Junkyard - Junkyard

Another obscure, underrated band. Junkyard were a Heavy Metal/Glam Metal band who are very good but once again never received much commercial attention. This is their debut eponymous album released sometime in June in 1989.


Tracklist;



1 - Blooze
2 - Hot Rod
3 - Simple Man
4 - Shot In The Dark
5 - Hollywood
6 - Life Sentence
7 - Long Way Home
8 - Can't Hold Back
9 - Texas
10 - Hands Off


Personnel;


David Roach - Vocals
Brian Baker - Guitar
Chris Gates -  Guitar
Clay Anthony - Bass
Patrick Michael Muzingo - Drums

Wrathchild - Stakk Attakk

Sometime in June 1984 Wrathchild released their debut album "Stakk Attakk". Another underrated band for the time who never got the commercial success that other bands managed to achieve.


Tracklist;


1 - Stakk Attack
2 - Too Wild To Tame
3 - Trash Queen
4 - Sweet Surrender
5 - Kick Down The Walls
6 - Tonite
7 - Law Abuzer
8 - Shokker
9 - Alrite With The Boyz
10 - Wreckless


Personnel;

Rocky Shades - Vocals
Lance Rocket - Guitar
Marc Angel - Bass
Eddie Starr - Drums

Cats In Boots - Kicked & Klawed

Kicked & Klawed is the debut album for Cats In Boots, a Japanese/American Hair Metal/Sleaze band. The album managed to get to number 3 on the Japanese charts. The album was released sometime in mid 1989. It's a solid album with many good songs but unfortunately wasn't as commercially popular as other albums from more established Hair Metal bands at the time. A Very underrated album which is definitely worth a delve into.


Tracklist;


1 - Shot Gun Sally
2 - Nine Lives (Save Me)
3 - Her Monkey
4 - Whip It Out
5 - Long, Long Way From Home
6 - Coast To Coast
7 - Every Sunrise
8 - Evil Angel
9 - Bad Boys Are Back
10 - Judas Kiss
11 - Heaven On A Heartbeat


Personnel;

Joe Ellis - Vocals
Takashi O'Hashi - Guitar
Yasuhiro Hatae - Bass
Randy Meers - Drums

XYZ - XYZ

On October the 17th in 1989 XYZ released their debut eponymous album. The album was an okay success charting at 99 in the US Billboard 200. The album featured two hits; "Inside Out" & "What Keeps Me Loving You".


Tracklist;


1 - Maggy
2 - Inside Out
3 - What Keeps Me Loving You
4 - Wake What You Can
5 - Follow The Night
6 - Come On N' Love Me
7 - Souvenirs
8 - Tied Up
9 - Nice Day To Die
10 - After The Rain


Personnel;

Terry Ilous - Vocals
Marc Richard Diglio - Guitar
Patrick Fontaine - Bass
Paul Monroe - Drums

Black 'N Blue - Black 'N Blue

Black 'N Blue is the debut eponymous album for Black 'N Blue. Released sometime in August 1984. The album features Tommy Thayer on Guitar and probably one of their best songs (And most successful) "Hold On to 18".


Tracklist;


1 - The Strong Will Rock
2 - School of Hard Knocks
3 - Autoblast
4 - Hold On To 18
5 - Wicked Bitch
6 - Action
7 - Show Me The Night
8 - One For The Money
9 - I'm The King
10 - Chains Around Heaven


Personnel;

Jaime St. James - Vocals
Tommy Thayer - Guitar
Jeff "Woop" Warner - Guitar
Patrick Young - Bass
Pete Holmes - Drums

Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When It's Over

Wake Me When It's Over is the 2nd studio album by the band Faster Pussycat. Slightly moving away from their previous Hair Metal sound and going into more of a Blues Rock influenced sound. Released on September the 6th in 1989. The album lasts for just over an hour and features the hit song "House Of Pain".
 

