Blue Murder - Blue Murder (1989)

"Blue Murder" by Blue Murder from the self-titled album released in
1989 under Geffen Records. HELL of an album! John Sykes, Carmine
Appice, Tony Franklin

[@eduardosalazar7861]

This guy is a fucking beast and the tone he gets out of that les paul is better than any garbage today. John fucking Sykes!!!!

[@keithmyers6121]

AMEN!

[@ArtGuitarLTX]

Fukin right !!

[@ryanjs20]

I find it awesome how almost every hair metal guitarist was simply fucking amazing. Their solo's are crazy usually, getting up there with those neo-classical folks and the power metal guitarists of the past decade..and some of the progressive guitarists as well. They're half of the reason to listen to this music. Simply amazing.

[@johnyork4185]

😢😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 cnn k

[@jerrylewis8951]

John Sykes is one of the most powerful guitar players ever. Solid and classy with some huge thundering riffs.

[@MrIgorek13]

After discovering John I am stop to listen anyone!

[@allenmarple6753]

Imagine if John Sykes didn't get kicked out of Whitesnake. We wouldn't have this master piece of an Album.

[@deetgeluid]

Or we could've had an album with both Sykes and Vandenberg.

[@madden7732]

@@deetgeluid I prefer this by far. Dont get me wrong, a Sykes and Vandenberg duo would have been smashing! But phrasing, interpretation, arrangements, vocals are all on point on this album. Im both glad and disappointed things happened as we know it.

[@paulmor2023]

It basically would have become the next Whitesnake album!

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

No shit great comment brother, I and my crew think....Thunder and 🌩️🌩️⚡. This hit me out of nowhere.

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

Thank fucking god JS was on Thunder and Lightning. In my opinion one of the greatest records of all time.

[@dmreeoogdaq]

Hmmmm...interesting twist of the Purdie/Bonham shuffle by Carmine Appice here. ...and it is my belief that John Sykes can do no wrong musically. A band and album that NEVER received the credit they deserve.

[@deetgeluid]

The most powerful version of the halftime shuffle. Amazingly underrated album.

[@dextyler5113]

Vanilla Fudge was the main band that had Led Zeppelin support on Led Zeppelin first US tour in the late 60's. JB shuffle...no..... Carmine Appice. 🤘👍

[@crustie1996]

One of the advantages of having parents born in 1971 and 1972, they introduced me to kickass music from the 80s and 90s!

[@Jericko427]

I should have been born in the 70s. Being a Millennial makes no sense to me. I'm a gen-Xr born too late.

[@user-mo6yh2xu6b]

You should have been born in the 60s, because all the best was recorded and played exactly in the 70s ...

[@thodoris3790]

i think you make your parents proud

[@chrisburnett3182]

1971 here also, totally blew the neiborhood out with home system when this album was brand new, it was played on multiple stations and was on MTV all the time.

[@gabrieljohannson6777]

LOL. I wish my son looked at it that way. Respect to you mate.

[@hasrinmacintoshjawie]

The guitar work stood up by itself & beyond disputed. Sykes the legend 👍🇧🇳

[@VoivodTechnology]

I always consider Blue Murder as the follow up on Whitesnake´s great album 1987.

[@Lance37a]

Paul Wetzel yea it's better than the Whitesnake follow up.

[@MrIgorek13]

Much much better than Snake!

[@XanAxDdu]

and you are right because that was for true

[@DarrelllCampbelll]

Whitesnake would have been long gone without John Sykes making them as big as they gotten. David Coverdale owes his career to Sykes

[@sadbobbyewingsofdestiny2307]

I always considered it superior to 1987 though...

[@ACEDIAMOND666]

I still have my vinyl album. I bought it in 1989 when it was released. I was 12 at the time.

[@mikemcnally3119]

I turned my friends on to Blue Murder back in the day can't believe they didn't make it bigger they are awesome

[@strixaluco9369]

That unmistakable Whitesnake guitar tone!

[@lucianoguitar7755]

Or better call,, the Sykes tone!🔥

[@TheShredfester]

Blue Murder is FU$KING AWESOME!!! Have personally burned several cassettes of this EPIC music out!!! John Sykes takes a backseat to no one when it comes to singing and playing that Les Paul!!! Super Group of MONSTERS Musicians!!!

[@Kroeber38]

The title track from one of the best hard rock albums!

