Reviewed! Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi - WhoCares
Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi
WhoCares
Armoury Records
What do you get when you put the late Jon Lord, Jason
Newstead (Metallica), Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden), Mikko Lindström (H.I.M.), Ian
Gillan (Deep Purple) and Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) in room together? The answer is WhoCares, a
collaborative effort between Iommi and
Gillan created originally for a good cause – to rebuild a music school in
Gyumri, Armenia after the city was destroyed in an earthquake in 1988. After
releasing a one-off single, the duo released this self-titled album, and while
it’s not a studio album of tunes from this supergroup, there’s more than enough
here to quench your thirst. There are two WhoCares originals (“Out Of My Mind,”
“Holy Water”), but to be honest the b-sides, rarities and previously unreleased
content steals the show here. The acoustic radio version of Deep Purple’s “When
a Blind Man Cries” is tremendous, as is Gillan’s collaboration with Dr. John on
“Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave Me,” but it’s the previously unreleased Deep
Purple track “Dick Pimple” that takes the cake on this sets second disc, just
as “Smoke on the Water,” as sung by both Deep Purple and Ronnie James Dio does
on the first. As we sit and hope and wish for a WhoCares full length sometime
in the future, WhoCares will have to
hold us over for now.
Grade: B-
Go Download: “Dick Pimple”
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