24-7 SPYZ
(w/ Doug Pinnick and Spacey T)
At the Knitting Factory's Tap Room - NYC
(8/16/05)
Rock guitarists Jimi Hazel and Spacey T!!!!!!
I went to New York City to check out the rock documentary film
"Electric Purgatory"....it was a documentary on the trials &
tribulations of black rock musicians dealing with the antics of the major
record labels. It dealt with the way black musicians are not taken seriously
unless they fall into a stereotypical category (i.e. R&B, hip-hop,
rap)....the way that the whites have taken over rock music....the way that the
record label head honchos focus their energy on having artists fit a particular
label and maximizing their profits, instead of accepting artists's flexibility
across different styles of music. After a few minutes of Q&A on the film,
it was on to a jam session with 24-7 Spyz.
Doug Pinnick on lead vocals!
At
9:40pm, 24-7 Spyz started with a monster of a rock jam featuring Jimi Hazel and
Bumblefoot on crunching guitar, Rick Skatore on some good bass, and Tobias
Ralph on drums. After that, it was on to Jimi Hendrix's "Manic
Depression" featuring lead vocals by Doug Pinnick (of KING'S
X.....interesting enough, a song that the legendary rock band did on the DOGMAN
album). Spacey T (formerly of Fishbone and Sound Barrier) threw down with some
red-hot, sizzlin' lead guitar riffs that ripped through the air! The only
problems were that Doug's vocals were low in the mix (at least part of the
time) and that Doug seemed to have forgotten some of the words. The last
song (.....UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A 10:00PM CURFEW IN THE ROOM.....) was Sly
& the Family Stone's "Stand", performed in a sizzlin' rock
flavor...probably the way Sly should have done the song. The show was over too
soon at 10:05pm.
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