Strider - Misunderstood CD

Strider - Misunderstood [COMPACT DISCS] Bonus Tracks, With Booklet, Rmst, UK - Import : Digitally remastered and expanded edition featuring two bonus tracks. Including 16 page full-color booklet, 4,500 word essay with new interviews & enhanced artwork. When it comes to exploring the early years of the British hard rock scene there's no better place to start that with London-based five-piece Strider. A staple of the live circuit, the band built a reputation for lean and mean, blues-based rock, securing a solid and faithful following throughout the UK and Europe. It was also a group that featured a couple of members who went on to be well-known after Strider; guitarist Gary Grainger who went on to play with Rod Stewart and drummer Tony Brock who would later join the Babys. Two individuals with a solid reputation and careers forged directly from the ashes of Strider. 'Misunderstood' is the band's second album, recorded once again for GM Records the label helmed by Billy Gaff, manager of the Faces and Rod Stewart. Produced by Damon Lyon-Shaw, who had cut his teeth as a recording engineer for the Who and Status Quo, the album contains an impressive selection of tracks that showcase the appointment of new vocalist Rob Elliott, a man with a rich voice and a signature delivery. This time around the band focussed exclusively