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steven_stuart 08:34 pm UTC 03/30/09 |
| In reply to: | Letter From Porkington - steven_stuart 07:02 pm UTC 03/30/09 |
| I really can't see how this letter is spam. > A close friend of mine forwarded this letter to me, which > was sent out by Porkington to various people. > > In this letter he seems to be in quite a civilised mood. I > have read other letters from him where he swears and > condems this website. > > Although I still don't understand how the hate for > Porkington started in the first place. And how it grew to > the point that he would send insane rants to the people > around Jim (although I think he has never criticised Jim > directly). > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: dean.torkington1@btinternet.com > To: stewart@thedesignmechanics.com > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 1:32 PM > Subject: Please add asap thanks > > > Hi Stew please add this to latest news and also the > reviews section asap > > TITLE > > "The Bat Strikes Back" gets a great review in Classic Rock > Magazine!! > > Many thousands of bands/performers submit New Albums to > Classic Rock magazine for reviews every week, imagine our > delight to be informed we were going to have our new album > reviewed by well known music critic Jon Hotton! We didnt > have millions of pounds of recording equipment yet the > results and sales have been amazing. Read the following > review that can be found in issue 131 May 2009, page 79 > > Dean Torkington > > The Bat Strikes Back > > Meat substitute : Quorn to be wild > > Meat Loaf himself struggles without jim steinman. So > imagine how the Meat Loaf impersonator fares. > > Advised by Meat Loaf to write some original material [bit > rich that Meat ] tribute act Dean Torkington has come up > with The Bat Strikes Back, an album conceived in the > spirit of the on-off Steinman-Loaf axis. > > Torkingtons resources are modest, and yet his devotionhas > produced an earnest ,rather touching record that has the > heart that Meat Loaf without Steinman often lacks. > > But Steinmans songs advance like Panzer divisions and they > are essentially inimitable without descending to pastiche, > so Torkington and his writing partner James Brian Healless > are groping for another mans vision. They capture > Steinmans tics and tropes well, but cant approach the > weird gothic majesty of his best work. > > That said, Steinman initially embraced Meat Loaf because > the singer embodied exactly the kind of outsider/underdog > that he was writing about. There is something about Dean > Torkington and this record that he would admire! > > To purchase this album please visit our Merchandise > section where you can listen to clips and order it via > our distributer > > | |
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