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Try this one out, it's long, but has some wonderful playing in there.
or maybe this, another long song though. They were essentially a Prog band for the 80's.
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Their overblown, grandiose, OTT twiddly prog-pop utterly failed to appeal to my Post-Punk mid-‘80’s self.
However, I remember watching the Equinox “Twang Bang Kerrang” documentary when it was first on (still got it on VHS somewhere) and being spellbound by Jerry Donahue, awed by Andy Summers’ fridge-size (Bradshaw?) rack, baffled by the loon Shadows fan and annoyed by FD’s swagger as he fretwanked some (admittedly impressive) Holdsworth-esque one-hand legato runs while relaxing at The Manor.
IIRC, there was a moment when, bigging up the playability of his Squier Strat, he indicated his USA Fender and said “I can’t do this on that one. Well, I can..” and I thought “Tosser”.
I also recall there being some weird multi-string thing he played later - interviews/photographs in the long-defunct “Making Music” broadsheet-style mag?
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Ahhh yes, forgot about that bit - quite amazing!
Yes, he invented a two handed tapping board, I believe he used it to play the brilliant solo on the IB track Rose marie - a long time favourite solo of mine, it comes in brilliantly.
@miserneil Very cool - John Mitchell is also a fantastic player - he did a solo on my mates album and produced some or all of it too - it was the Tilt album - Steve Vantsis is in that too as well as Lonely Robot of course. My mate Dave Stewart went to school with me and played at mum's jazz gigs when he was 15 - now on tour with Albert Hammond and also in Tilt.
That video led to many hilarious piss takes off people we knew who played their guitar too high, and surreptitious strap-adjusting for laughs.
Saw the original It Bites a few times and were actually the 1st band I ever saw live - completely spellbinding and has always been the benchmark ever since.
Lost complete interest in IB when he left and as good as Mitchell is - IB is only IB with Frank (he hates being called that LOL)
Saw him last year in Wolverhampton and they played OATW in it's entirety and it gave me goosebumps hearing live again with the proper guitar player and singer performing it (IMO)
He's still using the same Squier and he's a surprisingly loud player - got a real punchy sound with not a lot of gain actually - used a Laney LC on last tour with a Nova Drive and a Boss Delay IIRC.
And those Holdsworth licks/runs - I have tried and tried for 30 years and still can't get it!!!!
IIRC, his brother was a very good guitar player too.
I’ve sent him your post @Danny1969
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Saw a live solo clip once of him doing genesis " back in ny city" and i still cant get my head round how you can play the riff and sing the lead on it...
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Those Holdsworth style licks all over Big Lad In The Windmill!
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