Conference napalm::heavy_metal

It's a cover of Focus' Hocus Pocus.  It's heavier sounding than the original,
but it's not better...

Tim

	The other songs sound really good.....but I will need
	more of a listen....


						-Seth

    I agree with Tim -- I heard this while in Oklahoma on Z-ROCK, and
    thought "gee, this sounds like Megadeth doing a really bad cover of 
    Focus' HOCUS POCUS" ... but then I said to myself "the guitar kind of
    blows, can't be Megadeth, Marty would be wailing on those harmonic
    minor scales".
    
    It's heavier sounding, but the lead guitar is a real let-down!!  ;'(

    The lead's not the greatest, but I liked the segue into a couple of
    other songs in the middle, I was bustin up!  I think it's a decent
    cover, at least it's interesting.
    
    gh

    
    	Strawberries has the album ... "Animal Instincts", I believe.
    
    
    							GTI

    Hooey sounds like something Colonel Potter might say...

    Horse hockey!

    The title  - Animal Instinct 
    The Songs - Mass Hysteria
     ( in       Animal Instinct
     order )    Hocus Pocus
                Bert's Lounge
                Texas Son
                Deep South Cafe
                Motown Fever
                Fade to Blue
                Drive
                Jamie
    
    I think the album is pretty good. You acn hear the influences of Vai,
    Satriani, and even Yngwie ( ack ). He may not be incredible, but he
    brigns a new name to the list of guitarists we can nit pick (for the 
    haters) and rave (for the lovers) about. He may bring new ideas and 
    technique, Who knows?
    
    I give the proverbial thumbs up.
    
    Chris Vermette
    Comet::Vermettec
    

	I picked it up over the weekend....  It seems really 
	'southern' influenced....   Some of the songs are
	pretty good....   but many of them are just not impressive,
	seems like they put the best parts from the best songs in
	the 'I' thing, not really a good comparision to the whole
	album....

	I give it a thumb up and a thumb down. ;)


						-Seth

    I saw part of the video for Hocus Pocus and have decided that I do like
    his cover of it.  I like the Nugent riff he tosses in there.
    
    gh

    
    I remember hearing this cover about a month or more ago - it took me
    forever to find out who did it, since 'BCN would never announce who did
    it.  
    
    It's pretty hard, but interestingly enough, Hocus Pocus' guitar was
    much faster/heavy/technically competent.  And...  leaving out the
    yodelling is leaving out the *signature* of this song.  :^)  I guess I
    put this in my "I like the song just 'cause it is an inspired cover of
    a really cool song lots of people either forgot or never heard of"
    category.  I'll probably pick up the CD.
    
    I agree with Greg, the "Stranglehold" tangent is the best part!
    
    Btw, the Focus album Hocus Pocus is on?....  the entire rest of the LP
    is almost straight classical - not an ounce of rock!  Cracked me up
    when I bought it all those years ago.
    
    - Sean

    
    	One of the songs on "Moving Waves" [the Focus album] has about
    	15 parts to it and isn't bad at all.
    
    	But most of it, like Sean said, is classical.  Very strange to
    	have a crankin' guitar instrumental [with yodelling!!] mixed
    	in with classical pieces.
    
    							GTI

The Focus Live at the Rainbow album is pretty cool.

    
    
    like the song
    like the vid
    thinks he's damn good and wanna hear the cd!

    
    	I finally heard "Hocus Pocus" last night.  And if I had never
    	heard the original, I'd like this alot.  Great guitar work,
    	good drumming [is this Pete Cook's new band?].
    
    	BUT ... the yodeling is very sadly missed.  You just can't
    	replace yodeling with a guitar.  And it's missing the "kick"
    	of the original, although I really don't know exactly why
    	yet.
    
    							GTI

   > 	BUT ... the yodeling is very sadly missed.  You just can't
   > 	replace yodeling with a guitar.  And it's missing the "kick"
   > 	of the original, although I really don't know exactly why
    
    I never liked the original BECAUSE of the yodeling!  Not even the heavy
    guitar could make up for it IMO.
    
    But I think Hoey's version is excellent!  The yodeling isn't missed
    with me, and I think it's got a lot more "kick" than the original.
    
    |KS|
    
    

    Saw the video last night too. wow! it's a killer guitar work.
    
    
    
    KL

Gary Hoey and Ian Moore were on Rockline last night.  Gary played Hocus Pocus
live and it sounded pretty good.

His biggest influence:  Stevie Ray Vaughan.  He talked of the time when he met
the man and how impressed he was with SRV's playing.

Tim

I have an album by some generic rock band from a few years ago, it has Gary
on guitar and Frankie Banali (ex-Quiet Riot, ex-Faster Pussycat) on drums.
Don't remember what the band was called though, I'll have to check it out.

alan

    
         Just heard his new rendition of the WAR tune, "Low Rider"
    which will be appearing on "The Endless Summer II" soundtrack.
    This dude's chops are all there, but something about his tone!?!
    I don't know what it is, but I don't like it.  Too many notes
    all jumbled together in a fine, distorted mess!!  He should 
    clean it up a bit for this tune.
    
         I'll take the Exodus version anyday...
    
    Kev --