Today Gary Dranow is an accomplished artist building up a varied and exciting discography, but before his creative endeavours he was a successful businessman in the world of outdoor sports. As the main man behind Salt Lake City-based band Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions, he’s distilled personal struggles, including navigating bipolar disorder and recovering from a stroke, into a powerful and impressive musical output.
The band, featuring a lineup of talented musicians from around the world, including Chris Zoupa, Jason Jones, Roman Burda, Klim Apalkov and Roman Kuznetsov, creates a guitar-driven sound built on rock, blues and metal influences. Gary Dranow’s personal story is on of triumph and overcoming significant obstacles via the healing power of creativity and communication through music.
This year, Gary Dranow and his band have been on a prolific creative streak, releasing multiple singles that showcase the artist’s expanding sonic vision. From classic blues-inflected rock to ventures into heavier metal rock sounds and even electronic music through his Astralix project, Dranow’s broad approach has resulted in a catalogue of diverse and impactful music.
With his latest single, “Mother’s Angry,” Gary Dranow turns his songwriting focus toward climate change, delivering a profound tale of the natural world’s frustration with pollution and destruction. Brought in by the wail of sirens, a gripping rock scene rise with crunchy guitar riffs and pounding drums as the powerful vocal leads deliver compelling storytelling lyricism.
Recounting the sadly all too real story of the human impact on the environment, “Mother’s Angry” hosts angsty atmosphere and meaningful songwriting, all wrapped up in a foot-stomping rock outing cut with bluesy vibes. Full of epic vocal leads, slick guitar flourishes and steady rhythm, the song sees Gary Dranow and his band draw on their classic rock influences, filtered through their own modern style to serve up a memorable song with an important message.
It’s a timeless offering of modern rock music brought to life by this talented group of musicians. Mother Earth is angry and Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions capture this context in an engaging and highly enjoyable way.
Listen to Mother’s Angry below
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