Thursday, February 24, 2011

YES!!!





Guitar part preformed by Steve Stevens. Most notably Billy Idol, and Michael Jackson.

The song was put together by composer Harold Faltermeyer, who was recording keyboard parts for Billy Idol's "Whiplash Smile" album. Harold asked Stevens to play guitar on the track. Stevens was shown a clip of the then untitled movie, and agreed to play on the track because the movie seemed like it would be a smash hit. A guitar track had already been laid on the demo that was given to Stevens. Stevens wanted to record his parts using one track, and avoid any overdubbing.

Stevens used a Hamer SS into an old plexi-front 100 watt Marshall to record his part. He also used a small Boss compressor panel to add more sustain. There is only one guitar track throughout the entire piece, with the exception of the fade.



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