I probably shouldn't like this record as much as I do. Back in the late '80s I may well have scoffed at such leather-clad and lispticked girly boys. However, whilst I expected this to be a lightweight and plastic sounding foray into glitter glam, I was totally wrong. Okay, it's not 'Too Fast For Love', but there's alot of grit here, especially in the riffs of Taylor and Hayes. In fact, Roxx Gang are a pretty decent looking bunch in a once saturated sleaze rock market which mainly comprised of huge hair, lots of make-up but little talent. 'Things You've...' has a darker side to its glam-slam thank you mam scenario's.
The darker side is boosted moreso by the drool of Kevin Steele who flits somewhere between AC/DC's Bon Scott and Faster Pussycat's Taime Downe. Big anthems and dirty licks don't elude here, the band seem to rather effortlessly compile a collection of pretty nifty sleaze rock stompers, all dealt with in an almost lazy grime. 'Scratch My Back' and the slower 'No Easy Way Out' will hook their claws in to your head, but this isn't a case of cliche and hairspray delight. 'Race With The Devil' burns up the road, 'Red Rose' is a slo-burning sexual gothic grind, but there's no corniness here, in fact, the album is bereft of fakery and cheese despite what you might immediately think when you read titles such as 'Too Cool For School' or 'Need Your Sex'.
7/10
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