Thursday, September 12, 2013
Artist : Big Mouth
Country : USA
Release : Quite Not Right
Year : 1988
Genre : Hard Rock
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Line Up:
B.S.: Lead Vocal
Johnny "Jinxx" Milian: Lead Guitar, Vocals
Kevin Hupp: Drums, Vocals
Victor Murgatroyd: Bass, Vocals
Christopher Caffery: Lead Guitar, Vocals
Additional "Rude" Guitars: Rick Derringer, Lou Giminez
Produced by Guy Ruvolo
Executive Producer: Kate Phillipe for PHILRU Entertainment Corp.
Associate Producer: Eric Matthew
Recorded and Mixed at Interface Productions (NYC) by Guy Ruvolo and Rick Fisher
Assistant: Kate Phillipe
Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk
Additional Mixing: Eric Matthew, also Dave Thoener (Big Mouth)
Original rap metal from the 80's and one of the treasured? items in my collection. You can be certain everything is "Quite Not Right" here, with the approach of rap lyrics set upon a foundation of hard rock rhythms and plenty of guitars. Lyrically amusing, irreverent in a light-hearted manner, and excellent bending of the sound of the guitars and percussion to fit the mood throughout the songs. You can hear a perfect example listening to the "bells" sound built into the percussion and the "bent" guitar sound, courtesy of Rick Derringer, appearing in the video (link below) of "X-Mass Rap". The cover of BTO's "Takin' Care Of Business" may sound like a classic being thrashed to some, but they make it their own and have a lot of fun with it... this is not about being taken too seriously. It may not appeal to everyone, but I love this.
Interesting to note this was the then-20 year old Chris Caffery's first record appearance, followed a year later by Dirty Looks' "Turn Of The Screw", longtime involvement with Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and numerous other appearances including Dr. Butcher (1994), Sun Red Sun (1997, 1999), Metalium (1999), Joe Lynn Turner (1998, 2003), Circle II Circle (2003), Doro (2002, 2005), John West (2002, 2006), Metal Church and Sandalinas (2008), Tim "Ripper" Owens (2009), and Minuetem (2010).
