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Firefly After The Fire DELETED esm052 The band: John Pratt: Vocals John Thomas: Guitars & Solos Bob Gilles: Guitars Michael Alemania: Keyboards Ricky Phillips: Bass Ron Wikso: Drums Firefly is the brainchild of John Pratt, an extremely talented songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Los Angeles, California. John is best known for his extensive contributions to the TV and movie industry, working on such movies as "Cadillac Man", "Robocop II", "Firebirds" and "Still Holding on". John has previously recorded with Kim Carnes, Lita Ford, Julliett and Gino Vanelli. In the eighties he had his own band, Roxbury Drive, who were cited as the largest drawing unsigned band in Los Angeles at one point. The line-up for "After the Fire" is just as impressive as it was for the hugely successful 1998 Firefly debut "Where you Gonna Run" (ESM 033). As permanent members along with John, we have Ron Wikso ; Drums (Richie Sambora, Foreigner, The Storm, Dave Lee Roth and Cher), Bob Gilles - Guitars (Innocent), John Thomas - Guitars (worked with countless bands in his career), Michael Alemenia - Keyboards (Wilson Phillips, Vixen, Jack Wagner) and Ricky Phillips - Bass (Bad English, Babys and Fredricksen/Phillips). Whilst the debut album has many different musical styles, the second album sees Firefly tackling melodic hard rock head on. The opening attack of "Shadow of a doubt" has a distinct Journey aura, whilst "Stuck in the Middle" is pure hard rock, guitars playing alongside more guitars and backed up with an intense rhythm. John's powerful lead vocals have a magic about them, he has such a wide range that he hones it perfectly to the needs of each song. Keyboards play an important part of the sound as the intro. to "Mary gets wise" breaks in and it shows just how well this album is constructed. "Blue Flame" and "The Garden" are both spellbinding masterpieces of melodic bombast and it's not till track six, the title track "After the Fire", that we see a ballad, but a ballad that crescendo's into a grand finale and a very creative piece of work. "You're the only one" is a song with a difference, clever use of vocals makes this very unique, but if you prefer the tried and tested method of powerful guitar chords and strong song compositions, then look no further than "Find a way", "How do you feel" and "Fight". The last track "Say Goodnight" finishes the album on a strong note and establishes Firefly as a force to be reckoned with. Along with stable-mates Heartland, Stranded, Departure and Alliance, Firefly produce a second album that hits home the quality that you come to expect from the Escape Music label. |
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