Founded in 1983 as the direct continuation of the Athenian act COO (following the tragic demise of COO vocalist Romilos Colassis), BOOBY TRAP’s sole creative effort was 1983’s “Women”, a symphatetic and listenable commercial Hard Rock LP that occasionally (as in the concluding track “Burning Brain”) turns into full-on Heavy Metal.
There is scarce information to be found on BOOBY TRAP even in the liner notes accompanying their LP. What we do know is that former COO band leader Babis Persidis (guitars) did most of the writing, arrangement and production of “Women” (for some reason credited as Ch. Persidis). As for the rest of the members, it seems probable that the recording was done by a lineup identical to COO – except for the deceased Romilos Colassis of course, and probably without co-songwriter/organist Vasilis Ginos (also known for his work with cult Greek Prog rockers PETE & ROYCE), since his biography doesn’t give any mention of BOOBY TRAP.
Despite being superior to the pseudo-funky Rock of COO’s previous work “Rock Eyes” (1982), “Women” (released in a gatefold sleeve, limited to 500 copies although some sources say that even fewer numbers circulated) didn’t achieve much success and the band appears to have folded pretty soon after the release of the album. However, if you do manage to find a copy, it’s well worth a listen if you’re into the softer/melodic side of 1970s Hard Rock/Heavy Metal (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, etc.)
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