[@BILLYJOELTRIBUTE]

Heaviest rhythm player ever. Period.

[@HunterRouth]

@jasper426 Yeah, those guys don't have the pick attack like John. Not even remotely. And I love those guys. He has to dig, especially a Les Paul. Now if you said Jon Schaffer. You would be in the ballpark then.

[@HunterRouth]

@jasper426 Yeah, he's great but John has iconic riffs. Those guys are on the same level just different

[@BrownsFan02]

Song: Blue Murder Album: Blue Murder Artist: Blue Murder Producer: Blue Murder Year: Blue Murder

[@takatrip7560]

blue murder

[@mozartsmate6358]

Bay City Rollers..

[@gizzmosp1555]

As KILLER as it can be!!! John "God" Sykes rule everything!!!

[@Rougarou2023]

I saw Blue Murder in concert...best musical performance live besides RUSH I have ever seen to date. Tony Franklin went Berserk and I thought they were going to have to throw a net on him. Talk about a LIVE show! They didn't play they performed!!! Just goes to show how much talent these guys really had before all this auto tuned synthesized BS...

[@docsdomain]

John Sykes, Tony Franklin and Carmine Appice produced by Bob Rock. With a song co-written by Tony Martin

[@raypowers8083]

I would literally take your phone call at 3am and run out to get this record if this was the info on your message.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

😂😂😂😂

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

This is one of Bob Rock's best production sounds.

[@rexgrainger5242]

So blistering Johns playing is that I feel sorry for his guitar strings. Talking about letting it rip!!

[@hasrinmacintoshjawie]

Rex Grainger positively blistered🤣🤣🤣

[@julioocasioalbino551]

When this came out nobody was ready for this awesome band ahead of their time John is a guitar god

[@MSB-fj7cd]

This album rocked!

[@LCJEFF]

Great song,great album.These guys really rocked together.

[@maxiprice243]

I'm old....this song is as good as it was when I was a kid - lol

[@atticussandman1]

John Sykes was Whitesnake period...His mentor was Gary Moore though...RIP Gary

[@Lance37a]

Dennis Sanders and vocally Phil Lynott.

[@polostaber8232]

Yes yes and Yes

[@MrIgorek13]

Nobody compare to Sykes by energy. Nobody!

[@maltfusion6743]

Oh I thought Whitesnake was David Coverdale but that's just me.

[@madden7732]

John Norum and Sykes were imo Moore's best disciples. They adopted the huge feeling and phrasing of his master and made it their own. I think on technique Sykes and Norum are cleaner than Gary, but cant touch the master on phrasing, feeling, dynamics and creativity, and I love Gary, Sykes and Norum playing equally.

[@scotteggleston7134]

Goddamn i love this jam. Just found it a couple days ago, blew my mind. Listened to it a million times since

[@Yngsatchvai]

Exactly! Eddie has turned me onto all kinds of music and I though I was a metal head. Love TMS!!

[@MrIgorek13]

John you are Superior ❤❤❤

[@DuaneBrownen]

My personal thank you to John Sykes for being a huge part of my musical journey as a guitarist (of many styles) and simply as someone who likes good music! Stay safe out there!

[@MrIgorek13]

Check his Masterpiece released only in Japan❤straight to my soul❤Isane❤Nuclear Cowboy❤start with Sick!

[@43captrexkramer]

Sykes always has such great tone, and his solos are great compositions.

[@davidvitullo2209]

A great song blue murder

[@KENNYKISS69]

JUST WATCHED CARMINE APPICE ON "THAT METAL SHOW" WHAT A GREAT GUY AND ASUPER DRUMMER.

[@curtpair6044]

@raistlinmajere100 This is the thing that always has gotten me... It became "hair metal..." and for what ever reason wasn't deserved. In the 1980's if you had the balls to step out there and be THE lead guitarist for a band, you'd better have the chops to do so! So many of these players are unbelievably talented. When Nirvana came in, their scene killed the real players scene. It became cool to yell, scream, and not really be able to play all that well. This is why for me, this music will ALWAYS live on! John Sykes is so bad ass, he's NEVER gotten the credit he deserves. I know of many more out there like him too! Paul Gilbert, Jason Bieler, Andy Timmons, Derek Frigo and many others. I think it's very cool that so many of the younger generation are checking these guys out now and fully appreciating them!

