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Pinnick Gales Pridgen

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Track Listings

1 Collateral Damage
2 Angels and Aliens
3 For Jasmine
4 Hang on, Big Brother
5 Wishing Well
6 Hate Crime
7 Lascivious
8 Black Jeans
9 Sunshine of Your Love
10 Been So High (The Only Place to Go Is Down)
11 Me and You
12 The Greatest Love
13 Frightening

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Pinnick Gales Pridgen is: dUg Pinnick (King s X), Eric Gales (Eric Gales Band, Lauryn Hill) and Thomas Pridgen (ex-The Mars Volta)
*It was built upon raw energy.*says Pinnick. *This record is three guys who said, Let s go for it. *
On the band s debut, each member of PGP infuses the material with his own set of musical influences, transforming his individual instrument into a lead instrument. The absolutely stunning musicianship frames the melodies of these songs and catapults the music into the scattered realms of psychedelic blues, hard rock, and progressive soul/R&B.
PGP show some of their influences with their brilliant version of seminal power trio Cream s 'Sunshine Of Your Love'. Pinnick says, 'Our version has a different vibe: it s tuned down, real low.'
'Eric and I have been thinking about working together for the last 15 years on a project, but we never got around to it,' says Pinnick. 'This is like a match made in heaven.'
'I think the record has a combination of all of the good things about our playing,' says Pridgen.
'This is just colossal,' Gales concludes. This is just some slammin stuff."
Produced by guitar specialist Mike Varney, this album is for fans of Tool, Audioslave, The Who, Living Colour, Stevie Wonder, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Liquid Tension Experiment, Baroness, Soilent Green and Mastodon.

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Although 2013 has just begun, it may be difficult to top Pinnick Gales Pridgen. This album is a must for listeners who love King s X and Eric Gales or someone who just loves music, period. --hardrockhaven.net

They don´t call themselves a new supergroup, the trio of Pinnick Gales Pridgen, but to me that´s just what they are. dUg Pinnick (King´s X), Eric Gales (Eric Gales Band) and Thomas Pridgen (ex.The Mars Volta) are up there in the same league with new supergroups as Chickenfoot and Black Country Communion. --rothnroll.blogspot.se

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.54 x 4.94 x 0.29 inches; 2.24 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ MAGNA CARTA RECORDS
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 26219678
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2014
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 3, 2013
  • Label ‏ : ‎ MAGNA CARTA RECORDS
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AWXZ9OM
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 140 ratings

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Terry Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Praise Goes Prodigious
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2013
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Given the musicians, I expected a good listen. I was not expecting one of the best rock albums I've heard in years. Yes, there are smidgens of King's X. How could there not be with dUg Pinnick handling most of the vocals. But I think the comparison ends there. This album just rocks from start to finish. There's not a dud among them. Most surprising to me was their take on "Sunshine of Your Love." Yes, it's been overplayed and we all know it by heart, but Pinnick Gales Pridgen give it such an original twist that they might as well have written it themselves. Sure, the riff is there but everything else is remarkably refreshing. I'll have to admit that I had heard of Eric Gales but I had never listened to him. That's a mistake that I'll remedy shortly. I'm so used to the awesome Ty Tabor accompanying Pinnick that I couldn't imagine his vocals with another guitarist. Another mistake on my part. He and Gales are a commanding duo. I hadn't even heard of Thomas Pridgen before so add one more mistake. His drumming is thunderous but with a jazz timing. He's not the juggernaut that Jerry Gaskill from King's X can be but his fills are lively and imaginative, a perfect addition to this trio. In many ways, this disc reminds me of listening to King's X for the first time. I had been bored by rock and longed for the classics; Thin Lizzy, UFO, Wishbone Ash, Uli Jon Roth era Scorpions...you can fill in the rest. This band has renewed my interest in a genre that I thought was lost. I'll admit to being more of a prog listener now but when a truly innovative power trio can make music this good, I just want to pump my fist, bang my head, and shake what's left of my hair. This is clearly a classic album and deserves a place in the pantheon of great rock albums.
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Jamie
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Rock and Roll in a LONG time
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2013
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This is some of the best Rock and Roll I've heard in the modern era. Dug Pinnick from King's X is known for his heavy, driving bass tone; Thomas Pridgen from the Mars Volta can play drum beats better than a drum machine - super fast one-handed drum rolls? Crazy; Eric Gales is the guitarist you get if you mash up Jimmy Hendrix, Lenny Kravitz, and Prince. Put these guys together with the stipulation that nobody hold back, and you get a record that is a tour-de-force.

