so, this is an instrumental solo record by the guitarist for a local frat boy rock band called citizen zero that i've never heard of before, but, as guitar music, it's not that bad - if not all that good, either. i can at least tolerate and passively enjoy this; i suspect that would not be the case for the band he plays in.

the thing is that he relies on a large number of cliches, without really extrapolating on the writing. so, if you're approaching this as though it's a di meola record or something, you're going to be disappointed by the lack of substantive musicality in the writing.

it's really better described as instrumental pop-metal, so you're going to lose me in the lack of serious musicianship. but, at least i'm not cringing at the vocalist, right?

stevie stevens did some records with tony levin and terry bozio, and that's what it is mostly really reminding me of. that's not a bad drop, either - it's just a little lightweight.

if it was closer than pontiac, i might think about it.