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IF YOU LIKED THEM IN "THE METAL YEARS", THEN YOU"LL LIKE THI

spam6 | Burlington,VT USA | 08/08/2010

(3 out of 5 stars)

"London is one of the hundreds of bands that went to L.A. in the 1980's looking to be the next Motley Crue and didn't quite have what it took to do so. They even started as a band before the Crue (Nikki Sixx was in this band for a short time as well as members of other more successful bands like W.A.S.P), but for some reason they never got signed to a major record deal. Their one claim to fame was that they were featured in the late 80's documentary "The Decline Of Western Civilization, The Metal Years" which is probably why this album is named The Metal Years.



If you like the song "Russian Winter" from their performance in "Decline", then you'll probably like most of the stuff here. The production is very demo quality, but still good for the times in which it was recorded. Russian Winter is the best song on the album with "Ride You Through The Night" a close second (a track recorded years later after the bands demise for lead singer D'Priest's solo album.). Most tracks seem like they are a work in progress and with no label support, were probably not completely finished. You could play a drinking game with the amount of times lead singer D'Priest says, "C'mon" throughout the album. Still a good Lp and worth a listen for any fan of L.A. Metal."

If you know what L.A. Metal is...

tez | 08/08/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is just important history of L.A. Metal.

Listen if you wanna know what L.A. Metal is!"

Rough, but good

D. Greenly | Texas | 02/01/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This CD has grown on me. You can tell that it is raw and unpolished. However, there are some decent songs. The singer has a tendency to get annoying by his gratuitous screams."