FIREBALL MINISTRY: Fmep CD w. bonus tracks & covers: Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Blue Cheer, Misfits, Aerosmith. (3 bonus tracks!!) Check samples

Description

Fireball Ministry, who call themselves “the First Church of Rock and Roll,” lay down the heaviness of FMEP to prove it. Though fans kneel at the alter of this groove metal, the band sure doesn’t hide influences that came before it like Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper. In fact, Fireball Ministry spends a lot of time with covers that pay homage to forebears like Alice Cooper (“Muscle of Love”), Blue Cheer(“Fortunes”), Danzig (“Cough/Cool”), and Aerosmith (“Movin’ Out”). But Fireball Ministry has its own sound with fuzzy riffs, bendy guitar solos, and smooth, slightly distorted vocals that place it alongside stoner rock bands like the Queens of the Stone Age and Fu Manchu. Its best original on the record, “Maidens of Venus,” with its slow, singing, laid-back vocals, is as catchy as Soundgarden‘s “Black Hole Sun.”

Fireball Ministry FMEP
Label: Small Stone Records SS-023
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 2001
Genre: Stoner Rock

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome,
Obviously early recordings of demos and covers etc. This is how you know a band is good or not, and this band is great. The quality is good and the performance is 110%.

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Track list:
1 King 4:39
2 Choker 4:52
3 Maidens Of Venus 6:02
4 Muscle Of Love 3:27 cover of Alice Cooper    Written-By Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce
5 Victim Of Changes 10:02 cover of Judas Priest Written-By Atkins*, Tipton*, Downing*, Halford* http://chirb.it/Ceg51e   or  http://picosong.com/w9STP
Bonus Tracks :
6 Fortunes 2:34 cover of Blue Cheer Written-By Peterson*
7 Cough/Cool 2:16 cover of The Misfits Written-By G. Danzig*
8 Movin’ Out 4:25 cover of Aerosmith Written-By J. Perry*, S. Tyler*

Credits:
Bass Guitar Brad Davis
Drums John Oreshnick
Guitar Emily J. Burton*
Guitar [Additional] Michael Cooper-Smith
Guitar, Vocals Rev. James A. Rota II*
Producer Doug Boehm (tracks: 8), Fireball Ministry (tracks: 1 to 3), Nick Raskulinecz (tracks: 1 to 3)
Written-By Burton* (tracks: 1 to 3), Rota* (tracks: 1 to 3), Oreshnick* (tracks: 1 to 3)

Notes:
Track 4 is a cover of Alice Cooper
Track 5 is a cover of Judas Priest
Track 6 is a cover of Blue Cheer
Track 7 is a cover of The Misfits
Track 8 is a cover of Aerosmith

Risen from the ashes of a dwindling fire that once screamed rock n’ roll, Fireball Ministry will preach the Word of Rock to all who dare listen. With a heavy dose of fuzzy riffs, smooth vocals, and more hooks than a bait shop, this “First Church of Rock n’ Roll” is the only religion you’ll ever need.

Signed to Bong Load Records as a two-piece (Rev. James A. Rota & Rev. Emily J. Burton) three months after their arrival in Los Angeles, Fireball Ministry has rounded out their line-up with bassist Janis Tanaka (L7) and drummer John Oreshnick (ex-Muzza Chunka). Their hard-hitting debut album “Ou’ Est La Rock?” produced by Doug Boehm, mixed by Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf (Fu Manchu, Beck, Toadies), featured guest appearances by Nick Menza (ex-Megadeth) and Guy Pinhas (ex-Obsessed, Goatsnake).

Having received glowing reviews from Kerrang!, Metal Maniacs, Metal Hammer, Mean Streets Magazine, and CMJ online, the band was a hot ticket at the 1999 NXNW and 2000 SXSW music conferences. Described by Metal Hammer Magazine as “a witches’ brew of classic American rock ‘n’ roll,” Fireball Ministry has shared bills with Danzig, Fu Manchu, Nebula, Unida, The Atomic Bitchwax, Speedealer, Honky, Puny Human, and Raging Slab, and recently played the November to Dismember Metalfest.

On FM’s second effort, “FMEP”, the band has matured into a lethal dosage of heavy-riff-fueled power. When you buy a record, it’s a holy day, a sabbath. Rock n’ roll that moves you isn’t a lifestyle, it’s a religion, and church is where you go for religion. We started a ministry to bring it to the masses.” Rev. Rota preaches, “People work hard all day for their money. They don’t wanna hear some whiny bullshit – they wanna hear about gettin’ laid and drinking, hanging out and drivin’ fast!” Amen to that…