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Vicious Circle (album)
''Vicious Circle'' is the fourth album by American hard rock band L.A. Guns. The first single was "Long Time Dead". The band supported the album with a North American tour. Production Michael "Bones" Gersema drums on several songs. "I'd Love to Change the World" is a cover of the Ten Years After song. Critical reception The ''Chicago Tribune'' stated that the band "hasn't wandered a bit from the glam metal they helped popularize in the late '80s—a raunchy sound that makes the true headbanger cringe," but conceded that the album "also features some danceable tunes." The ''Calgary Herald'' determined that "bow-taut guitar solos are slung against arrows of melody fired at the bulls-eye of '70s rock." ''The Tampa Tribune'' opined that "guitarist Tracii Guns' trigger-finger riffs still fire faster than a speeding bullet." Track listing Personnel *Phil Lewis (musician), Phil Lewis – lead vocals except on "Nothing Better to Do", acoustic guitar *Tracii Guns – lead guitar, acou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Way Recording
Ocean Way Recording was a series of recording studios established by recording engineer and producer Allen Sides with locations in Los Angeles, Nashville, and Saint Barthélemy. Ocean Way Recording no longer operates recording facilities, but Ocean Way Nashville continues to operate under the ownership of Belmont University. History Background In 1972, Ocean Way founder Allen Sides opened a studio he had built in a 3 1/2-car garage on Ocean Way in Santa Monica, California, for the purpose of demonstrating tri-amplified loudspeakers of his own design. In 1977, Sides, who had worked as a runner at United Western Recorders in the late 1960s, purchased enough equipment from Bill Putnam's company UREI to completely fill the garage space for just $6,000, attracting the attention of Putnam. Sides and Putnam became friends and business partners, and Putnam offered Sides exclusive rights to sell UREI and United Western Studios' surplus equipment, providing Sides and his studio with a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |