Racer X

PelagicJoe · Post by **PelagicJoe** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:42 am

Anyone here dig 'em?

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:49 am

Yes. Getting Heavier is in my ride right now.

I love Racer X . It upsets me that they are so good that they cannot get a support slot on a tour.
It blows my mind that they never toured the States/World/ Universe.

PinkWiz · Post by **PinkWiz** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:20 pm

My fave band when I was 16. I had the Paul Gilbert guitar instructional tape... didn't do me much good. Went back to playing to my Kiss records...

PelagicJoe · Post by **PelagicJoe** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:18 pm

PinkWiz wrote:My fave band when I was 16. I had the Paul Gilbert guitar instructional tape... didn't do me much good. Went back to playing to my Kiss records...

You and me both. I'm fast, but I'm not Paul Gilbert fast.

Poserboy, Second Heat is in my car right now.

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:23 pm

One cannot go wrong with any of their releases.

The closest I have come to seeing Racer X was when Bruce joined Paul on the G3 Tour a few years back.
I saw Jeff Martin drum with George Lynch at a small bar in West Virginia about ten years ago and saw Scott Travis with Judas Priest over twenty years ago on the Painkiller Tour.

When speaking with Jeff years back , he said that it is entirely up to Paul when Racer X records,etc...
He said if they could tour and make more than 30 dollars a man per night... (that's what it looked like he was making with George

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shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 5:51 pm

Love Pablo and Bruce! Juan is a fantabulous bass player! Scott's a great drummer (dubious personality according to some) but Jeff is replaceable to me! His voice is meh.....strong but weird!!!!!!

PinkWiz · Post by **PinkWiz** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:58 pm

Love this tune... solo rules:

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doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:39 am

like Gilbert. Another guy who I would have liked to hear in Kiss.
Did you know Mark Slaughter nearly joined them before he joined VVI but Racer X decided not to hire him.

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:02 pm

PinkWiz wrote:Love this tune... solo rules:

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Yer me too! LOVE IT!
that & Heart of of Lion
(reminds me of my Sammi, Béla Böö (name after Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó.....aka Bela Lugosi) This dog had the Heart of a Lion.

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poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 4:09 am

metatron wrote:
Yer me too! LOVE IT!
that & Heart of of Lion
(reminds me of my Sammi, Béla Böö (name after Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó .....aka Bela Lugosi) This dog had the Heart of a Lion.

R.I.P. BB

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:20 am

Looks like a lion that's for sure!!! Kimba? Simba? Vito Bratta?

PinkWiz · Post by **PinkWiz** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:50 am

cute puppy

PelagicJoe · Post by **PelagicJoe** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 1:35 pm

poserboy71 wrote:One cannot go wrong with any of their releases.

The closest I have come to seeing Racer X was when Bruce joined Paul on the G3 Tour a few years back.
I saw Jeff Martin drum with George Lynch at a small bar in West Virginia about ten years ago and saw Scott Travis with Judas Priest over twenty years ago on the Painkiller Tour.

When speaking with Jeff years back , he said that it is entirely up to Paul when Racer X records,etc...
He said if they could tour and make more than 30 dollars a man per night... (that's what it looked like he was making with George )

I've seen Scott three times with Priest (Demolition, reunion, and British Steel 30th anniversary tour.)
Didn't get to see any of the other guys. It's a shame. Racer X should have been HUGE!

KMHayden · Post by **KMHayden** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:47 am

I just got their first two albums, but I've only listened to "Sunlit Nights", "Heart of a Lion", and "Street Lethal". I like those songs, so I hope the rest are at least somewhat decent.

PelagicJoe · Post by **PelagicJoe** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:37 am

KMHayden wrote:I just got their first two albums, but I've only listened to "Sunlit Nights", "Heart of a Lion", and "Street Lethal". I like those songs, so I hope the rest are at least somewhat decent.

"Street Lethal" is an awesome track. So is the intro track "Frenzy."
"Lady Killer" is my favorite song off of the second album.

birnie · Post by **birnie** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:03 pm

Personal favs are the self titled album, Technical Difficulties and Super Heroes.
Getting Heavier...imo.should have been called getting softer???? What happened to that album?
...but I would def love to see/hear a new album.

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:29 pm

birnie wrote:Personal favs are the self titled album, Technical Difficulties and Super Heroes.
Getting Heavier...imo.should have been called getting softer???? What happened to that album?
...but I would def love to see/hear a new album.

Heavier in a different way.

You can tell that a few of those tunes are solo Paul material...

Maybe they should've called the album Acquired Taste.
I dig it !!!!

birnie · Post by **birnie** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:02 pm

poserboy71 wrote:
birnie wrote:Personal favs are the self titled album, Technical Difficulties and Super Heroes.
Getting Heavier...imo.should have been called getting softer???? What happened to that album?
...but I would def love to see/hear a new album.

Heavier in a different way.
You can tell that a few of those tunes are solo Paul material...

Maybe they should've called the album Acquired Taste.
I dig it !!!!

I only listened to it twice and it didn't really grab me.
I should give it another crack

AshesToAshes · Post by **AshesToAshes** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 5:36 pm

Love this band

heavystef · Post by **heavystef** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:40 am

I LOVE Paul Gilbert. I met him several times during workshops and concerts, a really nice guy! also great player, of course.
I tried do do some Mr.BIG stuff in my exam concert at the music high school in weimar. maybe, should'nt have done this but got an 1,3...

what I really DON'T like, are the voices of Jeff Martin and Mark Slaughter - what the hell did they hung on his balls??? autsch!!! (like we say in germany...

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doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:11 am

i think Mark was great on ASG but not live.

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 1:26 pm

Love Mark on ASG & Robert the debut albums. That scream Mark does at the end of 'That Time Of Year' always gets me. Awesome! Actually that song is total Unbridled Beauty & Perfection. Love it.
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