Rest In Peace - Thanks To Cozy ( a Japanese tribute to Cozy Powell )

Ramai dari korang pun macam aku kot, membesar ngan Rainbow.
dan kalo Rainbow tu tentu korang tahu dan minat ramai anggota dorang yang tukar ganti tu, termasuk Cozy Powell dan ikut perkembangan dorang sampai skarang.(untuk yang masih hidup la )

Cozy Powell, aku tak pernah tengok dia main live, pasal masa Black Sabbath Forbidden datang tu dia dah keluar band Black Sabbath zaman Tony Martin tapi Bobby Rodinelli yang ganti, pun Rainbow punya drummer jugak si Bobby Rodinelli ni untuk zaman Joe Lynn Turner.




Bila Cozy Powell meninggal eksiden dan dia tengah pakai handphone/carphone ok masa driving tu, dengan itu jugak Rainbow Rising Reunion terkubur, walau tu jam, ada cerita duit yang banyak giler ditawar oleh pasaran Jepun untuk Rainbow Rising nye line up bersatu. Dan Ronnie James Dio pun dah mati...so forget it la, layan je la Ritchie Blackmore ngan bini nye band.
Dan ramai dari korang pun membesar ngan rok jepun.

Jadi ni tribute anggota2 Anthem ( dan yang penyanyi Powernude tu lepas tu pun dia pun join Anthem ), Earthshaker dan band2 Jepun lain untuk Cozy Powell. Tribute ni ialah dorang main macam2 lagu dari lain2 band yang Cozy Powell join dan rakam. Lagu2 dari Jeff Beck Group, Gary Moore, Rainbow ( of course ), Michael Schenker Group dan Black Sabbath.






Thanks to Cozy and Thanks to Japanese Translation webpage that Google provides, I am happy to exactly know who is who and who is playing which and whatever. The cd packaging is in Japanese for the details.
so here it is the full details of each Japanese rock musicians that plays on this enjoyable Cozy Powell tribute cd.

Anyway my short review opinion.
-Love that this cd has the Anthem members on it including two vocalists who sings in Anthem.
-Love the Blindman singer on David's Coverdale Whitesnake Slide It In. Best ever.
-Kill The King is always best started with " Somewhere Over The Rainbow / wizard of oz " thingy.
-Love the instrumentals especially Killers.. that can go on and on and on, and I still enjoy it.
-Love Headless Cross... Really love the Headless Cross of Black Sabbath on this cd.
-Love all the three Rainbow songs... Stargazer, they really did the full ending of Ronnie James Dio's " My Eyes Are Bleeding " and all that to infinity.
-Love Overture 1812. This is the famous Cozy Powell trademark and signature drum solo played to the classical piece. Up to now, Rainbow bootlegs are actively being shared by fans worldwide...and its always nice to hear Cozy Powell's drum solo with this "Tchaikovsky" Overture 1812 in it. Rock fans are lucky because they are exposed to all these classical stuffs.


1. KILL THE KING (by RAINBOW)
Ds:. Hirotsugu Homma large (ANTHEM)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(Solo) Atsushi Yokoseki: G.
(B'z Support) Takanori Masuda: Or.
(ANTHEM) Eizo Sakamoto: Vo.

2. SLID IT IN (by WHITESNAKE: Slide It In)
Ds:. KATSUJI (GARGOYLE)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
G.: (GRAND SLAM yuan) Kazuhide Shirota, (JxJ) net Segami
(PRECIOUS yuan) Yusuke Takahama: Key.
Vo:. Science "Annie" Takaya (BLINDMAN)

3 KILLER (by COZY POWELL: Over the Top)
Ds:. Ya Takashi "MAD" Ouchi (OVER / UNDER)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(Solo) Atsushi Yokoseki: G.
(PRECIOUS yuan) Yusuke Takahama: Key.


4 HEADLESS CROSS (by BLACK SABBATH: Headless Cross)
Ds:. KATSUJI (GARGOYLE)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
G.: Shinji Wajima (chair person)
(PRECIOUS yuan) Yusuke Takahama: Key.
(Solo) Masatoshi Ono: Vo.

