Battle axe guitar series#
The Axe Series takes a completely different approach to the original Leap, while still steadfastly retaining its ethos. Designed by ex-US Air Forceman Paul Holcomb, it’s part of the Axe Series, the second line of picks from Bog Street. Measuring 28.4mm from point to point, the 2mm-thick Battle Axe is closer to a Dunlop Trinity than the traditional 346 shape it will no doubt be compared to. Lay your blanket and pick a constellation to admire while I tell you the story of the Bog Street Battle Axe. Today, I’m going to take a hard look at plectrum I was able to test in its prototype stage, and finally got my hands on a little while ago. What does this have to do with the subject of today’s review? Well, it’s all about moisture. The endless savagery, vast expanses and infinite interpretations of that wild, barren place conjure mystic, incredible notions of ancient thoughts and spiritual realms. An awful lot of romantic fiction has been written about the desert.
Battle axe guitar cracked#
NIGHTS IN CRACKED LEATHER / SUDDEN DEATH / WINNER LIVE: FIRST EVER SHOW FLINT, MICHIGAN, USA, 6TH JULY 1977ĪLICE COOPER MEDLEY: NO MORE MR. Now new generations can explore the vaults, the older fans who bought this the first time can wallow in some nostalgia, and as I said earlier, guys like me who knew about it but never heard it can enjoy this little slice of rock history. I’m so pleased this piece of rock history has been preserved and brought to the fore. Overall it is a quite punchy show with surprisingly good sound quality. There is a guitar solo section called ‘Battle Axe Suite:Ego Mania’ which is fun as well. There is an Alice Cooper medley, I mean, they did have to acknowledge their past and they end the gig with a version of the name-sake song. Thankfully the band didn’t rely on past glories and most of it is the new (at the time) material. The CD is a compact 10 track, 50 minute album. It was recorded in flint, Michigan, July 6th, 1977. It would have been pretty neat to see that show, legend has it they only did four or five concerts before it fell apart. The live album, simply entitled LIVE is the first concert the band ever did. There are quite a few songs that never made it onto the debut album ,which increases the vale of this CD even more. The album of demos is really for the die-hard enthusiasts but interesting nonetheless. BATTLE AXE is 12 tracks of straight-up classic 70’s Hard Rock! With the right push a couple of these songs could have, should have been hits. When Alice Cooper’s solo album, WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE was a big hit, the band issued this anyway. The album, as one might expect sounds very much like 70’s Alice Cooper, how could it not? And was, in fact, originally intended to be an Alice Cooper album. The material in this set has never really been released since 1977. There was a few bootlegs floating around and a company released a similar, but unauthorized, version of this three CD set back in 2001, but I’ll admit it escaped my attention. Now, finally we have the real deal, authorized and legitimate.
Battle axe guitar full#
This three wallet set has the one and only album, a album of rare and unreleased demos and a live album! The set comes with a 12-page, full colour booklet with liner notes and part of an interview with Michael Bruce. Despite being to a major label the band didn’t last long, with the band only performing a handful of concerts. The debut album was called Battle Axe and…nobody really noticed. When I received this it was a little shock and pleasant surprise, after all these decades I could get to hear this! Not only that there is a ton of bonus stuff!įour of the five previous members of the Alice Cooper band became the Billion Dollar Babies, named of course after the sixth Alice Cooper band album in 1973. I was curious but over time my thoughts of this band drifted away. I have never seen this on vinyl or cassette. I knew this existed but I had never heard it. What happened to the other guys in the band? In 1977, they became the Billion Dollar Babies. In 1975, Vincent Furnier (aka Alice Cooper, the character) walked off into the sunset with the name and a 40+ year solo career. After an amazing run of seven successful albums across five years (‘69-‘73), the band burned out, imploded and sort of faded away. Old rockers of a certain vintage may recall that in the beginning Alice Cooper was a band, more than an individual. This is is all new to me, which makes it extra special.
Most of them are reissues and more often than not I own or have heard the majority of the material in this box-sets.
I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to enjoy and review many of the cool box-sets that Cherry Red / HNE Records have been issuing as part of various reissue campaigns.
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