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Release Date: 05/06/22
TO: ATTITUDE, MELODRAMA AND PURE, PUBESCENT ENERGY!
When I was nineteen years old and playing the Hammond B-3 organ in a band called the Salvation Navy, we shared the bill with the Yardbirds. A skinny kid in burgundy lame pants and tie-dyed tank top walks onto the stage with his guitar and violin bow. He subsequently went on to blow our minds with his incredible virtuosity and a vision of what was to come. His name was Jimmy Page and he formed a new band the very next year.
Led Zeppelin, with its roots steeped in Rhythm and Blues, was to become the greatest heavy metal band that Rock 'n' Roll had ever known.
One particular guitar solo of Page's, from the song 'Heartbreaker,' impressed me so much that I was inspired to write the fourth movement of this symphony. It was the forceful way he resolved his ideas in the last four measures that left the impression.
HEAVY METAL, the second part of a trilogy containing SYMPHONY #2-REGGAE and SYMPHONY #4-FUNK, had its compositional beginnings on January 13, 1987. Work continued periodically until its completion on March 13, 1990.
TO: ATTITUDE, MELODRAMA AND PURE, PUBESCENT ENERGY!
I. Allegro non troppo
to: Jeff Geist
Dear friend, fellow musician and master astrologer.
II. Allegro Vivace
to: Dan Merriman
Friend and vocal master.
III. Allegro Moderato
to: Maestro Herbert von Karajan
Though a card-carrying member of the Nazi party, in order to aid and abet his artistic rise, his mastery of musical interpretation, as a conductor, is unquestionably one of the finest in music history. My witness of his musical gift, through recordings, film and video, helped forge my education, specifically the excellence that was expected of and possible for an orchestra. Thus, regardless of his sociopathic political affiliations, which are totally repugnant to me, I cannot deny the impact of his musical legacy.
IV. Presto Vivace
to: Yitka Zajac Wayne
My wonderful wife.
| Label: New Millennium Recor |
| Genre: Classical |
| Language: English |
| Run Time: 55 mins |