Greg E Noll

I suppose most people on this planet know, or remember me as the lead guitarist from the 80's Bay Area heavy metal band, Villain. With that group, I released the album "Only Time Will Tell" in 1986, and then "Chequered Past" in 1995 (with a revamped lineup). Villain gained quite a bit of notoriety overseas (after our demise) when lead vocalist Carl Albert joined SF metal band Vicious Rumors. After releasing five albums abroad, fans of the singer scrambled to get their hands on anything he had recorded previously. That's basically how I came to be known to the headbangers on the other side of the world whom I am proud to call my fans, friends, and metal brethren.But, what am I up to now? Man, am I glad you asked...Welcome to the launching of my solo career. After talking about it for many years and writing songs for even longer than that, I am so happy and very excited to finally be moving forward with this project! And what exactly IS this project? Again, I'm very glad you asked.I'm currently recording my debut solo release, "Slow Motion Hurricane" at Fool On The Hill Recording in Soulsbyville, California. After finishing pre-production in late April, we began tracking songs for the record on June 14th, 2006. The music is essentially melodic heavy metal. Check out my influences to get an idea what you might be in for. My idea was to take my songs, which have big crunchy guitar parts, lots of melodic verses, cool hooks, and big vocal harmonies in the choruses, and combine them with very heavy drum parts. There are also healthy doses of guitar solos, too. Picture your favorite melodic hard rock band with Vinnie Paul from Pantera on drums. THAT'S what I'm hoping to achieve here - something like that.I have a couple great musicians on board here. The drum throne is being filled by Ron Redeen from Northern California. Ron has played with alot of cool people, but most notably Steve Smyth from Nevermore and with Villain in the 90's. The low end is being held down by Tommy Sisco on the bass. Tommy comes from Villain in the mid-80's, Vicious Rumors in the 90's, and now the amazing Luv Planet. I'm a pretty lucky guy...I hope to have the album in the can by the first of the year. After adding a second guitarist/backing vocalist, we plan to play shows here in the states as well as overseas. I'll keep y'all posted.I also play live dates here in Northern Cali with a few other groups as well. Hard rock with Crazy Ivan (www.crazy-ivan.com), with whom I've released one album, "Astronautical", acoustic rock, soul, & funk with Wrigley Figlet, Classic rock & country with the Dan Bauer Band, and even a bit of bluegrass with Sagebrush Jam. Gotta pay the bills, know what I mean?I have a few excellent companies behind me and I'm happy to be part of their extended families. I proudly rock with DEAN MARKLEY GUITAR STRINGS, I.S.P. TECHNOLOGIES AMPLIFICATION, WCR PICKUPS, TONEPROS GUITAR HARDWARE, BIG BENDS NUT SAUCE, AND V-PICKS.Bang your head, baby!!