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Outside of Joe Satriani and Steve Morse you won't find a
more talented instramental guitarist than Gary Hoey!
Gary may not get as much "acclaim" as Joe, but he should.
Gary's been putting out great instramental work since the
late 80's! One area that Gary may have an edge over
others instramental artists is his song writing. It's not
blistering guitar work just for the sake of it. This is
good music begining to end. And when Gary takes the vocal
reigns on a few tracks you don't kringe. It just sounds
right. On top of that I think Gary's one of the best at
doing a cover tune. He does'nt copy it, he puts his stamp
on it. If your new to Gary's work check out his
"Greatest Hits" as well.

Gary does it again. I have Animal Instinct which is an awesome cd. It has been the only cd of his I've had for a long time, until I walk in Best Buy and "Hot Damn!"...they have a new one. I don't know how many cd's Gary has, but they are sure hard to come by where I live. This cd is as good (if not better) than Animal Instinct and a bit more rockin'.
To start: My favorites are "Train Wreck", "Surf Alert" and "Electric Karma". They are instrumentals, first of all, and intense at that.
About half of the cd (bonus tracks not included) have vocals and are very cool, but I don't buy Gary Hoey to hear him sing.
Hoey does awesome covers of a few classics and makes them rock more than those who wrote them.
"Drive" and "Hocus Pocus" are both from the Animal Instinct cd, so I would've prefered 2 I didn't already have, but...hey, they are very cool songs.
"Linus & Lucy" remade is great! I didn't realize what it was at first...strangely familiar...and then it hit me and I had to laugh. This is (again) a great remake...never would've pictured myself cranking up the Charlie Brown theme song on my stereo.
From the "Frankenstein" opener to the bonus tracks, this is an awesome cd and a must have if you are fan of great guitar work. At the same time, if you like this, you will love Animal Instinct.

If you never have purchased a Gary Hoey CD before, this is a great one to pick up for fans and guitar players. Gary plays with a great feel with the grace of a player who knows where he is going. Among the excelent compositions there are some wonderfull covers. This CD is perfect to crank up when your driving.

OK now I listen to almost every guitar great you can imagine. And will BUY not download all of their CDs. Hendrix, Petrucci, Zappa, Blackmore, Trower, Vai, Satriani, well you get the point. Now I heard about Hoey in a cover sort of way. Heard him play other people's songs but not his. Well found this jewel of a cd in Montreal, bought it and now it has melted in my CD player !!!!

This is one smoking hot cd, lotsa chops, great solos evrything a guitar freak can ask for. As for the vocals, I figure if Hendrix sang, Gary can too..... :O)

He reminds me of Vai (for the whah-whah pedal work) but apart from that. His playing is top-notch. And this CD is a MUST....

YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID....

Later.....

This release by Gary took a little time to grow on me but I bought it a day after seeing him in concert. Vocals are better than expected as I had never heard any on previous albums. The mix is a little flat with a bit too much emphasis on the guitar but otherwise a great bit of work. Gary seems to have a different view of life and it shows in his songwriting, but that is a GOOD thing. I enjoy every track on it but the title song sticks in my mind most of all. Highly recommended, old school rockers will dig it!

this is my first gary hoey cd, and it won't be my last!! this guy is amazing. he does the "cover versions" (frankenstein, low rider,hocus pocus) like iv'e never heard them before....awesome!! if your a blues fan, check out "fillmore blues" a slow tempo blues just oozes with tasty licks....the guy sounds a bit like joe satriani on guitar...and he can sing to.

I've known of Gary since he came out with a remake of Hocus Pocus several years ago. I recently saw him live in a small venue in New Hampshire where he left many people standing there with their mouths hanging open in disbelief.

Even more impressive, he stuck around after the show to talk with the crowd, sign autographs, and was really accessible, personable, and easy going.

I got this for Christmas one year.... from my mom. Her reasoning behind it was because she wanted to expose me to more stuff then what I usually listen to which is various Metal genres. She heard this guy on the radio and decided I needed some of his stuff as a "vacation" from what I usually listen to. This was kind of her and rather daring as it was definitely something risky. Would her metalhead of a son suddenly fall in love with Gary Hoey and change his direction? Or would he break the CD in half or use the pieces for target practice? Well the answer lies somewhere in between the two. I'm not the average stereotypical metal fan, which is rather stupid nowadays. I don't love anything because its metal, I love it when it has good musicianship and when there are good lyrics. I can enjoy the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and all those classics. Heck my favorite band is a group called the Butthole Surfers (they aren't metal). So that clears things up and thus leads to my opinion of Gary Hoey. This guy is really talented. What he creates here is much like driving music. There's not a whole lot behind the music, but there doesn't have to be. It's just how he does it, his skill as a guitarist is very high up there. Yet there are several Metal guitarists that can top him for sure (Andreas kisser from Brazilian band Sepultura comes to mind). And while I'm positive about this, it still failed in grabbing my attention for long. I never yearn to pop this in the CD Player saying "Oh man, I gotta hear Electric Karma again!" It only pops up when I can't decide what to listen to and I'm on the road. Not everybody will love this, but its nice to have as a gift. So therefore I think 3 stars is pretty accurate for this.

P.S. the cover of Low Rider is pretty cool too.