{"id":54,"date":"2012-08-09T20:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T03:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2012-11-03T15:00:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T22:00:25","slug":"review-winchester-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/review-winchester-rebels\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review &#8211; Winchester Rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 align=\"left\"><em>3 Sheets to the Wind<\/em><br \/>\nby Stephanie Rose<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winchesterrebels.bandzoogle.com\/fr_home.cfm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62 alignright\" title=\"review_WinchesterRebels_CD\" src=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/review_WinchesterRebels_CD.gif\" alt=\"Winchester Rebels CD, 3 Sheets to the Wind\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/review_WinchesterRebels_CD.gif 180w, http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/review_WinchesterRebels_CD-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Having earned my stripes as Program Director at a local Alternative Rock radio station in the mid 90&#8217;s here in town called KXBS the Bus, and then launching a national publication, Buzzine Magazine as Vice-President and Editor-in-Chief, I&#8217;d like to think I know music.\u00a0 And though I haven&#8217;t been working in the industry for a number of years &#8211; opting instead for stability and a steady pay check to cover the mortgage &#8211; my first love continues to be music and so in my spare time I do what I can to support our local music scene with VenturaRocks.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently I was approached about a band I hadn&#8217;t heard of before who would be playing some shows in Ventura and they were hoping to get some support on the website. My first introduction to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X6SyqAkBDBM\">the Winchester Rebels was via YouTube<\/a> and a video of the band performing an acoustic version of their song, &#8220;Loaded Gun&#8221; on Santa Barbara&#8217;s radio station, KJEE.\u00a0 I was immediately intrigued and made it a plan to check out the band which was playing at Billy O&#8217;s.\u00a0 After one song, it was clear the band belonged on a much larger stage with a much larger crowd.\u00a0 And though the house wasn&#8217;t packed, the guys played as if it were. I left wanting more and so I decided to spend some time with The Winchester Rebel&#8217;s debut release, <em>3 Sheets to the Wind.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X6SyqAkBDBM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Without a doubt, this is one of the best indie band endeavors I&#8217;ve heard in quite some time.\u00a0\u00a0Nick Fitzgerald writes all the music as well as the guitar parts and Nick Hunt writes all the lyrics. \u00a0 I&#8217;m impressed and I readily admit the CD hasn&#8217;t left my car, except to rip tunes for my workout playlist for my MP3 player (I added &#8220;Down&#8221; and &#8220;Flying&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The guys know how to write solid rock tunes reminiscent of STP and Alice.\u00a0 Catchy lyrics and hooks from the get-go where the guitars, rhythm and vocals drive the listener from song to song, never disappointing and leaving you wanting more.\u00a0 The more times I listen to <em>3 Sheets to the Wind<\/em>, the more the band leaves its mark. I find I&#8217;m singing lyrics and wondering where my own &#8220;Private Angel&#8221; is; or realizing, &#8220;I lost my head somewhere on my way to you&#8221; from one of their most infectious tunes, &#8220;Down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"review_WinchesterRebels_photo_001\" src=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/review_WinchesterRebels_photo_001.jpg\" alt=\"The Winchester Rebels\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0All five members of Winchester Rebels are solid players and bring something special to the table.\u00a0 Songs like \u201cPrivate Angel\u201d and \u201cSilence\u201d remind me yet again how much fun I&#8217;m missing having never learned to play drums. The band&#8217;s fat sounding bass never gets lost in the mix laying down the band&#8217;s groove, creating a fine balance between rhythm and harmony. The guitars work extremely well complementing each other driving the songs (love the solo in \u201cDining with the Devils\u201d), and\u00a0Nick Hunt&#8217;s vocal arrangements are incredibly captivating; he has a voice worthy of filling the Staples Center in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">Here&#8217;s the thing, reading about music without hearing it, is like someone trying to describe a full-length body massage without actually ever experiencing one.\u00a0 Yea, you can explain how amazing it feels and how it will take you away to a special place, and&#8230; blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. You get the picture.\u00a0 So until you actually sit down and give the Winchester Rebels a listen, you won&#8217;t know.\u00a0 Go online to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/winchesterrebels\">Reverbnation.com\/WinchesterRebels<\/a> and give them a spin for yourself.\u00a0 Then demand they come back to town and play it live.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Hunt &#8211; Vocals<br \/>\nNick Fitzgerald &#8211; Guitar<br \/>\nJames Longoria &#8211; Guitar<br \/>\nJohn Livergood &#8211; Bass<br \/>\nBarry Carter &#8211; Drums<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturarocks.com\/Artists\/index.htm#Winchester_Rebels\">VenturaRocks.com\/Artists\/Winches<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturarocks.com\/Artists\/index.htm#Winchester_Rebels\">terRebels<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 Sheets to the Wind by Stephanie Rose &nbsp; Having earned my stripes as Program Director at a local Alternative Rock radio station in the mid 90&#8217;s here in town called KXBS the Bus, and then launching a national publication, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/review-winchester-rebels\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[16,15,985,7,14],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-review","tag-3-sheets-to-the-wind","tag-music-review-2","tag-ventura-rocks","tag-venturarocks-com","tag-winchester-rebels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275,"href":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}