Alleycat Scratch - Deadboys In Trash City (1993)

They came, they saw, they vanished. Despite being on the Sunset Strip scene for a few years, by the time this record emerged metal was dying on its feet and the glam/sleaze scene had been blown up by the bloated camel that was Guns n' Roses. This is pretty standard stuff, struttin'...or at least attempting to, on a Faster Pussycat style vibe with lyrics all about cats, innuendo, liptsick n' leather. It's half decent for the most part, relatively riotous rather than being drab and dreary. Vocally Eddie Robison is nothing special, but it's on tracks like 'Stilleto Strut' with its cool intro and stabbing bass that the band really shine, even if the overall groove is a sub-standard 'Out To Get Me' (Guns n' Roses) but I've certainly hard far worse on the glam and glitter scene. A majority of the time the band try to tock hard, the guitars of Devin Lovelace are easy on the ear, all bubblegum for the soul, and scratchy around the edges. Naturally, it falls flat due to lack of creativity and identity, but there are times when the band have a hint of the good, 'Take A Bite...' has a fluent strut to it. This isn't the bands first opus, but literally everything they did fell on deaf years but it wasn't for the want of trying. Good in small doses. 6/10