Live Band: John Burns: Bass/Vocals
Karl Crafton: Drums Mark Christopher: Keyboards/Vocals
Mike Elgert: Vocals/Guitar
Influences
The Beatles, Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Cheap Trick, David Mead, Jason Falkner, Jon Brion, Supergrass, The Black Crowes, Redd Kross, Ace Frehley, Foo Fighters, Muse, Kings X, Butch Walker, Joel Burns, Blind Melon, Anthrax, Nuno Bettencourt, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Porn Family, Ours, Tonic, Diegrinder, Derek Jendza, Kiss, Unified Theory, Mike Viola, Queens of The Stoneage, Squeeze, My Mom
Sounds Like
The Beatles, Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Foo Fighters, Cheap Trick, Butch Walker, David Mead, Jason Falkner, Jon Brion, Supergrass, Kings X, Stone Temple Pilots
REVIEWS:
A knock-out effort packed with 16 songs of supremely solid Power Pop. This debut twists and turns, with flat-out rockers and well done pop ballads, most of which promise velvety pop pleasure to fans of the genre. Much of the time, Mike Elgert sounds like Robin Zander, and while its tough to nail down influences, we can hear Cheap Trick, Foo Fighters, Jason Falkner and Starclock.
Featured Tracks: "Nothing To See", "Someone Took My Part", "Run Further", "Retire" www.whitsbrain.com
"Said Too Much" - Imagine Jellyfish or Starbelly with Robin Zander as the lead singer. That explains this track from Mike Elgert. Jangly (but not too jangly that makes it whimpy), with a killer hook that gets stuck in your head for hours. A great start for an artist that deserves to be heard a lot more of. Great stuff! www.popbang.com
Welcome Mike Elgert, Not Lamers. Your new favorite power pop artist. Elgert bring the whole package here on "Days Gone By". First song, "She Arrives" has a vocal that recalls a most passionate Robin Zander/Cheap Trick, a bit of Off Broadway(the band), too. "Said Too Much" suddenly brings the Dwight Twilley sound. "Retire" bring the house down, has it all. Some of the material has a bluesy roots-rock feel like a mellow, but catchy Black Crowes or Lenny Kravitz song. There..s 16 songs here and on a few of them, there is a Falkner/Jellyfish influence, too. Hell, even Imperial Drag on others! Crowded House, too. The Point? The sum of all these disparate parts is just that "Days Gone By" takes chances, does not play by established convention and works up a sound that is wholly "Mike Elgert". This is one of those releases where I just have to go: "Just Listen, will ya?!". It says it better than I can. Indeed, at the end, it is the songwriting drives the album upward with a dogged persistence. A striking, lasting debut bow, Extremely Highly Recommended!
www.notlame.com
Id say that Mike Elgert deals in old school 70s pop-rock and wonder seriously if that is a put down. It isnt. With a strong slant towards the powerpop muse of Dwight Twilley, Cheap Trick but also display a love for the country-rock-blues affectations of the Black Crowes, which makes for a good mix. Elgert basically plays every sound you will hear on Days Gone By. A talented musician that the pop underground can proudly can call its own. www.powerofpop.com
Auf den ersten Blick gibt die CD von Mike Elgert, zumindest optisch, nicht viel her. In den Zeiten von Hochglanz-Covers wirkt die schlichte Einfachheit von «Days gone by» fast anachronistisch. Dabei vergisst man das Wichtigste: Die Musik. Mike Elgert scheint das nicht vergessen zu haben. Hinter dem unscheinbaren Cover stecken sechzehn Songs, die von einem feinen Gespür für tolle Popsongs, interessante Arrangements und vor allem Liebe zur Musik zeugen. Mike Elgert schüttelt die sechzehn Songs mit einer Leichtigkeit aus dem Ärmel, die andere Möchtegern-Songwriter wie James Blunt oder Jack Johnson eigentlich schon fast beschämen müsste. Wer Crowded House, Jason Falkner oder Jellyfish mag, sollte auch nicht an Mike Elgerts «Days gone by» vorbeigehen. Der Musik zuliebe!!
9 out of 10
Robert Pally
www.swissrecords.ch
BLACK ROBOT Debut CD!! Featuring the singles "Baddass", "Cocaine" and "I'm in Love".
ALREADY AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.com!!! & available on iTunes so go get your digital copy now!
Early reviews say: From the opening AC/DC inspired groove of “Cocaine” , a wickedly arranged cover of J.J. Cale’s narcotic classic, Black Robot serves instant notice with their self-titled debut that not only do they have it, they damn near destroyed the laboratory to get it. This mechanical/musical beast was conceived and constructed for the divine, ultimate destruction of brain cells, ear fibers and false perceptions about what it truly means to rock as if our very survival as a race depended on it. -Lonn Friend
i was watching that made for tv movie "the librarian" yeah, the one starring noah wile of er fame, and kept thinking how much better it would be if you were casted and troy played the villian. the proper villian. and that my friend, worked at 2 levels.
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