THRIVE

Another excellent release from a driving force in the prog-rock/fusion scene. The title cut launches the album -- sets the tone as groovin', extraordinary, masterful. Even friends of mine that were used to "normal" rock sounds (Stones, Floyd, etc.) were mesmerized by the deep rhythms, the street-wise give and take between all instruments. Some friends that were not jazz afficionados walked in at the beginning of "Suffer", and could not tear themselves away for their first beer until the track had ended 8 minutes later. They kept asking me who it was... that it sounded kind of like Krimson... Though the truth is, it only sounds like Gongzilla. There's only one place to get it.