Merry Axemas, Vol. 2: More Guitars for Christmas

Merry Axemas, Vol. 2: More Guitars for Christmas Artist: Various Artists
Label: Sony
Category: Music


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Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio Cassette


UPC: 074646951743
EAN: 0074646951743
ASIN: B00000EJ4R


Release Date: 1998-10-27

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Tracks:

  1. Christmas Song - Steve Lukather
  2. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Neal Schon
  3. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Steve Stevens
  4. Sleigh Ride - Stuart Hamm
  5. O Come All Ye Faithful - Trevor Rabin
  6. White Christmas - Zakk Wylde
  7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - John Sykes
  8. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Robin Trower
  9. Carol of the Bells
  10. Deck the Halls - Ted Nugent

Similar Items:

  1. Merry Axemas
  2. Santamental
  3. The Ho! Ho! Hoey! The Complete Collection
  4. Merry Axemas: A Guitar Christmas
  5. Southern Rock Christmas

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Ted Nugent Rocks on "Deck the Halls"!.......2002-11-21

This is a great companion to Merry Axemas. Although I agree, that at times, some musicians lose sight of the melody in this CD, Ted Nugent does an absolute tour-de-force on "Deck the Halls" without losing the melody at all. WOW--I would have gotten the CD for just this song alone from the Motor City Madman, though all the renditions have their merit.

3 out of 5 stars Creative Liscence for musicians took them a little too far.......2001-12-04

The first CD was great. Almost everyone did a wonderful job in not losing the melody. Melody is the key part in christmas songs. I'm a believer in the fact that if you're going to do a song (where the melody is important)- you should be creative in ways to keep the melody going without playing the same thing over and over again. On the second CD, Al Dimeola, Mr. Wylde, and Stu Hamm all play examples of what I'm talking about. None of them lost the melody of the song. The rest of the tracks on the Vol. 2 CD also have tremendous musical ideas in them, and they sound great until whoever's playing goes off into his own world, and the melody get's trashed. The solos may show that they're gifted musicians, but it's almost like they forget what they're playing. I found the first CD more enjoyable because it had a lot less of the "losing the melody". Regardless, the CD is worth getting for Stu Hamm's track and Zach Wylde's White Chritmas.

4 out of 5 stars This Is The One.......2000-11-10

It seems that I may be among the minority that found this one to be better than the first. This one does rock harder and does have a tendency to take wild rides that may clash at times with the main melody, but isn't that what rock is all about? It never gets boring. I would recommend this one to anybody for the first track alone. Steve Lukather proves himself as a master of the fretboard with his rendition of The Christmas Song. I am a fan of the production on this one as well. Another success for Vai. Pour some eggnog, turn your stereo up to 11 and enjoy the ride!

3 out of 5 stars Weaker.......1999-12-24

The first Vol. is better. This new one is heavier and more industrialized. If you enjoy hard rock, you will easily get stuck into it, but if you are looking for something more predictable, you wont find it here.Its a nice Cd for a Christmas party full of beer!

3 out of 5 stars metal drone, no blues players, still no singing.......1999-12-08

Predominant metal drone, head-bashing. Where are the blues, jazz players? Love Lukather, Stevens jiggy thangs. Hamm -- yes, more bass players! Too much guitar -- still disappointed Prodcuer Vai won't let the guys sing, use guitar for punctuation. Prefer volume 1.

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Music CD:

  1. All Night Long ~ Sammy Hagar
  2. Breaker ~ Accept
  3. Entombed ~ Entombed
  4. Astral Sleep ~ Tiamat
  5. March or Die ~ Mot%C3%B6rhead
  6. Sleepless Nights Live 1990 ~ Christian Death
  7. On Parole ~ Motorhead
  8. Sun of Tipareth ~ Absu
  9. Infest ~ Papa Roach
  10. Forever Young ~ Axel Rudi Pell

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Celtic Lullaby ~ Margie Butler

Sandstone Cathedral ~ Bill Staines

Evil 1999 ~ Tulus

Dreaming with the Dead ~ Ripping Corpse

Crawling from the Wreckage ~ Wreckage

Skinny Kat ~ Taylor Barton

Your Neu Favourite Band ~ X27

Kingtinued:The Lost Recordings ~ Elvis

White Sands ~ Original Soundtrack

Stand Up ~ Right Said Fred