Moonlight feels right for Tantric, Chris Poland (Megadeth) metallic Yacht collaboration
Los Angeles, California: As the rock world continues girding its loins in anticipation of Cleopatra’s genre-crushing Yacht Metal collection, the mind-melting union of Louisville grunge masters Tantric and former Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland flies out of the blocks with a no-holds-barred assault upon Starbuck’s 1976 hit “Moonlight Feels Right.”
No relation, of course, to the coffee chain of the same name, Starbuck sprang out of Atlanta GA in 1974 and, two years later, “Moonlight Feels Right” landed them at #3 on the Billboard charts with their very first single. The song also titled the first of their three albums.
But it really didn't sound like this!
Yacht Metal itself is fast shaping up as one of the most audacious compilations of the year, bringing together a boat load of metal icons to pay tribute to one of the most beloved (if, among many fans, most unexpectedly-so) genres in the entire classic rock spectrum.
Rainbow alumni Joe Lynn Turner, Graham Bonnet and Bob Daisley; Marcus Nand, Bumblefoot, Cherie Currie (Runaways), Mick Box (Uriah Heep), BulletBoys, Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest) and Vinnie Moore (UFO) are among the heavy metal heavyweights to have climbed aboard the album, anchoring themselves to such Yacht Rock staples as “Kiss You All Over” (Exile), Takin’ It To The Streets” (the Doobie Brothers), “Magnet and Steel” (Walter Egan with Stevie Nicks) and, of course, the song that might well have launched the Yacht Rock phenomenon in the first place, Rupert Holmes’ “Escape (The Piña Colada Song).”
And, of course, it goes without saying that anybody stumbling into Yacht Metal without truly considering the ramifications of the title is in for one helluva shock… one glance at this latest single’s cover art proves that. Yacht Rock means a lot of things to a lot of people, but werewolves (for whom, of course, moonlight really does feel right!) probably aren’t among them.
One listen, however, suggests that they could be.
SINGLE: https://orcd.co/tantricchrispoland_moonlightfeelsright
