Ain't Life Grand

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:58:31
Slash's Snakepit: Slash (guitar); Rod Jackson (vocals); Ryan Roxie (guitar); Johnny Griparic (bass); Matt Laug (drums). Additional personnel: Raya Beam (rap vocals); Jack Douglas (sitar); Jimmy "Z" Zavala (harmonica, saxophone); Lee Thornburg (trumpet); Teddy Andreadis (keyboards); Collin Douglas (percussion); Brian Hargroove (programming, samples); Mars Lazar, Vincent Lorusso (programming); Nishaun Ruiz, Alex Munoz, Nadine Ruiz, Layal Ghosen, Joanna Schumann, Vanessa Schumann (background vocals). Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, California and Snakepit Studios, Beverly Hills, California. Personnel: Slash (vocals, guitar); Ryan Roxie (guitar, background vocals); Jack Douglas (sitar, background vocals); Jimmy "Z" Zavala (harmonica, saxophone); Lee Thornburg (trumpet); Teddy Andreadis (keyboards, background vocals); Matt Laug (drums); Karen Lawrence, Jeff Paris, Kelly Hansen (background vocals). By the time the millennium rolled around, fans had spent nearly a decade waiting for the new Guns 'N Roses record, while one of the band's original guitarists linked up with fellow Gunners Gilby Clarke and Matt Sorum in 1995 to release a record under the moniker Slash's Snakepit. Five years later, these famous names were jettisoned in favor of relative unknowns. The resulting album, AIN'T LIFE GRAND, found the top-hatted axe-man going from creating what might have been the next G'N'R record to conjuring up some fine hard rock reminiscent of vintage Kiss and Aerosmith. (Hiring the latter's long-time '70s producer Jack Douglas didn't hurt in achieving this goal). Slash's new frontman Rod Jackson possesses a raspy howl veering between Paul Stanley's sinister delivery (the creepy "Serial Killer") and Lenny Kravitz's soulful pleading (the hook-laden power-ballad "Back to the Moment"). Throughout, the guitarist's distinctive riffing defines AIN'T LIFE GRAND, whether on the swirling stomp of "Shine" or the hard-hitting boogie of "Been There Lately." The slinky title track also pleasantly surprises, thanks to a sultry marriage of saucy back-up singers, wailing sax, and rollicking piano.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)