VA - Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip 2022

Исполнитель: VA
Альбом: Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip
Жанр: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Год: 2022
Страна: International
Лейбл: Numero Group
Формат: FLAC (tracks)
Official DR value: DR11
Разрядность: 24bit / 44.1kHz Stereo
Размер: 961 MB
Источник: qobuz
Залито на: XFile (tracks)

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In the year 2022, when most of the players and original fans of early '80s metal are nearing retirement age, Glam Rocker costumes can be found on the racks at Spirit Halloween, and there are approximately a squillion playlists of the same-old "Hair Metal Hits," what in the name of the Rainbow Bar & Grill could another collection of hard-rocking cuts from L.A.'s post-'70s rock 'n' roll renaissance have to offer?

As usual, the folks at Numero Group have found an angle—what the L.A. metal scene had to offer at a very particular moment in time: 1982, the exact midpoint between 1977, when Van Halen signed with Warner Bros. and basically provided a template for slightly sleazy, guitar-forward heavy metal, and 1987's release of Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction, which represented both the apex of the form as well as a reversion to rock 'n' roll-first principles. While in 1982 there were some post-Van Halen L.A. bands who were making a name for themselves, they were mostly doing so outside of Southern California (Quiet Riot's first two albums, featuring Randy Rhoads, were only released in Japan, while Dokken's first album came out on a French label), as the center of gravity in hard rock and heavy metal was still in the U.K. and Europe. Which left the L.A. club scene in kind of a wild limbo. The scores of bands in the region worked in different shades of hard rock and metal, but there was no real distinction between "real" metal and "hair" metal, since all were trying to be as loud and menacingly spectacular as possible: sometimes that meant lots of hairspray; other times that meant whips and chains on stage; often it meant both. This collection documents this period via tracks that are formative themselves–demos, small-run singles, compilation tracks, and other oddities.

To casual fans of the genre, only a few names here will ring any bells—Armored Saint is the most well-known, but others, like Steeler, Rough Cutt, and Lizzy Borden, will also be familiar—but, given that this scene is known almost as much for its bands' ever-shifting revolving-door lineups as it is for its Aqua Net bills, there are innumerable connections and intertwined histories. And since most of these players were natives of the L.A. suburbs (the rest were recent transplants from points east and north), with roots in bands that stretch back to the mid-'70s, they maintained a sense of rooted interconnectedness that the mid-'80s transplants were completely lacking.

That also meant that "the scene" wasn't just based in the legendary Sunset Strip clubs like the Troubadour, Gazzarri's, and the Whisky a Go Go, but also suburban venues in Anaheim, Pasadena, and the Valley. By focusing in on a clutch of groups who were making waves (of various sizes) during a single year, Bound for Hell does a remarkable job of demonstrating just how exciting and risky it all sounded at the time. And since no one band had yet to completely break through to widespread acclaim (Quiet Riot, Dokken, and Mötley Crüe would all do so in 1983; Ratt would bust open the floodgates in 1984), the sound is much less homogenous than one would imagine. From the weirdo rockism of Reddi Killowatt and the thundering metal of Armored Saint to the crackling snarl of Bitch's "Damnation Alley" and the punchy grind of Odin's "Judgement Day" (yes, the same Odin that embarrassed itself a few years later in a hot tub in Penelope Spheeris' Decline of Western Civilization, Part II), there's a range of stylistic approaches to "metal'' here that may surprise modern listeners, but won't be much of a shock to those who remember just how unpredictable and thrilling this scene was at its peak.

© Jason Ferguson/Qobuz

Трэклист:

01. Stormer - Going To The City
02. L.A. Rocks - Cocaine
03. Max Havoc - Bound For Hell
04. Jaded Lady - Rock 'N' Roll Ain't Pretty
05. Steeler - Ready To Explode
06. Lizzy Borden - No Time To Lose
07. Sin - On The Run
08. Black 'N Blue - Give Em the Old 1, 2, 3
09. Bitch - Damnation Alley
10. Romeo - Feeling To Rock
11. V.V.S.I. - Savage Kind Of Girl
12. Hellion - Up From The Depths
13. Angeles - Blade Of Steel
14. Knightmare II - Cold Reception
15. WITCH - Cinderella (In Black Leather)
16. Reddi Killowatt - Liquid Lady
17. Armored Saint - Lesson Well Learned
18. Leather Angel - We Came To Kill
19. Rough Cutt - Take It Or Leave It
20. Lisa Baker - Fool Of Lies
21. Odin - Judgement Day

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Analyzed: Angeles / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (1)
Armored Saint / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (2)
Bitch / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (3)
Black 'N Blue / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (4)
Hellion / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (5)
Jaded Lady / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (6)
Knightmare II / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (7)
L.A. Rocks / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (8)
Leather Angel / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (9)
Lisa Baker / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (10)
Lizzy Borden / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (11)
Max Havoc / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (12)
Odin / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (13)
Reddi Killowatt / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (14)
Romeo / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (15)
Rough Cutt / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (16)
Sin / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (17)
Steeler / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (18)
Stormer / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (19)
V.V.S.I. / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (20)
WITCH / Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip (21)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -0.54 dB -13.74 dB 4:07 13-Blade Of Steel
DR11 -1.62 dB -14.01 dB 2:53 17-Lesson Well Learned
DR12 -1.54 dB -14.75 dB 4:03 09-Damnation Alley
DR12 -0.54 dB -14.20 dB 3:54 08-Give Em the Old 1, 2, 3
DR12 -0.57 dB -13.76 dB 5:29 12-Up From The Depths
DR11 -0.88 dB -14.14 dB 3:22 04-Rock 'N' Roll Ain't Pretty
DR13 -0.54 dB -14.71 dB 3:20 14-Cold Reception
DR12 -0.56 dB -14.41 dB 4:29 02-Cocaine
DR12 -0.53 dB -13.82 dB 3:55 18-We Came To Kill
DR12 -0.54 dB -13.75 dB 3:52 20-Fool Of Lies
DR11 -0.73 dB -14.76 dB 2:35 06-No Time To Lose
DR12 -0.55 dB -14.11 dB 3:31 03-Bound For Hell
DR11 -0.55 dB -12.88 dB 3:51 21-Judgement Day
DR13 -0.69 dB -14.45 dB 4:09 16-Liquid Lady
DR12 -0.54 dB -13.76 dB 4:22 10-Feeling To Rock
DR11 -1.00 dB -13.78 dB 3:02 19-Take It Or Leave It
DR11 -0.72 dB -13.64 dB 5:18 07-On The Run
DR10 -1.88 dB -13.55 dB 3:45 05-Ready To Explode
DR11 -0.54 dB -13.16 dB 2:52 01-Going To The City
DR10 -1.79 dB -13.02 dB 3:32 11-Savage Kind Of Girl
DR11 -0.71 dB -13.09 dB 3:37 15-Cinderella (In Black Leather)
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Number of tracks: 21
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1791 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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