[@scottelliott5816]

This was the very last song I had the pleasure to perform with my mentor,hero,and great guitarist Darryl St.John!

[@peterlafond1253]

Scott Elliott hey scott i think i was thwre get my number from mars its take a cripple to a strip joint monthst john tore this up especially good bass player in rhat band i remember jimmoes in peshtigo where they rode their horses in the bar and blowing off those quarter sticks

[@MrIgorek13]

Unstoppable Sykes!

[@mozartsmate6358]

Invisible more like...

[@SlippingintoFiction]

The Blue Murder lineup of John Sykes on Vocals and Guitar, Tony Franklin on fretless bass and Carmine Appice on drums in the greatest 3 piece power trio band in Rock History.

[@43captrexkramer]

Rush fans might argue that statement.

[@YamFZR93]

I got this on vinyl the week it came out in 89, left it at my parents house all these years. Went back to get the few records I left there recently and the BLUE MURDER one was gone !!! SHIT !!! Thanks for posting these songs.

[@dexm2010]

Incredible album from start to finish!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Vecchiorocker]

Carmine Appice on drums, YES!

[@SidLaw500]

Never was a fan a hair metal,etc. never heard of these guys until today. I must say, sounds like some good music to me!!

[@michaelsnyder7886]

The production 🤌

[@MrIgorek13]

so many musical nuances smothly heavy. Genious!

[@Doobie1975]

What a shame that this band never made it huge, IMO this album is much more worthy to Whitesnake's s/t album than Whitesnake's "Slip Of The Tongue" album

[@mercierjanice]

Fucking kick ASS

[@mercierjanice]

I HAVE THE CASSETTE!!! OG 80s version Still works KICKS ASS

[@forgotmyname4971]

Steve's guitar tone on that album lacked balls.

[@pablons2061]

Fine Hard Rock! Sykes the real Snake!!

[@plamenminchev6790]

Great band ,great Sykes !

[@MrIgorek13]

Iconic Album! My most awaited comeback John!

[@joeyhandeland983]

The "purdie shuffle"

[@lennyc624]

word

[@mozartsmate6358]

Poodle shuffle...

[@davidsamueld2015]

Sykes had a damn good voice too.

[@SlippingintoFiction]

Sykes vocals blow Coverdale's away. Coverdales voice has been routinely terrible live since the 1997 tour. John Sykes has never had voice issues live and sings better in his late 50's than Coverdale did when he was in his 20's.

[@kensurrency2564]

SlippingintoFiction Coverdale has always been a primadonna. A wannabe. Sykes was and always is the real deal.

[@1968ktown]

Got to see these guys live in Charlotte back in 92. 300 people there at most but they still killed it.

[@rock100pre]

john sykes blue murder 2 cds 1989 and 1993 SO GOOD MUSIC hard rock HEAVY METAL yeahhh

[@SlippingintoFiction]

John Sykes had four good solo albums after Blue Murder was done. The guys in his Blue Murder band played on his solo albums and some of the tours. Two Live albums released too. Screaming Blue Murder Live and "John Sykes" Bad Boy Live!

[@devonledford8734]

Boy does this song hold up to time!!

[@michael4741]

I went to a carmine appice drum clinic at redirection drums in South Florida .... He rocked that place

[@axl34rose]

i bought this album when it came out,freaked when i seen it was released 89,god im gettin old lol

[@scotteggleston7134]

can't get enough of this jam! Already bought the mp3. Great stuff. Tasty solo

[@123DASBOOT]

Best track on the album...

[@mattspencer4441]

I agree. The hair metal term needs to go. Some of the best song writers and musicians.

[@XanAxDdu]

no i cannot agree sorry i love the whole trip i cannot decide

[@JAMPOS1]

Every song on this whole album grade AAA

[@ognir66]

I am beginning to see Carman Appice had a larger influence on Bonham's playing than I originally thought. The swing and feel of Carmans drumming is just unmistakable.

[@jasonrobinson5854]

Definatly

[@nicholastotoro7721]

Carmine with his take on the Perdie Shuffle in this tune.

[@alexhicks5889]

The two cross-influenced each other, but yep, Carmine was the big brother.

[@Michael-----]

@@nicholastotoro7721 Bonham worshipped Appice. Not the other way around.

[@tvscaf]

First time I heard this song. Dig it. Like the rhythm section.

[@noellelopez560]

aaaah memories of being 18 & flying around in my beefed up 79 Camaro!

