100 Greatest 'Male' Rock Vocalists

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I have posted lists for the top guitar players, bassists and drummers. It is now time to discuss the greatest rock vocalists of all time. The list below has links to the music for some of the artists; and the ones listed in red were recently added. The site where I found this list has other great music lists; however previous lists that I have posted on this blog comes from different sources. To see more music lists, you can visit: http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/index.html.

Let me first say that I had difficulty finding a list of great vocalists that accurately included female rock singers; though I did find some information about great female rock performances, which I will display in a future post. The order of the "100 Greatest 'Male' Rock Vocalists" is disputable; and since I sometimes receive comments about worthy artists who don't appear on a particular list, therefore I have also included 101-200 of the "Greatest 'Male' Rock Vocalists". I will voice the first complaint about the order of the list, which is that I don't agree that Sammy Hagar should be listed ahead of Steve Tyler of Aerosmith. My vote for the number 1 rock vocalist is Robert Plant. I know this is the second time I picked a member of Led Zeppelin as my favorite, but I do believe most rock fans would at least put Robert Plant in their top 5. Please comment on your top rock vocalist. Kenny Leibow

1. Freddie Mercury (Queen, Solo) 2. Jackie Wilson 3. Jeff Buckley 4. Sam Cooke 5. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin, Solo) 6. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple, Solo) 7. Steve Perry (Journey, Solo) 8. Roy Orbison 9. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog, Solo) 10. Clyde McPhatter (Drifters, Dominoes, Solo) 11. Elvis Presley 12. Geoff Tate (Queensryche) 13. Marvin Gaye 14. Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) 15. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden, Solo) 16. Stevie Wonder 17. Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Solo) 18. Al Green 19. Tim Buckley 20. Tony Williams (Platters) 21. Rob Halford (Judas Priest) 22. Smokey Robinson 23. Curtis Mayfield 24. Roger Daltrey (The Who, Solo) 25. Roy Hamilton 26. Solomon Burke 27. Little Willie John 28. Michael Matijevic (Steelheart) 29. Little Richard 30. Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, Queen) 31. Roy Khan (Kamelot) 32. Burton Cummings (The Guess Who, Solo) 33. Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings, Solo) 34. Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) 35. Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations, Solo) 36. Dan McCafferty (Nazareth) 37. Brad Delp (Boston) 38. Dennis DeYoung (Styx, Solo) 39. Wilson Pickett 40. Sam Moore (Sam & Dave) 41. Joe Cocker 42. Ben E. King (The Drifters, Solo) 43. Luther Vandross 44. Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) 45. Van Morrison (Them, Solo) 46. Peter Cetera (Chicago) 47. Richard Manuel (The Band) 48. Bill Medley (The Righteous Brothers, Solo) 49. Barry White 50. Levi Stubbs (Four Tops)	51. Eric Burdon (Animals, War, Solo) 52. David Ruffin (The Temptations, Solo) 53. Billy Joel 54. David Bowie 55. Axl Rose (Guns N Roses) 56. James Brown 57. Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) 58. David Byron (Uriah Heep) 59. Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire) 60. Lou Gramm (Foreigner) 61. Layne Staley (Alice In Chains, Mad Season) 62. Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) 63. Elton John 64. Justin Hayward (Moody Blues) 65. Otis Redding 66. Frankie Valli (The Four Seasons, Solo) 67. Jimmy Beaumont (The Skyliners) 68. Prince 69. John Farnham (The Little River Band) 70. Maynard James Keenan (Tool, Perfect Circle) 71. Jim Morrison (The Doors) 72. Rod Stewart (The Jeff Beck Group, Solo) 73. Dion (Dion and The Belmonts) 74. Jimi Jamison (Survivor) 75. Greg Lake (ELP, King Crimson) 76. Del Shannon 77. Philip Anselmo (Pantera) 78. Art Garfunkel (Simon & Garfunkel, Solo) 79. Dennis Edwards (The Temptations) 80. Cedric Bixler-Zavalla (At The Drive In, The Mars Volta) 81. Jimmy Gnecco (Ours) 82. Bono (U2) 83. Neil Diamond 84. Bob Seger 85. Jack Bruce (Cream) 86. Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge, Mayfield 4) 87. Steve Winwood (Traffic, Solo) 88. Bill Withers 89. Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) 90. Russell Allen (Symphony X) 91. Todd Rundgren 92. Klaus Meine (Scorpions) 93. Meat Loaf 94. James Taylor 95. Steve Marriott (Humble Pie) 96. Sammy Hagar (Van Halen, Solo) 97. Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) 98. David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) 99. John Lennon (The Beatles, Solo) 100. John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Solo)
101. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) 102. Don Henley (The Eagles) 103. Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) 104. Bruce Springsteen 105. Lou Christie 106. Jerry Lee Lewis 107. Jon Anderson (Yes) 108. Peter Gabriel (Genesis, Solo) 109. Steve Walsh (Kansas) 110. Nick Cave 111. Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers Band) 112. Aaron Neville 113. Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi) 114. David Lee Roth (Van Halen) 115. Joe Elliot (Def Leppard) 116. Don Mclean 117. Sting (The Police) 118. Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) 119. Lindsay Buckingham(Fleetwood Mac) 120. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) 121. Screamin Jay Hawkins 122. John Kay (Steppenwolf) 123. Ray Davies (The Kinks) 124. Bon Scott (AC/DC) 125. Michael Stipe (REM) 126. Cat Stevens 127. Jeff Lynne (ELO) 128. George Harrison (The Beatles) 129. Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) 130. Brian Johnson (AC/DC) 131. Mitch Ryder (Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels) 132. Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel, Solo) 133. Neil Young(Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, Solo) 134. Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 135. Bryan Adams 136. Phil Collins (Genesis, Solo) 137. Eric Clapton (Cream, Blind Faith, Derek..., Solo) 138. David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat, & Tears) 139. Steve Miller 140. Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath) 141. Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) 142. Gary Cherone (Extreme) 143. Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) 144. Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) 145. Paul Weller The Jam, The Style Council 146. John Wetton (King Crimson) 147. Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 148. Graham Nash (Hollies, CSNY) 149. Graham Bonnet (Rainbow) 150. Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night)	151. James Hetfield (Metallica) 152. Michael Hutchence (INXS) 153. Levon Helm (The Band) 154. Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) 155. Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers, Solo) 156. Morrissey (The Smiths) 157. Robert Smith (Cure) 158. James Labrie (Dream Theater) 159. Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) 160. Leslie West (Mountain) 161. Doug Pinnick (King's X) 162. Denny Doherty (The Mamas & Papas) 163. Aaron Lewis (Staind) 164. Felix Cavaliere (The Young Rascals) 165. Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden) 166. Joe Lynn Turner (Deep Purple) 167. Chris De Burgh 168. Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad) 169. Tommy Shaw (Styx) 170. Thom Yorke (Radiohead) 171. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) 172. Matt Bellamy (Muse) 173. Edward Kowalczyk (Live) 174. John Sebastian (Lovin' Spoonful, Solo) 175. Elvis Costello 176. James Dewar (Robin Trower) 177. Peter Wolf (J Geils Band) 178. Johnny Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls) 179. Tony Martin (Black Sabbath) 180. Peter Frampton 181. Dave Mason (Traffic, Solo) 182. Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) 183. Robert Palmer 184. Warren Zevon 185. Billy Idol (Generation X, Solo) 186. John Popper (Blues Traveler) 187. Tommy James (Tommy James & the Shondells) 188. Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) 189. Brandon Boyd (Incubus) 190. Greg Kihn 191. Billy Squier 192. Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, Solo) 193. Tom Petty 194. Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) 195. Ian Astbury (The Cult) 196. Chris Robinson (The Black Crows) 197. Geddy Lee (Rush) 198. Corey Glover (Living Color) 199. Lou Reed (Velvet Underground) 200. Joe Strummer (The Clash)

Warrant - Heaven 1989

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Every hard rock band in the 1980's had a love ballad, which is categorized for example as (Rock Ballad, Power Ballad, and Hard Rock Ballad). Some of the most notable are Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" and White Snake's "Is This love". I would place Warrant's "Heaven" in a similar rock ballad subgenre. As I remember the first time hearing this song, it was far from a romantic setting. On a Saturday night I went to a club to see a heavy metal band in Miami Beach with some friends, which included Deniz and Leo, then afterwards we went back to someone's apartment. I can't remember whose place it was; however there was a big, tan colored, L-shaped, comfortable sofa placed around a big screen projection TV. It was early morning and some of the group had been drinking. I was dead tired trying to keep my eyes open, knowing that I had a long ride back home to Miami Springs. As we were hanging out just chilling, I remember seeing the Warrant video - Heaven on MTV... It was just a moment of complete relaxation. ~ Kenny Leibow

