Sorry dude Vito was far more ‘well known’ than who? Crowbar guitar player? Cmon. Never heard of Crowbar. Doesn’t mean he’s not a rippin player but I’d never ever believe a niche metal band (far from mainstream) lead players tone has been heard by more people than White Lion tone. WL was actually heard on mainstream radio my friend. Crowbar? Cmon.
Around the age of 10, I went to the annual local city fair. Rides, attractions, flea market type vendors, food, etc. Somehow a friend and I stumbled across a nondescript booth inside the main building. I forget what drew us into it but long story short, it was some religious group giving out free cassettes featuring an analytical dissection of Stairway to Heaven. Of course, the narrative was how evil and satanic the song was, when played backwards lol. That cassette must've been an hour long with many song sections isolated and reversed. E.g. "My sweet satan, blah blah blah, etc". Even at that young age I saw through that bullshit!
Crowbar is pretty big in underground metal circles. Probably THE band in the New Orleans/sludge metal genre, comfortably packing 1000 seat venues for a good portion of their 30 + year existence. A couple big White Lion radio hits from the 80's doesn't compare. That said, I can't stand either of them lol
Well, millions heard White Lion on the radio whether anyone liked them or not. I highly doubt the same number heard Crowbar. When the Children Cry is cheese, 80s cheese at its finest complete with a Vito lead that sounds exactly like EVH. That song, I’d bet at some point was heard by a third of the country. Crowbar? Not so much.
Hells Bells, Highway to Hell….it’s kinda funny; there’s a really talented Bass player/singer I know locally…since he’s become born again, he won’t touch any tune like that. Lol
I love that album . Power to the people is a classic ! What a tone
You still have it ? That’s fucking classic
My parents threw it out, afraid it was a wacko cult trying to lure young kids. It was kind of like a backwards PMRC moment lol
It’s so weird the government did that , now the media pushes hip hop culture and it’s worse . Shuts so backwards
Each of those guys had their own tones and none were like Jimi's.
Seriously?
Corabi Crue was great.
Down, the other band he's in is quite popular and they still sell out huge shows and have been playing since the early 90's, unlike White Lion, who were only popular for what 4 or 5 years??
They ripped off his style a bit, but not his tone so much, other than Robin Trower who kinda had a more safe hendrix style tone. SRV?? not even close, Eric Johnson?? not even close.
Crowbar was on Beavis and butthead, beat that!
Exactly.
First off, I’m not a huge White Lion fan. Second, I DO like Pantera and have always given Dime his props. Great player.