Blindside Blues Band - Journey To The Stars (2016)

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Killer 12th disc by this excellent, long-standing, blues-based, heavy guitar rock riff:machine featuring 11 tracks of awesome, powerful, hard-hitting, retro-fied, dual guitar fueled riffage + mojo that kicks ass @ the hard rock excellence boogie train. Make no mistake, Blindside Blues Band have landed and are here to rock your bad-ass blues away. Crank up the volume and get ready to blast off into outer space with B.B.B. on the "Journey To The Stars" disc.

Blindside Blues Band is fronted by the legendary Mike Onesko on guitar & vocals. The man is a true riff:master who is on a Mission to Keep the Rock Alive. Onesko's classic riffage speaks volumes with endless amounts of 70s-inspired hard rock truth. The new 2016 version of Blindside Blues Band (which we like to refer to as B.B.B. - Mark III) also includes the debut of Martin J. Andersen (Blindstone / Mountain Of Power) on 2nd guitar to complete the twin, high-powered B.B.B. guitar rock team. Andersen is a bad-ass riff:master/axeripper from Denmark who kicks serious lead guitar ass and also co-wrote several of the new songs with Mister Onesko on the killer new B.B.B. disc. "Journey To The Stars" also features and marks the return of the original B.B.B. drummer and rock n' roll animal: Jeff Martin (Racer X / Badlands) on drums and seasoned veteran low-end bottom kool mojo man Steve Evans (Eric Gales / Pat Travers) on bass, both excellent top-shelf hard rock players who both lock in and nail down the rock solid, killer, electrified Blindside Blues Band heavy groove.

As the lyrics to the "title" track crank out of the speakers @ the opening track: "C'mon Boys & Girls… We're On A Journey To The Stars," we know it's time to rock our asses off with the Blindside Blues Band and their killer brand of old-school, classic, bluesy heavy guitar rock. The mighty B.B.B. have fired up their big, electric dual six string rockets, aimed high to the sky, armed & ready in their guitar shaped space ships on a mission to rock us hard into the next musical dimension on the essential "Journey To The Stars."

~ grooveyardrecords.com

'Journey To The Stars' is yet another mind blowing album by the Blindside Blues Band, featuring some of the best songs the band has written to date. Mike Onesko on vocals and guitar, Martin J. Andersen (Blindstone) on guitar, Steve Evans on bass and Jeff Martin on drums. This powerhouse of an album opens with the smoking title track powered by Onesko's and Andersen's guitar work that immediately draws the listener in. From there on its one smoking track right after another. Highlights include, "Rock N' Roll Is My Life", "Calling My Name", the rattlesnake rocker, "Freight Train", "Fly On High" and "Rolling Down The Highway". All eleven songs offered up are absolutely killer and the band plays each song with a hunger that you don't hear often enough in today's music. The guitar tandem of Onesko and Andersen are a match made in heaven. Both are amazing players. Each bringing their individual six string skill set to the table making for one hell of a listening experience. One thing is for certain they held nothing back in the guitar department. These guy's are monsters! Not to be outshined are the tight rhythm of bassist Steve Evans and drummer, Jeff Martin (X- Badlands/Racer X). The thing about, 'Journey To The Stars' and the Blindside Blues Band in general is that it brings you back to what was truly great about driving blues rock before it got taken over by the hair bands of the 80's. This is rock and roll that is reminiscent of the past but never imitative and not revisionist. Rock on Blindside Blues Band!

~ Tony Sison / The Dedicated Rocker Society (July 2016)

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