Blog: Obnoxious Listeners

Download audio file (animals_as_leaders.mp3) I'll always have the utmost respect for Joe Satriani, but there is something lacking in his music. Despite the fact that Stu Hamm is a phenomenal bassist, most of Satriani's music focuses so much on his guitar that the presentation is very much unbalanced. Actually, there is a whole slew of guitarists out there with the same problem. Maybe it's just become the style for instrumental rock bands focusing on a stellar guitarist to let him shine, but it can get boring to me real quick if the whole band doesn't keep [...]

• Animals as Leaders - Song of Solomon / Behaving Badly / CAFO