Cry Wolf - Cry Wolf [1989]

Country: USA
Year: 1989
Line up: Timmy Hall (vocals), Steve McKnight (guitar), Phil Deckard (bass), Paul Cancilla (drums)

Track Listing
1. West Wind Blows
2. It Ain't Enough
3. Pretender
4. I Am The Walrus
5. Red Shoes
6. Stop, Look And Listen
7. Face Down In The Wishing Well
8. Wings
9. Long Hard Road
10. Back To You

Fletchanator's comment: Continuing my trend of uploading one-and-out albums is this, the only offering of Cry Wolf. The singer reminds me of the guy from Trixter, while the overall sound is in the league of the likes of Firehouse and Bulletboys. Included on this album is a cover of I Am the Walrus by the Beatles, which is a weird choice for a hard rock band.

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Blue Tears - Mad, Bad and Dangerous [2005]

Country: USA
Year: 2005
Line up: Gregg Fulkerson (vocals / guitar), Michael Spears (bass), Bryan Hall (guitar), Charlie Lauderdale (drums)

Tracks

1.	Long Way Home
2.	Girl Crazy
3.	With You Tonight
4.	Mystery Man
5.	Rock You To Heaven
6.	Evidence Of Love
7.	Mad, Bad & Dangerous To Know
8.	Misty Blue
9.	Kisses In The Dark
10.	Everywhere I Go
11.	Midnight Train
12.	Follow Your Heart
13.	Russia Tonight
14.	Love Machine
15.	The Last Serenade
16.	Live It Up

Fletchanator's comment: An album from 2005? Doesn't that go against what this blog is all about? Don't worry - the material on this album was recorded for Blue Tears' second album in 1992, but it never got released. Years later, Suncity Records released that material, along with some songs written prior to the band's first album in 1990. This is fantastic AOR which at times sounds so close to Bon Jovi that you'll swear it's Jon singing (check out With You Tonight to see what I mean). Don't miss this one!

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Razormaid - First Cutt [1987]

Country: USA
Year: 1987
Line up: Jamie Lee (vocals), John Kirk (guitar), Curt Mitchell (guitar), Dave Wix (bass), Dean Clarkson (drums)

Track Listing
1. Sooner Or Later
2. Fight For Your Love
3. Blue Thunder
4. Obsession
5. Livin' On The Run
6. Victim Of The Night
7. Rock n' Roll Invasion
8. The Drifter
9. Second Time Around
10. Too Late
11. Racing With Time

Fletchanator's comment: I seem to be uploading a lot of albums that were the only releases by their respective bands, and here's another. Razormaid has great guitaring (Mitchell and Kirk went on to join another great band, Bangalore Choir), and a sound that is both melodic and rocking. I definitely recommend this one.

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Roxy Blue - Want Some? [1992]

Country: USA
Year: 1992
Line up: Todd Poole (vocals), Sid Fletcher (guitar), Josh Weil (bass), Scotty T. (drums)

Track Listing
1. Too Hot To Handle
2. Sister Sister
3. Times Are Changin'
4. It's So Easy
5. Rob The Cradle
6. Squeeze Box
7. Talk Of The Town
8. Rock-A-Bye Baby
9. Luv On Me
10. Nobody Knows
11. Love's Got A Hold On Me
12. Main Attraction

Fletchanator's comment: Another one-album-and-out band. Roxy Blue was reportedly discovered by Warrant - singer Jani Lane sang back up on Want Some? - so it's no surprise that Roxy Blue sounds a lot like Warrant and other lightweight cock rock bands like Trixter. There's nothing groundbreaking here, but it's still good, toe-tapping hard rock that's well worth a listen.

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Hericane Alice - Tear the House Down [1990]

Country: USA
Year: 1990
Line up: Bruce Naumann (vocals), Danny Gill (guitar), Ian Mayo (bass), Jackie Ramos (drums)

Track Listing
1. Wild, Young And Crazy
2. Bad To Love
3. Tear The House Down
4. Badboy Breakout
5. Need A Lover
6. Too Late
7. Shake, Shake, Shout
8. Crank The Heat Up
9. I Walk alone

Fletchanator's comment: Crazy name for a band huh? Originally called Hurricane Alice, they changed to avoid confusion with the band Hurricane. This was their only album - it's solid hard rock - and after Hericane Alice's split, the drummer and bassist went on to join Bangalore Choir (which I'm also uploading with this update).

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Fastway - Trick or Treat soundtrack [1986]

Country: UK
Year: 1986
Line up: Dave King (vocals), Fast Eddie Clarke (guitar), Charlie McCracken (bass), Jerry Shirley (drums)

Track Listing: 1. Trick Or Treat

2. After Midnight

3. Don't Stop The Night

4. Stand Up

5. Tear Down The Walls

6. Get Tough

7. Hold On To The Night

8. Heft

9. If You Could See

Fletchanator's comment: Okay, so this isn't strictly glam metal. Fastway, a British band who released their first album in 1983, were more NWOBHM in terms of look and sound. But you can't get more cheesy than a hard rock band doing the soundtrack to a B-grade horror movie, which is what this is. Trick or Treat is a movie about a dead rocker who uses backwards messages on his records to return from the dead... or something like that, it's been a while since I've seen it. But it's pure 80s cheese with a great rockin' soundtrack. Gotta love it!

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Wildside - Under the Influence [1992]

Country: USA
Year: 1992
Line up: Drew Hannah (vocals), Benny Reigndance (guitar), Brent Woods (guitar), Marc Simon (bass), Jimmy Darby (drums)

Track Listing 1. Hang On Lucy

2. So Far Away

3. Monkey See Monkey Do

4. Just Another Night

5. Looks Like Love

6. Lad In Sin

7. Drunkin' With The Blues

8. How Many Lies

9. Hair Of The Dog

10. Heart-N-Soul

11. Kiss This Love Goodbye

12. Clock Strikes

Fletchanator's comment: I just plain love this album. It's unfortunate that Wildside came on the scene too late (by 92 grunge was killing glam metal), but luckily for us listeners they put out a kickass debut album in the form of Under the Influence. Sadly their next release was a change to the grunge sound, but Under the Influence is great. Probably the best comparison I can give is Ratt, especially for Drew Hannah's vocals.

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