Amplifier Heads, The
Super 8
The Amplifier Heads stir up a rock and roll frenzy through a 'Super 8' lens. Sal Baglio delivers a nostalgic ode to garage rock and power-pop on new album. Sal Baglio of The Amplifier Heads knows a thing or two about the power of rock and roll. Boston music scene veteran takes a panoramic look at the power that's shaped his sound and soul with the brash and bold Super 8, The Amplifier Heads' new album. From the iconic and cultural kickstarting Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland in 1952, to all the highs and lows in the decades that followed, beaming from live stages across the country and gleaming off the radio dial across airwaves heard around the world, Baglio harnesses the power of rock and roll into a 30-minute soundtrack to his most enduring love. And as Baglio takes us on a rock and roll history ride, all the bumps and bruises are part of the story, a slice of loud and raucous American life that hasn't been the same since the youth began swinging guitars around. "Super 8 is a grainy film," Baglio says. "Magic fingers in a cheap hotel. A skip and scratch of a 45 on an old hot RCA Victor. Memory. Lotsa sax. The sound of an AM radio just off the dial on top of a kitchen table 1965. An old Circus magazine in a basement box. The banging of an old soda machine outside of that cheap hotel at 4 a.m. Ridin' in a car, windows down and singing loud with your friends that summer. And it's a rock n' roll record by The Amplifier Heads."