Oldies always complain that Hard Rock is noise. The name 'Hard Rock' too seems to support their stand. But poor thing they do not know that they are missing on some magic moments when they have their minds prejudiced against it. Just as you applause Pt Ravishankar playing the sitar, Ustad Zakir on the tabla and the late Bismillah Khan on shehnai, you must be a highly prejuduced music lover if you do not find yourself marvelling to Child in Time, Comfortably Numb and Stairway to Heaven.
For me rock is mainly about the man yielding the axe. He is like a magician who just mesmerises the crowd using using 6 strings and 5 fingers. My favourite magicians include Ritchie Blackmore and the phenominal Toni Iommi.
Anyone who has heard 'child in time' will agree with me. If not 'child in time' then you surely must have heard 'smoke on the water' or 'black night'. Do not worry, if you do not know the names because these works of a master riffmaker and soloist are Bollywood's favourite riffs and you have heard them several times in the form of jingles and background score unknowingly. Nothing is more phenominal than 'strange kind of woman'. His work outside Deep Purple includes his band Rainbow and the hit 'man on the silver mountain'. Although he left Purple in 1993, both of them still rock. Purple rock with another great guitarist Steve Morse and Blackmore rocks in his new band Blackmore's Night.
Toni Iommi is the man who created a new form of hard rock called Metal. He is just a legend to say the least. I consider myself very priviledged to have listened to his entire work in Black Sabbath. Iommi of the 70s was a killer riffmaker. Iommi of the 80s was a master shredder who could match Malmsteen and Van Halen note to note. Iommi of the 90s was a mature guitarist who owned them all and Iommi of the 2000s is God.
'NIB', 'war pigs', 'children of the grave', 'sabbath bloody sabbath', 'heaven and hell', 'headless cross' and 'cross of thorns' should be enough advocation for him.
Those who havent listened to these magicians yet, one piece of advice - Listenning to them is worth every fucking second you waste in the name of rap, reggae and R&B.
It is as insane and wild as it can ever get!!!!!!!!!
1 comment:
Somehow came over your blog dude and just wanted to put in a word of appreciation. Good work!
And yeah ... completely agree with you - Iommi is the riff-meister. His work with Sabbath is legendary and unbeatable! Not one iota of doubt in that.
Cheers mate .. and rock on. \m/
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