5. GATES OF BABYLON (by RAINBOW: Long Live Rock & Roll)
Ds:. Ya Takashi "MAD" Ouchi (OVER / UNDER)
(Anthem) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(Non-professional) Masato Konishi; G.
(B'z Support) Takanori Masuda:. Key Or.
(Support Mari Hamada) Masafumi Nakao: Syn.
(Anthem) Eizo Sakamoto: Vo.
. Vio: obstinate chord (solo)

6 DEFINITELY MAYBE (by JEFF BECK GROUP: Jeff Beck Group)
Ds:. Hirotsugu Homma large (ANTHEM)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
G.: Kenji Kitajima (Fence Of Defense)
(Muscle girl band yuan) Re Shiba three:. Pi


. 7 STARGAZER (by RAINBOW: RISING)
(Earthshaker) Yoshihiro Kudo: Ds.
(Anthem) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(Non-professional) Masato Konishi; G.
(B'z Support) Takanori Masuda: Key.
(Support Mari Hamada) Masafumi Nakao: Syn.
(Anthem) Eizo Sakamoto: Vo.
. Vio: obstinate chord (solo)

8 ON AND ON (by MSG: M.S.G.)
Ds:. Ya Takashi "MAD" Ouchi (OVER / UNDER)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(DEAD END yuan), Yuji Adachi; G.
(PRECIOUS yuan) Yusuke Takahama: Key.
Vo:. Yukio Morikawa (POWERNUDE)



. 9 EL SID (by COZY POWELL: Over the Top)
Ds:. Hirotsugu Homma large (ANTHEM)
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
(Solo) Atsushi Yokoseki: G.
(Muscle girl band yuan) Re Shiba three:. Pi
(PRECIOUS yuan) Yusuke Takahama: Key.

10 OUVERTURE SOLENNELLE "1812" (by COZY POWELL: Over the Top)
Ds:. Hirotsugu Homma large (ANTHEM)
(Solo) Jun Abe: Key.

. 11 THE MESSIAH WILL COME AGAIN (by GARY MOORE: After The War)
(EARTHSHAKER) Yoshihiro Kudo: Ds.
(ANTHEM) Naoto Shibata: Ba.
G.: Mitsuru Sato (hayashi four people)
(B'z Support) Takanori Masuda: Or.

JB 5 Jun 2010 Double Trouble R.J. Dio Tribute bootleg and some other missing songs from...

Aku korek2 carik Mr Big nye show yang aku bootleg, dan jumpa balik ni bootleg untuk konsert Double Trouble ( Search & Wings ) kat Stadium Larkin Johor Bahru 5hb Jun 2010. Ramai dari korang pun pergi, dan aku pun dah pernah blog pasal ni tu jam.

Tetapi, aku perasan dvd rasmi untuk show ni takde beberapa lagu. Pasal apa takde aku tak tahu la, mungkin copyright issue, salah masuk lirik, dan tahu apa la sebab.

Dan tu la masalah kalo sapa2 completionist untuk sesuatu yang dorang suka, memang weak la kalo tak complete sesuatu product tu. Ni aku punye pendapat peribadi la.

Crowd happening, tu ah kecoh-kecoh keliling aku. Dan tu pasal aku tak masukkan Mentari Merah Di Ufuk Timur, pasal memang kecoh dan nak elakkan apa2 embarassment sangat haha.



So enjoy, beberapa lagu versi kecohrable fan bootleg yang takde kat dvd rasmi.
Especially untuk yang tak pernah dengar DT punye Holy Diver ni.

- Holy Diver - siap Awie ngan Amy berbual2 sikit kasi tribute, dan ni lagu guitarist cuma Joe Wings sorang ngan Search provides the bass and drums.
- Alam Barzakh intro was great, bertambah great ngan meraban budak2 keliling aku.
- Nur Nilam Sari pun aku sumbat je la...


Tunggu setengah jam la gitu eh.. kasi aku upload kat youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/tempehasuka666/videos

boxset kumpulan May 25th Anniversary Discography Limited Edition

It was never an intention, but I realised I blog three consecutive times on the heavy rock band May, starting from their 25th Anniversary concert to their bootleg of the show and now the boxset that was released for their 25th Anniversary. Spectacular hardcover full colour book with more than 110 pages thick with a hard casing with a dvd of interviews and a cd of new songs.





