espquade
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Always been a fan of John's playing. He's ripping it up here .. Check out the solo! Kick ass vocalist too IMHO...
espquade
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More great stuff from the 87 album.
napalmdeath
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You can hear the Gary Moore influence for sure, (and a little Yngwie). I have several of Norum's solo albums. Always has great tone to boot.
shar-vell Dan
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Sick Michael
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Hes awesome
Totally agree, so underrated.
espquade
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johnny q
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Total Control is such a great album. "Let Me Love You" sounds like Gary Moore and Yngwie had a baby!
Anje
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Yes love John!
Always sounded to me like he perfectly blended his Schenker / Moore / Malmsteen / Sykes influences, with some great vocals as well.
One of the greats IMHO.
Always sounded to me like he perfectly blended his Schenker / Moore / Malmsteen / Sykes influences, with some great vocals as well.
One of the greats IMHO.
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Wayniac3
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Killer player & tone
Uzi Nein Millimetah
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He really reached a new level just before leaving Europe in the '80s, too. They started out humble but grew by leaps and bounds in a few years, shame he didn't stay for at least one more album back in the day...
jabps
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Two of my favorites in one band. Lord why did Billy White drop off the map.
Johns solo work though is near perfection for me as his influences were my influences barring Yngwie. It's odd, I picked up any Yngwie influence through John lol.
GearGasms
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His solo on Superstitious is one of my all time favorites.
splitendz
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That is a great solo, but John was gone by then. That was Kee Marcello
SoooRad
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I was just listening to his "Face It Live '97" album, and its awesome. Fucking killer tones and playing.
SoooRad
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Wrong guy, that was Kee Marcello
Kapo_Polenton
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You nailed it, you hear all these guys in his playing.
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legend71
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I love Norum - he is one of my favs. Killer player!
GearGasms
Doctor Love
Oh shit - that's totally correct. Ugh. That bong. Must put it down. Oy
sideburns
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Some of my favorite playing from John is off the Europe and Don Dokken albums. He is so underrated.
Uzi Nein Millimetah
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Although that one was not his, John wrote one of the Top 10 most memorable solos of the entire 1980s - The Final Countdown. That's an utterly PERFECT solo. I play it virtually every day at some point whilst warming up, usually with a bit o' delay. Heaven....
It has some similarity in certain parts to Rhoads' 2nd solo in Mr. Crowley and Zakk's in Mircale Man, but in a very different setting.
Wow....when's the last time someone played a new solo as great as any of these? It's been a long, long time....I remember when it used to be quite an event. A major part of hearing a new metal album, what will the solos be like?
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