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Axl Rose sailed off into the operatic stratosphere. Slash sank down into the arena-metal mud. The only member of late supergroup Guns N' Roses to get it garage-rock right, in fact, was rhythm guitarist Stradlin, who hooked up with fellow riff worshipper Rick (Georgia Satellites) Richards for some of the best down 'n' dirty picking this side of Exile on Main Street. This sophomore release is sloppy, scratchy, and growling with gut-level blues-rock. Stradlin pays homage to longtime influence Ron Wood by aping his speedball cover of Chuck Berry's "Memphis." Naysayers may tut that Stradlin can't really sing too well. But that's exactly the point. He's singing anyway, naysayers be damned. --Tom Lanham

Product Description
Import edition of the ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist's 1998 album for Geffen. 14 tracks including, 'Ain't It a Bitch', 'Gotta Say' & 'Memphis' (Chuck Berry).

117° [Import]

117°,Izzy Stradlin,Universal Int'l,American Trad Rock,Hard Rock,Pop,Rock,Rock & Roll,Rock/Pop

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117° [Import]

Average customer rating: Is this Stradlin's peak? Izzy goes rock-a-billy AINT IT A SHAME!! Izzy at his best! BUY THIS NOW

117° Izzy Stradlin Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Izzy Stradlin & the Ju Ju Hounds River Pawnshop Guitars It's Five O'Clock Somewhere On Down the Road ASIN: B000005ZL2 Release Date: 1998-03-10

Tracks:

1. Ain't It A Bitch
2. Gotta Say
3. Memphis
4. Old Hat
5. Bleedin
6. Parasite
7. Good Enough
8. 117 Degrees
9. Here Before You
10. Up Jumped The Devil
11. Grunt
12. Freight Train
13. Methanol
14. Surf Roach

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Axl Rose sailed off into the operatic stratosphere. Slash sank down into the arena-metal mud. The only member of late supergroup Guns N' Roses to get it garage-rock right, in fact, was rhythm guitarist Stradlin, who hooked up with fellow riff worshipper Rick (Georgia Satellites) Richards for some of the best down 'n' dirty picking this side of Exile on Main Street. This sophomore release is sloppy, scratchy, and growling with gut-level blues-rock. Stradlin pays homage to longtime influence Ron Wood by aping his speedball cover of Chuck Berry's "Memphis." Naysayers may tut that Stradlin can't really sing too well. But that's exactly the point. He's singing anyway, naysayers be damned. --Tom Lanham

Album Description

Import edition of the ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist's 1998 album for Geffen. 14 tracks including, 'Ain't It a Bitch', 'Gotta Say' & 'Memphis' (Chuck Berry).

Customer Reviews:

Is this Stradlin's peak?.......2006-05-28

When Izzy Stradlin' left Guns N' Roses, I really thought he would dissapear of the music world. I was so wrong... partially. Basically, Izzy left the mega band because his well known leak of fame and glory. That's the beginning of these new Stradlin's projects. Music as it is, no for selling records, just make good stuff. Music has turned into a garbage can due to all these ridiculous bands... but then we find this great artist.

This album takes the best of Izzy. Or maybe I'm wrong... I also like very much "Izzy Stradlin' and the Ju Ju Hounds" so I wouldn;t be able to say which one is better than the other. What a great guitar introduction on "Ain't it a bitch" a classical rock guitar, no those freaking and annoying guitars we can hear very often from those teenager bands. The album goes faster with "Memphis" still a great beginning, I'm loving this album so far... some soft as "Old Hat" and "Bleedin'" but then a drum announces "Parasite". "Here Before You" sounds like a masterpiece classic of rock and roll... what a song. "Up Jumped the Devil" is so nice too, I love that guitar! "Freight Train" reminded me GN'R's hit "Nightrain" but then I realized it was Izzy's style... unique. "Surf Roach" and "Grunt" sound quite cool for the musitians, well done folks!

So, in conclusion... if you're a teenager and looking for something that maybe you won;t remember in 5 years or you'll be able to tell, you are looking the wrong album. If you wanna listen to some REAL rock music and of course, good stuff... the music that makes rock and roll so cool, then try this one. You won't feel dissapointed. Remember the success of the GN'R? Well, I gotta remind you that Izzy Stradlin' was tha genius of that band, guitar player and the main composer... when he left, the band went down and we all know what happened.

Enjoy it.

Izzy goes rock-a-billy.......2006-03-29

After a five year hiatus, former Guns N' Roses founder and rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin' returned for his sophomore album "117*" (1998).

"117*" isn't all that much different from Izzy's debut "Izzy Stradlin' and the Ju Ju Hounds." It shows the same kind of Stones/Faces signature, but with a considerable more amount of rock-a-billy thrown in the mix. "117* isn't the most ambitious, challenging or ground-breaking albums ever created, but it's still a finely-crafted collection of songs showcasing Izzy's unique signature and charm. Fans of GN'R and/or hard rock may be disappointed with this album, but fans of rock-a-billy, old-school country, and Izzy's debut will find much to appreciate.

