The 1985 Listening Post - Dirty Looks - Dirty Looks

Dirty Looks - Dirty Looks

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1985 Housekeeping

Dirty Looks

Dirty Looks

Genre: Hair Metal

2.75 out of 5

Highlights:

Take Your Time

Was this recorded in a banquet hall? The acoustics are awful. Like a lot of these bands, they seem to be influenced by Kiss more than anything else. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Except mid-80s Kiss wasn’t very good and everyone was moving on from that sound. 

And we really only need one Kiss, right? 

This one is an independent release so I forgive them a lot. 

But, boy does “Wild Child” sound like Spinal Tap. In fact, a lot of this does. 

So, there we go. Dirty Looks is the intersection point on the Venn Diagram that is Kiss/Spinal Tap.

Also, the band has had, like, 50 members over the years. Here’s a list:

• Henrik Ostergaard – Vocals and guitars (deceased)^[5](1984–1996; 2006–2011)
• Paul Anthony Stage – bass guitar (1984)
• Paul Anthony "Buck" Dulle – drums (1984–1985)^[6]
• Scot T. Garcia – guitar – (1984)
• Jimmy Chartley – bass guitar (1984–1985)
• Boyd Baker – (1985–1986)
• Steve McConnell – drums (1985–1986; 1993–1996; 2007)
• John Pelinski – bass guitar (1985–1986)
• Jack Pyers – bass guitar (1986–1990; 1991; 2007–200
• A.D. Adams – drums (1986–1987)
• Chris Bensch – guitar (1987)
• Gene Barnett – drums (1987–1990; 1993)
• Paul Lidel – guitar (1987–1994; 2007)
• Chris Caffery – guitar (1988–1989)
• Dave Naro – bass guitar (1990–1991)
• Cary Devore – drums (1990–1991)
• Brian Perry – bass guitar (1991–1993)
• Ed Collins – drums (1991; 2008)
• J.Michael Davis – drums (1991)
• James Harris – drums (1991–1993)
• Robin Crosby – guitar (deceased) (1993)
• Paul Monroe – drums (1993)
• Keith Barrows – bass guitar (1994–1995)
• Alex Kane – guitar (1994)
• Charlie George – drums (1994–1995)
• John Allen – drums (1994)
• Nicky Kay – guitar (1994)
• Idzi – bass guitar (1994)
• Mike Ondrusek – guitar (1994–1995)
• Mike Smith – guitar (1994–1996)
• Todd Yetter – drums (1994)
• Jassen Wilber – bass guitar (1994–1996)
• Ron Sutton – drums (1994–1996; 2007; 2008)
• Garbiel Scott (Robison) – lead vocals (1996)
• Mike Ohm – guitar (2007)
• Trevor Huster – guitar (2007)
• Doug Welser – drums (2007)
• Jeremy Hummel – drums (2007)
• Eric Brewer – guitar (2008)
• Christopher Shaner – guitar (2008–2009)
• Doug Phillips – bass guitar (2008)
• Scott Parmenter – guitar (2009–2011)
• Greg Pianka – bass guitar (deceased)^[7] (2009–2010)
• Jeff Smith – drums (2009)
• Bill Dailey – drums (2009–2011)