Cost: $1.00
I was originally going to cover this in one of the local finds posts, but I'm getting way behind on them since I don't really group new acquisitions together. So I'll just do a quick stand-alone writeup. If I recall, this was the best find from the last of three consecutive trips to the same place that yielded a lot of goodies.
I can summarize my opinion of this disc thusly: it falls slightly short of living up to the coolness of their logo, but the music is far, far better than what the embarrassingly glammy Britny Fox-esque shots on the back cover suggest. I personally thought their heaviness was somewhat understated by some of the online reviews and info I saw, leading me to expect something along the lines of early Dokken, but that's pretty much what the lightest songs sound like. It helps that other than some balladish stuff, a majority of the songs are fast-paced and that makes them seem more substantial. The melodic vocals are okay, but they're admittedly more suited for a hair band and one of the lighter parts of the equation. This is metal with a very blatant commercial sheen. Even though it suffers from some of the same commercial pitfalls, this is heavier than a lot of the typical L.A. stuff--just don't go in expecting old W.A.S.P. or Lizzy Borden.
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