Customer Reviews

Screwed Blued & Tatooed

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I love the 80's heavy metal scene. I had never heard of this band but took a flyer on this album in the bargain bin of my local record shop. Boy, I should have bought this when it came out. The title track has the heavy stomp you love and expect from the 80's groups. The whole album is strong and tight. Definitely a must have for you Hair-Freaks...like me.

This is one of the best glam rock/hair metal bands from the 80's, and this CD proves it. A must have if you dig 80's hair bands.

The sleeze beez are one of my favorite bands of all time. I am very surprised that this band didn't go huge. If you are a fan of 80's hard rock I know that you will like this album. The best song on this album is ''stranger than paradise'' but every song is a tune killer

Hard rock 80's metal at the best. Too bad that this band was just a blink at the end of the 80's, maybe they were at the wrong place at the wrong time.

They played damn good and this cd is as fun as any Motley, Poison or Ratt cd is.

I don't know too much about this band. As long as I know they are from East Europe and they changed the vocalist before this album went out. I know that this is the most "easylistening" cd that they released , too. Some son of #/&%$ stole my cd collection 5 years ago and I used to have a live album which is much more harder than this.

The songs are straight and they don't try to be perfect, they are just fun. Rock in the western world has a great sound to start any concert, Screwed blue'n'tattoed is great, Stranger than paradise is the best song in the cd (they even made a video), very much like a Bon Leppard song, Heroes die young is very similar to any Great White song and the (let's not forget the ballad) slow song for the cd is This time is as good as any Winger or Poison ballad.

If you like to hear something new that is a little bit old, stop looking, this is it.

Highlighths: Stranger than paradise, Rock in the western world, Heroes Die Young.
Lowlights: Maybe that the band couldn't last long enough to make it.

As stated in the previous reviews, this is a great cd with lot's of guitar and vocals. I believe the singer was once a contender to front the mighty Van Halen camp so that alone should give you an idea of the caliber this band punches. They have recently covered a cool version of the Journey song "Faithfuly" In regards to the Screwed Blue cd, my favorites are pretty much the whole disc, but Heroes die Young, stranger than paradise, this time, Rock in the western World, and of course, Screwed Blue are highlights.

Despite their name, Dutch band Sleeze Beez had more in common with arena rocking bands like Def Leppard and AC/DC than with Faster Pussycat, Pretty Boy Floyd, and other sleaze rock bands. I actually avoided this band for a long time thinking they were going to be too sleazy for my tastes. What a cool surprise this band turned out to be.

1990's Screwed, Blued and Tattooed is the band's debut, and it's a totally fun rock & roll album. Sleeze Beez take the basic Sunset Strip hair metal formula and give it the kind of polish and class that only a European band can provide for a very melodic, very rockin' end result. It's like Def Leppard's arena rocking sound with just enough barroom rock appeal to give it some edge. The melodies are great, the rhythms are easy to nod your head to, and the songs are made for singing/shouting along.

If you're looking for true sleaze rock, I don't think this band qualifies. If however, you're a big fan of the 80's hair metal scene and are looking for another cool melodic rock album, you'll want to check out some Sleez Beez. Their 1992 album Powertool is probably the better album, but this is a good starting point.

Edition Notes: Wounded Bird reissued Screwed, Blued and Tattooed in 2008. Like all Wounded Bird reissues, the album has not been remastered (and this one really could have used it) and there is no bonus material. It's nice to see the album back in print, but given how easy (and cheap) it is to find used copies of the original release I have to wonder why they bothered reissuing it when they could have done everyone a favor and reissued their hard-to-find 3rd album Insanity Beach.

Screwed Blued and Tattooed is a great album! If you like the 80's feel of hair bands, then you will enjoy listening too the Sleeze Beez. Just your good old 80's style Rock-N-Roll.

Another band that came in a little too late. This album rocks and is nothing short of fun. A lot of catchy hook laden rockers here. "Stranger than Paradise" is a great some. The title track rocks, and so does the rest of the CD. I bought this album when it came out and never regretted it. If they would have came out in 87 they would have been huge. A must have for any hair metal fan.

Sleez Beez was another hair band that represented the tail end of the 80's hair metal era.This album has a number of good songs on it including the excellent,"Stranger than Paradise" which is the best song on here along with the title track,"Screwed blue and Tattooed" and "When the brains go to the Balls" which packs a pretty good punch and was one of the few high points on this album.As for the rest of the CD,the songs are just OK,but not great.It was a bit over the top for my taste and seemed a bit stale as if they were in a hurry to release this album.The second album,Powertool is actually a better album even though it was largely ignored because of the grunge rock movement.

I bought this album for the excellent "Stranger Than Paradise", which is possibly the best 80's hair band song you've never heard - a fun, catchy tune with great group vocals on the chorus, stoopid lyrics, and equal parts crunch and melody. The one thing that partially separates it from the chaff is the guitar solo. The first part is done on mandolin, the second on typical loud electric guitar. Unfortunately, it's the only good tune on an otherwise generic CD. The titles say it all "When The Brains Go To The Balls", "Girls Girls, Nasty Nasty"...you get the picture.