It Bites - The Big Lad in the Windmill
#363/2043
1986 Housekeeping
It Bites
The Big Lad in the Windmill
Genre: Glam Prog
3.25 out of 5
Highlights:
Screaming on the Beaches
Imagine what a prog rock band might sound like if David Lee Roth was the front man and the guitars were crunchier and more or just as important as the keyboards.
I’ve never heard of It Bites but they seem to be taking up the mantle of a pre-Collins Genesis but adding a helluva lot more accessible rock and pop to the proceedings.
All that said, I don’t have a clear view to review the record since most of what we have are live cuts and the studio tracks include Chicago-esque horns and the like.
The trouble is, I like the live stuff and really don’t the studio versions.
If you watch the video for their hit “Calling All the Heroes” they come across as a General Public type of clean cut group of kids. Their other live stuff, they are nearly a metal band.
Sigh.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfnJwIpo2pc&list=PLBJ7ztNazTVCzDYhWc1ERJlzZ7ADihZFV
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