#201
July 1984
Fastway
All Fired Up
3.25 out of 5
Highlights:
All Fired Up
Station
Hurtin’ Me
I feel the need to remind myself and everybody, this band is fronted by the guy who went on to front Flogging Molly. But this is straight up 80’s cock rock metal. And his voice is actually soaringly great for it. But it’s NOT Flogging Molly. I know David King is trying for that Robert Plant sound but he ends up a cross between Klaus Meine and Stephen Pearcy, all of whom were also trying for that sound.
This is 80s cock rock blended with the early 70s for an added dose of heavy, just look at the Side Two opener, “Hurtin’ Me”, which wants to be Zeppelin so bad it can taste it.
Nothing new here but it runs out of gas real fast…way fast.
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