Picked up a few CDs today... what'cha think?

So today (being payday and all), I decided to splurge a bit and get my music fix, so I popped on in at the local FYE and snagged...

Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
Vains of Jenna - Lit Up/Let Down
Winger - IV

I'm just now starting to listen to Tesla.

VoJ is awesome, I've already listened to the whole CD. I frequently check the FYE here (it's half the size of most of their stores) for new hair metal stuff, but they never have any of'em. I wasn't even looking for them this time, but it caught my eye while digging through the CDs.

IV is good, I've heard a few tracks online before, and they were good enough alone to make it worth the purchase.

VAINS is great!!!

If you dig hair/sleaze metal and are looking for some new titles to check into here are a few cool bands I've been turned on to or discovered.

STAR RATS
MISS CRAZY
JOKER FIVE SPEED

Shiney wrote:

STAR RATS
MISS CRAZY
JOKER FIVE SPEED

Thanks! I have a huge list of new sleaze & hair acts I'd like to check out, but most of them are only available online at pretty high prices.

Good picks on Tesla and Winger. You can't go wrong with either band. IV is a really good album, but Pull remains Winger's best.

you don't wanna know what I think...

Mechanical Resonance is an awesome selection.I've never heard of Vains of Jenna. I haven't heard Winger IV but agree with Eyesore on Pull-a great release

Mechanical Resonance kicks some serious arse and has stood the test of time rather than some of the other bands they were wrongfully thrown into in '86.

Never knew Winger issued another album after Pull...If its anything like Pull, I gats to pick her up.

you should have already owned that Tesla disc. shame on you!

Tight N' Steel wrote:

Mechanical Resonance kicks some serious arse and has stood the test of time rather than some of the other bands they were wrongfully thrown into in '86.

Never knew Winger issued another album after Pull...If its anything like Pull, I gats to pick her up.

Check out "The Great Escape" here:

http://www.myspace.com/wingertheband

And then listen to a medly of tunes here:

http://www.myspace.com/cenkeroglu

Winger also released a 2CD demos/rarities collection recently.

Tesla kicks ass.

Eyesore wrote:

Good picks on Tesla and Winger. You can't go wrong with either band. IV is a really good album, but Pull remains Winger's best.

Agreed.

Great picks on Tesla and Vains of Jenna,havent heard the Winger.The Tesla is a classic

Cheers Eyesore...those Winger tunes are bloody decent.

Tesla and Winger are good picks!
The new Winger is very solid and enjoyable.

Eyesore wrote:

Good picks on Tesla and Winger. You can't go wrong with either band. IV is a really good album, but Pull remains Winger's best.

I love 'Down Incognito' from Pull, but that's all I've ever heard from it. One of these days I'll finally snatch it from my CD Universe wishlist.

mc666 wrote:

you should have already owned that Tesla disc. shame on you!

Hey, I'm not one of you old-timers who GREW UP with this stuff and owned the album since the day it was released!

I've always heard good things about Resonance, but for some reason I just never got around to picking it up, even though I love Great Radio Controversy & Into the Now. Looking forward to their new cover album.

Metal Misfit wrote:

Thanks! I have a huge list of new sleaze & hair acts I'd like to check out, but most of them are only available online at pretty high prices.

You might also want to check out CRASHDIET (their "Rest In Sleaze" album from a few years ago sounds like it fell out a time machine straight outta 1988!) and HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, two killer 80s style sleaze/glam bands from Sweden, if you haven't already.

Metal Misfit wrote:

Hey, I'm not one of you old-timers who GREW UP with this stuff and owned the album since the day it was released!

I've always heard good things about Resonance, but for some reason I just never got around to picking it up, even though I love Great Radio Controversy & Into the Now. Looking forward to their new cover album.

Bust A Nut and Psychotic Supper are both awesome, as well. And Five Man Acoustical jam is one of the best live albums you'll ever hear. Seriously, Tesla are simply one of the most underrated rock bands ever.

If you're a Def Leppard fan at all, and know Steve Clark's playing style, you've really got to hear "Song & Emotion" off of Psychotic Supper. The song gives me chills every time I hear it.

'Some And Emotion' indeed...I'm a DJ and play it for the slow shite before Du Hast or something...ppl dig it haven't heard a complaint to throw on some Hinder (gimmie a break like I'd play/own that) or anything...

TESLA baby

AchrisK wrote:

you don't wanna know what I think...

Yah, I second that.

I've never heard VoJ. But I've never really been a fan of Winger or Tesla. I used to own a Tesla record, but traded it in. I'm more of an extreme metal fan; I'm pretty picky about hair metal stuff--like Nu-Metal or Metalcore, it has to be pretty special (and pretty heavy) before I'll bother with it.


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Great Tesla album. Have not heard the others