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BACKGROUND INFO NOTES

‘The Crying Machine’ features on Steve Vai’s epic When not working under his own name or as a
album of 1996, Fire Garden. It’s a track that shows gun for hire, Steve Vai has been known to record

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Vai’s versatility, with its funky rock groove and jazz and compose for Hollywood. His 2002 album The

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playing guitar aged 13. The following year he took is said to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange
lessons with Joe Satriani (who later got his break on for awesome guitar technique. Macchio’s character
a recommendation from Vai, his former student). Eugene meets therak evileone himself at the crossroads,

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their duel, ‘Eugene’s Trick Bag’, has been a favourite
impressed and offered Vai a job. He would later
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Vai left Zappa in 1982 then recorded an album of his RECOMMENDED LISTENING
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Next Vai went back to being a jobbing muso, replacing Vai’s first solo album, Flex-Able (1984), bears
Yngwie Malmsteen in the group Alcatrazz and the influence of his old boss, Frank Zappa, in its
backing up former Sex Pistol John Lydon in Public eccentricity. ‘Eugene’s Trick Bag’ can be heard on the
Image Ltd. He also worked with David Lee Roth, 2002 album The Elusive Light And Sound Vol. 1. Fans
Whitesnake and Ozzy Osbourne. Vai has managed of Vai’s solo work had to wait six years for his next
a successful solo career, too, which took off in 1990 solo release, 1990’s Passion And Warfare; ‘For The
with the release of the album Passion And Warfare. Love Of God’ is a highlight.

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SONG TITLE: LOVE SPREADS
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RELEASED: 1994
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GENRE: INDIE ROCK

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BACKGROUND INFO NOTES

‘Love Spreads’ was the first single off The Stone Around the release of The Stone Roses’ debut

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Roses’ highly anticipated second album, The Second album, guitarist John Squire was hailed as a new
Coming. It is the British indie group’s most ‘rawk’ guitar hero. On that album he showed how he could
moment, featuring distortion and a great bluesy riff. ‘play for the song’, an approach that was inspired by
his hero Johnny Marr. But he could also crank up

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track ‘I Am The Resurrection’. Squire wrote most of
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The Stone Roses formed in Manchester in 1984.
Their self-titled debut album appeared in 1989 to
BComing and, with its longer tracks, gave himself room
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critical acclaim but modest chart success. However, Roses, which
[3] (w/was e) indie rock, Second Coming was
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poll and the single ‘Fools Gold’ cracked the top 10, the band’s earlier sound.
helping The Stone Roses to number 9 on the albums

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in 1994. It went to number 4 in the charts, but by
then arguments between band members had become If you are new to The Stone Roses and like the
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common. In 1995 drummer Reni quit and The Roses sound of ‘Love Spreads’ you may prefer Second
had to cancel a scheduled appearance at Glastonbury Coming (1994) to the band’s self-titled debut (1989).
– an appearance that would have capitalised on the Tracks like ‘Good Times’ and ‘Breaking Into Heaven’
success of Second Coming. Guitarist John Squire left are blues rock with lots of lead guitar. The Stone
the following year and after a disastrous appearance 0 more indie-
Roses is worth hearing for John Squire’s
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style playing on songs like ‘Waterfall’
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group. In 2012 the group reformed its classic line-up
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