Below is a short biography of the group Warrant along with that infamous Sony music video featuring Warrant's song "Heaven":

With a pair of double-platinum albums and three Top Ten singles, Warrant were one of the most popular pop-metal bands of the late '80s. Formed in Los Angeles in the mid-'80s, the group featured vocalist Jani Lane, guitarist Erik Turner, guitarist Joey Allen, bassist Jerry Dixon, and drummer Steven Sweet. They released Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich in 1989; by the middle of that year, it had climbed into the Top Ten and launched the hit singles "Down Boys," "Sometimes She Cries," and "Heaven," the last of which reached number two. Released in the summer of 1990, Cherry Pie was an even bigger success, climbing into the Top Ten and featuring the Top Ten hits "I Saw Red" and "Cherry Pie." Warrant had some trouble continuing their multi-platinum success during the alternative explosion of 1992, although their third album, Dog Eat Dog, did go gold; 1995's Ultraphobic and 1996's Belly to Belly, however, failed to chart.

The band's lineup began to splinter as the '90s progressed, with the majority of Warrant's founding members leaving the group. Under the Influence arrived in 2001, comprised of several cover songs and two original tracks; it also marked Jani Lane's last recording with the band. He ultimately left in 2004, taking two of Warrant's members with him, and was replaced by former Black 'N Blue vocalist Jaime St. James. While Lane attempted a solo career, the revised version of Warrant released Born Again in 2006. Jaime St. James' tenure in the band proved to be very short, as he was ousted in 2008 in favor of Lane's return. Later that year, Lane left once again and was replaced by Lynch Mob's Rob Mason. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Warrant - Heaven 1989

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Bon Jovi - Tokyo Live 1989

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I am finally writing a post about Bon Jovi. I grew up in New Jersey; and was living there when Bon Jovi first hit the national scene. I was a fan of Bon Jovi's music and style regardless how commercial they became. I have seen them a couple of times in concert over the years; and my wife is also a fan of Bon Jovi. I remember listening to the "Slippery When Wet" cassette in the late 1980's with Deniz, my wife and other friends out by the pool in Miami Springs. My first romantic dance with my wife, Deya, was to the song "Never Say Goodbye" by Bon Jovi. As I mentioned in a previous post, and out of pure coincidence, my wife and I were married the exact same day as Jon Bon Jovi and his wife were married back in April 1989.

Now to December 31st, 1988 where Bon Jovi had their Legendary Performance from the New Jersey Tour in Tokyo, Japan on New Years Eve at the Tokyo Dome: My opinion is, that at this time when the Album "New Jersey" was originally released, Bon Jovi was at the peak of their career. I don't mean at the peak of their success because Bon Jovi is still going strong today and continues to sell millions of albums and grow their fan base crossing generations. I am referring to their live performances, which I believe they were at their best in 1989.

There are literally tens of thousands of music videos, concert videos, pics and information floating around the Internet on Bon Jovi. By being consistent with the theme of my other posts, you can see two live music videos of Bon Jovi performing on New Years Eve in 1988 in the Tokyo Dome. Fittingly the first video is "Tokyo Road" from Bon Jovi's 1985 album 7800° Fahrenheit. Richie Sambora does a great guitar solo during this performance. Since this is the "New Jersey" album tour, I choose to slow it down a little by putting the video of Bon Jovi performing "I'll Be There For You" from their new album at the time, which was also a big-hit-single. Later that year Bon Jovi joined other hard rock groups at the 1989 Moscow Peace Music Festival in Russia. You can read about it in the post from last month.

Bon Jovi came over to "Heat Beat Live '89" which was held on 12/31 and 1/1 in the year 1989 at the Tokyo Dome. They also had five more live shows in Japan in January. See the concert dates and venues in Japan listed below. For those of you who are addicted to the signature anthems of Bon Jovi, I didn't want to disappoint you, so I added a third video from the Tokyo concert, "Livin' on a Prayer". Even back then the Japanese fans knew all the words to the song. Kenny Leibow

Tour Japan 1988-1989
12/31 Tokyo (Tokyo Dome)
1/1 Tokyo (Tokyo Dome)

1/5 Osaka (Osaka Castle Hall)
1/6 Osaka (Osaka Castle Hall)
1/9 Osaka (Osaka Castle Hall)
1/10 Nagoya (Rainbow Hall)
1/11 Nagoya (Rainbow Hall)


