VARIOUS ARTISTS
Monster Madness (Razor & Tie)
Reviewed by John Sekerka

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Glam bam thank you ma'am metal ruled the postered bedroom walls of peachfuzzed high school bad boys in the late eighties, and here's the proof. Lock the door, slip this disc in, jump on the bed and get set for an hour's worth of extreme air guitar. All the hits, with none of the filler (ballads, eh?). The screeching falsettos, the thundering drum rolls (atop risers of course), and the blistering guitar solos bring it all back like an ice-cream migraine. It hurts, and it hurts real good. "Dr. Feelgood," "I Wanna Rock," "Bang Your Head"--they just don't write 'em like that anymore. Long live Motley Riot and Twisted Row!

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