If you want some serious introspective music fashioned by experts who have spent years honing their craft then look away now. But, if you want music that is all about having a good time and really want to rock as if it is 1985 (to quote BFS “When did Mötley Crüe become classic rock? And when did Ozzy become an actor?”) then this is for you. It is as if grunge never happened and the scene is LA and loads of make-up and large hair. Okay, so these guys are from Sweden and not the West Coast, but they have taken all of the best of the Eighties and made it their own. You want a band that sounds as if they are taking the best bits of Poison, Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard and throwing it in a blender with Van Halen and a strong dash of attitude then this for you.
I was surprised at just how good this, I mean really surprised. I was singing along with all the choruses in the car – this is summer music, with the top down and the stereo blasting. This album is a blast from start to finish, and with fourteen songs there is plenty here to enjoy and they manage to get all the way through without being too cheesy, although there is enough tongue in cheek to ensure that the listener knows that they aren’t taking it too seriously. Harmonies, hooks and anthems all over the place, Eighties hair metal just doesn’t ever get much better than this.
