{"id":21515,"date":"2012-08-20T08:14:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T13:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=21515"},"modified":"2013-02-05T16:19:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T21:19:31","slug":"murder-bay-never-was-an-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2012\/murder-bay-never-was-an-angel\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder Bay | Never Was an Angel<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Justin Gaines<\/span>
\n– News Editor —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"It seems like every year enterprising labels manage to dig up previously unreleased material from lesser known \u201880s rock bands. More often than not, you can tell right away why no one had released it until now. The Eonian label has earned a reputation for putting out some real gems though, and their Murder Bay collection Never Was an Angel<\/em> is no exception.<\/p>\n

Murder Bay was active in the late \u201880s and early \u201890s, and while they hailed from San Francisco, their sound was way more suited to the Hollywood hair metal scene. The term \u201cshould have been huge\u201d gets tossed around pretty casually, but in Murder Bay\u2019s case it really does apply. This is a band that should have been all over radio and MTV in the early \u201890s. Maybe not Poison or Warrant huge, but they should have at least got the coverage bands like Danger Danger and Trixter got. Murder Bay\u2019s sound was an almost perfect slice of hair metal. Not too obnoxious (they did innuendo but never wrote songs about their junk), not too twangy, not too AOR \u2013 it\u2019s the sweet spot between Warrant, Steelheart and Y&T (who had to be a huge influence on the band). Their songs have catchy hooks, simple and infectious melodies, choruses that are easy to sing along with, and a nice hard rocking backbone \u2013 pretty much everything good about the old hair metal days and none of the cheese.<\/p>\n

Never Was an Angel<\/em> contains Murder Bay\u2019s 1990 demo recordings, presented on CD for the first time. The songs have all been remastered, and sound terrific. Honestly, you never get the impression that you\u2019re listening to demos here. There are also nice liner notes with vintage photos and band info. It\u2019s the kind of great looking and great sounding collection we\u2019ve come to expect from Eonian.<\/p>\n

If you still spin your old Ratt and White Lion CD’s on a regular basis, you definitely want to pick up Never Was an Angel<\/em>. Murder Bay is a band that just about any fan of the hair metal heyday needs to hear, even if it is coming 20+ years later.<\/p>\n

Genre: Hard Rock, Hair Metal, Melodic Rock<\/p>\n

Band:
\nJohn Link (d) (v)
\nBobby Reid (b) (v)
\nPaul Trombetta (v)
\nMichael Karafilis (g) (v)<\/p>\n

Track Listing:
\n1.\tLand of Plenty
\n2.\tHoney Child
\n3.\tOutta Line
\n4.\tUltraglide
\n5.\tSimple Man
\n6.\tDirty Work
\n7.\tNever Was an Angel
\n8.\tWhat\u2019s Good for You
\n9.\tLong Time Comin\u2019
\n10.\tKeep Me in Mind
\n11.\tGot No Business
\n12.\tAround Again
\n13.\tSong?<\/p>\n

Label: Eonian<\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 8.5\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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