Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Endless Skies

I gotta thank Harry Cantwell of the band Slough Feg (the greatest active heavy metal band in America) for pointing me towards this obscure treasure. Ashbury's 1983 album, Endless Skies is a dusty relic of quality headband-wearing, custom-van rock that reminds me a bit of The Outlaws or Kansas. Lyrically you get a few wizards, prophets, riders on horseback and other such clichés, but I ain't complaining one bit. Definitely have that ceramic wizard bong close at hand for this one.

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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 10, 2008 at 11:44 AM

    Uhh...where is the Custom Van Rock scene cuz I need to embed myself there?

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  2. AnonymousJune 11, 2008 at 10:29 AM

    Who is the lead guitarist?

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  3. AnonymousJune 11, 2008 at 4:42 PM

    Reminds me of "Ween" for some reason,
    Like of they did some power metal tracks this is what it would sound like.

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  4. AesopJune 11, 2008 at 6:06 PM

    Ween, I could see that. I thought that perhaps this album was an influence on Tenacious D.

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  5. AnonymousJune 12, 2008 at 10:01 AM

    The last song has got Tenacious D all over it. Ive got to say that the band rules though. It almost makes me want to live in a shit town, read a lot, and go to the DQ for breakfast, lunch, and dinner...almost.

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  6. AnonymousJune 12, 2008 at 5:57 PM

    Alright! This album deserves all the attention it can get. As soon as I heard, "He appears to be a wizard or perhaps a magic man!" I was hooked. Directly after becoming hooked, I started to wonder what the difference actually is between a wizard and a magic man. If anyone wants to buy this thing it's in print, and you can get it at either rockadrome.com or shadowkingdomrecords.com

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  7. AesopJune 12, 2008 at 6:38 PM

    Definitely worth picking up for the cool liners and booklet.

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  8. SGTJune 13, 2008 at 11:18 AM

    This is fantastic. In fact, the lyrical cliches are what make it so fantastic. The world needs more wizard prophets.

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  9. AnonymousAugust 27, 2008 at 12:50 PM

    Endless Fucking Skies! That solo at the end is badass. I think Ill listen to that about ten more times today.

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2008 at 9:46 AM

    I hear alot of Jethro Tull meets Moody Blues, but minus the christian overtones and nary a flute. My mother had this on vinyl when I was young, and I never gave it a listen. Instead I traded it to an old er douche for a joint. Fuck, we all make mistakes. Here's the line up for this record
    Randy Davis guitar
    Rob Davis guitar, keys
    Jerry van Dielen keys
    Johnny Ray drums
    John Watts percussion

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  11. AesopSeptember 6, 2008 at 9:47 AM

    I hope that joint was worthwhile because I would kill to have an original vinyl of this.

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  12. eh monMay 4, 2009 at 10:14 AM

    oh man this rips. i was workin and then Vengeance came on. it sounds like ted nugent but who was into pentagle or something.
    thanks

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  13. JeffPMay 6, 2009 at 7:40 AM

    Amazing. I'm getting some glitchy tracks...especially the last one.

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