McQueen Street - s/t (1991)

Excellent little hair metal record this one, almost like a mix between Poison, G n' R and Faster Pussycat, beefed up by some superb vocals which border on that Axl Rose snarrl and driving guitars. The band can clearly write a good tune, keeping things deadly serious on tracks like 'Two Worlds' but sadly it still wasn't cool enough for fame or for the '90s. Derek Welsh has a cool set of pipes, at times the swagger of the record reminds me of the sort of snarl that Spread Eagle and Wildside boasted - once again, two more bands who slipped by the wayside whilst Guns n' Roses got bloated. McQueen Street aren't exactly alterno metal, if anything it's relatively pure sleaze with major attitude, from the shaking bass of 'My Religion' and the sweeping chimes of power ballad 'Only The Wind.' This is a real grower of an album that is laced with magic. 7.5/10