The Niro feat. Rattlehead

This summer my good friend Martin Prahl is getting married. These days he only writes music by himself I think and the stuff I have heard is very good I think, but a few years ago he had a project called The Niro and before I left for the US in 2005 they asked me to try out on vocals so I wrote a song about Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS). The song was called “Pantone Matching System”. Eventually I think Martin wrote some lyrics of his own and recorded vocals for the song.

But today I thought I would share version with you. From their part this was just some random recording from the rehearsal room I think, with Martin playing the bass. The other two guys I never met but as you can hear they were pretty talented.

The Niro “Pantone Matching System” (demo)

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While being on subject of the Music Police (I’m sure Martin himself would agree he is just that) I have to say that I was taken by a storm tonight. VH1 have a Top 50 Guitar Riff countdown, playing full videos, and so far they’ve played:

Whitesnake “Here I Go Again” (the original 1982 version)
Van Halen “Why Can’t This Be Love?”
The Cult “Rise” (has this ever been shown on tv?)
Soundgarden “Rusty Cage”
Iron Maiden “Can I Play With Madness”

It takes guts. VH1 obviously has what it takes to broadcast that which does not suck.