Band Members:

Jon Bon Jovi (Lead Vocals, Guitars)
Richie Sambora (Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals)
David Bryan (Keyboards, Backing Vocals)
Tico Torres (Drums, Percussion)
Alec John Such (Bass, Backing Vocals)
Hugh McDonald (Bass, Backing Vocals)

Bon Jovi - Tokyo Road
(Live in Japan 1985)


Bon Jovi - I''ll Be There For You
(New Years Eve in Tokyo 1988)

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
(Live in Tokyo 1988)

100 Greatest Rock Bass Players

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Bass players don't always get the same recognition as a lead guitar player, lead singer or drummer. There have been many great bass players in rock history. I have scoured through several lists of great bassists; and find that the list below includes all the best of them. You can disagree with the order as do I; however many lists have Paul McCartney, Flea and Getty Lee as the top 3 bass players. My number 1 pick would be John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin (See photo below). Please comment on your top 3 Rock Bass Players.



1. James Jamerson (Funk Brothers, session man)
2. John Entwistle (The Who)
3. Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone)
4. Chris Squire (Yes)
5. Jack Bruce (Cream)
6. Tony Levin (King Crimson, session man)
7. Geddy Lee (Rush)
8. Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
9. Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson, session man)
10. Anthony Jackson (session man)
11. Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
12. Marcus Miller (session man)
13. Les Claypool (Primus)
14. Chuck Rainey (session man)
15. Billy Sheehan (Niacin, Mr. Big, Steve Vai)
16. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
17. Will Lee (session man)
18. Michael Manring (Attention Deficit, session man)
19. Nathan East (Eric Clapton, session man)
20. Rocco Prestia (Tower Of Power)
21. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
22. Abe Laboriel (session man)
23. Stuart Hamm (Joe Satriani)
24. Donald "Duck" Dunn (The MGs)
25. Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs)
26. Bob Babbitt (Funk Brothers, session man)
27. Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)
28. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
29. Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
30. Cliff Lee Burton (Metallica)
31. John Myung (Dream Theater)
32. John Deacon (Queen)
33. Willie Weeks (session man)
34. Carol Kaye (session woman)
35. Aston "Family Man" Barrett (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
36. Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
37. David Hungate (Toto, session man)
38. Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & The Gang)
39. Joe Osborne (session man)
40. Phil Chen (Rod Stewart, session man)
41. Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band)
42. Freddie Washington (session man)
43. Nathan Watts (session man)
44. Louis Satterfield (Earth Wind & Fire, session man)
45. Andy West (Dixie Dregs)
46. Bootsy Collins (Funkadelic)
47. John Wetton (King Crimson)
48. Greg Lake (ELP)
49. Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge)
50. Mark King (Level 42)
51. Mike Watt (Minutemen)
52. Bernard Odum (James Brown, session man)
53. George Porter Jr. (Meters, session man)
54. Mike Gordon (Phish)
55. Bernard Edwards (Chic)
56. Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne)
57. Willie Dixon (session man)
58. Andy Fraser (Free)
59. Trey Gunn (King Crimson)
60. Dave Schools (Widespread Panic)
61. Berry Oakley (Allman Brothers Band)
62. Jerry Jemmott (session man)
63. Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
64. Bill Black (Elvis Presley)
65. "Sweet" Charles Sherrell (James Brown, session man)
66. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
67. Billy Cox (Band Of Gypsys)
68. Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello & The Attractions)
69. Gary "Mani" Mounfield (Stone Roses)
70. Felix Pappalardi (Mountain)
71. Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
72. David Ellefson (Megadeth)
73. Matt Freeman (Rancid)
74. Ronnie Baker (MFSB)
75. John Alderete (Racer X, Mars Volta)
76. Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies)
77. Duff McKagen (Guns N Roses)
78. Marshall Lytle (Bill Haley & The Comets)
79. Bill Gould (Faith No More)
80. Ray Pohlman (session man)
81. Me'Shell NdegéOcello (session woman, solo)
82. Doug Pinnick (King's X)
83. Tommy Cogbill (session man)
84. Glen Cornick (Jethro Tull)
85. Pino Palladino (session man)
86. Randy Coven (Steve Vai)
87. Tim Commerford (Rage Against The Machine)
88. Doug Wimbish (Living Color)
89. Thomas Miller (Symphony X)
90. Mick Karn (session man)
91. Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam)
92. Ron Wood (Jeff Beck Group)
93. Michael Lepond (Symphony X)
94. Dave Hope (Kansas)
95. Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones)
96. Leo Lyons (Ten Years After)
97. Timothy B Schmit (Eagles)
98. Rex Brown (Pantera)
99. Bobby Sheehan (Blues Traveler)
100. Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith)

