I remember the first time I saw Stillwater live at the San Diego Sports Arena opening up for Black Sabbath. They were un-f*cking-believable in how good the songs where and how they just absolutely owned the crowd that night. Now, I had heard of Stillwater prior to going to see them that night, but I hadn't really invested any time into learning about the band or their music. That all changed that night, watching them Live. I became an immediate fan and I even tried to sneak backstage to see if I could meet Russell Hammond, who I considered to be a far superior guitar player than Jimmy Page and I also wanted to meet Jeff Bebe because I thought he had an amazing voice, one of the best ever. Robert Plant? I don't think so. What ended up happening is that I met some chick. Can't remember her name, I believe it was Penny. Maybe she's the reason why I named the forum 'Penny Can', as in 'Penny can call me whenever she wants......'.

Anyway, we got to talking about Stillwater when I discovered that she was a Band Aid. I got scared and ran away, bumping into some kid with a notepad or something. He was a  d i c k . He didn't even apologize to me at all. What a  d o u c h e !! Long story short, I've been a fan of Stillwater since that day and scared of groupies, er....I mean Band Aids since that day as well. You can check out my review of the actual show over in the Almost Famous: Untitled thread.

Ha. All jokes aside, I do love fake bands that are in movies and this one is one of the best ever in creating a fictional band. But unlike a lot of fake band / movies, the music absolutely ROCKS on its own merit. I can easily put this Stillwater EP up against anything by "legit" bands and singers being put out over the last 20 years. No lie. Great songs and great musicanship.

Fave Songs: All of 'em. But my top 2 picks go to Hour Of Need and Love Comes And Goes. Amazing songs!!!! Loooooooooove them both.