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LP
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EZRDR 163LP
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"The incendiary proto hard rock and ambitious epic journeys this album delivers are all the more uncanny and devastating when you realize Gary Del Vecchio was a mere 16 years old when the title track 'Buzzin' was unleashed! Even more astonishing is how far he travelled over the next five years, documented in this brilliant selection of nine tracks from the classic daze of early 1970s underground rock. Gary's music grabs you immediately and grows over time. The guitar action is incredible, shards of sound flying free yet hitting the bullseye continuously, vocals confident with none of the macho posturing that ages poorly in much early hard rock. These tracks are all vividly recorded and meticulously mixed in a way that balances fiery performance and intelligent structure to maximum effect. The bass and drumming here are phenomenally inventive and propulsive, the several players involved across the album nail it in their support of Gary's vision. This is rock music born in the 'anything is possible' life affirming energy of the late '60s right on time with where the most enduring artists of the early '70s took it. The music on this album is both uncompromising and accessible. In particular, the two long tracks 'Wasted King' and 'Starman' have all the moves needed to grab fans of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and the likes by the throat and brain in the extended progressive epic department. Buzzin' opens with a smattering of studio party chatter and instantly grips you with a tough groove, heavy riffage and a gnarly dual guitar break sounding like what the words are saying about flying free and high. Gary cites contemporary local heroes Joe Walsh and Phil Keaggy as inspiration."
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