'A beginners Guide to Symphony X'

[chazzyf]

that's the title of a 1-page article on the band which appears in the current (April) edition of the UK's Classic Rock Magazine - with the gorgeous Mr David Coverdale on the cover.

Penned by Dave 'Ding-a' Ling it is dissappointingly full of the cliches, which you'd hope an experienced journo like him would be able to avoid. The fact that he recommends that people pick up 'Live on the Edge of Forever' would indicate that perhaps he hasn't heard the band's entire catalogue. Further evidence is found in another paragraph as he refers to the epic title track of 1996's 'The Divine Wings of Freedom' .

The most amusing quote is the following - the 4th paragraph:

Symphony X have reached the point where they can sell 250,000 copies of each album, but the fact that their website (www.symphonyx.com) is split into specialist French, Italian, Japan, Spanish and Russian language areas tells you where their priorities lie.

My guess that 250,000 is a figure for total sales of all albums, no? The guys are gonna be wondering where their royalties are otherwise, LOL!

*Sigh* Well I guess its better than nothing.

Dave Ling can be reached via classicrock@futurenet.co.uk

 

[Jax]

Wow, that's great that they get that exposure, & sad that the content of it is so far off base..

 

[Mr. Shred-ididle]

That totally sucks.