Project Driver

The correct title of this article is Project: Driver. The omission of the colon is due to technical restrictions.
Project: Driver
Cover art by Guy Aitchison
Studio album by
M.A.R.S.
Released1986 (1986)
StudioPrairie Sun Recording Studios (Cotati, California)
GenreHeavy metal, neoclassical metal
Length35:17
LabelShrapnel
ProducerMike Varney

Project: Driver is a studio album by the heavy metal supergroup M.A.R.S., released in 1986 through Shrapnel Records (United States)[1] and Roadrunner Records (Europe).[2] Formed by bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Tommy Aldridge, the band was originally named Driver and underwent several configurations, at various times including vocalists Jeff Scott Soto and Jeff Fenholt, and guitarists Mark St. John, Kurt James and Craig Goldy.[3] The band's name is made up of the initial of each musician's last name: guitarist Tony MacAlpine, Aldridge, singer Rob Rock, and Sarzo.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStar[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[5]
Rock Hard9.0/10[6]

In a very positive contemporary review, Rock Hard called the album "exemplary" and associated the music to Yngwie Malmsteen's 1984 album Rising Force, "not only because of the breathtaking solos of Tony MacAlpine, but also because of some songwriting parallels", offering "a colorful bouquet of musical diversity" with "something for everyone."[6]

Modern reviews are less positive. Andy Hinds at AllMusic wrote that "while it masquerades as a Whitesnake-styled group effort, Project: Driver seems like another MacAlpine album with vocals added." Rob Rock was criticized as embodying "all the big-hair clichés of '80s heavy metal", while songs such as "Slave to My Touch", "Stand Up and Fight" and "Fantasy" were labeled "cheesy" and "cringe-inducing." Praise was given to MacAlpine's guitar playing, which Hinds described as "dizzying" and interesting.[4] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff defined the project as "one of those doomed and hasty assemblages of rock journeymen utterly without synergy" and called the music "unbranded ear-splitting speed metal".[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tony MacAlpine, Tommy Aldridge, Rob Rock and Rudy Sarzo.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Nations on Fire"2:52
2."Writings on the Wall"3:03
3."Stand Up and Fight"3:52
4."Nostradamus"6:14
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Unknown Survivor"3:41
6."Fantasy"3:30
7."Slave to My Touch"3:35
8."I Can See It in Your Eyes"4:34
9."You and I"3:56
Total length:35:17

Personnel

M.A.R.S.
Additional musicians
  • Mike Mani – keyboard programming
  • Bret Douglas, Tommy Cosgrove, Mark Tate, Dino Alden, Mike Varney – background vocals
Production

References

  1. ^ "Groups/Non-Solo Discography". Tony MacAlpine Official Website. Archived from the original on April 10, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "MacAlpine-Aldridge-Rock-Sarzo – Project: Driver". Discogs. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  3. ^ MacAlpine, Tony. "Session Notes: M.A.R.S. - "Project: Driver". Tony MacAlpine Official Website. Archived from the original on January 26, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Hinds, Andy. "Session Notes: M.A.R.S. - Project: Driver review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 205. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  6. ^ a b Trojan, Frank (1986). "Review Album: MARS - Driver-Project". Rock Hard (in German). No. 20. Retrieved August 15, 2017.

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