Stars 2005 (Here N' Old)
20 years later, this song was ripe for a remake and a lampoon.
And who better to re-make this monumental metal moment than
the members of the Dinosaur Rock Guitar forum! I thought John
Walker was going to lose his mind if he had to work on this
track much longer. But it came out great, so play it LOUD.
Enjoy!
Credits:
Written by: Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell, and Ronnie
James Dio
Lyrics: Dinoized by Dinosaur David B.
Produced and engineered by: Mayor McCheese
Lead, and background vocals: Queen of the Dinos
Rhythm guitar, bass, synth, drums, backing vocals:
Mayor McCheese
Chorus harmony guitars: Sancho & Stevil
Sobs, whines, etc: Dinosaur David B. & Joebuddha
(The Whinos)
Guitar Solos:
| Player |
Solo occurs |
Recorded with |
| Chubtone |
2:28 - 2:56 |
Suhr Standard into a TS-9 into a Mojave Peacemaker 100w
and mic'd it w/ an SM-57. |
| Yngwie666 |
2:56 - 3:23 |
Jackson SL1 through a Diezel VH4 amp, an SM57 on a
Diezel
2x12" cab, into a Berhinger mixer. |
| Otcconan |
3:23 - 3:51 |
Fender Powerhouse Strat into a Boss Metal Zone, a Boss
graphic EQ with a little bit of scooping, to my Laney
solid state combo, miced with a SM-58 copy into my 4-track. |
| Nobby |
3:51 - 4:18 |
American Fat Strat with a SD Hotrail in the neck
and a SD JB in the bridge plugged into YJM DOD 308
OD pedal into 30 watt FX
Marshall, into PC. |
| Stevil |
4:18 - 4:46 |
Les Paul Standard packed with 2 EMG 81s, into POD 2.0
(doubled tracked). |
| Andy Gavin |
4:46 - 5:13 |
ESP MII Deluxe through a Marshall JMP1. |
| Whoopass |
5:13 - 5:41 |
Stock 99 USA Goldtop Peavey Wolfgang Special into POD
XT on the "Marshall JCM 800" setting and one
of the Marshall 4x12 "Greenback" speaker
settings. Keeley Modded Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
as a boost.
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| Dinosaur David B |
5:41 - 6:08 |
54 Les Paul into Joebuddha's POD 2.0, into PC. |
| Sancho |
6:08 - 6:36 |
Carvin DC200 with a Super Distortion through a POD
2.0. |
| Joebuddha |
6:36 - 7:03 |
Blue PRS Custom22 with Tom Holmes pickups — I
think through POD 2.0 — it may have
been
a Boogie Studio 22 combo. |
| Stark |
7:03 - 7:31 |
Stock Gibson Les Paul Studio 2001 into POD XT, straight
into the computer. Jim Dunlop Cry baby
and a Tube Screamer modded by AnalogMan. |
| Mayor McCheese |
7:31 - 8:07 |
Lead was Les Paul Custom into POD 2.0, modern high
gain model, no effects, no reverb. The guitar has a
Custom 5 in it.
Rhythm guitar: Les Paul Classic
into POD 2.0, preset 5A, no effects, no reverb. I
doubled that right and left. The guitar has a JB in
it. Bass was DI'd and I used NI's Guitar Rig plug in on
that. Used my boss's Rick 4001.
Drums were played on a Hart Prodigy kit and recorded
as MIDI, then spit back out to my XP-30 keyboard. The
strings were also the XP-30.
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Hear 'N Aid 1985
The story, as told by Tapio's Ronnie James Dio pages . .
.
The original project's idea originally came up when Jimmy
Bain and Vivian Campbell were at some radio station in Los
Angeles, USA. They introduced the idea to Ronnie James Dio,
who became interested in it too. They wrote a song called
Stars together and invited a number of heavy metal artists
to participate it.
On May 20th and 21st, 1985, about 40 artists from various
heavy metal bands got together at A&M Records Studios
to record a song called Stars. The basic track was
already laid down at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, USA,
by Dio and Frankie Banali of Quiet Riot.
All the income was donated to relieve famine in Africa and
elsewhere in the world, and by mid 1987 the project had made
$1,000,000.
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