G E O R G E
L Y N C H
LEGENDARY GUITARIST and SONGWRITER
with
D O K K E N
and
L Y N C H M O B
SPECIAL GUEST
ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
with RAY SHASHO
Guitar-shredding virtuoso George Lynch has reteamed with former Dokken bandmate Jeff Pilson for a set of new studio recordings that turn pop music classics into powerful metal anthems! The two have previously made metal magic together as a duo on the 2003 album Wicked Underground, which was recently reissued on vinyl, as well as with other projects such as T&N and The End Machine. But this new batch of recordings, entitled appropriately enough Heavy Hitters, stands apart not only for its outstanding roster of players and vocalists including head Bulletboy Marq Torien, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore, Kansas native Wil Martin (Earshot) and drummer Brian Tichy (Whitesnake/Ozzy) but for the jaw-dropping song selection. If you’ve ever wondered what an amped-up, full-throttle version of Carole King’s “I Feel The Earth Move” or Prince’s “Kiss” or Oasis’ “Champagne Supernova” or Madonna’s “Music,” then this is the album for you!
As a special treat, the band has released the first
single from the album – a powerful rendition of Duran Duran’s “Ordinary World”
– featuring Martin on vocals, offering just a small taste of what’s in store.
When George Lynch joined Dokken in the early 1980’s, success came very quickly. As history proves, much of the band’s album sales and credibility is the result of George Lynch’s guitar abilities and songwriting. With Dokken, Lynch recorded five albums from 1983 to 1988, all of which did remarkably well in the United States, Europe and Asia.
By the early 1990s George had become a marquee guitar
hero throughout the world.
Two Giants Of Metal
GEORGE LYNCH
and
JEFF
PILSON
Reteam For A Killer Covers Album
Heavy Hitters
The new album from Guitar-shredding virtuoso George Lynch and former Dokken bandmate Jeff Pilson for a set of new studio recordings that turn pop music classics into powerful metal anthems! Available on both CD in a deluxe digipak and on limited edition colored courtesy of Deadline Music, a subsidiary of Cleopatra Records, Inc.!
Purchase the album now at amazon.com
BANISHMENT
Debut Album!
New project
featuring Lynch / Devix / Haze
The Banishment is a three-piece passion project and collaboration between guitarist GEORGE LYNCH, programmer & multi-instrumentalist JOE HAZE
& LA based artist DEVIX.
Original recording sessions began in 2015 when Haze
& Lynch set out to challenge themselves and charter new territories after
living through two separate and already prolific careers.
Stepping out from behind the curtain Joe Haze has
co-written and produced this new single with his first functioning band in over
10 years. Meanwhile, Lynch has been met with opposition pushing his
creativity into darker, more subliminal and chaotic territories since the 90s,
finally together they’ve found a solid work-flow and composed dozens of
plausible album cuts.
After 5+ years of failed attempts auditioning various
vocalists with names to street corner crooners The Banishment was close to
being shelved or released as an instrumental project.
Enter "DEVIX AKA" (Devix Szell).
Grinding teeth against metal in the Los Angeles underground with bands like THE
NARCOSIS DESIGN & SYMBOLISM (feat. original members of CHRISTIAN DEATH
& SAMHAIN), Devix has been contributing to the self-proclaimed #DREAMPUNK
genre.
Through a series of chance meetings and name droppings
at the 2019 Cold Waves Music Festival, Devix was introduced to Joe Haze, vetted
and finally introduced to guitar legend George Lynch.
Upon hearing the words “DREAM PUNK”. The project was
creatively green lit by Lynch and the three have been collectively working
around the unpredictable Covid 19 Lockdown restrictions.
Now with lyrics by Devix and full collaboration with
Lynch & Haze... LOST HORIZON is the first of many traxxx to come.
With your help, THE BANISHMENT will complete what is sure to be a memorable and
important connection to the planet's survival mechanisms and leave a mark in
each artists' respective catalogs.
Donate to the project
at
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-banishment-debut-album--3#/
For more information about
G E O R G E
L Y N C H
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Discography
Dokken
Breaking
the Chains (1983)
Tooth and
Nail (1984)
Under
Lock and Key (1985)
Back for
the Attack (1987)
Beast
from the East (1988)
Dysfunctional
(1995)
One Live
Night (1996)
Shadowlife
(1997)
From
Conception: Live 1981 (2007)
Return to
the East Live (2016)
Lynch Mob
Wicked
Sensation (1990)
Lynch Mob
(1992)
Syzygy
(1998)
Smoke
This (1999)
Evil:
Live (2003)
REvolution
(2003)
REvolution:
Live! (2006)
Smoke and
Mirrors (2009)
Sound
Mountain Sessions (2012)
Unplugged:
Live from Sugarhill Studios (2013)
Sun Red
Sun (2014)
Rebel
(2015)
The
Brotherhood (2017)
Solo
Sacred
Groove (1993)
Will Play
for Food (2000)
Stone
House (2001)
The Lynch
That Stole Riffness! (2002)
Furious
George (2004)
The Lost
Anthology (2005)
Guitar
Slinger (2007)
Scorpion
Tales (2008)
Orchestral
Mayhem (2010)
Kill All
Control (2011)
Legacy EP
(2012)
Shadow Train (2015)
Lynch/Pilson
Wicked Underground (2003) Heavy Hitters (2020)
MY NEW BOOK IS FINALLY OUT!
ENTITLED
THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES
SERIES ONE
CHRONICLES, TRUTHS,
CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE
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Featuring over 45
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JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA… JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL
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MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE...
BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN
LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD
RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN
ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX...
RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER... ROGER
FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK...
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THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES
BOOK TRAILER
BOOK REVIEW
-By Literary Titan (5) STARS
The Rock Star Chronicles, by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show.
The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan.
Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives.
The book’s cover is befitting of its
subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden
letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking
order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock
music. The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures
to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures
that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones.
Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.
I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.
https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/ Gold Award Winner
