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LOADED GUN - Loaded Gun (2016) Hailing from New Jersey, US, LOADED GUN released by themselves their self-titled debut some months ago, but now Perris Records has picked up the band and released the album worldwide. If you're one of those people that wish for the past and ask 'Why can't they make music like they used to?' then you'll be interested in "Loaded Gun", a straight-forward brand of ’80s influenced hard rock. Yes, they take inspiration from every band of the era and genre but they do it so well that you don't really care. Loaded Gun already supported Lynch Mob, Lillian Axe, Raven, etc, and contributed with a version of Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City to the Still Of The Night: A Millennium Tribute To Whitesnake. You know from the album cover that this will be classy hard rock and when you see the band members in Poison and While Lion T-shirts then you know exactly what you're getting and they don't really disappoint throughout this 10 track album. Tenor bluesy vocals, strong riffs, tales of love and/or sex all wrapped in a tin marked RnR are the order of the day and at various points you'll be getting some Warrant ('Lie Alone'), Great White ('Addicted'), LA Guns (in title track 'Loaded Gun') and a little The Cult in the darker 'The System Has Failed' - and all at harder side, not their cheesiest. Of course, you get the obligatory ballad - 'You Were Mine', in the vein of Cinderella - and while it might not replace the classics of their era for you, it certainly has enough to shine the light on the band for being more than just a bog-standard act of sexual deviants as is often the case with young band chasing and trying to recreate the hard rock dream. They even go through some more 'metal' moments in a song such as 'Revolution', while 'She Likes Thunder And Lightning' delves in to the '70s blockbusters of bands such as The Sweet. Loaded Gun seem to have all the ingredients to produce an album of note in the near future - they need a renowned producer and polish some vocal arrangements - but this self-titled debut rocks with lots of melody and effective riffs, delivered with the unpolluted spirit of a band hungry for glory. "Loaded Gun" is Classic US Hard Rock done from the heart, and as said, Rocks. 01 - Addicted 02 - Loaded Gun 03 - Slow Love 04 - You Were Mine 05 - Lie Alone 06 - Hard Candy Blues 07 - The Beast Inside 08 - Revolution 09 - She Likes Thunder and Lightning 10 - The System Has Failed Ed Owens – lead vocals Dave Classen – guitars Matt Flanigan – guitars Stevie Lang – bass Vinnie Costanzo – drums BUY IT ! www.nehrecords.com/SHOP/LoadedGun.htm .

I like it. Not bad at all.

Pretty solid old school hard rock. I dig it.

The awesome PEKING OPERA!

I agree with you all. All of them sound decent but not great. 70% - 75% max.

Well.... here's how it stands to today: My 2016 Ratings Nordic Union 92% Treat 89% Catalano 87% The Defiants 86% Wigelius 84% Shakra 82% Danger Zone 81% Human Zoo 80% Primal Fear 80% Theander Expression 79% Dynazty 79% Hell In The Club 78% Loaded Gun 77% Captain Black Beard 76% Anthrax 75% Megadeth 75% Black Rain 74% The Treatment 73% Jaded Heart 72% Shiraz Lane 71% Last In Line 70% The Last Vegas 68% Me And The Rest 66% Soto 65% Reckless Love 65% Inglorious 60%

Shit times ten!

Don't look like same band to me!

Ugh.... with these LIVE albums. I really HATE live albums! Crazy Lixx LIVE? I heard he is horrible singer live. And do we really need Little Caesar live????

CDG has a more ballsy sound.

Agree. Treat are at the top of their game right now!

That's weird. You're weird. Stop being so weird. Weird is my normal!

Okay.... about to say something weird here...... Do some of these songs on the Defiants disc almost have a Blink 182 tinge to them or am I completely crazy. I 100% felt it in at least 2 songs. If I ever stop listening to Treat, I will point out which ones.

I too checked it out. It wasn't horrible per se, but it's not what I like. I will never listen to it again.

In my head all day fucking long...... Ghost Of Graceland, Nonstop Madness, I Don't Miss The Misery, Endangered, Inferno...... this record has consumed my brain.

I rate this thread -1 stars.

OMG..... that's just God-awful!!

I have listened to Ghost Of Graceland about 10 times in the last 2 days. Really a great disc and is growing on me even more. Not a filler in sight.

I trash Reece a lot but this is still one of my favorite songs and discs: https://youtu.be/A6-AETO8kLk

My first spin rating of this was 86%. It might creep closer to 90% - 92% in the end though.

The couple tracks I've heard aren't doing a whole lot for me. The Defiants >>>>>>>>>> Ted Poley's solo disc

It's okay. Rather hear some new Crashdiet.

Well almost everything else of the new stuff is crap compared to those 2. Very true!