Wild Ride - Tension and Desire [1993]

Country: USA/Holland
Year: 1993
Line up: Fred Pieters (vocals), Yori Florentinus (guitar), Toine Van Der Linden (bass), Jan Hartman (drums)

Tracks:
1. If You Don't Want My Love
2. Where Do We Go
3. Steal My Heart
4. Love Will Find Its Way
5. Fool Fool
6. This Time
7. Too Late To Stop
8. Out Of My Dreams
9. Tell No Lies
10. Don't Save Your Love
11. Stop The Fighting

Request of: JCFletchanator's comment: Dutch American rockers Wild Ride released just the one album, Tension & Desire, in 1993. It's melodic, keyboard-oriented hard rock in the style of countrymen Zinatra and 1st Avenue. Pieters reminds me of Mike Tramp from White Lion and Florentinus is a talented axe-slinger. Not a world-beater, but a solid effort.

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Zinatra - The Great Escape [1990]

Country: Holland
Year: 1990
Line up: Joss Mennen (vocals), Sebastian Floris (guitar), Gino Rerimassie (guitar), Ronald J. Lieberton (bass), Ed Rockx (drums)

Track Listing 1. The Great Escape

2. Take It To The Top

3. Two Sides Of Love

4. There She Was

5. Love Never Dies

6. Unknown Skies

7. Too Blind To See

8. Candyman

9. Hold On

10. Hold On

11. Only Your Heart

12. Jekyll And Hyde

13. The Roaring Silence 14. You Only Live Once 15. Don't Boogy with the Devil

Fletchanator's comment: How about a little AOR from Holland? Here we've got the second and last release from Zinatra, who play a brand of keyboard-oriented rock and can lay claim to one of the corniest album covers of all time. After this band folded, keyboardist Robbie Valentine went on to solo fame in Japan, while singer Joss Mennen started up a band with the name Mennen. If you like bands like Journey and Loverboy, you'll like Zinatra.

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Sleeze Beez - Screwed Blued and Tattooed [1989]

Country: Holland
Year: 1989
Line up: Andrew Elt (vocals), Chris Van Jaarsveld (guitar), Don Van Spall (guitar), Ed Jongsma (bass), Jan Kosterand (drums)

Track Listing 1. Rock In The Western World

2. House Is On Fire

3. Screwed, Blued n' Tattooed

4. Stranger Than Paradise

5. Damned If We Do, Damned If We Don't

6. Heroes Die Young

7. This Time

8. When The Brains Go To The Balls

9. Don't Talk About Roses

10. Girls Girls, Nasty Nasty

Fletchanator's comment: This album right here is an underrated (and fairly unknown) gem. It's awesome party metal with a sound that mixes Def Leppard, Poison, Cinderella and even a touch of Winger ("This Time"). Plus it has one of the most ridiculous cock rock song names of all time in "When the Brains Go to the Balls". If this album doesn't get you wanting to party, then there's something wrong with you.

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