Black 'N Blue - Black 'N Blue
#368
February 2 1984
Black 'N Blue
Black 'N Blue
2.5 out of 5
Highlights:
The Strong Will Rock
The opening track, "The Strong Will Rock" sets the stage. This is a Brian May inspired rocker (I venture to say Brian heard it before he wrote "I Want it All"), a mid tempo Arena rocker with doubled vocals harmonizing with each other and noodley guitar licks.
The band alternates between sounding like Kiss (School of Hard Knocks") Ratt ("Autoblast", "One for the Money") and, well, every other wanna-be Van Halen band of the era.
It speaks volumes that the best track here is the cover of Sweet's "Action". You can't go wrong covering Sweet. ;)
An ok discovery, nothing to write home about. I mean, they are no Kick Axe.
The lead guitarist, Tommy Thayer, would go on to be the lead guitaris in Kiss...after he worked for them in a whole host of regards, from songwriting & archival book research to gutter cleaning. Honestly.
Just as honestly, Thayer seems like a really good guy.
https://open.spotify.com/album/36VYrDxC6NcJ69PGRabPud?si=7c_VWdOzTxq9U0E4BFqIWQ
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