Memory Crash is the third album

Album

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 released by guitarist and songwriter Steve Stevens

Steve Stevens

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, coming some eight years after Flamenco A Go-Go

Flamenco A Go-Go

Flamenco A Go-Go is the second album released by guitarist and songwriter Steve Stevens, best known for playing for Billy Idol for several years...

. It is a mostly instrumental album with help from Doug Pinnick

Doug Pinnick

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 of King's X

King's X

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, and featuring drummer Brian Tichy

Brian Tichy

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.

Musical genres and influences

Stevens has put a lot of "weird little segues" into this album, a feature that has impressed him from albums such as Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd

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's Dark Side of the Moon. Other influences include Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...

, particularly on Stevens' interpretation of Robin Trower

Robin Trower

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's Day of the Eagle

Bridge of Sighs (album)

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, as well as Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

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, King Crimson

King Crimson

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, and even Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

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, Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

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, and Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck

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. Stevens has said that he spent a lot of time listening to bands like Pink Floyd and Yes

Yes (band)

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 prior to making this album, "just soaking up what made them tick".

Record label Magna Carta describes this album as, "...an electro-centric sonic tour de force... No gimmicks. No over-the-top production. No compromising... Just Steve Stevens, his guitar, and his beloved effects..." During the recording, he used his Marshall Half-Stack from when he recorded Rebel Yell. Also on the album is Steve's first love song (Josephine).

Track listing

1. "Heavy Horizon" (2:04)
2. "Hellcats Take The Highway" (5:32)
3. "Memory Crash" (5:06)
4. "Water On Ares" (5:51)
5. "Day Of The Eagle" (5:46) (featuring vocals by Doug Pinnick
   Doug Pinnick
   Doug Pinnick sometimes stylised as dUg Pinnick or simply dUg is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the hard rock/progressive metal band King's X. He has fourteen albums with King's X, four solo albums, and numerous side projects and guest...
   
   )
6. "Small Arms Fire" (7:30)
7. "Cherry Vanilla" (7:29)
8. "Joshua Light Show" (1:52)
9. "Prime Mover" (6:13)
10. "Josephine" (6:22)