![]() ![]() ![]() “Amplifier Fire”, the only Attila song on the boxset, sounds like Mahavishnu Orchestra and Traffic had a baby together, named it Bruno, neglected and beat it as a child, and when that kid became a teenager he started taking drugs, and secretly listened to Phish while rocking out to Tool with the goth kids smoking cigarettes in the parking lot. It’s hard to imagine that this is the same guy who in the few years before was singing sweet soul in bands called The Hassles and The Lost Souls and in the year following would release his tender singer-songwriter debut, “Cold Spring Harbor”.Īnd while the Attila album cover is all bullshit, the Attila sound is no bullshit (so long as you consider all instrumental jazz infused early metal played by a drummer and keyboardist with the occasionally cameo of Billy Joel playing bass to be NO bullshit). Don’t download any of the music, just take a look at that album cover. A band (aptly named after Attila the Hun) that came and went so fast in 1970 it’s a wonder anybody even knows it existed.Īll you really need to know about Attila is this. ![]() Needless to say I was disappointed to find only one tune by Billy Joel’s prog-metal, drums and organ duo. I recently recieved the elaborate five disc box set “My Lives” as a gift, and I had only one thing on my mind: How much Attila is it gonna have and how much is gonna fucking rock.
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