Members harold heckuba Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Guitarist for the great 70's band Angel. Very underrated 70's guitarist, he was even tapping on vinyl before EVH. They were just on the verge of being huge, and put out several really good albums. I have them all on vinyl and listen to them quite a bit. Their live album "Live Without A Net" has a good showcase of his playing. One unusual thing about his style is even though they were lumped in with the metal bands of the day, his playing was very clean with very little distortion. They were sort of the antithesis of Kiss. They wore all white and were on the same record label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 I had a couple of their LP's back in the day. I've seen their stuff available ln CD in the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GREC Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Yeah they were on Casablanca records too. Always in Circus magazine when I was a kid. You could turn Angel's logo upside down & it looked the same. Crazy! I have an old 45 of Punky's -The Cherry People. Ha! The opening to this is awesome.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ed Zachary Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 I'll get in on this one. Punky and the rest of Angel kicked ass. They never got the recognition they deserved. I have Angel and Helluva Band on an import CD set and it sounds great, replaced prehistoric vinyl that had seen better days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted November 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Originally Posted by GREC Y You could turn Angel's logo upside down & it looked the same. Crazy! The logo is what they always comment about on "That Metal Show". Check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 I don't know that I could appreciate them if I was completely blitzed on weed. Those vids made me cringe. IMO they seem to embody pretty much everything that was wrong with music back in the late 70s early 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Originally Posted by Reality Check Came here to mention this. Terry, you're a madman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slvrsrpnt Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Originally Posted by Reality Check I was wondering who would be the first to post this one I listened to an Angel cd a friend lent me, it had some good stuff but I just kept coming back to this Zappa tune mentally and chuckling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted November 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 This was one of the better live albums of the 70's- great playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flatspotter Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Originally Posted by slvrsrpnt I was wondering who would be the first to post this one Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Funny, I did like those guys way back when. I liked Greg Guffria's next band too. More glam/hair music & anorexic models. Is that Craig Goldie on lead?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOpvjeTVMGk The singer in House Of Lords has that John Parr tone voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted November 30, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 ^^^^ I read somewhere that Gregg Giuffria is now a multi-millionaire and owns the Biloxi Hard Rock Cafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nobody Told Me Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 I saw Angel open for Styx on the Grand Illusion tour. Excellent band, excellent show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members valued customer Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 great stuff. and yeah, that live album is great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 Oh Punky! I hear he's more fluid than Jeff Beck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 Originally Posted by Zappa74 Oh Punky!I hear he's more fluid than Jeff Beck. Steven Tyler would pay to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Armitage Posted December 1, 2012 Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 Punky was the C.C. Deville of the '70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted December 1, 2012 Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 I saw them a couple of times 70's the best thing they did is how they apeared on stage in those Tubes of smoke. Punky was not that good the keyboardist and the Bassist ( Robison or something like that) were very good players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted December 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 Originally Posted by jtr654 the keyboardist and the Bassist ( Robison or something like that) were very good players. The keyboardist is Gregg Giuffria. He is one of the best known hard rock keyboardists ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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