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I read in one of the old metal mags too that he claimed Poison wrote Something to Believe in because of the influence WS was having in metal.

Okaaaaaaaaaaaay.

Dark Horseman wrote:

I read in one of the old metal mags too that he claimed Poison wrote Something to Believe in because of the influence WS was having in metal.

Okaaaaaaaaaaaay.

That's a new one on me. Kory Clarke may be delusional, but he's always entertaining!!!

Good article on both KISS' Elder and the Warrior Soul piece. And that new WS album cover is terrible. My 5 year old son could've done a better job.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

And that new WS album cover is terrible. My 5 year old son could've done a better job.

Yeah, it's awful isn't it? Looks like it was done in Microsoft Paint.

Fat Freddy wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

And that new WS album cover is terrible. My 5 year old son could've done a better job.

Yeah, it's awful isn't it? Looks like it was done in Microsoft Paint.

I understand that in this day and age, artists/labels don't have the budgets like in the good old days and people don't care about albums cover like they used to, but that's just piss-poor.

That cover sucks, I wonder Kory Clarke will blame the lack luster artwork on Axl Rose

...aaaaand another new one!! I've got a couple of these "Forgotten Hard Rock Albums" entries in various stages of completion so I figured it was about time I started finishing some of'em and throwin' em out there. Don't be surprised if there are another one or two of these over the next week or so.



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About time UKJ got some love! Great review.

jettafiend wrote:

About time UKJ got some love! Great review.

Thanks man. I've always felt that the band, and that album in particular, is underrated as hell.

Fat Freddy wrote:

jettafiend wrote:

About time UKJ got some love! Great review.

Thanks man. I've always felt that the band, and that album in particular, is underrated as hell.

I agree. I thought that "Motel California" is pure crap but Menace is great. I love the song Milkman's Son, it has a fantastic hook and the lyrics are pretty decent. I have not owned that album in years, I will have to buy it and spin it again.

Yea, "Motel..." never did much for me either but the previous two UKJ albums (and the debut EP) are solid stuff.

I gave a listen to their new EP on YouTube last night and it sounds pretty good too. Whit's got a bit of a Bon Scott/Ozzy vibe to his voice nowadays.

I will give it a spin, I heard the single and it was pretty good. It sounded like UKJ to me.

I've never even seen that album.

My old roommate used to play that album (along with the rest of UKJ's catalog) all the time. I never thought much of it, but I believe a few tunes wound up on their greatest hits album.

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I've never even seen that album.

Not surprising. When it came out in 1995 it sold about a dozen copies, one of which was to me...and MG71's roommate must've got one, too.

I posted this link on Ugly Kid Joe's Facebook page last night... I'm half expecting the band to reply, "So YOU'RE the guy who bought this album? We thought you were just a legend!"

Geez, it's been almost a month since I last published a new Hub. Time to get things goin' again, cuz I want to have a total of 100 entries by the end of this year.

Anywhoo, today I present a new installment of "Forgotten Hard Rock Albums" and this time the lucky recipient is Dee Snider's Widowmaker and their 1992 debut Blood & Bullets. Check it out, yo.



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So I'm in a writing mood this week, cuz this is my 2nd new Hub in 48 hours..... here's my take on the new KISS album.

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Great Widowmaker review. I enjoyed B&B, like you say, could've been a TS album and better then the last couple by TS. Not a real fan of the direction on the next album.

Dark Horseman wrote:

Great Widowmaker review. I enjoyed B&B, like you say, could've been a TS album and better then the last couple by TS. Not a real fan of the direction on the next album.

Thanx man, glad you dug it.

I hadn't heard the second Widowmaker album in dog years, but I gave it a listen on Spotify while I was writing that piece, just for comparison's sake (I traded away my CD copy years ago)... it was slightly better than I remembered, but I still prefer Blood & Bullets by a wide margin. Stand By For Pain sounded a lil' too contrived, like Dee was purposely tryin' to "modernize" his sound for the "aggro" 90s... It didn't sound "natural" like B&B did.

Nice reviews. Monster is a strong album that's getting a lot of play from me.


Widowmaker's eopnymous tune used to get a lot of airplay around here and I was able to find a great used copy of Blood & Bullets a few years later. Very enjoyable album. I have yet to hear one note off Stand By For Pain.

That Widowmaker review has inspired me to pull out my copy and give it a fresh spin. It's been awhile. I've never heard the follow-up, Stand By For Pain.

So was that Desperado album ever released anywhere, bootleg or otherwise?

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So was that Desperado album ever released anywhere, bootleg or otherwise?

It finally got a legit release in '06 or '07 under the title Ace on Cleopatra Records.

Amazon also shows a 1997 version under the original Bloodied, But Unbowed title on "Destroyer Records" (?), I remember seeing that one at some record shows/stores back in the late '90s but they were always too expensive for my blood. It was hyped as a "special limited edition" and rumor had it at the time that they were bootlegs produced by Dee himself, dunno how true that is though.

New one!



I stumbled across the trailer for the upcoming "Silent Night" (a supposedly "loose" remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night") this evening on YouTube, and it inspired my newest blog about Christmas releated horror flicks... hope y'all dig..

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Time for another "Forgotten Hard Rock Albums" entry... and the lucky winners this time are Savatage.


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Dang! I haven't posted a new Hub in over a month! Time to get the train rollin' again with a Metal Preview for the first quarter of 2013.


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