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Rock n Roll music is more than a genre, it is something that can bring people together, to free their minds and electrify their spirits. Musician and fan are both part of a family, they rely on one another to feel the positive effects of music. Medusa Stone lives for their family and because of their family.
Medusa Stone headed into the studio on 2004 with Brother Cane/Slave to the System frontman Damon Johnson to record the debut album. Johnsons stellar production and experienced engineering provided Medusa Stone with a potent and raw rock n' roll debut, which received stellar reviews from both fans and publications. Since recording their first album Medusa Stone has shared the stage with the likes of Damon Johnson(Brother Cane,
Alice Cooper, Whiskey Falls) Vince Neil(Motley Crue) Mother's Finest,
David Lee Roth(Van Halen), Blackfoot, Cowboy Mouth, Joe Bonamassa, Frank Bangs(Buddy Guy) American
Minor, The Trews, Will Hoge, Hubert Sumlin, Sonny Landruth, Chris
Duarte, Zoso, and we also did side stage at Alltel Pavillion for Lynyrd
Skynyrd, Three Doors Down and Shooter Jennings. With the release of their sophomore album "Shaking Hands" on the horizon along with a recent signing to Right Hook Records. Medusa Stone is once again ready to burn down the road from town to town, leaving a trail of ravaged ears and empty beers.
Review of "Shaking Hands" by: Brian Tucker of Bootleg Magazine.
On Medusa Stone's third outing the power trio maintain a love of old
school rock while polishing its surface anew. With Shaking Hands the
band displays maturity and loads it with fine tuned sonic punch.
Whereas on their self-titled debut Medusa Stone sounded like a band
playing to the past, they now play forward, a voice built on a history
of rock and soul.
Intentional or not, the album title seems appropriate, a modern rock
band taking influences and coalescing into the present - one
generation of music lovers shaking hands with their peers. Many songs
are love letters and solid nods to the band's love of rock and roll,
its spirit and sometimes contested beauty.
They name drop Queen on 'Rock and Roll Queen', The Rolling Stones on
the funky swagger of 'Same Old Road' and make defense of the genre
against Lenny Kravitz's declaration that rock and roll is dead on
'Pills and Pot.' 'Loaded Gun' is ultra seventies, old school AC/DC
crossed with Rocks-era Aerosmith on the chorus. There's a psychedelic
flavor infrequently on Shaking Hands and the singing and the playing
is stronger here, more refined in crafting songs and musical
landscape. The bluesy crunch of 'Live Alone' and nervous breakdown
approach of 'In This Place Again' work like inexorable bookends, whose
driving rhythm works like a corkscrew into the ear. The latter segues
into 'H-Jam' a slow, up against the wall jam grinding towards its
explosive breakdown.
Vocal duties are spread across the band and the diversity is welcomed.
Lead singer Justin Fox's high pitched soul is a fine opposite to Dave
Morse's guttural drawl, like Paul Stanley to Gene Simmons. Fox has
never been stronger than on 'Wait for Me/Excessum', finding restraint
and texture in his vocal range.
Shaking Hands navigates cleanly between high energy and cooling down.
The album could almost be cut in half, like Ben Harper's Both Sides of
the Gun – one side energetic, the other side laid back - but variety
helps the album cook. Shaking Hands is a long burn, for both late
summer nights and cool autumn afternoons.
- Brian Tucker
- Bootleg Magazine
Buy "Medusa Stone" 2004 realease here
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Justin Fox uses Quidley Amps
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