AINT IT A SHAME!!.......2006-01-22

The fact that this and his other albums are only cult classics is the biggest injustice in todays rock world. Stradlin's string of solo albums are not only the best post G&R releases, but even better than most of the classic G&R tracks. Clearly the strongest songwriter of the lot and the only one in the bunch with a true rock and roll sensibility, Stradlin is a god send for true fans of true rock

Izzy at his best!.......2005-09-11

For me this is the best izzy album, because he's more into singing than the first one and he takes his place as frontman. Has a great acoustic and melodic touch and some real nice rock n roll, with the great izzy song writing that made many fans follow him, simple but true lyrics with a down to earth vision, the vision of a man that has seen many things and was there before many others that claim to lead a rock n roll life style.

BUY THIS NOW.......2005-06-29

I have JuJu Hounds and River as well as 117. If you like anything remotely close to good old rock n roll the way it should be, BUY THIS CD NOW. Izzy is by far the best solo artist to come out of GNR. He can write on anything, his stuff sounds like a raunchier version of the rolling stones. This album picks up right where JuJu Hounds took off. Some might say he can't sing, but I think that his voice rides hand in hand with his music. No matter what other bands you like, whether it be the stones, gnr, zeppelin, hendrix, deep purple, or aerosmith, this will be in your top 10 favorite albums. SPECTACULAR! BUY THIS CD RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Average customer rating: Tough, straight-ahead rock n' roll Buy It In one word : Underestimated!

117° Izzy Stradlin Manufacturer: Universal/Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000008838 Release Date: 1998-04-02

Tracks:

1. Ain't It A Bitch
2. Gotta Say
3. Memphis
4. Old Hat
5. Bleedin
6. Parasite
7. Good Enough
8. 117
9. Here Before You
10. Up Jumped The Devil
11. Grunt
12. Freight Train
13. Methanol
14. Surf Roach
15. Crackin'up (Live Bonus Tr
16. Pressure Drop (Live Bonus

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring Two Bonus Tracks: Crackin Up, and Pressure Drop.

Customer Reviews:

Tough, straight-ahead rock n' roll.......2003-11-29

Former Guns n' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin's second album isn't quite as sublime as his magnificent solo debut, "Izzy Stradlin And The Juju Hounds", but "117°" is still a really good, solid rock record.

It is a little bit more punk-like than its predecessor, and the songwriting is not quite as consistent. But Stradlin's love for the music of Chuck Berry, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood is still very much apparent, and his musical partnership with former Georgia Satellites-guitarist Rick Richards makes for some great guitar playing.
Also, former Guns n' Roses bassist Michael "Duff" McKagan plays on almost all these songs, laying down a very prominent and completely unmistakable, metallic-sounding bass line on the great, shuffling rocker "Here Before You". He even takes a solo - the only one I can remember him ever recording.

Not many 90s rockers were even trying for this kind of unassuming, straight-ahead hard rock, and it's doubtful whether any of them matched Izzy Stradlin, even on their best day.
His songwriting has its down moments, but when he hits the bullseye, like on the slide guitar-driven acoustic blues-rock of "Bleedin", the hard rocker "Ain't That A Bitch", and the mid-tempo shuffle "Good Enough", Stradlin comes off as a better songwriter than all the pretentious, nihilistic grunge-rockers who got most of the accolades about this time in the mid-nineties.

"117°" is a suberbly arranged, delightfully raw and somewhat sloppy hard rock record, moving effortlessly between bluesy, acoustic folk-rock ("Gotta Say"), classic guitar-driven rock n' roll ("117°") and hard rock with a punk twist ("Freight Train").
It's not Guns n' Roses (unless by Guns n' Roses you mean "Dust n' Bones" and "You Ain't The First"), but it's good ol' fashioned rock n' roll. And that's even better.

Buy It.......1999-09-14

This album will appeal to anyone who likes the Rolling Stones, Guns n' Roses' more relaxed moments, or any turn-of-the-90's rock n' roll. Just because Geffen couldn't be bothered to promote it, doesn't mean it's no good.

In one word : Underestimated!.......1998-12-01

In two words : Strangely underestimated. I can not for the life of me understand why Izzy Stradlin doesn't receive the acclaim that his two great solo albums really deserve. Sure, Izzy Stradlin can't sing, but neither can half of the current "alternative rock" and "britpop" idols. Isn't being a bad singer sort of "in"? And as far as his song writing skills go, this is still the same guy who wrote or co-wrote "Don't Cry" and several other Guns n' Roses hits. This is a hard rocking album with a fun cover of Chuch Berry's sentimental "Memphis, Tennessee" and some really good self-penned stuff, such as the title track, "Here Before You" and the melodic "Bleedin'". Okay, four stars might be a little generous, but three just didn't seem enough, 'cause Izzy was always the best of the lot when he was with G n'R, and he hasn't lost his skills.

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