What do budding young guitarists listen to when they’re children of the 80’s? Well, Lynch Mob was one. George Lynch was infamous for being the guitarist with mystic in the band Dokken. Their biggest hit I believe was Dream Warriors from the movie Nightmare on Elm Street part three or something like that. Who was cooler to a kid than George Lynch rippin some cool riffs on a guitar that was carved to look like a pirate skull and crossbones. One of the coolest looking metal guitars of all time. I admit it, I bought into the hype.
Then you read in all the glam mags about the “true” bullshit behind your favorite bands. About the bickering, the road, the phony images, the reality to where a riff came from and the luster suddenly wears off. George was notorious for some neat neo-classical metal riffs that were hugely popular at the time with a lot of the hair bands as I remember them being referred to as. Disappointing though is how I felt when I read somewhere that some of his biggest riffs were supposedly from his guitar teacher. I will say that I admired the fact that George continued to go take lessons.
After his stint with Dokken came a band called Lynch Mob. I think I was born 10 years too late. I really loved the metal when I was a little one. I finally grew out of it, but I do still like to find old stuff and pick it up. This to me was the coolest song off the CD. I like the Eventide effects on the guitar. In fact that’s all this song is is guitar effects. But it’s still cool. I should write a song that is all based around guitar effects. I wonder if it would be as cool in today’s market. Probably not. But it would still be fun.
Anyway, if you’re into diggin into metal’s past, this is a must have CD. Lots of cool riffs and shredding going on there.
In the mean time, I just saw The Messengers. That’s a fun fright flick in the vein of The Shinning meets Amityville.
(** Disclaimer: If George decides to get all evil on my ass, I’ll have to exorcise the demon and the audio. The post will remain. **)