I first got to know Rick Page on MySpace some years back & at that time he was writing and recording an album with working title 'The Fence'. this album is now complete and one day hopefully released.The track 'Dead or Alive' comes from that album but this release I am reviewing today is a single mix so different from one featured on the album. I was lucky to get two white label double discs of the album to hear the album & all it's different mixes & this track which opens the album is outstanding.
I looked into the back story and asked a few questions to help you the readers know what this hard fast full on rock track is about.
See we all have our hero in life all be it firemen, policeman, soldiers or nurses to TV The Lone Ranger, Superman or Batman. Well this song is based around two heroes of Rick's evolved into one character. The song was originally entitled 'White Steed' but after recording it Rick Page and James Marshall Black had a think about the title and as dead or alive was mentioned more times than white steed Rick decided to change it.
The original idea behind this song was just before 'Iron Man' the movie was released thinking of a hero in a metal suit another movie 'Robocop' came to mind, hence the line from the movie "dead or alive your coming with me" the lyrics then flowed along the lines what a hero would be doing for a town and of course a hero always rides a white horse or in robocop's case driving a silver patrol car.
Rick asked James Marshall Black who composed the music for the track to add sound effects of guns etc to make it sound like a gunfight in a street for the hero to come and save the day.
I (Ace MegaRex) asked James Marshall Black about the track & Rick's ideas & he replied...
"Rick asked me to add all the sound effects, and personally I think it was a stroke of genius. We now have this rather interesting super hero who wears a mixture of Iron man clothes and Knight's armour, carries a gun and a sword and charges around on a horse !!! I am considering re-visiting this song"
Well James indeed has revisted the song as the album track is now longer & bigger harder rock sound with amazing power vocals by Rick & harmony backing including James. Plus the single version still has that but has been remixed too so to give you two amazing versions of an epic of a track. I let a friend I know who worked with me on my old radio show DJ Rocky hear this track he said "this should be added to the epic rock opera tracks such as Meatloaf's 'Bat Out of Hell' as he has a steady fast build up to an epic climax"
The single is on sale now
You can buy on Amazon here by JMB records
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-or-Alive-Single-Mix/dp/B008M0MZRQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345465703&s=dmusic&sr=1-1
SAMPLE
https://soundcloud.com/rick-page-1/dead-or-alive-sample-of-album
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