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Lyin Rampant: Up and comin

Year1987
Label/DistributionHeartofsteel
FormatLP, CD
Musical styleMelodic Metal
Additional infoCD comes with Bonustracks
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0 out of 6 - Not rare at all!

Review

Der sleazige Name, das sleazige Cover und die sleazigen Songtitel lassen Schlimmes erahnen, tatsächlich aber sind LYIN RAMPANT eine zu Unrecht untergegangen Band, die zwar Sleaze-Elemente verarbeitete, aber dank des kräftigen Sängers und der niemals flachen aber trotzdem eingängigen Songs mehr Aufmerksamkeit verdient gehabt hätte.

Gerade im Bereich Songwriting waren LYIN RAMPANT vielen anderen Bands des Genres um Längen voraus. Am ehesten würde ich LYIN RAMPANT mit RANKELSON vergleichen. Wem diese Band gefällt, kann bei einem Kauf nichts falsch machen. Ab und zu lohnt es, sich durch Tonnen an seichtem Kommerzrock zu hören, um die eine oder andere wirklich gute Scheibe zu finden.

LYIN RAMPANT were musically close to RANKELSON. That means they had really good songs, power and a strong vocalist. In that late 80s there were a lot of bands having more hairspray-attitude, less talent, less good songs but more success.

Maybe the reason why LYIN RAMPANT never made it was, that their music was not 100% "middle of the road" enough. The end of the 80s decade showed bands with polished productions, stadion-Rock songs containing boring hooks made for 12 year old women. All this you will not find at LYIN RAMPANTs album. Good for us today, bad for the band 20 years ago.

Tracks
Crazee
Breakdown
Promises
Way of destiny
Don't walk away
Fantasy Girl
Say goodbye
Kill them all
Inoor Games
Time again
Dancin' on air
Life in the fast lane
Don't walk away (video)

Created / updated: 2011-01-17
Stefan Riermaier