Made In Germany (Live) - Axel Rudi Pell

Rudi Pell does Com-pell!

Advantages: Vocals, unique, guitar, ballads
Disadvantages: couple of shite tracks

Hardline was disbanded for ten years during which time Johnny was snapped up by Axel. In that time frame Hardline has got back together releasing more albums. Further to this Johnny has done extensive musical work with Crush 40 singing songs on many of the Sonic the Hedgehog games, songs such as Open Your Heart on Sonic Adventure, Never Turn Back from Shadow of the Hedgehog and many more. What seems most apparent however is the onstage presence and connection between Johnny and Axel must also be the same off stage since Johnny continues to work with Axel Rudi Pell much as he has done for a decade. Additionally Johnny is a very busy man singing for the 2006 She's On Fire album by the band Accomplice. Hardline album releases Double Eclipse (1992) II (2002) Live At The Gods (Live CD/DVD) (2003) Just Add Water (2008) Axel ...

god_of_metal 23.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Ballads Vol.2, The - Axel Rudi Pell

A somewhat lacking release

Advantages: Good underlying musicianship
Disadvantages: The musicianship is ruined by guitar work

Axel Rudi Pell is obviosuly a very good guitarist and has a successful career. However, this album is not the highlight of it. I shall begin reviweing this album with its criticisms. The main one is of the surprisingly annoying guitar solos. The rest of the band works surprisingly well and there are some great songs. But the solos bring it down. If anyone reading this review has listened to the band Dragonforce or their previous band Demoniac(Nzl) you will hear a very, very familar sound. who on earth invented this 'computerised' style solo. OK it may work for a couple songs but sustaining the same effect, much like dragonforce throughout the album is ad nauseam. Can they not atleast change the effect they use once!!!? Apart from this criticisms some of the solos are effective but are repetitive and so it is hard to say things ...

UnchangeableHypocrisy 25.06.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Magic - Axel Rudi Pell

Angel Made In Heaven

Advantages: Multiple viewing advised to fully appreciate the movie
Disadvantages: Quite a short tale

Having wrapped filming on Trouble In Mind, Alan Rudolph went to work on his next movie. Having been inspired by Divine's performance as someone not in the movie too much, but having a presence across the whole piece. He sought out an unusual character for one of his key players in his next movie Made In Heaven. Divine declined the offer to follow Rudolph into this project having already agreed to work on Hairspray with his old buddy John Waters. Made In Heaven is a romantic drama entertaing a thought that you can love the same person in both Heaven and on the Earth. Mike Shea has just been dropped by his girlfriend who has decided to marry a long time rival of Mike's. Annoyed with what has transpired Mike heads off to California to make a new life for himself. Not 100 miles into his travel Mike sees a group of people standing in ...

sghawken 17.02.2007 · Read full review
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