Great White - Once Bitten

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Great White, a Bluesy Hard Rock band, was at their peak 20 years ago. Great White's 1989 album …Twice Shy, which featured the Top 5 hit "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", went double platinum. Read below a brief background of the band; followed by the number one music video "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" in the Burger King Top 5 Rock Video count down. Then terribly in 2003, tragedy hit with the horrid fire at a Rhode Island night club. Read the Great White stories below and enjoy the music video. Kenny Leibow

Band Background
Great White came together in 1978 in the Los Angeles area, the brainchild of singer Jack Russell. The group played blues-influenced hard rock in the style of Led Zeppelin, updated for the MTV generation. The band was first known as Dante Fox, and its original lineup consisted of Russell on vocals, Mark Kendall on guitar, Lorne Black on bass, and Gary Holland on drums. Playing first in small local clubs, the band gained a following, moving up to larger venues and changing its name to Great White along the way.

The band's first recording was an EP called Out of the Night, which was produced by Don Dokken, founder of the band Dokken, and financed by the group in 1982. Another record,On Your Knees, quickly followed in the same year. The EMI record label signed the band on the strength of these releases, but dropped it after sales of its first recording with the label, Great White, failed to meet expectations.

After leaving EMI, Great White moved to Capitol Records, and there its fortunes soared, and the group enjoyed widespread popularity throughout the rest of the decade. Great White's fourth album (and first Capitol release) Once Bitten hit the Billboard Top 30 chart in 1987. The band also picked up a Grammy nomination in 1990 for Best Hard Rock Performance for "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" on its followup Twice Shy album, released in 1989. Other songs for which the band became well known included "Face the Day," "Rock Me," and "Save Your Love." The group's last successful Capitol recording was Hooked, which was released in 1991.

At its peak, they were the main event at 20,000- to 60,0000-seat arenas and shared the stage with top bands such as Kiss and Iron Maiden. Great White became popular in an era of "hair metal" bands who filled football stadiums and dominated MTV playing loud music and sporting wild hairdos and heavy makeup. Most of these bands fell out of favor and even stopped playing when this era drew to a close. Great White, however, found a way to keep playing, perhaps because unlike many other popular metal bands of the time, they focused first and foremost on the music they played, instead of merely cultivating a flashy image. The band turned to smaller clubs as their bread and butter, touring in lesser venues and cutting albums on independent record labels after being dropped by Capitol Records in the early 1990s.

…Twice Shy
Released 1989
Capitol Records
Track Listing
1. Move It
(Kendall, Russell, Niven, Lardie)
2. Heart The Hunter
(Kendall, Russell, Niven, Lardie)
3. Hiway Nights
(Kendall, Russell, Niven, Lardie)
4. The Angel Song
(Kendall, Niven)
5. Mista Bone
(Kendall, Niven, Desbrow, Montana)
6. Baby's On Fire
(Kendall, Russell, Niven, Lardie, Montana)
7. House Of Broken Love
(Russell, Niven, Lardie)
8. She Only
(Kendall, Russell, Niven, Lardie)
9. Once Bitten, Twice Shy
(Hunter)

Jack Russell — Vocals
Mark Kendall — Lead guitar
Michael Lardie — Guitar & keyboards
Audie Desbrow — Drums
Tony Montana — Bass

Produced and arranged by Alan Niven and Michael Lardie
Engineered by Michael Lardie


Great White - Once Bitten, Twice Shy


Tragedy 2003
Tragedy struck while the band was on this new tour, which they dubbed "Play On 2003." The Station, a nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, was packed for the band's performance on February 20, 2003. The show featured pyrotechnics--three spinning wheels of sparks that were harmless if they struck people, but that could ignite flammable materials. At the start of the band's show, the pyrotechnics went off, shooting sparks at the ceiling over the stage. The sound insulation behind the band caught fire, and from there the blaze spread rapidly to the nightclub walls.