I can't say enough good things about this album, but listed below are things that stuck out to me:
1. Quality - this is a LONG CD... but doesn't have any filler; every song is top notch
2. Sunshine of your love - I've played this way too many times as a musician, so i'm not a fan of the song. However, (not to take away from Dug or Eric), Thomas Pridgen redefines how the drums for this song should be approached. I think I spent the entire song listening to his masterful drumming
3. Best of everything - I've heard these three musicians before, and put together, its easy to pick out what each one brings to the table. The way that dug is able to anchor each song with Eric and Thomas doing what they do is nothing short of incredible.

If I have to compare this to recent supergroups (Chickenfoot, Dead Weather, etc.), I can't. Just imagine this album being King's X... but MORE balls to the wall.

Great album. Great musicians.
No selling out on this album - just three phenomenal musicians trying their hardest to do something better than what they've done before. It only takes one listen to realize they've succeeded.
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R. Svilpa
4.0 out of 5 stars Wow - heavy as a heavy thing!
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2013
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I'm on my second time through the CD so it hasn't fully grown on me yet, but so far this power trio has it nailed big time. Eric Gales is an excellent guitarist - definitely has a heavy influence from Jimi Hendrix but is also very very well versed in the blues and psychedelia of all kinds. It's his guitar that really flavors the recording from start to finish - guitar and vocals with the magnificent dUg Pinnick getting mic time and unleashing the scream. Of course Pinnick's bass playing is great as usual, and in full lockstep with Thomas Pridgen making one of the most fearful rhythm sections around. Pridgen has his Mars Volta moments on this recording as well - flurries of snare and tom rolls around the kit and many polyrhythmic grooves particularly on the early tracks. On first listen you hear all the guys finding their space and hitting their pockets with forays outside into overdrive. This unit has much promise, that's for sure.

But it's on the simpler material like "I'm so high (I can only go down)" that this trio totally tears the music world a new one - this is I think the high point of this really strong album. If there's a low point, it might be the cover version of "Sunshine of your Love" - it feels (again, first listening) more like a casual jam than a revisioning of the song, but that's a minor point when considering the whole package.

For fans of the blues and psychedelic rock - this is a must have. My review is actually scored a 4.5/5.0 but you cant do 0.5 stars - sorry guys! And they only lose the half star on some production things I wasn't crazy about - vocal mixes are somewhat muddy on an otherwise stellar CD.
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Luigi Segre
5.0 out of 5 stars Vollgas!
Reviewed in Germany on May 4, 2014
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Es ist ja immer so, dass sich die Sachen die Pinnick macht, mal mehr, mal weniger nach Kings X anhören. Schliesslich ist er der dominante Frontmann mit unverwechselbarem Basssound und genialer Stimme, doch hier übernehmen zwei Ausnahmemusiker Gitarre und Drums und man staune, etwas Geniales, Hochmusikalisch, Eigenes ist entstanden. Die CD ist ein Kauftip und meiner Meinung das Beste was Dug Pinnick je auf seinen Solopfaden gemacht hat. Von vorne bis hinten durchgängig fett. Kaufen, hören, Freude haben !!
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J. M. Green
5.0 out of 5 stars The World Of Jam
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2013
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So in his earlier guise, Eric Gales was a rock guitarist with a tonality in the realms of a certain Mr J Hendrix and whilst that's not such a bad thing, it was getting to be that this soundalike was taking away Mr Gales' own identity somewhat. So, he moved onto phase 2 - and more than anything, it was this phase that made me really sit up and listen as here was a magnificent, fluid guitar player of the blues variety but, for whatever reason, no-one was listening and, for a player as good as this, it beats the hell out of me why he has not gained far more acclaim!
So now, we are now onto phase 3 with Mr Gales colluding with Messrs Pridgen and Pinnick and what is it all about - well, it's a return to the rock genre with a smattering of blues numbers in there too! And does it work? And Then Some!!
This is a full on, 70's style rock/blues outing that is based on loose song frameworks that allow the 3 musicians here free reign to explore the jamming envelope to make one glorious noise - spoiled, ironically by the inclusion of Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love" which is 6:52 long and is, IMHO 6:52 too long as it adds nothing to the original and even the three superlative musicians appear to be bored with it from start to end! (that being the case - then why include it?!)But, hey, it's one track and it does not detract from the rest of the contents.
"Collateral Damage", "Angels And Aliens", "I've Been So High", "Black Jeans" and "The Greatest Love" are all highlights among this quality offering particularly if you are into the sounds that a classic 3 piece blues/rock band can make - but, if you're into great guitar playing with a smattering of Hendrix licks, then this a
"must have" in your collection!
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Hellblazer
5.0 out of 5 stars UN PETIT BIJOU
Reviewed in France on March 26, 2013
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De temps en temps, des ovnis inattendus débouchent dans notre galaxie. En voici un, ne le ratez pas.