[@dadozele4523]

Pure and beautyfull rockish power an' ability.

[@seanyiscubsfan1]

I just got this great album on vinyl over the weekend and I’m so happy I’ve got it.

[@marcellodevelazquez2978]

This whole album f'n rocks proper still!

[@Wikdone]

Supergroup if their ever was one. Appice, Franklin, Sykes, (R.I.P. Cozy Powell). Doesn't get much better. Sykes is more known for his guitar playing, but he's a hell of a vocalist also. THIS, was a great album. I remember when I first discovered this cd, bought it, loved it ever since. 30+ yrs later, still jammin' it. If it wasn't for Sykes, Whitesnakes self titled album would have never been so huge.

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

This rocks. Period

[@kenvorland]

Awesome guitar player and a nice guy rock on forever

[@infernonine]

This album is amazing bought it back when it came out and again on cd when they came out.

[@dannyv64]

Ahh a brilliant revisit to when I discovered this metal masterpiece in mid 1990 when my at the time gf suggested to check it out....what a power groove Carmine lays down here and all the tracks stand on their own...lovely production esp guitar and sykes really does have some killer chops...thank u for the listen..gonna rebuy the CD..cheers

[@menetharamsammy3700]

I love this group ❤

[@fatstercat]

monster solo dude can shred

[@cuervogold88]

John Sykes & the musicians that he has played with & the musicians that have played with John & musicians amongst themselves.... They haven't ever received the respect of the peers in the industry that is & should be deserved?

[@briancolman4142]

Yes John is faboulus

[@briancolman4142]

… but can Tony Franklin get some love too … he’s a barefooted beast on bass!

[@Joesfosterdogs]

COME ON...how come this was not radio played to death??? part Zep fool in the rain with an extra twist...Carmine killed rock drumming in the day...the tone and sound is HUGE...WOW

[@DBerry80]

@9pixals Dude if you like the bass check out their song "RIOT". Track 1. Somewhere about halfway through it breaks down and the bass is relentlessly badass. Just keep rewinding it and listening to it over and over. haha AND THANKS FOR CHECKIN IT OUT!

[@rafaeloliveiradossantos6660]

Awesome

[@humphreyaugustus2932]

THE KING!

[@codywatts7625]

🤘 Bad Ass John Sykes 🎧💪🤘🎸

[@Maysticha]

Hey Give me the money now reach for the sky You better believe, when I say I'm gonna bleed you dry A few dollars more will keep you alive Get down on the floor if you'd like to survive They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers screaming dead or alive There's blood on my face and I'm out on a limb I'm fighting for life and I don't know if I'm going to win Sirens are wailing there's no time to waste They're shooting to kill, get me out of this place They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers screaming dead or alive (Solo) I'm rolling in money I'm down on the floor Smashing the windows and kicking the doors They'll take me alive and that's all that I'll fear They're getting so close but all I can hear is They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers dead or alive The bullets are flying all over my head I aim to escape I don't care whose blood is shed A shot in the dark with a loaded gun They're shooting on sight till this war is won They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers dead or alive They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers dead or alive They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers dead or alive Blue murder Blue murder Blue murder Blue murder Blue murder Blue murder Blue murder Blue murder Blue murder Blue murder

[@bksunset30]

how have i gone so long without knowing about this band, thank you for reppin it on that metal show eddie trunk!!

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

This smokes. Chris Slade. Appice Tony. Sykes at his best. This song is the best on the record.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Chris Slade isn't on the album

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 oh shit my bad thanks for keeping me correct

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 ha wtf I said Appice in my original post...the Batjuice had my head!

[@gordonorante509]

So kool

[@euanelliott3613]

Fucking hell, I've got to get this album. All these years later it's the first time I've ever heard it and it's excellent.

[@mbrowshan]

Sykes rocks!

[@MrIgorek13]

Highly reccomend Trebbien he covers John note by note even his tone, blown my mind!

[@MrIgorek13]

@Dafyd Maddz you could share your playing wish you well 💯

[@mattonbass]

A Rock Masterpiece.

[@beatweezl]

This whole album seriously rocks. Jelly Roll, & Riot are also favorites.

[@FunkMastaMegaFlex]

They also emerged at the end of a musical era for those kinds of bands as well.

