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Legend has it that John Sykes once refused to give Norum VIP passes to a Lizzy show because "He stole too many of my licks"
zz666":2wmwwbza said:Legend has it that John Sykes once refused to give Norum VIP passes to a Lizzy show because "He stole too many of my licks"
Chubtone":1onmabzc said:I remember the Sykes with Les Paul pic coming out first for a Gibson ad. When I saw that Norum album cover, I was definitely rolling my eyes. I really like Norum, but I swear the guy has gone through so many chameleon like changes to sound like whoever his favorite guitarist of the moment is. In my opinion, Norum should be standing on his own as a guitar inspiration, but he seems to be as much of a fan boy as any of us, yet he's way more fickle, and his doppelganging tendencies usually get documented on an album and you never know which Norum you are going to get.
Kapo_Polenton":1kh197n3 said:What type of pickups was he rocking in his strats back in the day? Always use to see humbuckers in some of his strats. Always wondered what they might have been Super Distortions?
I remember the Sykes with Les Paul pic coming out first for a Gibson ad. When I saw that Norum album cover, I was definitely rolling my eyes. I really like Norum, but I swear the guy has gone through so many chameleon like changes to sound like whoever his favorite guitarist of the moment is. In my opinion, Norum should be standing on his own as a guitar inspiration, but he seems to be as much of a fan boy as any of us, yet he's way more fickle, and his doppelganging tendencies usually get documented on an album and you never know which Norum you are going to get.
Chubtone":2aeg9lpx said:and his doppelganging tendencies
JohnSykes":8iqfwljo said:And imho "Another Destination" has some EVH moments, what do you think?
Bob Savage":1dwqxlqj said:Chubtone":1dwqxlqj said:and his doppelganging tendencies
And just how long have you been waiting to pull that word out of your hat? Show off.
Kapo_Polenton":1at8o4sn said:I remember the Sykes with Les Paul pic coming out first for a Gibson ad. When I saw that Norum album cover, I was definitely rolling my eyes. I really like Norum, but I swear the guy has gone through so many chameleon like changes to sound like whoever his favorite guitarist of the moment is. In my opinion, Norum should be standing on his own as a guitar inspiration, but he seems to be as much of a fan boy as any of us, yet he's way more fickle, and his doppelganging tendencies usually get documented on an album and you never know which Norum you are going to get.
I'm a total Norum fanboy and he has more than enough chops to stand on his own but I think you might actually be correct here. In the early days he sounded like Malmsteen in parts, then some sykes, then Moore, then his Michael Shenker influences started creeping back in. You never know which one you are getting. Nowadays he is back to more bluesy Moore/shenker like playing and I kind of miss him ripping it up with the strats alla "let me love you" as mentioned above. Still one of my faves though. I actually think some of the best natural Norum is some of the live clips where he filled in for Lynch in Dokken. Some great interpretations of Lynch's solos.