Black Stone Cherry Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (CD, Roadrunner Records, 2011) ***
Genre: Pop/ rock music
Places I remember: Dubai (Virgin Megastore)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Blind Man
Gear costume: Killing Floor, Won't Let Go
Active compensatory factors: The boys in Black Stone Cherry come from Kentucky but their hard rock style is not in the southern rock style of bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd - although they have toured with bands playing within that sub genre.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Blind Man
Gear costume: Killing Floor, Won't Let Go
Instead, the band has more in common with hard rock outfits like Rival Sons, Alter Bridge and The Answer. I am drawn to this kind of classic rock/melodic heavy metal music - Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple have influenced a huge number of groups.
In common with those other bands is the feeling of authenticity and purpose that hundreds of other hard rock bands don't have. They've become very successful within the limited scope of the genre, so the appeal is surely there for a lot of music lovers.
Where do they all belong? I think two albums is enough for me. Albeit good, the sound is similar on both of these albums and, after twenty plus years together, I can't see them progressing beyond this really. As in - there are other bands that morph towards other sounds that interest me more. It's a very successful sound and they rock hard so all power to them.
Where do they all belong? I think two albums is enough for me. Albeit good, the sound is similar on both of these albums and, after twenty plus years together, I can't see them progressing beyond this really. As in - there are other bands that morph towards other sounds that interest me more. It's a very successful sound and they rock hard so all power to them.
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