Joe Perry Project - Best Of: The Music Still Does The Talkin

Full title - The Best Of - The Music Still Does The Talking. Don`t laugh...while head Not Lame dude, Bruce was a strange combination of 70`s punker and power popper, his love for great 70`s hard rock knows no-bounds. And one drunken night in the late 70`s he decided he was going to drive to the town next door and introduce himself to Joe Perry along with a friend who is now a priest. His wife, let`s just say, was not pleased. We digress. 70`s Aerosmith rocked, still rocks and Joe Perry`s brawly, drunken solo band, JPP had some serious moments, as well. Ergo, it`s presence here for all `one` of you out there(where are you? Let me know!) Yes, aficionados the world over know Joe Perry as the nimble-fingered guitar master with the multi-platinum, multifarious Aerosmith, one of the all-time great outlaw rock `n` roll bands of the age. A lesser-known aspect of Perry`s 30-year journey from hopeful young guitar hero to world-renowned musician is his brief solo career as leader of his own band, the Joe Perry Project. As for the Joe Perry Project, all that remains are three underrated albums, a bunch of tightly coiled, energetic rock songs & no doubt, a mess of faded memories. Here we have one action-packed, 20-track, 75-minute collection. This is gritty, street-level 1980s rock at its finest. Naturally enough, as the band`s resident guitar godhead, Perry pulled out all stops throughout with his fiery licks. His various backing musicians responded with appropriate vigor, & if some of the material here echoes Aerosmith`s brash take on arena rock, then the songs are all the more exciting for their fluent dynamics & barely contained rock energy. As an added bonus, there`s the rare non-album B-side, `Bone To Bone` (from 1980, & transferred directly from a long-lost master tape discovered in the vaults at Sony Records Australia) that has never before appeared on CD. Mirror Stars unite!

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