I loved White Lion and their lush career, their beautiful ballads, and Bratta's stirling guitar work, but silken-voiced Mike Tramp clearly felt it was time to move on. With the advent of alterno-metal and grunge, Freak Of Nature was formed, and yet there was never any hint of success for this talented guy and his new outfit. FON were a slightly more funky, groove-based act, bereft of hair metal ballads, instead came a psychedelic tinge and tie-dye hue. The swaggering 'What Am I', the rattling 'Turn The Other Way', and funky 'People', which wouldn't seem out of place on a Living Colour album - all softened slightly by Tramp's subtle tones. Long gone are the rodeo cliches and AOR dramatics, Tramp seeing FON as a natural progression into avenue of colour and vibrant vision. Shame it wasn't to last that long.
7/10
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