Coolness
I don't know, maybe 4 stars would be better, because IMHO there are some songs that I'm just not patient enough to let them get rockin'. However, the good songs are *great*. "War" is a great song, it's kinda heavy and, listen to this, almost souds Yngwie Malmsteen infuenced. Of course, Yngwie is THE ultimate shredder and IMO the most awesome guitarist in the world today, so Joe doesn't go wild like Yngwie often does in his solos. Anyway, a real cool song. A couple other cool ones are "Why", which has a really cool main melody and solo, and "Tears in the Rain", which is a very moving acoustic ballad in A minor(harmonic minor for most of the song). "New Blues" has some cool tapping sections in it. Some songs you have to get used to though, which is not really a bad thing, as it will take longer to get tired of cause you'll be trying to grasp the full depth of the music!