIDE deliver high-energy anthems.“Good For Nothing” is the title of their new album, and indeed they mix the powerful sound of well-done modern rock with 80s & 90s groove. Just listen the track “Voices”; it sounds like White Lion wrapped by a 2024 production.As happens with many current bands managed by themselves, BUDDERSIDE are releasing singles every three months or so, and then compiling them into a full album with the addition of previously unreleased tracks..The band also excels in sonic storytelling – despite not having a big company behind them, Budderside produce high-standard produced videos for almost each song, including elaborated FX. And the album is really well produced too, with a vibrant punch.Coming in full force ‘Good For Nothing’ opens with a huge energy that seems to be common with the LA rockers. There’s something fun about the large guitars backed by the pounding beat of the drums, ‘Good For Nothing’ has got spirit. Vocally Patrick Stone delivers a raspy but power-driven melodic pipes that would more commonly be found on a classic metal track rather than this modern hard rock. I found myself unable to play this song loud enough, and this was just the beginning of a very solid album.Keeping up with the attention-grabbing hard rock ‘Voices’ pulls you into a huge room filling riff. This one is more like a melodic hard rocker, but it doesn’t steer away from the heavy guitars and strong drums.Third track ‘A Thousand Teardrops’ features a bit of use of electronics, showing that Budderside aren’t a band trying to be like artists of the past and that they are very much in the present. ‘A Thousand Teardrops’ leans a little heavier than the previous two songs and had me even more excited by ‘Good For Nothing’ than I already was. It’s also very catchy which makes it one of my favourites on the album.Going in a slightly different direction ‘Never Worth It’ had me making mental comparisons to late Nienties acts ,a little alternative yet heavy-melodic. Where the previous songs on ‘Good For Nothing’ all had this fun high energy, ‘Never Worth It’ seems to pull more from harder emotions like anger or sadness. I have no doubt that hard rock listeners are going to love this hard-hitting chorus that instrumentally punches you in the face while the soaring vocals deliver the catchy title lyric.‘The Truth’ is another one that feels very rooted in modern hard rock with elements of the early 2000’s. This one is clearly emotion fuelled, the track thunders through your ears in the verses while the chorus settles into a more melodic sound letting the apparent anger of the lyric shine through. The sweeping guitar solo moment within solidifies this as a track that would easily be found on a 2000’s hard rock album.‘Evol’ has a driving riff that is packed with strength. Vocally the verses show off a sweeter side but that doesn’t last long, the pre- chorus comes in and not only do the vocals build the tension, but the drums prepare you for the massive chorus.After the excitement of ‘Evol’, ‘Joker’ is a much needed cool down. It’s still got power to it, yet it’s a little more melodious and has a feeling of love. A simple melody with the raspy vocals still delivering pure soaring power, this one is a nice song that feels very fitted to its place on the album.One of my favourite things in hard rock music is when it’s made to feel just a little bit spooky, and Budderside nail that with the next track ‘Ghostlighting’. The guitars drive that spooky Halloween sound while the vocals are really given an opportunity to shine.Nearing the end of the album with only four songs left ‘Black River’ makes itself stand out as being more rhythm focussed in the opening verse before the chorus strikes like a viper. It may not be as exciting for me as some of the other songs has definitely earned it’s place.‘Ain’t Alright’? is so different from the other songs on ‘Good For Nothing’.This one starts off feeling like it’s trying to inspire hope and is full of light but then the chorus comes in giving it this twisted feeling. I was about ready to give up on this song if it wasn’t for the unusual guitar throughout the chorus. I can’t begin to explain the sort of unsettling yet enjoyable feeling this song gives me, the duality of the happy and light with this unusual darkness.Closing ‘Good For Nothing’ is the title track, which is an explosive, epic rock song that starts off in the form of a modern ballad. There’s a sort of goth vibe before it transforms into something massive. I loved the vocals throughout the whole album, but they especially shone in this emotion filled track.There’s well done and enjoyable modern hard rock out there: Budderside is one of ’em and “Good For Nothing” is able to please old-school metallers and hard rockers as well as listeners eager for a more modern sound, with punch and groove.

Line-Up:

Patrick Alan Stone - vocals
Sam “Bam” Koltun - vocals, guitar (Faster Pussycat, Dorothy)
Logan Nikolic - guitar
Jeff Dewbray - drums

Tracklist:

01. Good For Nothing
02. Joker
03. The Truth
04. Never Worth It
05. Too Far
06. Ghostlighting
07. Voices




Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/