Rebel Yell- session take

[petejt]

Right now I'm listening to a session take of Billy Idol's 1983 song Rebel Yell.

Steve Stevens' guitar sounds a lot more processed in the track, compared to the album version.

Did Steve use the Roland Dimension D on Rebel Yell, as he did (and what we often discuss/rave over) on Flesh for Fantasy?

 

[joepete77]

Yeah , I have heard demo takes for a few different tracks off that record and it does have a digital fx laden tone, but that was par for the course back then. Even later on when I saw Steve live with billy I thought his tone heavily processed sounding although it still fits those songs perfectly. I have heard demo tracks for catch my fall that have heavy chorus and compressed but such a cool song. I also love blue highway. That record kicks ass and holds up well over time.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Someone posted a dead on balls accurate cover of Rebel Yell here using an Axe FX....


Oh wait...nevermind...it was the actual song and they claimed it was their own clip

 

[joepete77]

Someone posted a dead on balls accurate cover of Rebel Yell here using an Axe FX....


Oh wait...nevermind...it was the actual song and they claimed it was their own clip

Seriously? How lame. I hope they were just screwing around and weren't seriously trying to claim that.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Someone posted a dead on balls accurate cover of Rebel Yell here using an Axe FX....


Oh wait...nevermind...it was the actual song and they claimed it was their own clip

Seriously? How lame. I hope they were just screwing around and weren't seriously trying to claim that.

Nope...they were DEAD serious. Actually, they did it with a few other songs as well

 

[Capulin Overdrive]

Search YT for Steve Stevens stuff.

Might not answer your Roland question, but he has an interview where he talks about Dirty Dianna and doing extended tracks or whatnot, that could be used by others to chop up for dance mixes.

So guess that could explain the why of the session take.

 

[halebox]

I was told John Goodsall from Brand X played guitar on that song or may have been white wedding

 

[joepete77]

I was told John Goodsall from Brand X played guitar on that song or may have been white wedding

I know Steve jones of the sex pistols played guitar on dancing with myself which Was originally a generation x song that Steve also played guitar on while a member just briefly. That is the only other player I know of that played on an early idol record.

 

[halebox]

I was told this over 20 years ago that goodsall played on rebel yell. Here's an thread I found
http://www.hugeracksinc.com/forum/viewt ... =1&t=87099

 

[pstar]

our old drummer greg who left idol did do some of that album and started that tour , he left idol to join us and to record and did a few tours he became a permanent member for a couple of years, than he left to play with others, Roger Daultry, jagger, tommy shaw, neil young, collective soul, many more, he was a studio session cat.
When I see/hear him, If i remember: will ask him about the gear use to record. But that was over 20 years ago.

 

[Heritage Softail]

The Rebel Yell bit has gotten some rise lately. I don't care who claims to have played it... It is vintage SS work. No doubt.

Stevens did it. Nobody else makes up stuff like he does. I doubt the hell out of any claims otherwise.

 

[Shark Diver]

to join us

Who us? That's quite a resume for Greg. Very cool.

 

[pstar]

sven gali

 

[RG955TT]

This whole thing with J Goodsall is hard to believe in my opinion. Very familar with both players tone and style and there really isn't anything on that Rebel Yell album that sounds even remotely like J Goodsall IMO. Just seems pretty damn weird if you ask me. The whole thing on HR is pretty interesting but has not had an update since the 12th. Interesting to know for sure what happened here. With that said JG is an awesome player as well and one of my influences from his Brand X days.

 

[halebox]

John Goodsall happened to be in the same studio at the time of a band right before I joined and they needed some leads on a track and he said ok. He had told them that he played on rebel yell amongst other stuff. That band told me this info after I joined this was 25 years ago. My band was nobody at the time so he didn't really need to impress them. I didn't know about that other thread till I googled it. Either way its interesting. I do believe this is common to have other musicians play on a recording. In that thread John seems calm and level headed. Its not like it will help him in any way lying about it.

 

[petejt]

Yeah , I have heard demo takes for a few different tracks off that record and it does have a digital fx laden tone, but that was par for the course back then. Even later on when I saw Steve live with billy I thought his tone heavily processed sounding although it still fits those songs perfectly. I have heard demo tracks for catch my fall that have heavy chorus and compressed but such a cool song. I also love blue highway. That record kicks ass and holds up well over time.

Lately I've been listening to both the Rebel Yell and Billy Idol albums in my car, particularly the session takes.

Sometimes some of the session takes sound like he's using a Rockman headphone amp with the default chorused distortion setting on.
Particularly the Rebel Yell song session take.
Maybe because it's just a session take- and didn't have time to set up his main rig?

Other times (e.g. Blue Highway) it sounds like the super-processed track alone, without a double-track with a dry sound (which I guess he added afterwards for the album recording).

As I said earlier we always mention his Roland SDD-320 Dimension D combined with the Rockman's chorusing for Flesh for Fantasy- but did Steve use it for the dirty chorus parts too, or a Harmonisor? And what about the other tracks?
And what about on the earlier Billy Idol album?

In comparison, the Billy Idol album sounds a lot more chorusey to Rebel Yell. Would that be that for Rebel Yell, Steve may have added extra layers with dry guitars, or a wet/dry/wet setup with a harmonisor rather than just wet/dry-stereo chorus?

 

[tripstan]

I was told this over 20 years ago that goodsall played on rebel yell. Here's an thread I found
http://www.hugeracksinc.com/forum/viewt ... =1&t=87099

Super weird the link in HRI to the Albert Lea tribune blows my mind. Albert Lea is my home town, it's like 20,000 people in southern Minnesota. Maybe John will give me some lesson if I can track him down. I've been on a SS kick for the last few years. He's just such a phenomenal player and cool ass dude.