OK ni last kopek la aku blog pasal kumpulan MAY sampai suatu masa lain, anyway dok lagi brapa minggu Maiden nak start Maiden England Tour dan seluruh pelosok dunia punya mata ( if you're an Iron Fuckin Maiden fan that is ) akan bertumpu kat USA untuk baca laporan, dengar bootlegs setiap atau sebahagian dan menganalisa tour Maiden untuk tahun ni. Tiga post berturut2 dah pasal MAY. Tapi kira ok la, dari konsert dorang ke bootleg dorang dan last dorang nye boxset ni.

Ni dia MAY 25th ANNIVERSARY DISCOGRAPHY LIMITED EDITION.
Kira meraikan jubli perak dorang, ngan satu buku hardcover kulit tebal 100% warna warni setebal ( tadi aku cuba kira mukasurat, aku give up so ni tunjuk betapa tebal dan puas hati buku ni ), lebih 110 muka surat.
Ia datang ngan dvd interview 45 minit gitu ngan ahli2 May, cerita2 dorang, dan 2 video klip, dan jugak lagi sekeping CD yaitu CD 25th Anniversary dorang, bersamaan album ke limabelas doranggg...
Dan jugak...dapat cermin mata / kacamata 3D gitu, dan jugak paperbag MAY untuk taruk semua barang2 ni.


Aku tak bedek, aku tak tahu untuk orang lain, tapi untuk aku sendiri, aku susah nak dapatkan benda ni. Aku tahu aku beli dua bila dah jumpa, pasal aku tunjuk kat kawan aku kat tempat kerja dan aku tahu dia belek2 dia pun suka dan untuk harga dia memang berbaloi la.



OK ni buku dia... korang layan gambo je la kan, aku tak boleh nak petik banyak la foto dari buku ni, sikit2 je, korang nak gi la carik buku ni sendiri. Aku rasa banyak duit MAY / Sinar Studio dan sapa2 je la keluarkan untuk buat edisi ni dan semoga dapat sambutan sewajarnya, untuk aku ni boxset memang WORLD.
Tapi real la cerita-ceriti dan segala khazanah dalam buku hardcover ni....menarik la, pasal segala luar dalam kumpulan dan ahli2 MAY, banyak disclosure dari start dorang bergiat sampai terbit buku ni.
















Foto2 dalam buku ni memang world. Aku kagum tengok koleksi foto, dan aku dah cakap 100+++ muka surat kan, so layan. I think this is a treasure for not only Malay rock fans, but for everyone.





k, dvd tadi aku dah cakap sikit kan pasal interview whatever....menarik la, dan informatif.
Ni cd lak, lagu semua best2 tapi Nafas, Hipokrit terutama Hipokrit ni la memang best sangat, dan aku suka ending Pahlawan Mimpi/Tragedi, very melodic guitar.

Of course ada lagu2 slow la kan, aku paling suka Menanti, dan lagu Nostagia tu kira cam campur2 lagu2 slow lama gitu, dan memang best la dengar dan terus terkenang zaman dulu...kira tiap2 lagu dalam lagu tu, aku cuba ingat kat mana aku pertama kali aku dengar lagu tersebut, kat mana aku beli atau pinjam ( hohoho ) kaset-kaset album2 MAY tersebut zaman dulu masa masih sekolah, dan kawan2 aku yang aku tak jumpa lagi bila meninggalkan zaman budak2 atau sekolah dulu, lagu apa yang sapa kawan2 aku, aku siap masih ingat nama lagik, minat.

Starting lagu Nostalgia ialah lagu Dalam Kembara...


So thats about it.....











The autographs is a very nice gesture to complete this fabulous release.
















Thats about it, now... I got to get back to the real world.. till the next time UP THE IRONS!!.

bootleg May 19/05/2012 & review Iron Maiden FC magazine 92

TWO PARTS, First part is MAY bootleg for any May fans interested, and then Iron MAYden latest fc mag. hohoho.

pt 1, untuk peminat2 kumpulan May,
REVIEW aku yang ntah apa2 ntah, ada kat blog post sebelum ni..
saje je aku godey2 kejap dan dapat cammgini..
ada silap jugak tu aku baru perasan, malas nak betulkan.
front

back




Aku suka la dua2 depan dan belakang covers..... memang, aku syok sendiri masuk bakul angkat sendiri biarkan ku sendiri...

