I was there for the filming of this video at the State Theater in Easton, Pa. I remember they had to play the song over and over multiple times.....so the production company could get different shots/angles. Their was also a scene shot outside in front of the theater with two corvettes (I think) racing down the block. When my friends and I arrived, the line wating to get in was down the block and around the corner. Yes.....we had a great time!
I was there too. Yes, you're correct about the Corvettes. I seem to remember a version of this video that begins with them racing down Northampton Street?
this band was so good. saw them live back in the day on the strip. their problem was they never wrote a hit single that could expose them to the general public. They should've picked a good cover song(like VH did) made a kick ass version of it.
yeah man most guys I talk with that like greg all say Introspection is his best album, and I'm inclined to agree -- though his debut solo record is awesome too.
this is the shit! wish greg would go back to his old days, he could make the best rock/metal album, cmon greg, just for the old school fans, and also some new fans
greg was in athens a few days ago performing for an audience of 50 max people (i was first table ofcourse) he played some of the sound proof songs which i didn't like very much then he played BUTTON UP & KICK IT ALL OVER it was totally amazing!!!
Early 70's? More like the late 70's early 80's. He was still honing his technical virtuosity. He came along after Van Halen & Rhoads gained mainstream recognition. As great as Shawn was I wouldn't consider him their musical peer during that era. He was just an young upstart at that point.
Yeah guess so man Hendrix,Beck,Page ,Blackmore,Uli Jon Roth but him and Randy roads pretty much started the whole shred thing in the eighties,they brought different hi tech(for then) techniques into the world and others evolved from that.
@purplebuttrfli haha that's what I assumed and I was only joking but I'm glad that you've been stewing over my smart ass little comment for the last 6 months. It makes me feel quite powerful. Thank you very much.
Don't get me wrong with this one because I'm not trying to sound like I'm on some kinda' high horse, but many of the great jazz guitarist were playing at breakneck tempos long before any of those guys. They just don't play in a rock style. And if we wanna get real technical, one could even say Eddie copped a ton of stuff from early Holdsworth, and even guys like Jan Hammer. Ever heard the song "Quadrant 4" by Billy Cobham? Sounds like Hot For Teacher. But yeah, EVH definitely the shred king.
@Gibsonrocker89: Without VH, Howe II wouldn't even sound like this. They based their style on classic VH. You can't really compete with a more popular brand that you copy even if you do perform better. As for black rock bands being less popular, your teacher was right. Black rock bands have always had a harder time being accepted, despite writing great music. Bad Brains are an amazing band but have never gotten their due and are name-checked by lots of other bands they've influenced.
I really liked this whole album (High Gear). All the songs are good, the guitars are absolutely face melting shred and I even like the singers voice. This looks like an official video for the song, but this crappy upload is the only one on the net. Also wonder why this album isn't available on Greg Howe's website(?).
Yeah Eddie was the pioneer and guys like Greg,Paul Gilbert and yngwie took that shred style to higher technical platforms. But Eddie still pioneered that shit greg just took it further.
I had an awesome black guitar teacher once who was racist about this band because he would always say "They were a black Van Halen and Greg out did Eddie on guitar and his bro out did David on vocals, but just because they were black they weren't as popular" And I agree with them being better but the songs these guys wrote were no Panama or Ain't talkin' bout love lol sadly they could only pump out generic 80's sounding hair metal
back in the day, they coulda called this album Van Halen 3 and many would have believed it and been stoked...except greg is quite a bit more fretboard knowledgeable than EVH
this 80s hair metal is laughable but gregs gtr lines were so far above the genre. i remember him before the howe 2 stuff when he did his solo album on shrapnel and he was impressive out of the gate.
