THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(11-TRACKS)
1-RIVER RUNS WIDE PART I
2-MONA MAE
3-HEAVENLY
4-SAVEYOUR SOUL
5-AGE OLD STORY
6-WITHOUT YOU
7-TWEEK ME
8-DREAM LOVE
9-GUITAR MAN
10-SILK & LACE
11-WITH A WOMAN
SYMPHONIC SLAM-BEWARE OF DOG-2002
THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(14-TRACKS)
1-AGE OLD STORY
2-CITY HEART
3-CYCLOPS
4-DREAM LOVE
5-FIND THE ONE
6-GUITAR MAN(Les On Vos)
7-MONA MAE
8-SAVE YOUR SOULS(Les On Vos)
9-SILK & LACE
10-THE HUNTER
11-TIMOLI
12-TOUCH DOWN
13-WITH A WOMAN I LOVE
14-WITHOUT YOU(Les On Vos)
SYMPHONIC SLAM-SYMPHONIC SLAM-1976/2006
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THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(10-TRACKS)
1-UNIVERSE
2-EVERYTIME
3-FOLD BACK
4-I WON'T CRY
5-LET IT GROW
6-MODANE TRAIN
7-TIME RUNS SHORT
8-DAYS(Instrumental)
9-SUMMER RAIN
10-HOW DO YOU STAND(Before The Lord)
CREDIT:
Timo Laine / Guitar Synthesizers, Guitar, Vocals
John Lowery / Drums, Backing Vocals-
David Stone / Keyboards,Backing Vocals
Symphonic Slam was mainly about Timo Laine (born in Finland, and moved to America as a child), and his Polyphonic Guitar Synthesizer. The rest of the band was filled out by Drummer John Lowery, and Keyboardist David Stone.Timo had been playing the club circuit for a while, but it wasn't until he relocated to Canada that things began to happen. It was there that Symphonic Slam was discovered by A&M Records. What set them apart was The $10,000 360 Systems Guitar Synthesizer prototype. This led to the release of their 1976 self-titled album.They toured, and played gigs with some of the big names of the time (Rush, The Rolling Stones, and the Village People). Soon they were asked to go to L.A. to work on a new album. Not being interested in this tack, Stone took the opportunity to defect to Rainbow.After the album was completed, A&M wasn't pleased (they wanted disco). Timo took it to Canada, and created his own label on which to release it. It had some modest success, but Laine wasn't interested in going back to L.A. to fight disco once again.Musea's 2001 re-release of the first album inspired Timo to get back on the horse. Apparently he had been working on another album for many years. "Her Fire" is supposed to be released some time in the future. He is also working on an instrumental solo project.You can hear some influences of Styx, Kansas, Wakeman, Emerson, a bit of E.L.O., and even some funk. However, this is not like most of what we consider to be the classic '70s progressive sound. Some of those qualities are woven in, and there are some lovely moments. But make no mistake, this is mid 70's rock and roll at the core. The main point of interest here is really the fact that Laine basically pioneered the synth guitar. It was a very new thing at the time.http://timolainemusic.com/home.html.
Symphonic Slam, PKA Timo Laine.Timo Laine, the groups founder has Become Known As the Father of the Guitar Synthesizer. In addition to being A Master Guitarist, Timo has applied his talents into expanding the Guitar into Guitar Synthesizer Technology. His new CD, Her Fire, reflects the long awaited results. Much earlier in Timo's career, he released an album with A&M Records worldwide. The recording ended up as being the first major guitar Synthesizer Work. The album was called "Symphonic Slam."Timo has performed with acts such as the Rolling Stones, BB King, Tina Turner, Rush, and Chuck Berry, to Name A Few.Today, on the "Her Fire" CD, Les Carlsen, Former lead Singer and Dancer For the Musical "Hair" and more recently, "Bloodgood" sings many of the Lead Vocals. He also fronts the Band In Live performance. Noe Cruz, Timo's Bass man since the early years, performs with an aggressive edge on this work. Noe replaced Jimmy Haslip, during the production of the SSII album in the eighties. Jimmy, since then, went on to form the group Yellow Jackets. Bob Winn plays the Roland V-Drums on "Her Fire". Guest artist include: Mike Meucci, Mark Vaughn, Dennis Brown, and Larry Class.For anyone interested in the older releases, Musea Records acquired the rights from Universal Records, to re-issued the first Symphonic Slam album as a cd in 2002 world wide(http://www.holymetalrob.com/)