Bootleg is here.
http://www.youtube.com/user/tempehasuka666/videos

pt 2, the iron maiden fan club magazine 92 has arrived.
40 pages. I think this issue is less thicker, and I do really wish for more reading material but its alrite still.

The cover, I think I posted the photo of it about few blogs past.


Anyone reading rock news on the internet would read about the death of Kerry King Slayer guitar tech Armand Crump and how the rock world has so many tributes to him from huge and famous names of many bands,
I am not aware he is a huge Maiden fan, even a fan club member, and the Maiden crew has great things to say about him..



You have the person who does the live video recording, directing and editing that we see during each Maiden live show at the huge jumbo screens. Very informative.
The documentary that comes with the En Vivo dvd really shows the jobs of the crew really well.



You have this Bruce Air Flight 666 Simulator reviews and experiences. How I wish I can go for this. The write ups is so interesting for a person like me who have no idea of being in a plane cockpit, especially as its Bruce Dickinson who is the pilot instructor. Must be like in a movie or a documentary like that.



Also the Primal Rock Rebellion got a SIX pages interviews and nice photos...

Also the flashback thingy to some old fan club magazines, and really love the short review of Powerslave when it first came out in 1985, from the fan club magazine itself.


The new tshirts are nice, but...not nice when it comes to taking out the wallet. So... SKIP!, as in SKIP PY DOO BE DOO.




Back cover Sooty with Nicko, or is it Nicko with Sooty.





thats about it... Have a happy month of MAY with MAY and MAYDEN.

some photos from this issue 92. and the centerpage of Adrian Smith is very pretty.

MAY 25th Anniversary - Live in Singapore 19th May 2012

MAY, a (heavy) rock band from Perak, Malaysia plays an awesome two hours show at Kallang Theater, Singapore. Its kind of a very very rare occasion to see May plays a full length concert, especially in Singapore. I enjoyed it very much. Worth the time and money spent to attend this event. So this my haywire review and ulasan porak peranda.

Pada aku, nak tengok kumpulan MAY main konsert penuh yang selama 2 jam, show dorang sendiri, lagi susah dari nak tengok Iron Maiden. Jadi bila aku tahu MAY nak main full length concert kat Panggung Kallang, aku terus ambik cuti satu hari pasal aku rota kena kerja malam lak.


Poster yang pengsi abis, pasal material macam plastik vinyl gitu, bukan kertas so tahan la, dan tak bimbang kemek ke, koyak ke, ronyok ke. Siap MAY autographed lagik.

OK, tiket Stall - 88 ketul, tiket Circle - 55 ketul. ( yep macam tengok wayang zaman tok kadok dulu panggung semua besar2 sebijik2 gitu, tak macam skarang wayang semua multiplex ). About 200RM ++ & 130RM ++ respectively. Tapi its MAY dan macam aku cakap, susah nak dapat tengok MAY main full length concert so go I must.

Sebelum show start, kat the huge video screens ( total 3 ) ada this informative and funny interview ngan empat2 anggota MAY semasa persiapan untuk konsert Singapura ni, ada soalan2 serious dan jugak soalan happy2 gitu. Antara nye kalo takde May apa dorang buat? sapa paling handsome? Petua jaga rambut? I think they are very humble people when answering in their jovial ways.



So this is the setlist...fuck, aku dah lama tak dengar lagu2 MAY, serious berbual nak pergi ni show ni pun aku tak dengar kasi freshen-up atau ingat2kan balik ke hapa ke, jadi kadang2 tu macam ingat2 lupa title dia. Tapi tu yang thrill tu kalo dah lama tak dengar, then terus dengar live.

Persembahan cuma Mus, Man, Abu, Yus. Dorang empat aje. Takde keyboards player. Cuma 5 lagu slow kat tengah tu dorang pakai extra accoustic guitarist Putra dari band Stardust.


