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Band: Talon Album: III Genre:
Hard Rock Label:
Escape Music Catalogue Number: ESM234 Released On: 25 November 2011 |
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Tracklisting:
01.
Crying To Me |
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An
American band and based in California, TALON was born from the ashes
of VOXEN – a band that achieved international success with their
release “Sacrifice”, which included a track that was used in the
major motion picture “Outbreak” starring Dustin Hoffman. Soon
after, a new vision was brought forward with the recruitment of
Michael O’Mara (Joshua Perahia, EFX) and demos were soon recorded
and then the band signed on with Now and Then/Frontiers Records which
culminated with the release of their self-titled debut. The CD was
produced by Mikey Davis (KISS, W.A.S.P., Slaughter). Upon release, the
CD was wildly praised and was on countless top-10 lists for the year.
Soon followed major live shows, including The Gods Festival in the
U.K. Talon also had the privilege of being Stan Bush’s backing band
at The Gods Festival and the subsequent DVD release.
After a break of working on individual projects, Talon recorded
new demos and ultimately signed with Kivel Records and then recorded
their next release “Fallen Angels”. With a closer vibe to an AOR
feel, New York native Chandler Mogel was brought on board and more
live shows – including Firefest 5 – were performed. “Fallen
Angels” was a huge success and brought Talon into the forefront of
the Melodic Rock field. Upon
mutual agreement, Chandler Mogel went on to front the Greece outfit
Outloud and with a new group of songs, Talon were on a quest to create
the ultimate album and added some serious quality to the band –
Shawn Pelata (Line of Fire) and Eric Ragno (China Blue, Takara, etc.).
Now – the band have just signed to Escape Music for the release of
this classic slab of Melodic Rock – “III” – which is scheduled
for release in November, 2011! Talon “III” recently completed mixing at The Recovery Room by Ty Sims (Far Cry, Tango Down) and is full of classic hard rock songs and ballads that the band describes as “really a return to the sound, vibe and energy of our debut S/T release”. “This latest CD was a total labour of love and we all feel this will be our strongest release to date! We pulled out all the stops and really think the results speak for themselves and is an excellent follow-up to our recent ‘Fallen Angels’ release”. In addition, premiere vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (Journey, Talisman, JSS) has a guest appearance on the album with some amazing lead vocals on the hard-driving track “Take You All The Way”! The best musicians contributed their best talents to help create an outstanding release! |
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LINE-UP: Shawn
Pelata - Lead and Backing Vocals Kory
Voxen - Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar Jim
Kee - Lead Guitar Phil
Keller - Bass Guitar Eric
Ragno – Keyboards John
Parker - Drums *Guest
Musicians: Jeff Scott Soto: Lead
and Backing Vocals on “Take You All The Way” Produced by Ty Sims / Co-Produced by John Parker and Kory Voxen |
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