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SCREAM TAKER (Vinny Appice, Jim Crean, Steph Honde) – Kill The Beautiful (2022)

SCREAM TAKER is a brand new outfit consisting of veteran frontman Jim Crean (Appice Bros. Drum Wars), guitarist Steph Honde (Paul Di’Anno, Hollywood Monsters), and legendary drummer Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath). The three musicians have created a classic hard rock album in the vein of Dio, which is no surprise as Vinny is one of the original Dio members.
The trio debut CD ”Kill The Beautiful” unleashes 11 original songs of classic hard with melody where the Dio influence is heard, but musically I found more similarity with Last In Line – the other Vinny band featuring Vivian Campbell.
The band recorded the album during the pandemic and post Jim Crean’s short lived tenure with former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent…

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JIM CREAN – Gotcha Covered (2019)

JIM CREAN is steeped in hard rock tradition. He’s worked with some of the legends, and he’s covered the rest of ’em. In 2019, Crean’s come out with an original album titled ‘The London Fog’ (already featured on this blog), and this covers CD called “Gotcha Covered”.
Atypical covers. Not the usual “hits” but interesting tracks you might know and remember, or will be exposed to for the first time.
Whether it’s hard rock-style reinventions of cuts from The Cars and Chicago or even a Melissa Etheridge tune, or his takes on deep cuts from the likes of Dokken, Badlands, White Lion and The Scream, everything on here’s a ton of fun to listen to, and rock and roll fans will certainly appreciate the eclectic mix of tracks.
Let’s see what surprises there are in store…

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JIM CREAN – The London Fog (2019)

Vocalist extraordinaire JIM CREAN (Appice Drum Wars, Hair Nation, A World With Heroes KISS Tribute, Tango Down, et all) is back with a new solo album titled ‘The London Fog‘. Here Crean boasts a killer hitlist of special guests, including Carmine & Vinny Appice, Mike Tramp, Rudy Sarzo, ex-W.A.S.P Chris Holmes, Carl Canedy, Frank DiMino (Angel), Tony Franklin, and plenty...

CARMINE APPICE's Guitar Heroes / D DRIVE (Phil Naro) / JIM CREAN / MIKE TRAMP

JIM CREAN – Insatiable (2016)

JIM CREAN may be an underground American artist, or perhaps you know him as lead singer for Appice Drum Wars, the band of legendary Carmine Appice. But the man knows and has connection with the cream of the US classic hard rock scene for sure, and on his new album “Insatiable” you have an impressive cast of musicians. Guests on...