Pinnick-Gales-Pridgen

Anyone else heard this album? I thought there was a thread about these guys, but damned if I can find it.

Anyhow, killer hard rock. This one was a bit of a surprise for me as I am enjoying it way, way more than I thought I would. While I've never been much of a King's X fan (and I've tried, believe me) I've enjoyed the various side projects of the individual members to various degrees. This was kind of a random pick-up when I was in Best Buy to pick up something else but I'm happy to say this album will probably be in my Top 10 for the year.

And it's probably not fair to compare them, but as far as "power trios with outstanding musicianship and catchy songwriting skilss", this album blows The Winery Dogs out of the water. Another case of Whitey keeping the black man down? You decide. 

I don't compare them with The Winery Dogs, this has more of blues jam feel to my ear. Like it though.

Love the music, but not a fan of that guys voice.

bass63 wrote:

Love the music, but not a fan of that guys voice.

Pinnick sings lead on some of the tracks.

Also, they jump around stylistically a good bit, that one song isn't really a good indication of all the styles they explore on the album.

S.D. wrote:

bass63 wrote:

Love the music, but not a fan of that guys voice.

Pinnick sings lead on some of the tracks.  

Also, they jump around stylistically a good bit, that one song isn't really a good indication of all the styles they explore on the album.  

Yea, Gales and Pinnick switch back and forth on the lead vocals, sometimes sharing duties within a song.

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I don't compare them with The Winery Dogs, this has more of blues jam feel to my ear. Like it though.

Stylistically, they're not really close. These guys are more funky/blusey jams over that melodic retro-rock the Dogs are slinging. I was more relating to "power trio supergroups released recently". The Winery Dogs seem to be getting more attention in the press when these guys seem more deserving. In my always-right-never-wrong opinion of course.  

MetalGuy71 wrote:

The Winery Dogs seem to be getting more attention in the press when these guys seem more deserving. In my always-right-never-wrong opinion of course.  

I listened to a few tracks from that Winery Dogs album and I don't like it at all.

S.D. wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

The Winery Dogs seem to be getting more attention in the press when these guys seem more deserving. In my always-right-never-wrong opinion of course.  

I listened to a few tracks from that Winery Dogs album and I don't like it at all.  

I found it to be kinda boring. I don't hate it and maybe it will grow on me in time. These guys grabbed me right from the first spin. I was pleasantly surprised. Probably because I had no expectations. It was more-or-less a blind buy.

Love anything Pinnick does...very different to TWD...I love both albums.

Little known fact - all three members are...left handed.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

S.D. wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

The Winery Dogs seem to be getting more attention in the press when these guys seem more deserving. In my always-right-never-wrong opinion of course.  

I listened to a few tracks from that Winery Dogs album and I don't like it at all.  

I found it to be kinda boring. I don't hate it and maybe it will grow on me in time. These guys grabbed me right from the first spin. I was pleasantly surprised. Probably because I had no expectations. It was more-or-less a blind buy.

Agree with both of you in Winery Dogs - I don't see what the big deal is about them, tried listening to the album a few times and it doesn't click with me - hell, I'd rather listen to Sheehan's other "super group", Mr. Big

Bump for new album info...July 8th. Dug contines to be the hardest workin' man in music right now.



Doug Pinnick (KING'S X), Eric Gales (LAURYN HILL) and Thomas Pridgen (ex-THE MARS VOLTA, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) loved the experience of collaborating so much that they quickly headed back into the studio to record a second album of psychedelic blues, hard rock, and progressive soul/R&B.

Magna Carta honcho Peter Morticelli and his partner Mike Varney dreamed up the team and brought them together to collaborate on this second album just months after the first album was released to such critical acclaim among the press and the fans.

As for the chemistry between the three, Gales said it all clicked almost instantly. "There was a lot going on and it was really exciting," he said. "We got together, collaborated and just pulled and tugged at each other and that's what came out. It was a beautiful outcome.”

Doug was excited to work with Eric and Thomas again. "This time I don't know what's going to happen," he said. "We're going to start with a blank slate." The three wrote material together from bits and pieces of ideas that each brought into the studio.

Pinnick is best known for his many albums with KING'S X, bringing with him his heaviness, smart lyrics and lush harmonies. Doug started playing a right-handed bass. "I started upside down, moving the low strings to the top," he said.

Eric was born right-handed but learned to play the guitar left-handed from his brother. "I saw my brother play that way," he said. "I just picked up the guitar and it felt comfortable." He was heavily influenced by gospel music and traditional blues, and still prefers his rock with a blues edge.

Thomas brought in his heavy-progressive rock playing, as well as his compositional background growing up in church and from playing on so many other people's records.

Due on July 8 via Magna Carta, "PGP 2" contains all the stinging bite and all-out sonic boom of KING'S X, THE MARS VOLTA and the ERIC GALES band. In addition, fans of artists as far ranging as Jimi Hendrix, CREAM, LIVING COLOUR, Stevie Ray Vaughan, TOOL, THE WHO, Stevie Wonder and LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT might find something meaningful in these meaty, extended tracks.

"PGP 2" track listing:

01. Every Step Of The Way (4:32)
02. It's Not My Time To Die (5:48)
03. Psychofunkadelic Blues (4:20)
04. Watchman (8:23)
05. Have You Cried? (5:54)
06. Like You Used To Do (5:50)
07. Build It Back Up (5:25)
08. The Past Is The Past (4:48)
09. LaDonna (0:52)
10. I Ain't Got No Money (5:22)
11. Down To The Bone (5:36)
12. Jambiance (5:01)

These guys wasted no time. I loved the first album, so this one should be a no-brainer.

Picked this at Amazon once. I knew there would be some fans of it around here.

Dammit dUg!!! Now I gotta get this AND Grinder Blues in the same month!!! ARGH!!!!