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Shooting Gallery

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I'm owned this cd since it came out and all I can hear is Dave Tregunna kick ass basslines, Andy McCoy's atomic guitar and some major adrenalin ricocheting of off some drummer I never even heard of until I brought this cd.... THE BASSLINES KICKASS ON THIS ALBUM!!!! Dave is a very underated bassist who not only plays very creative basslines but is also able to sing some great backups as well and I needn't say anything about Andy his playin speaks for itself. Billy's voice is fine. So what he doesn't tend to take one direction when he sings. I happen to like that about him. There isn't a bad song on this album. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND BUY THIS CD!

Well, I own about 80% of Andy McCoys material and love it all, I love this one as well, I just wish I did the singing for it, I have a hard time listening to music when the singing isn't up to par in my book so it doesn't get played too much. Luv U Andy! Keep Rockin'

Anyone who says this album is mediocre or no good doesn't really know Andy McCoy style. It's harder than Hanoi (HUGE Hanoi fan for 22 years now) but I love it! My fave songs are "Teenage Breakdown" and "Dandelion". Dandelion is a bit suggestive but the music is incredible! Teenage Breakdown has a bridge that is so awesome....!! I'm jsut sorry tht the US doesn't seem to care about music that's this good. If you like straight forward rock n' roll with a touch of a sleaze in the voclas, then this cd is for you.

Great album from Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy. From the frantic "Teenage Breakdown", the groove of "Little Bit of Magic" or even Hanoi's "Don't You Never Leave Me", there is not one bad song on this C.D. I actually prefer the arrangement of "Don't You Never Leave Me", to the original. A must for any Hanoi fan and/or 80s rock fan.

Truth to tell, this isn't the worst rock record I've ever heard, or even the worst hair metal album. But it's no great shakes either. Andy McCoy's songs aren't bad, but they sound a bit formulaic, as if he just turned on the McCoy Songwriting Machine and cranked 'em out. (Except Hanoi's "Don't You Never Leave Me," of course. I guess he's determined to get a hit out of that song somehow.) They're certainly not as good as his Hanoi Rocks tunes. The biggest problem is vocalist billy g. bang! (that's how he spells it), who can't seem to decide if he should ape Michael Monroe and the New York Dolls' David JoHansen or do the usual screechy hair metal thing. (For the record, he's better at the former.) Too bad - with Lords of the New Church bassist Dave Tregunna in the lineup, and Dogs D'amour guitarist Jo Dog added to the touring version, there was a lot of potential here. But, alas, it was never realized. And the reviewer below is correct: Andy McCoy's solo album Building on Tradition has it all over this record.

No way! If you're a Hanoi fan, I don't think you're going to like this. This is way beneath Andy McCoy. The singer is like a second-rate Tami Down (of Faster Pussycat) and the songs are just generic LA Guns type stuff. I listened to this CD four times and I swear not one song sticks in my mind. Wait, I lied. "Don't You Never Leave Me" is good. Yes, you read that correctly. As if this song being on 5 Hanoi CDs is not enough it's been resurrected once again here. Pass this one and get Andy McCoy's brilliant "Building on Tradition".