Most teenagers can’t wait to get away from their strict, protective parents, and Renée Ciarra Dunaway was no different. She had music in her soul that needed to be unleashed. And when she was young and nursing her secret musical desires, she never gave much thought to the fact that her family was, well, a little different. Those looming, finger-wagging parents of hers had once been part of the high-flyingest, shock-rockingest bands ever to explode on stage. In famous travails, they had once crossed the world in a shower of glitter, fake blood and chicken feathers.
Read MoreClocking in at more than two hours in length, Hero could single-handedly and simultaneously reignite interest in glam and punk rock. Simply put, this incredible, two-disc collection of Bowie classics and deeper album cuts is a glorious record of remarkable interpretation. Don’t let the fact that you might not recognize some of the bands performing on the set scare you away. Their stellar, new versions, dare I say, equal or surpass their creator’s trailblazing sound and vision.
Still, at least a few of the guests featured on Hero will be immediately recognizable. Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper), Earl Slick (David Bowie), Glen Matlock (The Sex Pistols), Clem Burke (Blondie), The Alarm, Rat Scabies (The Damned), Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle), and Enuff Z'Nuff are among the 30 artists who take shots at reinterpreting Bowie’s work. Even Mick Ronson’s fabled guitar, which graced many classic Bowie cuts, makes a special appearance during the Dennis Dunaway Project’s masterful recreation of Moonage Daydream. Here, guitarist and vocalist Rick Tedesco faithfully conjures Bowie’s haunting vocals and Mick Ronson’s soaring signature leads with equal amounts of respect for the past and a shimmering, swaggering look toward the future.
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Il est des hommes de l'ombre qui ont une une influence gigantesque sur la scène métal actuelle. Dennis Dunaway est de ceux-là. Mais qui est-ce ? C'était le bassiste d'Alice Cooper dans les 60's/70's, celui qui a crée ce groupe...bien avant qu'Alice devienne Alice ! Entretien avec la légende...
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