Greatness		Heaviness
The best stuff on earth. We're not worthy!		Like a leaf
Most excellent music		You can juggle with this stuff
Enjoy the melodies		No problem, I can handle that
Hmmm....background music		Get off your backside and rock!
They call themselves a rock band.....		Bloody osmium mate

The band, Revolution Child, is a celebration of music and spirit. It has cast aside the current cynicism of rock and roll, preferring to pursue musical satisfaction with playful vengeance. Stripped of all excesses, Revolution Child exposes nothing but the guts and glory of music. This is no mission to solve all society's problems - This is in your face power rock, pushed hard, sweated for and something to feel good about.

The band is Dean Ortega on guitar and lead vocals. De Autry Jones on bass, and Ron Thomas on drums. These three musicians' paths have crossed before in previous musical equations but this is the first time they have all been united. Dean Ortega was the lead singer for the acclaimed band, Neverland - the first rock band signed to Interscope Records and also fronted the JVC's Tribe of Gypsies, which recently reached gold in Japan. De Autry and Dean played together in Rozy Crucifixion, which played the L.A. club circuit. Meanwhile Ron was gigging in Europe.

These three musicians come together to celebrate the musical rebellion and the vintage obscurities in rock. Revolution Child's unique diversity creates a good time attack mentally and physically with the sincerity of a child. This is an innovative step forward for all three players who have carefully crafted a familiar yet fresh new sound. They have now recorded a new beginning for the senses. "When we all come into this life, we're leaving the womb, which is filled with love, but we are subject to the uncertainties of life and all of its properties. Everything we deal with can be so difficult that we forget to choose love".

"The Answer is our interpretation of this concept and the ways love can be the answer to life's questions." Their debut album, The Answer is the documentation of the band's ability to explode, burn the wires that carry the voltage, while having a psychedelic good time and picking up a few friends along the way. There are moments of incredible sensitivity confined by wild explosions of emotion, much like life itself.

The Answer was recorded in an almost completely live setting in a Santa Monica studio. It contains twelve pieces of evidence for the world's rock jury to consider. It's the chain saw ripping through a forest, only to discover a meadow beyond trees. This dynamic band's strength is creating order of chaos while making a very poignant statement.

"Don't You Wanna Be?" and "Jimi Punk" jump right out at you instantly. Certainly they will attract attention, but that is only the beginning of the adventure. The band's self-titled, "Revolution Child" is a new journey to slow blues. "Come On" does it's name justice. It's timeless, fired up, and an open invitation to party with a chorus that rings in your head for hours. On "Break of Death", Dean couldn't have gotten a nastier, dirtier guitar tone.

"This band knows no limits," producer and band leader Dean says, "some of the songs are ten years old, some were written the day before yesterday. It's all that is good about rock and roll... truth, passion and something to feel good about."

The band now have a new 4 track E.P. available, as yet unreleased. It contains 2 tracks similar to the style from "The Answer" and 2 other tracks which, in my opinion, show the band moving forward and developing their music. Both this and the denut "The Answer" can be bought via the band's new and official Website at www.revolutionchild.com . Here you can join their mailing list and listen to some of their music.

This is not your standard 80’s hard rock record though, as may have been expected - Revolution Child have a touch of flare giving a modern sound and, dare I say it, sounding quite grungey, mainly in the guitar department.

Enter the Emperor thuds in as quite a heavy introduction piece, but the music soon kicks in with Don't You Want to Be and the energy doesn't stop for several songs. Jimi Punk is an original piece with some long guitar solos and Hole rocks hard and fast. The Zoo slows the tempo down a bit, but is still intense, and leads well onto the eponymous track, Revolution Child, that starts off as a rocker and then turns into a ballad half way through!

The ballad gives only a short pause to cleanse the senses before the energy rush returns with Come On, which must be the simplest song on the album (I there are only two different guitar riffs!). It is extremely catchy and energetic, hardly any lyrics, but a favourite.

Countless Wired sets the pace for the rest of the album as both The Raven and Break of Death are also slower but effective and more atmospheric rockers than what we've had already. Had Enough is a grungey attempt at a blues tune, which some will like and some will hate (I like it) and Rum is just the perfect way to finish off the album, with a bit of fun. "Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum" chortles Dean as the album closes.

I wouldn't say that "The Answer" is a musical masterpiece, but then Revolution Child do not claim it is. It is what they say it is - "in your face power rock.....and something to feel good about". Well thanks a lot, I did. Buy and get energetic!

• Revolution Child Official Website - http://www.revolutionchild.com/"