Benedictum/Moody Blues/Gus Black
2006-02-25 by mellotrongirl
Three bands with a Mellotron connectivity (perhaps you have already heard of "The Moody Blues") 1. Benedictum A powerhouse of an old-school metal band out of San Diego w/excellent vocals and full-throttle guitars, boasting a strong debut, titled "Uncreation" on the Locomotive label. As the CD thunders along, out of nowhere come these cello/choir/string Mellotron upwellings that last only a few seconds, but percolate strongly at least a half-dozen times throughout the disc. A "gently used" M-400 is shown on their *Studio* pictures, linked on www.benedictum.net 2. Moody Blues According to a post on progressiveears.com, the new batch of reissue SACD Moodies CD's have lots of bonus tracks, including a "Mellotron version" of "The Word". www.moodies-magazine.com/moody_news.htm 3. Gus Black Gus Black's new CD "Autumn Days" has some nice Mellotron strings (unconfirmed) here and there...the cover purposely looks beat up, like Johnathan Butler artwork, or maybe some of those early 1970-1971 Columbia/Epic albums you own that have ring wear...www.gusblack.com ______________ I Survived President's Day. The one national holiday where every new mattress in the country goes on sale.