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I purchased this one.  Very BLACK N' BLUE esqe musically.

Mine are all old-school (Old's Kool) from my grade school days through my teens.  These are the bands that far and away I played the most and or had the most influence.  Difficult to narrow it down to four.  This is chronological for me.

KISS

SCORPIONS

DEF LEPPARD

BON JOVI

Edit... I really need to get Motley Crue in there.  KISS was so influential to me from 1978 - 1984... but Motley took things to a new level.  Man, I need that 5th. band!

Awesome new song.  Very "Raised On Radio" type of tune.

So incredibly sad.  I'd like to send flowers... does anyone have the address of the funeral home?

It's certainly NOT "Feel It Again."

5 hours ago, Geoff said:

What, the cover, or the original? I love the BJ version. 

The cover (sucks).

BJ version should have been on Slippery!  Would have been top 4 on that album.  Always loved it.

Edge of a Broken Heart is terrible.  

DeCarlo should stick to covering Delp's tunes.

American Anthem obscure?  Not for those of us who were the target audience in 1986.  The Andy Taylor track alone makes this a 100% MUST OWN for any 80's rock fan.  I purchased the cassette tape on day one. 

Gioleli is ******* awesome.

Donnie's vocals take me right back to 1989 - 1992.  None of these songs are jaw-dropping, but they're certainly not new-Roxy-Blue-terrible.

Speaking of John Parr... Does anyone know where to find the alternate version of ST. ELMO'S FIRE?

I heard it a couple years back on Sirius and it sounded like the studio version, but with dubbed-in audience "cheering" effects (to resemble a live recording).  

I cannot seem to find that version anywhere.  Help and thanks!

Where's Greg?

AWESOME.  The first ten seconds alone is like a time machine back to 1980.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:  The first two albums, I'd put them up-against just about any others from the 1988 - 1989 time period.  So damn good, yet so underappreciated.  Had their first two been released in 1985 - 1987 they would have been HUGE.

3 hours ago, Geoff said:

Yep, that's the bit that stuck out like a sore thumb to me. It's exactly who they were, as per their past projects and the album they produced as UC. No sense trying to hide from that. 

I recently read an interview with Rob Lowe (of all people) and he stated "Claiming not to be vain is actually the most vain thing anyone can say."

Same premise here in my opinion... Don't try and pretend you weren't part of the 80's "Hair Metal" scene when you clearly were.  Embrace it... it was fantastic!

I hate to be a downer, but for me this one would sound so much better with Poley on vox , Timmons on guitars and Lance Quinn on the control-board.

Good Lord, this has just gone on WAY too long.  Please, Frankie, don't make me burn my Metal Health album.

The new one sounds like Chip Z'nuff covering an early 90's grunge band's ballad attempt.

Fucking dark, depressing and as shitty as everything that ever came out of Seattle during that time.

1 hour ago, simo said:

In 2 years, really??

Mutt Lange producing?

Not familiar with this band. 

Checked-out an older track (This Time) on youtube and it has a very cool / early Alcatraz vibe.  Vocals definitely have a Graham Bonnet feel (that particular track, anyway).

I like this a lot.  Great album title, too.

On 5/18/2019 at 1:54 AM, Tabe said:

For sure.  Johnny's brother, Neal Schon, and Deen Castronovo are all gone.  No disrespect to anybody who has joined since then but...you're not replacing Schon & Castronovo.  You're just not.

Finally. someone else gets it.

Well I agree with your post all three times, Geoff.  This is not Roxy Blue at all.

That's, well, NOT the Roxy Blue I remember from back in the day.

I suppose some things are better left in the past.  "Too Hot To Handle" this new track is not.