1. Intro & Abu on guitar
2. Hakikat Perjuangan
3. Penghuni Kota
4. Strategi
5. Jiwa Karat
6. Dari Kacamata ( 'near 10 mins long' version )
7. Siapa Kau?
8. Nafas
9. Mai Pen Rai
10. Graffiti

11. Ku Dalam Dilema ( acoustic )
12. Sketsa Sebuah Cinta ( acoustic )
13. Sinar ( acoustic. )

14. Gadis Bertudung Putih
15. Jemu
16. Wira Cyborg

17. Pelayaran ( amazing version )
18. Sendiri
19. Cinta Mu Mekar Di Hati





So this is my observations.

- May nye persembahan, terutama first half, Heavy nak mampos. Aku suka.

- Intro muzik dorang seram siak.
- Dari Kacamata - serettttttt.....

- Mus - gerekkk, gerekk, gerek. Also he talk about May's history and stories. And his 'balik ke pangkal jalan' story.
- Mus cerita zaman 80an , masa May perform kat Johor, Melaka, peminat hardcore fans dorang dari Singapore datang all the way support and I think he refer to the female fans, dia cerita pasal Peminat2 wanita dorang yang dulu vogue. Dan skarang dah more Muslimah, tapi tetap rock.

-Mus cakap dorang ada 15 album, 150 lagu, kalo nak main semua lagu boleh habis besok atau pengsan terus atas stage. Mus cakap dorang jemput Yantzen dan Oney tapi dorang ada lain commitment, and Mus cakap kalo dorang tak ambik tempat Mus, tak tahu apa jadi adakah May bertahan sampai skarang, THIS IS A BIT SIMILAR TO IRON MAIDEN'S PREDICAMENT. Betapa Blaze Bailey orang cakap apa pun performance dia, tapi kalo dia tak jadi penyanyi Maiden masa Bruce keluar Maiden selama 6 tahun, dapat ke kita Iron Maiden yang ada skarang??

So Mus respek dan suruh peminat kasi round of applause untuk Yantzen dan Oney, dan May bawak satu lagu dari zaman kedua2 penyanyi tersebut. And I was hoping for Bergegar Segunung Rindu tapi dorang main Jemu. Sigh. haha.

- Mus happening, suruh peminat2 yang duduk kat Circle ( tingkat 5 ) dan turun pergi Stall ( tingkat 3 ) supaya penuhkan ruang floor. Aku rasa security mesti kelam kabut kejap. Huru hara haha. Tapi memang best la, pandai2 je Mus, lawak pun ada part ni kecohrable. hehe. I think this is the best moment of the whole night.
- Cinta Mu Mekar Di Hati, majoriti parts audience yang nyanyi, Mus tenyeh microfon je kat audience.

- Tapi aku cam heran la last part lepas lagu last ni.. Apsal aku rasa MAY masih nak main lagi walau dah tembak tu hurray hurray nye ribbon confettis?. So no Racun Bermadu, no Black Area, no Derita Bangsa, no Bayangan Hidup, no Bergegar Segunung Rindu.
Boleh? Bayangan Hidup - May best song ever?. Tapi aku suka sangat lagu ni, betul2 punye bermakna la,....first time aku tengok May ( bukan setakat dengar kat kaset JJR ) ialah kat TV3 Muzik Muzik bawak lagu ni....terus makin minat...giler.

Tapi apa pun kudos to the organiser pasal buat show May yang fans dorang dapat tengok dorang main full show, dan suasana happy and calm ambience, ok la, memang tak full house, tapi boleh nampak la May ada dorang punye peminat loyal dari berbagai umur, walaupun banyak shows bagus kebelakangan ni terutama ngan peminat2 muzik semua kena pilih betul2 show2 mana dorang nak pergi pasal budget atau time and date constraint.

Sadaqa - Ramli Sarip - Masjid Hasanah funds & Singapore only release.

