I guess it could be worse you could like Winger IV and Steelheart Good 2B Alive like I do.
I actually haven't heard all of thr Steelheart, but I kinda liked Winger IV, wasn't great from a songwriting perspective IMHO but the playing and production were both very good!
The vocals on the Steelheart are flat out incredible but the songs are all growers and really modern and sound nothing like the first two albums but if released under a different name would be much more appreciated IMO.
As an avid modern rock fan, not so sure about that, mate. I would have been very open to a good modern rock sounding disc from Steelheart, but it just really didn't work at all for me. There are a million better modern rock albums than that one, imo.
Maybe my use of the word modern is off but what I mean is the sound is much more up to date and it in no way sounds like an 80's hard rock cd but it doesn't sound modern in the same way that someone would describe the sound of such bands as Shinedown.
I will be gentle.
Steelheart=SUCK