Re-Machined, the tribute album to Deep Purple and their magnum opus Machine Head, will be released on September 25th via Eagle Records. Usually, for this kind of project, only one monster band is hiding amidst small-time acts, but this time, the list of big names is impressive: Santana, Chickenfoot, Black Label Society, Glenn Hughes, Kings of Chaos (with Def Leppard’s Joe Elliot, ex-Guns N’ Roses Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan, and Steve Stevens, Billy Idol’s guitarist, among other names in this big live project), and none other than Iron Maiden and Metallica at the end of the tracklist.
But the tribute is paid through imitation. No artistic risk was taken, the original score was followed academically, and no one dared crumple this precious musical heritage by giving a try at a more daring performance – nope, no exception, not even from Iron Maiden or Kings of Chaos. Of course it’s always nice to rediscover all the energy of the songs, and this album is a true racing car from the first minute to the last. But it also reeks of a quickly wrapped-up project. The feeling of déjà vu is everywhere, starting with Santana’s cover of “Smoke On The Water”, taken from his 2010 album, Guitar Heaven. Not to mention that it’s not the only cover of that song on the album, but more on that later. What’s more, on the admission of Joe Satriani himself, Chickenfoot didn’t have the time to record a cover, so the band had to rummage through live recordings from 2009 to be included on this tribute album.
Bruce Dickinson – The Mandrake Project
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Joe le sale gosse et sa bande à Paris
Judas Priest – Invincible Shield
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