VA - Hollywood Rocks [2005] (4 x CDs)

HOLLYWOOD ROCKS

VA - Hollywood Rocks [2005] (4 x CDs)

2003 saw the release of the book Hollywood Rocks -- a 208-pager that documents the wild and crazy days of the west coast glam metal movement circa the 1980s. Two years later, the folks at Cleopatra/Deadline Records have compiled a four-disc follow-up to the book, Hollywood Rocks: Audio Companion. If you're looking to relive the days or yore or are simply a newcomer to the genre, this 78-track set is quite a mammoth find. But be forewarned -- if you're expecting tracks from such leaders of the pack as Guns N' Roses and Mötley Crüe, you're out of luck (although there is a track from the pre-G N' R, Axl Rose-led Hollywood Rose). Also, for the most part, Hollywood Rocks focuses on demos and uncommon versions -- hence, the sound quality isn't always the best. Regardless, the box remains highly recommended for those who were part of the Aqua Net set. Kicking things off with a track from the aforementioned Hollywood Rose ("Killing Time"), the first disc, which covers the early '80s, proves to be the best of the bunch. After all, it includes tracks by such recognizable names as Ratt ("In Your Direction"), Dokken ("It's Not Love"), W.A.S.P. ("Animal"), and Quiet Riot ("Let's Get Crazy"). But if you were a reader of such esteemed metal publications as Hit Parader back in the '80s, there was a multitude of bands you read about, but in the pre-Internet/download days, probably never actually heard. The problem is now corrected once and for all, as evidenced by the inclusion of tracks by Steeler (which included singer Ron Keel), Odin, Sound Barrier (an all-black metal band that predated Living Colour by several years), and London. Expectedly, the last disc -- which documents the early '90s -- is the weakest of the bunch (the era was littered with copycat bands). And if the music on this comp isn't enough, also included is an extensive booklet that gives the history on each and every band included. (AMG review by Greg Prato)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Hollywood Rose - Killing Time 3:34

02 Hellion - Run For Your Life 4:33

03 Mickey Rat - Dr. Rock 2:42

04 Plain Jane - Time Warp 3:38

05 Candy - Whatever Happened To Fun 3:50

06 Steeler - Cold Day In Hell 4:11

07 Dokken - It's Not Love 5:20

08 W.A.S.P. - Fuck Like A Beast 3:09

09 Black 'n Blue - Hold On To 18 4:30

10 Joneses - Looks So Good 2:56

11 Zeros - Kokomo Joe 3:00

12 Quiet Riot - Let's Get Crazy 3:59

13 Armored Saint - No Reason To Live 4:03

14 Ratt - In Your Direction 3:46

15 Bitch - Be My Slave 4:41

16 Kery Doll - Too Good For Heaven 2:36

17 Warrant - Last Action Hero 3:47

18 Sin - Break Down The Walls (that Stop The Rock) 3:57

19 Xciter - Sleepless Nights 4:18

CD2

01 Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In 3:08

02 Lizzy Borden - American Metal 5:54

03 L.A.Guns (with Paul Black) - Roll The Dice 3:52

04 Stryper - To Hell With The Devil 4:08

05 Great White - Down On Your Knees 3:52

06 Demolition Galore - Bulimia Babe 2:57

07 Harlow - Rock The Box 3:07

08 Slut - Dr. Monster 2:24

09 L.A.Guns (with Phil Lewis) - Electric Gypsy 3:25

10 Decry - Dead End Zone 2:26

11 Nitro - Bitch On My Back 2:56

12 Faster Pussycat - Babylon 3:19

13 Rough Cut - Hold On 4:02

14 Tuff - Sinner Street 3:21

15 Odin - 12 O'clock High 3:03

16 Salty Dog - Strong Medication 4:33

17 Sound Barrier - Gladiator 3:50

18 Ww Iii - Love You To Death 4:52

19 Rock City Angels - Hush Child 3:16

20 Sea Hags - Doghouse 5:41

CD3

01 Keel - The Right To Rock (live) 5:32

02 Jailhouse - The Innocent 4:46

03 London - Rainbow Bar & Girls 3:53

04 Cherry Street - Hellraiser 3:18

05 Junkyard - Hollywood 3:02

06 China - Love In Cold Blood 3:17

07 Bang Tango - Someone Like You 4:26

08 Black Cherry - Fading Away 4:34

09 King Kobra - Mean Street Machine 4:28

10 Motorcycle Boy - Cat’s Paw 2:02

11 Tommi Gunn - Rip, Rattle And Roll 3:37

12 Stars From Mars - We Got Tonight 4:13

13 Cats In Boots - Her Monkey 4:02

14 Lions & Ghosts - Meteor Boy 4:07

15 Angora - Hey Operator 3:46

16 Virgin - I’m No Angel 3:32

17 Hangmen - Desperation Town (live) 3:09

18 XYZ - Inside Out 3:46

19 Kills For Thrills - Commercial Suicide 5:15

20 D'molls - Action 3:12

CD4

01 Electric Angels - Def Generation 4:19

02 Burning Tree - Planned Disaster 4:12

03 Jetboy - Feel The Shake 4:21

04 Bing Bang Babies - 8 Arms 3:24

05 Lypswitch - Sexx On The Sun 4:10

06 Syanide Kick - Hollywood Angel 3:59

07 Darling Cruel - Changed 3:30

08 Saigon Saloon - Days Gone By 3:07

09 Rebel Rebel - Tonight's Your Night To Rock & Roll 3:48

10 Spiders & Snakes - California Slide 4:31

11 Hardly Dangerous - Take Me To The Mountain 4:57

12 Skull - I Like My Music Loud 3:25

13 Yesterday's Tear - Cold 3:42

14 Pretty Boy Floyd - Shut Up! 3:56

15 Blackboard Jungle - Chicago 4:29

16 Love; Hate - Wish It Was Summer 4:37

17 Mondo Cane - High On A Dream 5:41

18 Fizzy Bangers - Hai Karate 2:26

19 Alleycat Scratch - Take A Bite Outta Me 3:28

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