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Andrew @ melodicrock.com gives Still Moon an 85%. Here is the main body of
the review....

Still Moon is the long awaited release of the original demos from the band
Gary fronted called The Pack. The band were nearly signed to Atlantic Records
5 times!
The band recorded an album - or a rough album as Gary describes it, that was
never finished and never released - until now.

Under Gary's name, 11 of the songs recorded appear here. Whatever form they
were left in, Gary has remastered and tweaked them to what is presented here
- which sounds pretty damn good to me.

Any fan of Gary's voice is going to love this. His tone and style is distinct
- that raspy melodic delivery is unmistakable and lends itself perfectly to
melodic hard rock.
The style of this album is a mix of straight up groove laden LA hard rock a
la 1990 and a moody, more mature melodic sound, with a very commercial ring
to it.
Tracks like Heart of Stone are pure hard rock, with Gary's raspy scream
dominant. Then on State Of The Heart you get a more keyboard friendly AOR
along the lines of Gary's role in Jeff Paris' band.

Gary also fronted Night Ranger on their underrated Feeding Off The Mojo
release. The band used an updated version of the track Music Box for that
album, Here it's actually a moody and intense acoustic track.

Gary continues to work with Brad Gillis on his Alligator solo album. The
style of that release is reflected again here.

Call Of The Wild is a perfect melodic rock anthem, with a big chorus and
Angels Don't Lie is another classy mood-rocker.

The quality of the songs is above average for demo's - the sound is
consistent throughout and highly listenable.


The Bottom Line
Simple really - if you own and enjoy Night Ranger's Feeding Off The Mojo
album, Brad Gillis' Alligator release or Jeff Paris' Wired Up, you need this
album!
That qualifies you as a Gary Moon fan and the material here is close to the
styles employed on those releases. It's a little rough around the edges, but
it's thoroughly enjoyable, very classy and a great lost archive release.


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