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The FIRE MERCHANTS, brought to you by Brand X's guitarist John Goodsall . . .

Okay, here's the scoop I recommend both of these releases as plenty of excellent axework is 
happening here. 

Fire Merchants s/t 1989 (CD; 51:18)
Medusa 772354-2 

Fire Merchants s/t has more straight-up metal axe-rock leaning towards David Chastain 
shred via Goodsall & he even echos a frenetic Joe Walsh-ness on "Ignition". There's nearly no 
fusion constructs here but Goodsall's axe is still doing that ferocious chromatic riffage of a 
million notes a second like his Brand X burning he let loose on Livestock. I rate it at a solid 
8.5 outta 10 with tracks "Ignition" and "Z104" being worth the purchase to hear Goodsall blow. 
~ John W. Patterson for EER-MUSIC.com

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Fire Merchants' Landlords of Atlantis 1994 (CD; 61:17)
Renaissance RCD1007

Fire Merchants' Landlords of Atlantis leans more prog metal and fusiony overall with 
"Worlds in Modulation" sounding VERY Brand X like "Cambodia" from Do They Hurt? and 
therefore is my favorite track -- as it smokes! Goodsall really surprised me with "Sybil" which 
starts off rottenly punk-grunge-thrash rock and then goes into a prog rock Brand X-ian fugue with 
Goodsall doing a metalloid fusiony solo -- a truly schizo-whacked track! The remainder of the 
album is solid enough for fans of Goodsall's axe-work and proggy axe heads. Fusion fans will 
enjoy unison lines as in "(And Again) Hamsterdam" and "Thing 15". I miss those tighter & more 
jazzy fusion Brand X-ian jams with more conversational interplay between musicians but this is a 
trio afterall. They did a great job on this release. I rate this one an 8.7 outta 10. 
~ John W. Patterson for EER-MUSIC.com

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