DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM

I'll keep it short & sweet, unlike Mars' habit of run on songs. Many a prog band's music has a reputation for being better when listened under certain chemical influences (Pink Floyd, man, The Wall, man; what a documentary man ...). I'm sure that case can be made for this album, but outside of the harder edged or rocking groups, most are not exactly "party" albums. This one however, with its' Santana meets Rush meets Led Zep sound is one that I'm sure more than a few open-minded hop-heads (beer drinkers) would have difficulty resisting its allures. Not that I would advocate heavy drinking as a way to enhance musical pleasure. But usually when music fans think of "fun" music, it tends to dance or hard rock or other technically less challenging musical groups. But here, Tempo changes abound, the tempo is usually medium to fast paced, rhythms aren't always 4/4, but they do swing & sway. One minute you're imagining Carlos dancing on his fretboard, the next you think you now know what Robert Plant could do in a Latin Jazz fusion group, then Alex Lifeson & Jimmy Page guitar chord progressions take you in another heavier direction. So for those of you prog-heads that may have friends that are less than enamored with "difficult" music, try this one on. I could never describe their music to my friends, but once they heard it, they understood the comparisons (then kept asking to hear it or borrow it again & again)