Franky Dee - 'I Like to Rock'
                                                                                                                                                         Independent release in 2000

THE BAND:
Franky Dee -all instruments

TRACK FRAGMENTS:
1.)"I Like to Rock" -This track has a very standard Vinnie Vincent type guitar intro. Vocally the song sounds a lot like Vinnie Vincent Invasion's first release. There is a real cool bass line underneath the guitar pattern. The guitar solo is pretty straightforward with a lot of fast lead scales.
2.)"I Can't Fall in Love with you" -This really bluesy type ballad sounds like a cross between Joe Lynn Turner and old Nazareth. This is just a straightforward 12 bar blues pattern, but no matter how much it has been used it still sounds cool.
3.)"Memory of You" -This ballad vocally is done in a Joe Lynn Turner fashion. The backing keyboards and over dubbed harmonies really makes the song.
4.)"Too Hot to Handle" -This track has a heavy seventish guitar intro and lead scale. I really liked the way the chorus was set up on this track. The song in whole is real simple and put together very well.
5.)"Bye Bye Baby Baby"- This real laid back eighties ballad has a acoustic guitar as the main instrument. At times the song has a very movie sound track feel. The over dubbed vocal harmonies give the song a real subtle feeling.
6.)"Hot and Ready" -This track kicks off with a huge drum pattern. The vocals have that Vinnie Vincent feel to it. The guitar pattern is very laid back in simple, like a lot of the early eighties metal. The pattern changes slightly during the solo, which was pretty cool.
7.)"Miss Lonely"- This track kicks off with an acoustic guitar intro. The vocal arrangement have a seventies pop feel to it. The over dubbed harmonies of the chorus just blew me away. The solo was real laid back and melodic
8.)"Don't take your Love Away" - This track kicks off with a huge drum pattern intro. The guitar pattern is just a simple metal rhythm, but suits the song real well.

Franky has a strange mix of Joe Lynn Turner and Vinnie Vincent within his songs. Which is real cool because those to artist are excellent songwriters/musicians, and are not copied much.
There really isn't much to the song structures they are keep very simple, and there is something said for that. I feel sometimes artists try to put to many of their eggs in one basket, and that is what Franky strayed away from. All the songs on this release are well arranged and sound great. And anyone into real early hard rock will really like the CD