Another prime example of a band who simply came too late within the hard rock genre. The Storm featured the talents of one Deen Castronovo who seems to get everywhere nowadays, but this debut self-titled platter from the San Francisco-based combo was one that should have stirred a few souls with its funky strut and, high energy and of course subtle melodies but by 1991 heavy metal was already moving off into more colourful and at times slightly more demented and serious voids; meaning that this type of struttin' rock was being left behind and would never recover. However, if you want a glimpse as to how some of rocks coolest bands never made the grade then you should track down The Storm' debut offering because it's a real cracker of an album featuring some wonderfully sleaze-edged metal in the form of 'Touch & Go', and all manner of heart-wrenching semi-power ballads such as 'You're Gonna Miss Me' which is both sweet and sickly. The band was of course formed by vocalist Greg Alan Rolie who has also featured for seminal acts such as Santana and Journey; so The Storm's debut was always going to be something of an undiscovered minor classic.
7/10
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