Millennial Marvel
Aug 25, 2020
5 minutes
BY JIM BEAUGEZ
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KAREN MASON BLAIR
“MAKE IT NOISY, MAKE IT LOUD, GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK. BUT STAY FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND, WHICH IS GIVING PEOPLE GOOD MUSIC”
“ROCK AND ROLL is a creation of Black America,” Seattle-based guitarist Ayron Jones says. “Even though it may be less talked about and may be forgotten by some of the newer generations, it’s our sound. Not to keep and hold on to, but it runs through our veins.”
On “Take Me Away,” the first taste from his forthcoming debut for Big Machine/John Varvatos Records, Jones makes his feelings known in no uncertain terms, from the marching, Rage Against the Machine–inspired opening riff to the feedback-laced trem-bar dive that launches his band into orbit. No chords or notes are safe from Jones’ ferocious delivery. “The same place that bred rock and roll also gave us
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