Backdoor Romeo

T-Ride

2008-09-30T01:39:00.001-07:00

T-Ride were one of the best bands to come out of the 1990s. Not your typical 90s music though, T-Ride were not a grunge band. Instead, they played metal! Hair metal if you like. But with a complexity that few other bands could muster. Sure you may listen to the likes of Metallica, Megadeath, Anthrax, Sepultura, Suicidal Tendencies who tried to play faster, louder, more insane music than before. And all these bands delivered great music, but few could muster the kind of tight syncopation and complex musical interweaving that T-Ride did. And with only 3 members in the band.

T-Ride's fate though was not in rock stardom. They burst onto the scene with a critically acclaimed album and then dissappeared just as fast. Their band members moving on to other projects and producing gigs. The money just wasn't there for the second album because grunge had hit the scene and T-Ride just weren't playing grunge!

I've decided to move this blog over to my new address: http://t-ride.blogspot.com
Go check it out: T-Ride

Working for a living is a social disease

2008-09-04T03:29:00.000-07:00

So say the rock gods that are T-Ride. Playing geetar aint a social disease.....

So why isn't T-Ride around anymore? A first album of such brilliance should have sent them into the rock stratosphere! Especially with fans like Joe Satriani who called them "The future of metal". They were favourably compared to Queen and Van Halen by some critics, but somehow, just didn't make it big and they eventually faded away.

Jeff Tyson is credited as the guitar man for T-Ride, and he can be found in Prague at the moment. Check out his new website: Geoff Tyson.

Knock at the backdoor

2008-08-28T01:43:00.000-07:00

Come in, quietly though....I mean that's why you chose the backdoor isn't it? There aren't a lot of people here, because T Ride didn't really make it huge. I mean they had an album, but they sort of faded into obscurity. Sad really, because I loved that album. It sort of reminded me of the vocal harmonies and complex tune-smithing found on a Queen album, but with a thoroughly full on rock guitarst.

Jeff Tyson is really a guitar players guitar player. The man weaves rhythm tracks that are outstanding, complex, but still hummable. The glide around the chordings of a tune, weaving subtle insinuations of lead licks here and there, without ever really breaking into a huge rocking solo. Understated would be a good word. He never sounds like he's struggling to reach that high note. He never sounds like he's stretched. But man can that boy play.

Kick back, turn it on.....get the album going, lets listen to a few T-Ride tunes! Gotta love that
"Back - a - the - door" off kilter triplet into a 2 beat of the 4/4 at the end of Backdoor Romeo.