#glam-metal

[thisaintascenereviews]

Skid Row - The Gang’s All Here Out of all the bands that were popular during the 1980s glam / hair-metal wave, only a few of those bands are still around, but their quality really fluctuates. Def Leppard released an album earlier this year, and I haven’t heard it, but I’m not a terribly huge fan of them, but I may check it out at some point. Motley Crue is still going, but they haven’t released any new music in years, minus a couple of terrible singles when The Dirt soundtrack was released a few years back, but they’re in pretty bad shape, especially vocalist Vince Neil. One band that hasn’t really been talked about too much in the last handful of years is Skid Row, a band named for the area in California that they came from (as well as many bands in that vein). Earlier this year, they announced their first album in sixteen years, entitled The Gang’s All Here, which is kind of a lie, because original vocalist Sebastian Bach is not on this album, but instead they have a new vocalist, Erik Gronwall. I heard some of the singles they released, one of which was the title track, and I thought it was pretty good. His voice is good, especially for that style of rock and metal, but it wasn’t anything special, so I wanted to see what the whole album would sound like. The day’s here, and the gang’s apparently all here, so what do I think about the comeback album from one of hair-metal’s most underrated bands (who also have two of the best late 80s and early 90s hard-rock / hair-metal albums in the form of their 1989 self-titled and 1991′s Slave To The Grind)? The Gang’s All Here is a really weird album, because while I’d say it’s “good,” I’d also use that term very loosely. While this album is good, and it’s got some catchy moments, it’s also really bland, generic, and not that interesting. I don’t really know who this album is for, because while I can see a majority of diehard fans that are ride or die for this band really loving it, I can see some of them not being crazy about it because Bach isn’t in the band. No offense to Gronwall, and his voice is good enough, it’s nothing like Bach’s. He’s what made this band, but looking at the album for what it is, his voice is honestly a cheap imitation of his. It’s not bad, and there are some good melodies and hooks, but he doesn’t have the same power and range he does. The instrumentation is also kind of lacking here; there are a few really cool solos, but a lot of the album is just repetitive and generic hair-metal. This kind of sounds like what would have happened after Slave To The Grind, albeit it a little less aggressive. That album was oddly aggressive and heavy for a hair-metal album, which is what made it awesome, but this one tones that down and has more of a feel of the debut. That’s not bad at all, but it’s not as interesting. It just feels like a retread, and hair-metal fans might enjoy it (especially those that are nostalgic for the era), I don’t know who else will. Kids today are too young to know who this band is, and they’re not on the same level as Metallica, just for a topical example, so the only people that are going to listen to this are their parents and grandparents, who grew up with that kind of music (or were around when it was happening). This is a tricky album to talk about, because I personally like it, as I love this band, and I love their sound, but I just haven’t gotten that into it, at least as much as I wanted to. I’ve been struggling to enjoy this album, at least more than a surface level. It’s a fine album, and definitely not offensive in any way, but I just don’t know who this album is for. If you’re looking for a solid hard-rock / hair-metal album, you can’t go wrong with this one. It’s not a bad listen, but you might not remember anything you hear after it’s done, and that’s kind of how I feel when the album’s done. I’ve listened to it a few times now, and my collective thought after it’s done (it’s luckily only 41 minutes, so it’s a quick enough listen) is that I don’t recall a single thing I heard, minus a couple of the hooks, and that’s not enough to keep me going back to it, especially when the hooks aren’t that strong in the first place. The album’s fine, but don’t expect to get much out of it. I’m going to forget it as soon as I’m done with this review, and after I delete the album from my phone, because I don’t want to listen to it anymore. I got other stuff that’s more worthy of my attention, and while it’s cool to get a new album from these guys after so long, it’s not that great, unfortunately. I wouldn’t say I was disappointed, because I was not expecting much at all, but it’s a bit better than I expected. It’s catchy, fun, and their vocalist is good, but it’s nothing unique, special, or interesting. It’s “good,” but in the sense that you can play this in the background of a function of some kind, and no one would complain, because it sounds like every other hard-rock / hair-metal band.

[bbybluemochi]

[oc] 80s rock inspired oc 🎸🤘

[chloesimaginationthings]

Abby meets Cassie’s favorite FNAF animatronic Roxy!

[leeseechkeens]

So I thought what if metal family characters got mutated?

Cat heavy by zoograd_official

[ping-ski]

speak no evil, see no evil, hear... all evil???

@lilakwii i hope u enjoy this little gift since u like sun so much hehe :3

LDR belongs to @spadillelicious !

[nebelihood]

WAAAaaa aaaaa aa LOOK AT THEM

wip

[blanze]

Too many thoughts, too many questions and a liiittle bit of mixed feelings. @percico-nicercy-events

Edit: Added Percy's eloquent blob under the cut! Just be warned that some parts are alright, but some others are pretty dumb 🙈

"He’s ALIVE and just now comes to save my ass and THIS is the first thing he says to me, seriously?? What the hell I can’t believe he’s taller than me, wow, unfair. Alright so brain get your shit together, we get Riptide and go help, get up Jackson! It’s time to stop running, if you run away again Niccolò I fucking swear to Tartarus I’ll go after you and no matter where in this godsforsaken world you try and go this time, I’m getting your ass back this time around. Also is that a trident but with two prongs? Like dad’s? Alright I need one of those, that looks so badass and he seems to just whirl it around so effortlessly, with that damn leather jacket and the piercings?? I mean where was this kid I swear, I don’t even know if I’m mad or really, really glad to see him again after all this time, who knows where he has been and how many monsters he has destroyed all alone just like that. I can’t understand why this feels like a complete miracle at this point brain please cooperate right NOW-"

[perversion666]

i love silly golden retriever coded rockstars

[yvieluvs]

a small collage of rockstars w cats

[verysomia]

GAHH IM SO EXITED FOR THE NEW EPISODE 🙌

Dub Fanart >

🎸🤘🏽

[the-soft-hoodie]

It's my life and I decide how to cope with cinematic traumas with crossovers

[bbybluemochi]

Wanna whole lotta love?

[OC] sinner & frankie from my fictional rock band🎸💥

[eroticlamb]

guns n roses at canter's deli, L.A. , june 12, 1985

photo cred: jack lue

[ferngle]

he's rockin out

[ardensdolor]

I still have artblock and I'm posting at least something so that the page is not empty☹️☹️☹️☹️

[n7crophiliac]

METAL ON TAPES P2 ⚔️!

megadeth - killing is my business…and business is good! (1984)

metallica - kill ‘em all (1983)

W.A.S.P - show no mercy (1984)

ratt - out of the cellar (1984)

cannibal corpse - butchered at birth (1991)

deicide - deicide - (1990)

hellhammer - apocalyptic raids (1984)

bathory - under the sun of the black mark (1987)