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Caroline Blue is a three piece band that is located in Syracuse, New
York. Current line up is Josh Dean on drums, Johnny Sniper on bass,
and mastermind Wayne W. Johnson is taking care of the lead vocals
and guitars. All members have played in numerous bands before, so
they could acquire experience a lot! The members on the picture of
the CD are not the current members and did not play on this EP. The
only reason why they were printed is because they were part of the
line up at the time of the CD's release. It might be a bit
confusing, but you can read all details on the bands homepage:
http://www.carolineblue.com/.



It was my first acquaintance with the band, and from the opener
Slave To The Hourglass, there was a pop up in my head that directed
me to Kiss their Paul Stanley. Not only the voice of Wayne is
resembling, also the intonation, and the way he brings it on, refers
to Kiss their front man. Musical wise, we hear great, solid but
Melodic Hard Rock that will please a lot of fans that are into the
old school 80's hair metal. The band shot a video for this title
track, and also one for ''The Queen of Pleasure'', perchance my
favorite tracks from the EP. Wayne holds the string tight, and
whatever the line up is, he's the man that controls the band and the
songs.

So far, the band has a repertoire of more or less 20 songs, and a
huge catalog of cover tracks. Does it surprise you that they cover
about 15 Kiss tracks, but also Metallica, Godsmack, Black Sabbath,
Halford, Iced Earth, Judas Priest, AC/DC... a.o. I have the feeling
that this band is a real live act that knows what people like and
know how to bring it down to the masses! The five songs on the EP
are above the average what I've heard these months, and make me
curious about the next material that is being recorded at
Strangeland Audio Studios in Phoenix, NY.

Scott Patnode is doing the producing/engineering, and the release is
set for early 2007. Besides 12 songs, there might be a bonus or
hidden track on the disc, but I do hope that the band will deliver
upper class material than the 6 minutes acoustic track (track 6)
that was hidden on this E.P. or the second hidden track (#13), which
consists of a telephone call of a complaining of their landlord...
Totally negligible and of no use at all...My rating: 80/100



This CD review was written by Patrick de Sloover on behalf of Metal
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