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Band:Mountain Album:Masters of War Record Company:Megaforce Records Writer: Mark Carras Media: MySpace Click Album Cover To Buy Now

So why are so many bands doing tribute releases? One reason is that they get more attention when they do material people are already familiar with than when they try to get people to accept new material. It has very little to do with any of these artists not being able to create great new material, but more to do with people being lazy and not being open to new material. Especially when it comes to any artist that has had a shelf life longer than one decade. So with this cd Leslie West and company have done something somewhat unique. Instead of doing a tribute to ten different people that influenced, they decided to do a tribute to one artist they have a large amount of respect for. So Masters Of War is pretty much one big tribute to Bob Dylan. So why buy this cd in stead of the originals? Well, I never liked Bob Dylan's vocals. He has always been an amazing song writer, but the vocals have always bugged me. So to have those great songs done by someone with a vocal style more to my liking sounds like a damn fine idea. I also have to give kudos to the band for finding a unique way to do the tired tribute cd.

The cd kicks off with the title track Masters Of War with none other than Ozzy Osbourne. I have to say I liked it better than anything on his latest solo release. This is followed with Dylan's signature song "Serve Somebody". For the reason stated above, this is my favorite version of this classic as far as I can remember. "Blowin' In The Wind" is amped up with a more meaty guitar and a slight faster tempo. Mountain doesn't just recycle these great songs, but they make them their own. They tweak them just enough to make them sound more like a Mountain song than anything. This is why this cd is worth your time. The only weak point of this cd is when Corky Laing is gives a nearly a cappella rendition of "Like a Rollin Stone". It was an interesting experiment, but the experiment failed. Other than that I found this cd to be shockingly enjoyable.

So did this Rock My Monkey? Yes, it did. I still would like to hunt down more original material from this band. I spent my youth diving so hard into thrash that I only recently (in the past decade) have started truly discovering the classic legends that inspired the bands that first got me into heavy metal. This may have been a strange way to get started with this band, but it was enjoyable none the less.

Band:Mountain Album:Masters of War Record Company:Megaforce Records Writer: Mark Carras Media: MySpace Click Album Cover To Buy Now

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