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Root Deco Reviews
This one (A Taste of Champagne World EP) is hot. The guitars (are) solid and ripping, the songs tight and well arranged...its full of energy. It makes me want to revisit the disc often. More airplay coming for this rockin' CD.
Don Campau, KKUP California
(A Taste of Champagne World EP is) really GREAT…personal enjoyment... and airplay guaranteed!
Lord Litter, Radio Marabu, Germany
Root Decos's "Rain
Steam Speed"...it’s well worth checking out if you like mid to
late 60’s west coast psychedelic rock delivered with real conviction
and high octane energy. "Rain Steam Speed"’ has...great
songs on it. One of these, "Rainbow"...ranks among (the) best...the whole piece has that
classic Doors (feel). The
social conscience of ("Working Class") comes across strongly. "'Find Myself" is great fun...like a forgotten
45 from a bygone era...
Phil Jackson, Paradox One
Love your sound! Very Yardbirds!
Les Lewellyn, Preying Lizard Music
First thought, Egypt. Second thought, Led Zeppelin.
Root Deco is Paul Johnson and Larry Vilchek combined with 6 and 12 stringed guitars, low tuned drums and feedback. The show stopping rhythm section and the virtuosity of the guitars shows off the influence of The Yardbirds.
Easily classified as a rock, blues rock, or heavy metal band, Root Deco has taken their..."Dragon Rings a Bell"...album three hundred and sixty degrees and explored varies styles...(“Dragon") proves that the golden age of music occurred in the age of Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Van Morrison and Dylan. The front cover art work is a deceiving display of the music contained in the CD. One would never know it from the awe-inspiring, dirt-raw rock that is uncovered once the plastic seal is removed from the album. Don’t pass this...up.
Courtney Vanderbeck, Music News Nashville
This ROCKS!!! Judging from the list of who I think they sound like, this band can successfully
go any way it wants: heavy metal, heroine rock, blues rock--it's all good.
Brings To Mind: Led Zeppelin, Dylan, The Cramps, Lords of the New Church,
Hoodoo Gurus.
MotherLoveVibe,
South of Mainstream
A Sip of Champagne CD (Stone Premonitions/Stone Island) is a promotional taster of Root Deco's forthcoming Champagne World album, a joint release from Stone Premonitions and the similarly named and like-minded Stone Island label. S.O.S. is essentially the American kind of folk-rock, combined with the rawness and noisiness of garage rock. Big Parade is ultramelodic psych-rock, whilst What's With You? is 70s style heavy rock with bluesy elements. Finally there is a cover of Cream's Deserted Cities of the Heart, presented in the same kind of raw retro rock style as their own material. Root Deco's style is authentically vintage...worlds apart from all the fake retro bands of recent years, who rip off stuff from the 60s in order to follow fads, it is very clear from listening to Root Deco that they really practise what they preach, they really live this sort of music, not simply act it out. Truly excellent stuff - am very keen to hear the full album.
Bliss Aquamarine
Root Deco's "We Come in Peace" (CD)...Old school Psychadelic
rock ala 1960's era bands. Root Deco takes Psychadelic folk rock into a completely different hemisphere,
bringing with them the newly acquainted space rock in the midsts of their
progressive stylings...the music sounds...more complex...than from that time. The solos are about as extreme as it can get for rock...solos that walk
along the walls with their colorful effects. There is even some jazz fusion
influence to be heard throughout the release. Any psychadelia fan should really get off on this album...old school
rockers looking for a nostalgic kick should also check this out.
Lord Lycan at Heathen Harvest
Wow-this is something else. It's like a souped-up
answer to classic Jefferson Airplane mixed with a dash of early Springsteen,
a touch of Pete Droge, some scorching Kaukonen-Casady-like guitar play and
a set of psychedelic bluesiana that hits the spot right from the start and
never looks back...and some wicked guitar work not to mention a corking rhythm section throughout. This is phenomenal stuff.
Andy Garibaldi, CDS
Root Deco's " Dragon Rings A Bell"...(has the) right mix of styles, from the jolly hocky sticks of "Piper" to the almost early period Hawkwind(ish) "Shallow Man." Twelve tracks in all
that go through three hundred and ninety degrees of styles...the boys deliver each and every track with confidence.
(Dw) Modern-Dance, the A-Z Music Review Magazine
2010: Root Deco selected by Metromix as one of Washington DC's hotest bands..
2009: Root Deco featured on Alchemical Radio show on Radio Six International.
2008: "I Don't Want to Go to Heaven," "Pinwheels," and "Postcard" win honorable mention in Billboard's 15th Annual World Song Writing Contest; "Third World Planet" select as one of Best of 2008 by Paradox One.
2007: "Hole in the Sand" wins honorable mention in Billboard's 14th Annual World Song Writing Contest; "Rain-Steam-Speed" selected as album of the month by Paradox One.
2006: "Arise" wins honorable mention in Billboard's 13th Annual World Song Writing Contest; "This Island Earth" selected as CD of the month on Gary Lee's Overflow Radio show; Root Deco selected by Little Steven's Underground Garage as one of Washington DC's top three garage bands.
2005: "O'Ryan of the Underworld" featured on Moonhead Magazine's International Underground CD, Volume 5.
2003: "Eyes in the Back of My Head" selected for UMFM's Best of the Year CD compilation.