Many fans at first thought the flames were part of the show, and panic did not strike until the ceiling caught fire. The wooden nightclub was engulfed in flames almost immediately, trapping the audience, band, and crew inside. Because of a loophole in Rhode Island law, the building was not required to have a sprinkler system, and the blaze swept through the building unchecked. Michael Powell and Christopher Lee of the Washington Post called the fire "one of the worst such tragedies in the nation's history." Among the dead was guitarist Ty Longley, who had joined the band in 2000.

Accusations flew between the surviving members of Great White and the nightclub's owners. Club owners claimed that the band did not have permission to use pyrotechnics during its show, while the band claimed that the club owners had been duly informed and had presented no objections. Fire department officials said that neither the band nor the nightclub had applied for the required permits before setting off pyrotechnics, and furthermore, that no permits would have been granted because of the size and construction of the nightclub.

I'll Give You All That I Got - Lyrics

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The band was rehearsing in the Warehouse for a few hours. (To learn more about the Warehouse, read the blog entries from July, 2008.) This was the first time we played the song with keyboard accompaniment. I definitely wanted to capture it on tape. Three quarters of the way through the song, someone points out to Deniz that he made a mistake on the last verse he sang. I remember waving everyone on to continue to play the song. Deniz then repeated the verse correctly and the song was played through to the end, which made the song almost seven minutes long. After the song ended, you hear Deniz saying he messed up, in his own humorous way.

The lyrics to the song was written 21 years ago, and has since been lost. Because of the poor quality of the recording, it took me several hours to recreate the lyrics below. The mood created by the guitar made these lyrics fit perfectly to the song. Lawrence's guitar solo in the middle of the song was the Mystix signature. Everyone sang background on the chorus. You can really escape in this song if you just listen to the music and follow with the lyrics.

I'll Give You All That I Got
I woke up from a dream last night
Saw your lonely face
If only you can see my light
I long for your sweet embrace

Day after day I think of you
Standing by my side
I’m on my way what will I do
I remember all that you’ve done

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I saw the way you started here
With your heart that’s on the rise
Then we sat and made more tears
All I see is your scary eyes

Call you on the telephone
I’ll always feel for you
With all the chances to be my own
And I know all that is true

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine
Always be mine
Always be mine

Always be mine

Always

I woke up from a dream last night
And saw your lonely face
If only you can see my light
I long for your sweet embrace

Day after day I feel for you
Standing by my side
I’m on my way what will I do
I remember all that you find

I woke up from a dream last night
And saw your lonely face
If only you can see my light
I long for your sweet embrace

Time after time I think of you
Standing by my side
I’m on my way what will I do
I remember all that you’ve done

I won’t forget you
Oh but I tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

Guns N' Roses - Sweet '88

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Back in 1988 I was not a big Guns N’ Roses fan. It was mainly because they were an LA band that was together for a short time, and then hit it big with their debut album "Appetite For Destruction ". Specifically in 1987 Guns N’ Roses started to build a following with their numerous live shows, but the album didn't start selling until almost a year later, when MTV started playing "Sweet Child O' Mine." Soon, both the album and single shot to number one, and Guns N' Roses became one of the biggest bands in the world. My view at the time was that they were a commercial band. This album was Guns N' Roses high point and it was almost certain that they hit their peak as compared to the less successful albums that followed. Because of their impact during this time period, it would be criminal not to give Guns ‘N Roses the proper recognition.

Here is some interesting information about Guns N’ Roses without spewing a whole biography. Their 1987 major label debut, Appetite for Destruction, produced by Mike Clink, went on to sell 25 million copies worldwide and reached number 1 in the USA a year after its release date. The song "Welcome To The Jungle", the second track released from the album (after "It's So Easy"), gained notoriety after it was used on the soundtrack of Clint Eastwood's 1988 film The Dead Pool. The band's musical style, onstage presence, and bad boy rock image helped usher in the new era within the dominant hard rock scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s. While glam metal was the leading genre in record sales, video charts, and radio airplay, Guns N' Roses offered a grittier, more traditionalist take on rock music, which helped to popularize the sub-genre known as sleaze rock and won many fans who admired their apparent authenticity. The band enjoyed worldwide success from 1987 through 1993, but clashing personalities of different band members brought about the end of the original line-up. Today, frontman Axl Rose is the only original member in the band's current line-up; he has now served as lead singer for 22 years.



Appetite For Destruction Track List
1. Welcome to the Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr. Brownstone
6. Paradise City
7. My Michelle
8. Think About You
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11. Anything Goes
12. Rocket Queen

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine