Shotgun Messiah

Shotgun Messiah | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Relativity
• ASIN: B000008KOC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,532 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 80's metal that you want to hear!The 80's still rock on!, March 1, 2005

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Bass player Brad "Rad Metal Brad" (NJ, Linden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shotgun Messiah (Audio CD)

This is Shotgun Messiah at their best.This is before they sold out to the sound of the 90's.If your lookin for some 80's metal that's tough rocks and is anthem party fun, then this is your piece of sweet Cherry Pie right here.
1.Bop City(9/10)Great rockin tune.A party favorite of mine.If you like the 80's you'll love this track.
2.Don't Care Bout Nothin(8/10)Another solid metal rocker.More thrilling guitar work!
3.Shout it Out(7/10)This one was a club favorite I believe when they performed.Good tune!
4.Squeezin Teazin(8/10)Another cool metal song to blast in your car,Love the lyrics to this one!
5.The Explorer(instrumental)(9/10)This guy can shred up a storm.Nice fret work showing off that guitar talent.
6.Nowhere Fast(7/10)Great Track,really like it!
7.Dirt Talk(8/10)The bass on this one sounds suberb.Another cool tune for the record.
8.I'm your Love(9/10)The guitars and vocals are impressive on this one.
9.Nervous(10/10)Save the best for last.Want hi-octane electric guitar fury and great sing a long vocal chorus, then this is the one.The best track on here, it's worth buying the album for alone.A stunnigly fun song that's very impressive.The guitar work is out of this dimension.
Overall if you love 80's metal buy this, you won't be sorry!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glam Gold, October 11, 2006

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Tommyleeselbow "TBow" (Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shotgun Messiah (Audio CD)

If you were into glam in the late 80's and early 90's then you'll know who this band is. I have the original album when they were called Kingpin, and that rocked, but when they moved to the States and got signed, this was a re-recording of the same material with better production, and it ROCKS!!!
Highlights for me are, "Dont care bout nuthin", "Explorer" and "Nervous", but it is still one of the top played on my itunes.
Harry K Cody's guitar work is outstanding, and the rest are no slouches.

Beg, borrow or steal but just get this album

4.0 out of 5 stars Hollywood hair metal with some wicked guitar, May 20, 2011

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shotgun Messiah (Audio CD)

Hollywood (by way of Sweden) hair metal band Shotgun Messiah released their self-titled debut album in 1989, when this kind of party rock ruled the airwaves. The band had just about everything necessary to be big stars in the scene - big hair, big guitar hooks, big attitude - but never really broke through to mainstream success.

Shotgun Messiah's debut is fairly typical of the Hollywood rock sound. It put it somewhere between Faster Pussycat and L.A. Guns. They had that glam sound, but also some streetwise sleaze appeal. Zinny Zan's vocals were more or less screeched, and are the album's weakest element, but they're balanced by some very good guitar work by Harry Cody, who could really shred. Check out the instrumental song "The Explorer" to hear him really cut loose. The songs are pretty basic, and the lyrics are typical for the time and place, but I love this kind of rock so that doesn't bother me at all.

Shotgun Messiah released a follow-up to this album in 1991 (Second Coming) before changing to a more industrial sound and then fading away. If you're a serious hair metal/glam metal/whatever you want to call it fan, you definitely need to check out Shotgun Messiah. Unfortunately this album is fairly tough to track down and expensive when you find it. Someone needs to do a proper remastered reissue of this one.