TM STEVENS & SHOCKA ZOOLOO
with 24-7 SPYZ
At the Crash Mansion - NYC (6/15/06)
24-7 Spyz's Rick Skatore shows love for lethal bassist, TM Stevens!!
THIS WAS THE NIGHT!!
Two powerful fources joined together to form the 9th Wonder of The World!!
People said that it couldn't be done...that it was impossible. But just like
people said you couldn't split jeans (or maybe it's "genes") or that
the world is flat, they were proven wrong! Of course, with the combination of
two strong forces, there are almost always some risk of disaster (like the
different two air masses--cold, dry air & warm, moist air--that forms
tornadoes). People came from near and far to witness something very exciting
but potentially devastating--to the Crash Mansion (a fitting name AFTER THIS
EVENT!) Almost every R&B/hip-hop fans that checked out the first two acts
left the building before the event began...probably they were too sissified to
stay and learn what a real performance is....hey, cookie cutter R&B and rap
nonsense ain't gone cut it...you gotsa have meat on the bones (I mean REAL
MUSIC...the funk too, baby baba!!) Anyway, the brave folks (the true music
lovers) that stayed witnessed the union of ............. (drum roll,
please)..................24-7 SPYZ ....... and........TM STEVENS!! (everyone
sigh in unison)
HEAVY METAL SOUL guitarist/vocalist, Jimi Hazel!!
The
guitar gods were smilin' as 24-7 Spyz took it to the stage at 10:30pm with a
classic...."Love For Sale", featuring lead vocals and guitar blazin'
by Jimi Hazel. Rick Skatore was cookin' on the bass for "Face The
Day" "Yeah x3" featured some of the busiest drumwork ever by
Tobias Ralph! The drummer was tight as a MF when he broke it down during the
instrumental break of "Soul Sucker". "Waiting For the Sun"
was a pulverizing metal rock tune, followed by the slower, melodic "The
Saturday Song" which featured a hot drum solo. The next song was a metal
song that featured some thrash metal during part of the hook. The next song
started with Tobias doing a fast four-count drum riff followed by a blast of
gothic-sounding guitar and bass riffs...this was done four times before going
into the song. The last 2 songs were metal funk, the latter featuring
interesting scratch guitar riffs and a drum/bass spotlight featuring Rick
playing some funk and jazz bass riffs. Part one of the historic event was over
at 11:25pm.
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SPYZ
HEAVY METAL FUNK bassist/vocalist extraordinaire TM Stevens with Jimi Hazel!!
At
11:50pm, it was TM Stevens & Shocka Zooloo's turn. TM said once
"BEWARE OF BLACK GUYS WITH GUITARS!!!" He is correct because his hand
picked up where the Spyz left off. 24-7 Spyz may have created some structural
damage to the Crash Mansion, but TM and his band were there to take out the
foundation. Shocka Zooloo started withe a new song called
"California", a heavy funk-rock tune that featured all of the
musicians alternating with solos (towards the end). For the nasty metal-funk
tune :"Mama Said So", TM had the fans participate in a
call-and-response. "Turn Me On", "I'm a Believer" and
"Shocka Zooloo" were scorchin' funk metal songs, especially with teh
pyrotechnic guitar blasts of the Master Blaster, Michael Barnes, and the
slap-bass assaults by the one and only TM Stevens! The mellower "The River
Flow" featured TM on poppin' & walkin' bass and Michael on a smokin'
lead guitar solo!!
UHHH, WE LOVE DR. TM,
YOUR FUNK IS THE BEST, BABY BABA!!!!
The foundation of the Crash Mansion did a major shift on the next song
"Thumb"...with TM poppin' the bass so fast that his hands
disappeared...and Michael was shadowing him on guitar!! (SO MUCH POPPIN', YOU'D
THOUGHT IT WAS POPCORN, BABY BABA....BUT IT'S NOT!!!!!!!!) TM went into
psychotic mode, playing poppin' bass, slap bass, funk bass, bass sounds
resembling bongos (????!!!!!!!!!????)....he played fast, he played slow. TM
shook the building to rubble after that bass workout. Drummer T.C. Tolliver was
killin' on the drum solo!! "Raw Like Sushi" was dedicated to the guys
in 24-7 Spyz. "What About Love" was the final funk-metal song of the
night. Part two of the historic event ended at 12:50am.
Click here for pictures of TM
Stevens & Shocka Zooloo
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