How I adore this sort of pompous hair metal. Exceutive producer Gene Simmons on board, not sure what sort of knob twiddling he did, but this is every bit as hairy-chested, leather crotched, big haired, hip gyrating as Kiss. Lush keyboards, massive production (as if they are the biggest band on the planet) and apart from the bar room twaddle of 'Lookin For Strange', this debut is choked in hairsprayed curls, puffed shirts, and some huge mid-tempo satin anthems. 'I Wanna Be Loved', 'Love Don't Lie', 'Call My Name', ooohhh yeeeaaahhh. baby, get on the bed...although I doubt many a flimsy headed blonde would have fallen for such rock lullaby's, even so, the five piece do a great job at those ballads, drenching them in Giuffria's keys whilst the guitars soar into the night like doves! Yep, it's a little cheesy, but at the end of the day, these type of bands still wrote solid rock songs and I'm all for a bit of metal love with that Whitesnake pout and those hoochie koochie vocals courtesy of chief hair monger James Christian, so light those candles, just be careful you don't set fire to that hive of a haircut dude!Saturday, 12 March 2011
House Of Lords - House Of Lords (1988)
How I adore this sort of pompous hair metal. Exceutive producer Gene Simmons on board, not sure what sort of knob twiddling he did, but this is every bit as hairy-chested, leather crotched, big haired, hip gyrating as Kiss. Lush keyboards, massive production (as if they are the biggest band on the planet) and apart from the bar room twaddle of 'Lookin For Strange', this debut is choked in hairsprayed curls, puffed shirts, and some huge mid-tempo satin anthems. 'I Wanna Be Loved', 'Love Don't Lie', 'Call My Name', ooohhh yeeeaaahhh. baby, get on the bed...although I doubt many a flimsy headed blonde would have fallen for such rock lullaby's, even so, the five piece do a great job at those ballads, drenching them in Giuffria's keys whilst the guitars soar into the night like doves! Yep, it's a little cheesy, but at the end of the day, these type of bands still wrote solid rock songs and I'm all for a bit of metal love with that Whitesnake pout and those hoochie koochie vocals courtesy of chief hair monger James Christian, so light those candles, just be careful you don't set fire to that hive of a haircut dude!
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