( Actually kan, berapa tahun lepas masa aku pergi Reservist, jumpa satu kawan dan dia dah cakap pasal Ramli Sarip wants to release a cd for a mosque fundraising benefit, akhirnya cd ni keluar tapi untuk Masjid Hasanah, bukan untuk lagi satu masjid kawan aku cerita. Apa pun, lets doa semua projek2 fundraising for all masjid2 & madrasah2 & mana2 pertubuhan Islam for whatever reasons dorang collect funds dari public akan berjaya, dan hit their targets on time, dan kalo boleh ada extra lagik untuk masa depan. Amin. )


Anyway ni cd Ramli Sarip buat ( lagu baru, lagu susah nak carik dalam cd, plus lagu lama ) untuk kumpul dana Masjid Hasanah Singapore, dan cd ni khas untuk pasaran Singapura, tapi aku tak bedek, korang kat Malaysia try to look for this cd too. Anyway, harga dia $30. Aku rasa 30 ketul untuk tolong masjid Hasanah and get this superb songs is worth it la.



CD ni ada beberapa lagu yang pada aku entah aku tak tahu mana nak dapat dalam bentuk cd, so ni memang best la semua ada dalam cd ni.
As aku tak follow up sangat on his official releases , tapi Anugerah Nabi is first time on official CD kan dan dia tak pernah main?
liriks such as - " dan peristiwa teka teki bagi Quraish anugerah abadi bagi Nabi".
and of course aku tak pernah ada satu lagu ni dalam bentuk official cd so its wonderful
the superduper song Kekasihku in all its electric current glory.
Liriks by Pyan Habib - hidup ini benar, ada senja ada fajar. Super song.

And of course you have Iqra - gementar mengigil roh yang kudus, di puncak sendirian jiwa resah. Yang liriks very agama, tapi muzik reminds me of masa Jimmy Page/Robert Plant reunion first time keluarkan No Quarters tu.

Plus lagu2 lain, bahasa terindah, tangan tangan amal, ku cari damai abadi, ziarah, negeri hakiki, andai aku tahu , kau yang satu.

Some of his best works tapi memang susah nak carik la. Lagu wayang and all that.

Plus of course a few lagu2 lama, bukan kerana nama dan perjalanan hidup dan of course Sweet Charity Haji.



M1! M1! M1! M1! M! .....

So like I say, its a bloody good collection all in one place. Sorry, it should be a very superb collection of his spiritual and religious theme songs all in one place haha.

Dalam banyak2 artis melayu, Ramli Sarip has one of the best releases for collections la, dari zaman 4cd Boxset tu, ke that duet album release last year, dan yang ni latest Sadaqa ni. Belum campur sweet charity nye buku 40 years tu lagik.

I think his Sadaqa live show is going to be awesome, and it will be more awesome if I can be there, but...oh no kerja malam pulak....fikiran...







last bus, Ni kalo korang belum baca, review sokkabar Today untuk Sadaqa ni. Biar betik kan dia punye review gini macam punye menarik -

If there's still any argument left about whether music is a universal language, this album will definitely support the proposition. Veteran Malay singer Ramli Sarip may have honed his musical instincts and made a name for himself performing rock songs, but these days, the man they call Papa Rock has eschewed the distortion guitars and heavy backbeat for something more spiritual. Namely, this new album called Sadaqa (which loosely means "charity" and "a gift"). It's a collection of 14 spiritual songs, and fans have already started calling it his finest work in his four-decade long career. It compiles songs previously recorded, such as Iqra, Perjalanan Hidup and Bukan Kerana Name, as well as newer tracks. While the content of the songs carry messages of peace and love, what is more captivating is the performance by Ramli. I don't know whether it's because this is an album of spiritual music, but there's always something about the genre that evokes a more soulful experience, reminding me of the early works by Amy Grant, Scott Wesley Brown, or even Ravi Shankar's Three Ragas. It's evident to the listener that Ramli really digs deep for this one - whether or not you understand the language. His distinct vocals take on a new timbre and edge, and there's raw emotion in every song. Ramli has always said that he likes to give back to the community and with this album, perhaps he has. The album is available at Muzika Records at Joo Chiat Complex. CHRISTOPHER TOH

movinggggg on..., look what the most important mr postmens and postwomens just delivered yesterday I think..


Iron Maiden magazine no 92.. Hurrraaahhh!!! If got time, I will share here for those havent seen it.