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Stockholm, 1975. JB's mother finally meets her idol, David Coverdale of Deep Purple (who she thinks is waaay cuter than Ian Gillian), after a sold-out show for the Stormbringer tour. The meeting ends in the Stockholm Hilton.
Halmstad, 2001. Spiritual Beggars hold auditions for a new singer after their previous vocalist, Spice, left. A guy with a ZZ-Top-style beard walks in, announces himself as JB, and starts singing with a voice that's remarkably like David Coverdale's . . . He gets the job.
Helped by the addition of this soulful bastard son, on On Fire, the Beggars continue the change in direction from stoner rock towards classic hard rock that they began on Ad Astra. 'Young Man, Old Soul,' and 'Beneath The Skin' are still based on riffs in the best Black Sabbath tradition, but the rest of the album has more to do with Rainbow and Deep Purple than with the heritage of Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne. Keyboardist Per Wiberg gets a lot more time in the spotlight this time around, but it's still guitarist Michael Amott who steals the show with original, ultra-heavy riffs and brilliant melodic solos. Compared to Ad Astra, Spiritual Beggars lose some raw groove energy, but gain a lot of depth. Tracks like 'Fools Gold' and 'Look Back' hold up against the best material from the '70s and early '80s, but, with their slightly more aggressive sound, are completely "now" at the same time. With On Fire, Spiritual Beggars at least double the already sizeable lead over the Sabbath- and Kyuss-copying competition they created with Ad Astra.
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