Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 15/09/2014
Label: Schnitzel
Records
‘Leave
me Alone’ track listing:
1). Human
Canonball Explodes (featuring Deen Ween of Ween and Moistboyz)
2). Keep Me In The Loop (featuring Stephen Haas of Moistboyz & Pure Luck)
3). Luv Is Fiction (featuring Lightnin' Woodcock and Marc Diamond of The Dwarves)
4). Come And You're Gone (featuring Marc Diamond and Blag Dhalia of The Dwarves)
5). The Robot Man (featuring Phil Campbell of Motorhead)
6). Get Lost (With Me) (featuring Rex Everything of Mondo Generator)
7). Leave Me Alone
8). The Void (featuring Bruno Fevery of Kyuss Lives! and Vista Chino)
9). Death Leads The Way (featruing Mike Pygmie of Mondo Generator and You Know Who)
2). Keep Me In The Loop (featuring Stephen Haas of Moistboyz & Pure Luck)
3). Luv Is Fiction (featuring Lightnin' Woodcock and Marc Diamond of The Dwarves)
4). Come And You're Gone (featuring Marc Diamond and Blag Dhalia of The Dwarves)
5). The Robot Man (featuring Phil Campbell of Motorhead)
6). Get Lost (With Me) (featuring Rex Everything of Mondo Generator)
7). Leave Me Alone
8). The Void (featuring Bruno Fevery of Kyuss Lives! and Vista Chino)
9). Death Leads The Way (featruing Mike Pygmie of Mondo Generator and You Know Who)
Bio:
Many artists struggle to establish their musical identity; Nick Oliveri
has forged his through a long career of hard work and full command over his
craft and his music. His new album, ‘LEAVE ME ALONE’, is a powerfully
captivating proof of his multi-talented personality.
Recorded at Thunder Underground Studios in Palm Springs, CA. Oliveri
plays all the instruments on this recording, including drums, guitar, bass and
vocals. It features guitar solos from some special guests though, namely Phil
Campbell from MOTORHEAD, Dean Ween (a.k.a. Mickey Moist) from WEEN and
MOISTBOYZ, Stephen Haas from MOISTBOYZ, Mike Pygmie from MONDO GENERATOR, Marc
Diamond from THE DWARVES and Bruno Fevery from KYUSS LIVES! and VISTA CHINO.
There’s also a guest vocal by Blag Dahlia from THE DWARVES.
Review:
Anyone that knows my taste of music knows that I am a
big fan of Nick’s work with Queens of the Stone Age. His songs are among my
favorites on those amazing albums. They
had brute force, simplicity and a story behind them. The interpretation is up
to the listener, which is the reason so many people love music because in your
mind, the artist might be telling your story.
The new album by Nick Oliveri is in my opinion, off
the fucking hook. This album has everything in it I needed and to be perfectly
honest I think it resembles the best parts of early Queens work. Great guitar
work, driving bass and drums and lyrically he is telling his story. If you want to hop on Nick’s train, I believe
you need a hard hat and a huge seat belt because it is going to be a glorious
and bumpy ride. So please sit back, as I
discuss this album and why I feel it is a monster and why people will be
digging it.
Starting with ‘Human Cannonball Explodes’, you are in
for a treat with a spectacular bass breakdown and right into letting the rock,
roll. Nick does not waste time letting the listener know they are listening to
a rock album.
We are then swept into ‘Keep me in the Loop’. This
tune has an immaculate groove and background whispers that lead into great
guitar work that any player would dig. Also, a great descending line that
superbly works its way back into the groove; this track is one of my favorites
on the album.
Then we get thrown into ‘Luv is Fiction’. This has a
nice nod to David Lee Roth as Nick states that, “I love the way the line runs
up the back of your stockings.” This tune is a true ‘rock out with your cock
out rock’ song. It has my favorite line in the album, “I’m low on fuel but I
ain’t walking.” A-fucking- men to that. Also, the guitars on this monster
eloquently crush your face at the first listening.
Next, ‘Come and Your Gone’. This song makes you feel
like you are at CBGB’s, catching an early Television show with its great bass
work and anthem like chorus. It houses a really solid groove and also a very
slick breakdown. Tom Verlaine would give a nod to this fucker.‘The Robot Man’ follows up in 5th place.
Complete with copters and sirens. Think of a Tarantino movie track like guitars,
while a furious vocal floats above, giving you details of what is happening at
the moment. There is a fantastic guitar solo and really nice boogie down drums.
This song cements why I loved Nick’s tunes so much in Queens.
Taking the 6th spot is ‘Get Lost (With Me)’.
For any of you that want a tune to bop your head too, go directly to this
track. It will do the trick: comes assembled with a really strong dual vocal in
the chorus and another killer solo. I was doing my own hand claps while
listening to this gem.
Now we are into the 7th inning stretch. We
are hit with a very nice Acoustic jam, ‘Leave Me
Alone’. It is a
nice piece with really nice chording and a fits perfectly in the 7th
spot.
The next song had me doing 90 in a 35 mile per hour
speed zone, ‘The Void’. You can feel the energy of this song blasting out of
the speakers. You think this song is finished and just then, it comes back at
you with rough intent; blistering song with an infantry of instrumentation.
The last is ‘Death Leads the Way’. It hits you with a
great time signature and has an amazing chorus. The second chorus has great
background vocals and “Ahs” with a very eerie quality to them. There is an
onslaught of guitars that chug along at a cascading pace and goes back into the
chorus. This is my favorite song on the album.
I was really surprised by this album as I had no idea what it would
sound like. Well, it sounds like I will be listening to this album a lot.
Nick put an album together that rocks when it needs
too, bops when you want it to and kicks your ass when your ass needs to be
kicked.
I applaud Mr Oliveri for a gem of an album.
Words by: Marc Gaffney
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