lynch is good, he's not 2nd alltime but he's good. Mr. Scary is awsome. Funny thing is George can shred but he has trouble writing songs that appeal to the public, even when haribands were huge Dokken never seemed to really cash in. Back for the Attack was a decent disk but they always seemed second rate to me. I'd say guys like Vito Bratta and Reb Beach from white lion and winger are on the same level as Lynch is. You can rag on winger all you want but Beach is awsome, that dude could shred..even on stuff like headed for a heartbreak he was kicking ass. Listen to White Lions Radar Love cover again and pay attention to Bratta on that song, he's awsome.
Paul Gilbert is totally underrated if you ask me. Mr. Big would have been gigantic if they had come a couple of years earlier and would have been alot better off had "to be with you" never been released. Lean into it is a GREAT underrated early 90's disk. I got it in 93 for a buck at Sears and it's the best "cheap" cd I've ever bought. Mr. Big just spent to long trying to replicate to be with you..if they would have stuck to rockin they would have been alot better off. Listen to Daddy, brother, lover, littel boy and songs like never say never, colarado bulldog, trapped in toyland and take cover..all great songs.
Lynch can't touch a guy like Eddie Van Halen who really-when he's healthy-can do it all, maybe at this moment Lynch might be better cause Ed's a mess but when Ed is on he's the best guitar player-songwriter around. Ed has the unique ability to take a riff and make it into a hit.
since I'm a certified Van Halen nut and I can tie anything to the band if I want here's you're George Lynch-Van Halen fast facts for the day:
George recently said he wanted to put together a 3 piece with VH's Mike Anthony on bass.
George played on a couple of VH tribute cd's.
dokken opened for VH ont he Monsters of Rock tour.
There were a few songs going around a few years ago that were supposedly demos of VH songs before David Lee Roth was thier vocalist, one of them was called BlackStar, I don't remember the other title but it was finally revealed that it wasn't VH but it was Lynch's pre Dokken band "The Boyz"
Gene Simmons came to see the boyz in 76-77ish and was going to produce some demo's for them but saw VH and went with them instead.
...that's it for now.
