Friday
Aug172012
Lynch Mob, 'Slow Drag' -- New Video
Friday, August 17, 2012 at 12:02AM
Holy crap! The new Lynch Mob album Sound Mountain Sessions is awesome. I've always loved Oni Logan's voice, and I think it really shines on the band's latest single "Slow Drag."
Lynch Mob just released the video for "Slow Drag" a couple days ago. The clip is a little weird. It sort of reminds me of a throwback video, maybe because of the fire and staging. In fact, I think the camera angles are very similar to those used in the Bonham "Wait For You" video. I think it's the whole musicians-standing-on-a-weird-platform-thing plus fire (and/or smoke).
Anyway, here's the Lynch Mob clip for "Slow Drag." Happy Friday!
Reader Comments (19)
Funny thing is, this has (and I claim no originality in noting what others have already noted on other sites) a Badlands vibe. I guess we could start playing a "Six Degrees" game with Gillen (given his continued influence and his minor involvement on The Scream's album). But that just gets me thinking about a Corabi and Lee pairing (which is another digression few are likely to care about).
Ipod to drive to work song of the morning ~ Call of the Wild by Circus of Power (glam enough for ya ?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHTNUFpXP34
When GL is on he is awesome, and when Oni isn't f'd up he is pretty great too.
Though I love this for the same reasons, I always feel, as far as songs go (sans all the extended guitar leads that I come to the shows for), that Lynch holds back on most of the Lynch Mob stuff (except for maybe their scorching cover of Queen's "Tie Your Mother Down").
I'll take Lynch on Dokken's "Turn Up The Action" over any of Lynch Mob's material but I realize this is where George seems happiest and I'll take whatever I can get from one of my favorite guitarists ever!
Still, though, I don't get the love affair between Lynch and Logan that HIM adroitly points out. I know Don Dokken's voice is shot but so is Logan's pretty much these days, though I will admit he was a lot stronger during the Mob's searing performance at M3 than on The Monster's Of Rock Cruise.
Interestingly, Lynch was on Warp 10 for MORC and only on 8 for M3, though that's still plenty blistering, trust me! -- the only bands I caught live at M3 were Lynch Mob and RATT as I made a point to get up there in time for George! I do wish I caught Loudness and Stryper (again), however, but I will have another chance on MORC.
In th end, though I actually think Lynch is better than Slash, he should take a lesson from him -- actually be reminded by him -- to just lay the guitar leads right over Logan's lead vocals a la Guns'n'Roses without ever looking back!
And lastly, HIM! -- I am praying to The Metal Gods that Corabi and Lee would form a band. Now that would ROCK beyond all ROCK, indeed!
p.s. GNR! Not Glam. Quit with the Propoganda. You must be a Republicant! Foist something on us that ain't Glam and then ask a question implying that it is when it's clearly not. Still, Great 80's Hard Rock. Great Song. Got all the Circus of Power stuff and partied with 'em awhile around NYC. So why ask something you already know the answer to? Now, try this on for size, Sonny!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voDV3rSZhQg
Now that's GLAM! Wake Up!
Not really sure where the republican slant comes in ? That's just ignorance. Enjoy your requests. The scream was a good reminder of a band I forgot about as I got busy with life. Keep em coming
p.s. I didn't say Stryper are Glam, Bro. I just said I wanted to see 'em live at M3. I saw 'em on The Monsters of Rock Cruise and they're frickin' cool because of the guitar slingin' and comedy routine, man. I mean, throwin' Bibles in between Bolt Throwin' Metal Songs? That's just Trippin'. I like 'em because they have a total original concept, like KISS. And they frickin' CRANK!
Speaking of Lynch Mob: for whatever reason, I think Lynch feels like Logan is a perfect foil. He will pick up and dump other singers, jump around from band to band, and even get excited (likely for financial reasons) about a Dokken reunion (anyone who buys his arguments after-the-fact is delusional . . . he wanted that as bad as anyone wanted it), but he returns again and again to a singer who has let him down time and time again. It has to be some sort of weird musical synergy you don't get unless you are involved.
Speaking of Lee: he was really constrained when he was in the Ozzy factory. Badlands was a hint of what he was capable of when he had a free reign and a solid band. Even the early stuff with [Mickey] Ratt, pre-DeMartini, is solid.
Like I said previously, I can take or leave Logan. But this is a good track, and one that showcases why so many people continue to follow Lynch.
And Metalboy!, Badlands is just one of many bands I wish I had a chance to see. Sea Hags is another (I can deal with any cringes that creates).