[@duanewaltz9127]

Great album and band

[@donnanhuggler8451]

Cool 🎧 🎵 🎶

[@diverdrag]

Super band

[@bikes_n_goodtimes]

Fool in the rain groove at the beginning

[@dadozele4523]

No one owns the author rights on the rythym. If you wanna go further, Carmine did much better job, complicating the thing by hi hat beats. Listen better! Everyone puts that Bonham into thee sky; noone ever noticed that he is not capeable to play aa simple wirbble pass on snare, and later pass the wirble to the rest of the toms. Paice Ian does it in the deep dream, drinking orange juice, smoking a cigar. Bonham, Bonham, saint Bonham, seems like intentionaly made mistake. I appreciate his work, but I simply can't digest that style - look at me; I'm playing all the contra beats and minuses and it's all I'm good at. Stop puting the man where he simply doesn't belong! Paice, Perth, Copeland, Simon Phillips, Billy Cobham, ALL MUCH AHEAD OF Bonzo... ALL, I forget someone, surely...

[@KevinRyan-MouthAlmighty]

ACuttyStom - It's called the "Purdie Shuffle", invented by Bernard Purdie - also used on "Kid Charlamagne" by Steely Dan

[@aarondavis4341]

Fretless bass needs to be used more in the hard rock and metal genres,it's dark tone is perfect

[@adrianoelvas4662]

fkn great! unbelivable!

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

This smokes

[@rafalpaczkowski3517]

carmine is absolutely great . the best ever rock drumming . the into lick itself is killer , the groove and the fills are incredible.chapeau bas . far better than the iconic and great "when the leevy breaks "

[@rockrabbitt]

Yeah Give me money now reach for the sky You better believe when I say I'm gonna bleed you dry A few dollars more will keep you alive Get down on the floor if you'd like to survive They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers screaming dead or alive There's blood on my face and I'm out on a limb I'm fighting for life and I don't know if I'm going to win Sirens are wailing there's not time to waste They're shooting to kill -- get me out of this place yeah They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers screaming dead or alive I'm rolling in money I'm down on the floor Smashing the windows and kicking the doors They'll take me alive and that's all that I'll fear They're getting so close but all I can hear is They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers screaming dead or alive The bullets are flying all over my head I aim to escape I don't care whose blood is shed A shot in the dark with a loaded gun They're shooting on sight till this war is won They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers screaming dead or alive You might also like Out of Love Blue Murder Jelly Roll Blue Murder Sex Child Blue Murder They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers dead or alive They're screaming blue murder I'm scheming to survive Blood money they want me Loud hailers dead or alive Blue murder

[@moonwork4378]

Song rocks👣😎🥁👏

[@rmartin7558]

For hair metal, this is actually somewhat listenable.

[@HunterRouth]

This isn't Hair Metal. Lol.

[@madden7732]

@@HunterRouth it kinda is lol but yeah, it's probably much well structured than your average Hair metal album (and I love Hair metal)

[@sadbobbyewingsofdestiny2307]

@@madden7732 it kinda isn't but I guess that depends what you put in that category... I always think of Poison (not Kotzen-album though...) , Warrant, Tuff and Trixter... Blue Murder is up there with Zeppelin and Sabbath as far as I´m, concerned... Hair-Metal is a term I use when the music kinda sucks, I use "Power Metal" the same way...

[@madden7732]

@@sadbobbyewingsofdestiny2307 Zeppelin is Hard Rock. Thats undeniable. Same for Sabbath as Heavy Metal. Blue Murder is a mixture of Heavy Metal to Hair Metal, for being kind of a Hair Metal album is amazing. Vocals, Guitars both solos, riffs, licks. Sykes was and is a master. Carmine's great drumming and Tony's virtuoso bass playing.

[@sadbobbyewingsofdestiny2307]

​ Blue Murder's first record is as good as those two bands quality-wise and has more in common with them than any "Hair Metal"-Band. Like I wrote "that depends..." though... I use "Hair Metal" as a term when image gets to be more important than musical quality or in the case of "Power Metal" in later years, following a formula that other bands used successfully...

[@georgekosmes9833]

they really should get back together!

[@toasttoasted3492]

So underrated!!

[@mozartsmate6358]

And guess what's the opposite of underrated.?

[@tylerreed4038]

that metal show dude radd, im not the only one!!!!!!!!

[@godzillasimpson8357]

Johnny really made that les Paul sing.