Talent 'N' Texas Volume II LP 1982 |
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| Label: | The Rusk Corporation / 101 FM KLOL. | #: | RTR-8215 | Country: | USA |
| Info: | The second compilation of local artists by Texas radio station 101 FM KLOL, once again part of the national 'Miller High Life - Rock To Riches' competition. No Great Hidden Treasure of Steel, but I'd still say the majority of bands here would definitely fall under the Hard Rock umbrella. | ||||
CONTENT
bold = exclusive track / normal = non-exclusive track / = non-metal
Tracklist side A:
- XCITOR - Street Fever
Despite the boogie'ish verses, this is pretty typical NWOAHM material, i.e. way more American-sounding than much of the contemporary, blatant UK-inspired stüffs out there, and the chorus is just as neat & cocky as the killer band name.
Lush melo-rock.
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Melodic rock.
Despite the unnecessary keys and amateur vocals, this is pretty charming, low-key melo-nwobhm sneakery. The piano-interlude in the middle blows of corpse and so I just can't tag this HM..
Tracklist side B:
Certainly too keyboard-heavy, lightweight & pompy for the HM-tag, but a surprisingly honest and enjoyable piece in this very American HR sub-genre.
Proto-sleeze Hard Rock.- HEYOKA - ...And The Pessimist Fled
The kind of prog rock that's very much constructed upon a Heavy proto-Metal foundation and thus sneaks into Olde Epic HM-territory. Not Legend/Cirith Ungol-levels of awsum but sorta in the same ballpark and definitely the most interesting track of the album. They had a handful of 7"s released prior to this track that we might need to explore further...
A Hard Rock curio with some mild The Knack-style new wave-aesthetics for extra flavour.- OZ KNOZZ - Empty Room
A proud, punding epic Hardrocker which only flaw is its identity-crisis of sometimes believing it's a 'power ballad'. Still pretty much hitting the mark because of the powerful, fist-in-the-air lead chords...
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Submitted by Keir
