white lion- return of the pride

[mdmatt4ever]

anyone else get this? i bought it. pretty good. its more like a hard rock mike tramp solo album but i do hear a little of the old white lion in it. the guitar player does his best vito bratta impression but you can tell its not vito and he is sorely missed here

 

[poundingmetal74]

It's ok, but it's not white lion. You can hear a few hints, but it much more a Tramp solo album and should have been classified as such.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

It's ok, but it's not white lion. You can hear a few hints, but it much more a Tramp solo album and should have been classified as such.

its still a good album

 

[kuier]

I agree with the "Mike Tramp solo" comments. If you call your album after your best selling album then you are going to open for critique .. should have called it "Still Game". The production is also terrible despite having some good songs on it.

Good Tramp solo album - Terrible White Lion album ... bring back Vito Bratta!

 

[mdmatt4ever]

I agree with the "Mike Tramp solo" comments. If you call your album after your best selling album then you are going to open for critique .. should have called it "Still Game". The production is also terrible despite having some good songs on it.

Good Tramp solo album - Terrible White Lion album ... bring back Vito Bratta!

if only vito would come back


i think it was more pressure from fans for him to make a new white lion album. his solo stuff has been great and freak of nature wasn't a bad band either. that being said its no different than dave mustaine releasing stuff as megadeth

 

[Bryant]

Vito Bratta is still in my top five guitarists of all-time.... I can't imagine listening to White Lion without him. I learned to like Tramp's vocals simply through repetition due to the fact that the first time I heard Vito I was absolutely floored, but I can't imagine myself buying a White Lion CD without Vito on guitar.
You would have to pay me a small fortune to play guitar for White Lion. They certainly had their heyday in the glam scene, but Vito was no dark horse among guitarists and guitar fans. I would be willing to bet at least 10% of their record sells after "Pride" were guitar fans wanting to hear Vito play. The guy was/is a freaking monster. I am one of those guys that has "moved on" with music and listens to modern bands as well as oldschool music, but I would be surprised if the day ever comes when there are guitarists that come along that push him out of my top ten.

Bryant

 

[razoredge]

Vito made the band IMO. I read he messed up his hand and really cant play anymore... so I dont think he's coming back. The song "Leave Me Alone" has one of my top guitar riffs as well as a stunning solo.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

Vito made the band IMO. I read he messed up his hand and really cant play anymore... so I dont think he's coming back. The song "Leave Me Alone" has one of my top guitar riffs as well as a stunning solo.

i never heard he messed up his hand. i heard he just got pissed with the record business and left the business

 

[Bryant]

Vito just simply left the scene. I never heard anything about a hand issue. I don't know why he did though......


Bryant

 

[razoredge]

This interview better explains
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=67269

 

[razoredge]

he should just be taking his time working on his own stuff, he was too good for that kind of singing and song structure anyhow. He could do some instrumental guitar recordings right at home.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

so he sorta had an injury i guess is the way you can look at it

 

[razoredge]

if you consider a Doctor telling you, you have a 50/50 chance of loosing use of your hand.... sorta. That was 10 years ago. I think there is alot of things going on there. Kinda of a shame really. It could be possible he cant really get back to his abilities or desire to.

 

[Bryant]

I really don't know what to believe about that story. I am not saying Vito is lying but he may be stretching the truth.... I think he may have come down with carpal tunnel syndrome. It is actually not uncommon among stringed instrument players. The disease can be repaired surgically, but it is degenerative in the way that if you continue what caused the problem to start with, you are likely to redevelop the injury more easily than the first onset of it.
Having said that.... I feel terrible for him. From the first time I heard him play, I was completely blown away. He has/had a command of his instrument that is extremely rare. He has/had the technical ability of EVH and the emotics of David Gilmour. There are only a few players with his skills that emerge in a whole generation.

Bryant

 

[Greeno]

Did any of you see the White Lion concert they played on MTv in the late 80's? Seeing that show made me a White Lion/Vito fan. Up until then I'd not paid much attention but after seeing them play live on MTv... well they blew my mind! Vito was amazing, and to be honest the whole band was tight as hell. Just an overall killer rock band with one AMAZING guitar player.