[Heeplist] 2014

[Bob Winward]

Dave do you like Corrosion of Conformity?  I heard a song the other day on
Sirius by them called "Clean My Wounds"  the vocalist reminded me slightly
of Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy.


On 1/18/15 8:31 PM, "Dave Crookham" <crookham at peoplepc.com> wrote:

> Outsider was definitely in my top 5 for 2014 - probably the first Heep CD to
> make it there since Sea Of Light.  This has become my favorite Heep release
> since Abominog. The high's aren't as high as Sea Of Light, but the lows
> aren't as low either.
> 
> There are at least two releases that I definite put ahead of Outsider for
> the year.
> 
> First is The Pretty Reckless' Going To Hell. I always thought this group was
> kind of a joke because it is fronted by 20 year old actress Taylor Momsen
> (of Gossip Girl fame). I happened to see them on one of those festival
> highlight shows that run on Palladium all the time and was intrigued enough
> to buy the CD. I've been blown away since first listen. This is one of the
> best female fronted hard rock groups ever. Great songs and Momsen's lyrics
> are not what you would expect from a 20 year old female (from her voice you
> would guess she was closer to 40 than 20 anyway) - her's are about as far
> from the Taylor Swift school of lyrics as you can get. Darkly beautiful
> ballad "House On The Hill" is itself alone worth the price of the CD. If
> there were still real rock radio this band would be as big as Guns N Roses
> got when Appetite for Destruction came out.
> 
> Second CD that I place ahead of Heep Is Helix's Bastard of The Blues. The CD
> leads off with the title track and Even Jesus (Wasn't Loved In His
> Hometown), and you already have the 2 best songs Helix has ever put out. The
> rest of the CD is very solid. Where they came up with this release at this
> late point in their career I have no idea, but I'm happy to have it.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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