Jerry Gaskill - Come Somewhere
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Free Music Review: Strange, heavy but soft cryptic album of interesting tunes...
Hit: 4 Stars
This was the first-so far only solo album from the drummer of influential heavy rock band KING'S X. It is certainly strange, different, unique but very enjoyable too. It has hints of folk rock, progressive rock, pop and regular rock styles within the well crafted and enjoyable songs. It is certainly a very different, mad wild ride of an album.Free Music Review: Very good
Hit: 4 Stars
Better that I got to meet him too. Saw him last month in Asbury park at the Saint. Did well for his 2nd solo appearance. This c.d was not what I expected but was an easy listen and enjoyable.Free Music Review: Musically Good, Lyrically Depressing
Hit: 3 Stars
When I first learned Jerry had a solo release out I was very excited. I own all of King's X stuff (bootlegs also) and all Ty and Doug's solo stuff as well. Boy was I disappointed! Musically there's some pretty good songs and nice melodies (Johnny's Song, No Love, Faulty Start, All the Way Home). Lyrically though it's something else all together.
Seems like Jerry has gone through a pretty rough relationship break-up/divorce. Every song (except one) deals with it. To me, he sounds like he's preoccupied with self-pity and quite bitter. From the song, HELLO MRS., he sings "Tell myself to be a good man but it's just a waste of time. Tell myself to think of good things but I've got a one track mind." The song ends with softly sung "f$%# you." On his song, FACE THE DAY, the chorus is "Face the day F%$KED!" (He keeps repeating the F-er over and over at the end of the song). Maybe this is his therapy album; to help cleanse himself of all these emotions. Where he's turned to for comfort isn't what I'd hoped (considering King's X previous song lyrics).
Jerry seems to be resorting to sex and drugs for his solace. Here's what his lyrics have to say that point to this (song title listed first in caps.):
SHE'S COOL: "pornographic carousel"
L.A. FLIGHT: "And I'm feeling stoned. Always gone, almost free."
GAllOP: "Lift up your skirt and show me just what you're thinking. I can read your mind, down there. It's all inside this thing I call my solution."
ALL THE WAY HOME: Has the sound of someone lighting a bong and smoking up a big hit (anyone who's ever smoked will recognize this sound effect).
I felt I had to write this due to the reason I really got into King's X was because of their positive, Christian-based viewpoint. Seems like they're turning their backs on this now (I don't think Ty has however). So everyone who liked King's X for this reason I feel needed to be informed of the difference. This bums me out, so I sold my copy of this cd on Amazon. If you want to hear a truly uplifting, great cd get "Testimony" by Neal Morse(formerly of Spock's Beard). It's truly awesome stuff!
**(Original review was done on 6-20-2004, updated on 3-7-09.)
Free Music Review: Come Somewhere Goes Nowhere
Hit: 3 Stars
It's been a long time coming for King's X fans -- rumors of a solo album from drummer Jerry Gaskill have been floating around for years. Finally, it's here in the form of Come Somewhere. Anyone who is familiar with Gaskill's two tracks from his work with King's X (Six Broken Soldiers from 1990's Faith Hope Love and American Cheese from 1996's Ear Candy) will find no surprises here -- this is an album that sounds one part King's X and one part Beatles.
But ultimately this album suffers from mediocre compositions marred by a certain level of sameness that seems to run through the majority of the 15 tracks here, which are mostly acoustic and mostly bleed into and out of each other without warning or spaces in-between, which only magnifies the sameness quality. This album has no great hooks or catchy riffs that grab a listener the first time through. I have listened for almost a week now over and over and I still feel the same.
It is a shame, for Gaskill is a good vocalist, a solid drummer, and the production is great (thanks Ty!). However, some of the guitar work (most of which was provided by bandmate Ty Tabor) seems almost generic, as if Tabor was trying not to get in the way of the melodies and Gaskill's voice.
There are good tracks -- She's Cool, Faulty Start, All the Way Home, and I Saw You Yesterday are all interesting, but you have to weed through all of the other tracks that sound nearly identical to get these few diamonds in the rough.
Getting to hear Jerry solo is nice, and I love King's X. That alone almost guaranteed the three-star rating. And you would think with so many pluses (production, ability, vocal talent, melodicism), this album would garner more kudos but the bottom line is that Come Somewhere really goes nowhere, and comes across as an album full of pleasantly listenable, forgettably meandering, filler.
Free Music Review: Pretty good CD except...
Hit: 3 Stars
After listening to excerpts from Jerry Gaskill's CD on his website, I was excited to go to the store and purchase it, which I did. I was pleased with the disc's musical and vocal sounds. I was disappointed with the CD's bad language. I guess I would like to have been warned in some way. I will be getting rid of the CD for this reason.