Mother / Bow To The King is a Rock album by Bang, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 15 pressings tracked.
About
Although the Florida trio Bang’s 1972 sophomore outing was much tamer than their gargantuan-sounding eponymous debut, it displayed huge hurdles in matured musicianship and song-craft starting with “Mother,” a mostly acoustic rocker loaded to the gills with barbed pop hooks and rich guitar tones that seem to have swapped out the Marshall stacks for vintage Fender tube-tones. It sounds as if they had discovered <i>Who’s Next</i> by the Who and stopped listening to early Black Sabbath and Blue Cheer records. Even songs that maintain the band’s penchant for heavy riff-rock have evolved; album standout “Humble” rocks hard with tasteful percussive embellishments and Frank Ferrara’s best vocal performance here. Meanwhile the return to rudimentary proto-metal in “Idealist/Realist” explores the possibilities of using the wah-wah pedal to flange and phase guitar notes while letting drummer Tony D'Lorio spread out with more fills and flourishes. “Feel the Hurt” flirts with balladry while “Bow to the King” dives headfirst into what could be the one of the first proto-metal power ballads, where acoustic guitars abound and vibraslap replaces cowbell.
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Tracklist
- 1Mother4:24
- 2Humble4:44
- 3Keep On3:40
- 4Idealist / Realist4:32
- 5Feel the Hurt5:19
- 6Tomorrow3:05
- 7Bow to the King5:37
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- distorted
- anthemic
- cinematic
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Gatefold sleeve.
Produced by Jeffrey Cheen for Rikbo Productions at Criteria Recording, Miami, Florida - Engineer: Karl Richardson.
"Keep On" and "Idealist Realist" produced by Jeffrey Cheen and John Palladino at The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California - Engineer: Dave Hassinger
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Clydie KingBACKING VOCALS
- Donny GerrardBACKING VOCALS
- Duris MaxwellDRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Frank FerraraBASS, LEAD VOCALS BASS, VOCALS VOCALS, BASS
- Frankie GilckenACOUSTIC GUITAR, GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR, HARMONY VOCALS
- Jeffrey CheenPERCUSSION
- Sherlie MatthewsBACKING VOCALS
- Tony DiorioDRUMS
- Venetta FieldsBACKING VOCALS
- Bruce GaryDRUMS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 15 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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