Has anyone heard Blue Murder?
This is the band that John Sykes formed after he left Whitesnake.
The self titled debut album from 1989 is absolutely killer.
I have been listening to it for the past week and it's really very good.
Syke's guitar and vocals are top notch and it is a classic metal album.
Check out this song VALLEY OF THE KINGS which reminds me of a Dio epic like Stargazer and the like:
And RIOT which is the album opener:
And for something a bit different, JELLY ROLL:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmxK9CS3RV0&ob=av2e[/ame]
Strongly recommend the album
Blue Murder was formed by John Sykes in 1988. As he was partially responsible for the success of their multiplatinum-selling self-titled album, Whitesnake's label Geffen signed a record deal with Sykes following his dismissal from the band.
In the nascent stages of the band, drummer Cozy Powell (with whom Sykes had played in Whitesnake) was attached to the project. Ray Gillen, who had previously sung for Black Sabbath and later for Badlands (not the same band Badlands (née John Sloman's Badlands) that Sykes once played in), sang for an early version of Blue Murder, and reportedly the band recorded demos with him.
Upon comparing the original demos with Sykes singing to the demos with Ray Gillen on vocals, A&R executive John Kalodner encouraged Sykes to handle the vocal duties himself.[1]
Blue Murder released two studio albums: Blue Murder in 1989 and Nothin' but Trouble in 1993. A live album, Screaming Blue Murder was released in Japan only in 1994, but has since been released elsewhere via iTunes.
The band was dropped by their label in the mid-90s, at which point Sykes (the only consistent member in the changing line-ups) recorded Out of My Tree in 1995 with Blue Murder members Marco Mendoza and Tommy O'Steen, effectively transforming Blue Murder into an "official" Sykes solo project.
This is the band that John Sykes formed after he left Whitesnake.
The self titled debut album from 1989 is absolutely killer.
I have been listening to it for the past week and it's really very good.
Syke's guitar and vocals are top notch and it is a classic metal album.
Check out this song VALLEY OF THE KINGS which reminds me of a Dio epic like Stargazer and the like:
And RIOT which is the album opener:
And for something a bit different, JELLY ROLL:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmxK9CS3RV0&ob=av2e[/ame]
Strongly recommend the album
Blue Murder was formed by John Sykes in 1988. As he was partially responsible for the success of their multiplatinum-selling self-titled album, Whitesnake's label Geffen signed a record deal with Sykes following his dismissal from the band.
In the nascent stages of the band, drummer Cozy Powell (with whom Sykes had played in Whitesnake) was attached to the project. Ray Gillen, who had previously sung for Black Sabbath and later for Badlands (not the same band Badlands (née John Sloman's Badlands) that Sykes once played in), sang for an early version of Blue Murder, and reportedly the band recorded demos with him.
Upon comparing the original demos with Sykes singing to the demos with Ray Gillen on vocals, A&R executive John Kalodner encouraged Sykes to handle the vocal duties himself.[1]
Blue Murder released two studio albums: Blue Murder in 1989 and Nothin' but Trouble in 1993. A live album, Screaming Blue Murder was released in Japan only in 1994, but has since been released elsewhere via iTunes.
The band was dropped by their label in the mid-90s, at which point Sykes (the only consistent member in the changing line-ups) recorded Out of My Tree in 1995 with Blue Murder members Marco Mendoza and Tommy O'Steen, effectively transforming Blue Murder into an "official" Sykes solo project.
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They used to get a lot of airplay on the two late night radio rock shows we had back in the day. 