Tracklist;


1 - Where There's A Whip, There's A Way
2 - Little Dove
3 - Poison Ivy
4 - House Of Pain
5 - Gonna Walk
6 - Pulling Weeds
7 - Slip Of The Tongue
8 - Cryin' Shame
9 - Tattoo
10 - Ain't No Way Around It
11 - Arizona Indian Doll
12 -Please Dear


Personnel;

Taime Downe - Vocals
Greg Steele - Guitar & Piano
Brent Muscat - Guitar
Eric Stacy - Bass
MArk Michals - Drums

Babylon A.D. - Babylon A.D.

Babylon A.D. is the eponymous debut album released in 1989 (September 1st?) by the band... Babylon A.D.
The song "The Kid Goes Wild" was featured in Robocop 2, the music video for the song features Robo-Cop.


Tracklist;


1 - Bang Go The Bells
2 - Hammer Swings Down
3 - Caught Up In The Crossfire
4 - Desperate
5 - The Kid Goes Wild
6 - Shot o' Love
7 - Maryanne
8 - Back In Babylon
9 - Sweet Temptation
10 - Sally Danced


Personnel;

Derek Davis - Vocals
Ron Freschi - Guitar
Dan De La Rosa - Guitar
Robb Reid - Bass
JAmey Pacheco - Drums

Damn Yankees - Damn Yankees

On February the 22nd in 1990 Damn Yankees released their eponymous debut album. Consisting of Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw (Styx), Jack Blades (Night Ranger) & Michael Cartellone (Accept & Lynyrd Skynyrd). The album managed to go double platinum. The release of this album helped to revive the career of Ted Nugent.

Tracklist;

1 - Bad Reputation
2 - Coming Of Age
3 - Runaway
4 - High Enough
5 - Damn Yankees
6 - Come Again
7 - Mystified
8 - Rock City
9 - Tell Me How You Want It
10 - Piledriver


Personnel;

Tommy Shaw - Vocals
Ted Nugent - Guitar
Jack Blades - Bass
Michael Castellone - Drums

Bonfire - Point Blank

Point Blank is the third studio album released by the band Bonfire, it was released on October the 3rd in 1989. Bonfire had originally recorded 30 songs for this album but eventually settled on 17.


1 - Bang Down The Door
2 - Waste No Time
3 - Hard On Me
4 - Why Is It Never Enough?
5 - Tony's Roulette
6 - Minestrone
7 - You're Back
8 - Look Of Love
9 - The Price Of Loving You
10 - Freedom Is My Belief
11 - Gimme Some
12 - Say Goodbye
13 - Never Surrender
14 - (20th Century) Youth Patrol
15 - Jungle Call
16 - Know Right Now
17 -  Who's Foolin' Who?


Personnel;

Claus Lessmann - Vocals
Angel Schleifer - Guitar
Joerg Deisinger - Bass
Edgar Patrik - Drums

Arcade - Arcade

In 1992 Stephen Pearcy (RATT) & Fred Coury (Cinderella) formed a band called Arcade. This is their debut album released sometime in April 1993.
The album didn't do too well selling just over 100,000 copies in the US.



Tracklist;

1 - Dancin' With The Angels
2 - Nothin' To Lose
3 - Calm Before The Storm
4 - Cry No More
5 - Screamin' S.O.S.
6 - Never Goin' Home
7 - Messed Up World
8 - All Shook Up
9 - So Good... So Bad...
10 - Livin' Dangerously
11 - Sons & Daughters
12 -Mother Blues


Personnel;

Stephen Pearcy - Vocals
Frankie Wilsex - Guitar
Donny Syracuse - Guitar
Michael Andrews - Bass
Fred Coury - Drums

21 Guns - Salute

Salute is the debut album by 21 Guns, an AOR band from the early 90s. Coming out sometime during July in 1992.


Tracklist;

1 - Knee Deep
2 - These Eyes
3 - Walking
4 - Marching In Time
5 - The Rain
6 - Little Sister
7 - Pays Off Big
8 - Just A Wish
9 - Battered & Bruised
10 - Jungleland
11 - Tell Me
12 - No Way Out


Personnel;

Thomas La Verdi - Vocals
Scott Gorham - Guitar
Leif Johansen - Bass
Mike Sturgis - Drums