Howe 2: High Gear

Howe 2: High Gear

Track Listings

1. High Gear

2. Carry the Torch

3. Strat-O-Various

4. Disoderly Conduct

5. Thinking of You

6. Standing on Line

7. Ferocious

8. Don't Let the Sloe Gin (Order the Wine)

9. Party Favors

10. Social Fever

Tracks:

High Gear
Carry the Torch
Strat-O-Various
Disoderly Conduct
Thinking of You
Standing on Line
Ferocious
Don't Let the Sloe Gin (Order the Wine)
Party Favors
Social Fever

Customer Reviews:

Perputual blistering guitar at it's finest.......2004-07-30

This album is one of my favourites of all time. Every guitar solo on this album is mind blowing and I havn't heard an album with so much energy from a literally unknown guitar player (at the time) since. The riffs are good, the songs are good and if you are into early Van Halen mixed with a bit more speed and technical play, you will enjoy this.

The reviewers below are right.......2004-03-21

This album is awesome! A genuine hidden treasure for hard rock fans. It will make your mind, just get a copy and you'll believe.

What should've been.......2004-03-11

In the UK, the market for virtuoso guitar oriented rock is pretty specialist and so it's only by chance that I got hold of a used copy of 'High gear' through Amazon, 13 years after its release. Until now my knowledge of top class shredders was limited to better known acts that made the cross over to the UK. I'd never heard of Greg Howe until a couple of weeks ago. This is a top quality 'party' rock album in the vein of Van Halen DLR period. Unlike dark and dreary grunge and nu-metal, it has loads of energy and the solos are top flight shreddings, but without being the sort of self-indulgent widdling you find on albums of the neo-classical instrumental variety. Although Al Howe's vocals are more than a tad reminscent of DLR, they work. The bassist and drummer are no slouches either. Why this album never crossed into the US mainstream is a mystery to me.

Mind blowing guitar solos........2004-01-03

I find it strange that this album hasn't been reviewed to date. The guitar solos in the album are breath taking and the music is prity dam heavy. Recorded with Greg's brother on vocals this is fast throughout and also has a guest appearance by Jason Becker of all people. They released a second album after this called 'now hear this' but it was no way as good as this album. Shame though they never kept the flow. 5 stars definately even just for the guitar solo on the opening track!

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