Certains parleront de all-stars bands, d'autres estimeront que le terme est trop fort, certains tâcheront d'étiqueter la musique de cette hydre black, d'autres de la décortiquer... Eh bien pour une fois, je pense que tout cela est vain, car le trio furieux Pinnick (KING'S X) / Eric Gales (LAURYN HILL, ERIC GALES BAND) / Thomas Pridgen (ex-MARS VOLTA) nous balance-là un skeud de vraie musique, qui n'a pas attendu après une classification quelconque pour se faire plaisir. Ca transpire le (hard)rock et le blues, ça jamme sévère, ça envoie du riff costaud, des soli à la Hendrix / Page, ça boome dur avec une basse bien solide, ça groove de folie avec Pridgen et ses rythmiques pas comme les autres... Bref, ça joue, et ça joue bien !

Si l'on peut être amené à démarrer l'écoute avec une oreille analytique et scrutatrice, on se laisse vite, malgré soi, agréablement emporter par cette ambiance 70's (sans le son daté... Parce que la prod° est bien solide, le son bien moderne... Seul bémol : les vocaux sont un peu sous-mixés par rapport à la guitare, mais comme personnellement je n'aime que moyennement le grain de voix de Pinnick, ça me va très bien !), ce style débridé (sans être foutoir), qui libère les titres de leurs structures habituelles et apporte une véritable bouffée d'air frais. Ca renvoie à Ben Harper, Led Zep, The Mob, Cream, et bien d'autres influences encore, totalement assumées et digérées, pour un résultat jubilatoire qui alterne riffs claquants et nappes denses de batterie/basse et soli plus axés sur le feeling que la démonstration. Eric Gale nous emmène d'ailleurs, dans ses longs passage de stratocaster, dans un envoûtement jouissif limite vaudou, charmeur, mystique, qui nous plonge dans une ambiance live unique. L'on sent que les 3 lascars se sont affranchis des canons du genre, avec pour double objectif de laisse s'exprimer pleinement chaque membre du trio sans le restriendre dans des timings serrés, et de contenter l'auditeur. Pari réussi à 100% !

Niveau mélodies, si le résultat n'est pas toujours limpide, le groove, l'élan et le coté impro l'emportent de toute façon dans les quelques cas où le riff n'est pas mortel d'entrée.

Voilà un disque à la durée de vie élevée, qu'on écoute et ré-écoute sans fin, tellement il est bourré de passages excellents, un peu comme on n'en finit pas de jouir d'une longue pièce de Led Zep. Mention spéciale, d'ailleurs, au blues exceptionnel "Been So High (The Only Place to Go Is Down)", qui renvoie forcément à un "Since I've Been lovin' You" en encore plus heavy. Une merveille.

Du petit clin d'oeil au classique avec "For Jasmine", adaptation de la "Lettre à Elise", jusqu'au heavy rock "Collateral Damage" en passant par le blues, tout est dit en 13 titres, juste histoire de remettre les pendules à l'heure et rappeler à tout le monde que la bonne musique n'est pas qu'affaire de sophistication et d'ordinateurs...

Un pavé essentiel de 2013, qui fera long feu.
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Tenten
3.0 out of 5 stars 残念ながらイマイチ
Reviewed in Japan on August 2, 2013
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この3人なら、と思い購入したが正直イマイチ。
とはいえKings X の最近の作品の出来からしてダグはこんなものだと思っていたし、エリックも
デビューしたての頃は曲もギターワークも素晴らしかったが、ここ数作品はパッとしなかったので予想通りと言ってもいいかもしれない。

ギターが唸るダークでヘヴィなパワートリオものが好きな自分だが、こうも印象的な曲が少ないとこの先も大して聴く事はないだろうな。
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Matthias David
5.0 out of 5 stars Einfach gut.
Reviewed in Germany on July 10, 2014
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Drei grandiose Musiker können eigentlich nichts verkehrt machen.Und so ist es uach auf dieser Scheibe.Neben durchgehend guten Songs die zwar das Rad nicht gerade neu erfinden, finden sich auch einige Perlen und auf diese freut man sich dann beim Hören besonders.
Wer ein Faible für Heavy Blues und Funky Soul hat findet hier ein gutes Album mit dem genialen Doug Pinick als Shouter und Erik Gales als kongenialen Saitenzieher.Empfehlenswert.
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