Not the best album cover I've seen, but Fastway once rocked with the best of them, Dave King's vocals send a shiver down my spine time after time, usually due to the connections with the ultimate heavy metal film 'Trick Or Treat' and what it meant to me, but put that aside, and this is still steamin' rock music that'll have you punching the air as the Led Zepp' comparisons rise to the fore, the riff of Fast Eddie Clarke on 'Misunderstood' is pure Jimmy Page. Fastway have always had a distinct swagger and are possibly one of the most underrated bands of all time. Their first batch of lp's certainly preferable in my opinion to much of the work by AC/DC, Kiss, Aerosmith, Dio and the likes, and yet the slippery tones of Dave King have somehow faded tragically over time. I imagine that Fastway would've been some band live, and 'All Fired Up' has enough gas in its eleven tracks to kick dirt in the faces of many more successful bands. the brilliant 'Station' has a timeless gig, and you can see where Young heart Attack have gotten their raw influence from.
7.5/10
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