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Signal Fire

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Or make that the New Wave of Japanese Heavy Metal!!What the heck is "BowWow" you may be asking??If I hadnt known better,i'd a guessed some (deservedly) forgotten hair-metal band from the 80's.Not so fast. This is being heralded as an unsung Hard Rock classic from 1977,with such heavy hitters as Metallica and Iron Maiden(!) cited as being majorly influenced by these Japanese musicians - friend,this is Heavy Metal of the highest order! This is from 1977?? Unreal! I can see how not only Iron Maiden,but the ENTIRE New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene took ahold of this thing and went flying!The gallop,the riffing,its all here! Ive read other mentions of this being the Eastern version of what Van Halen was doing concurrently on the West Coast,what with Eddie's hammer/tap-on style,but have NO worries of this being a Japanese Van Halen clone-far from it! Nothing against early Van Halen but this is a WAY heavier,at times proto-speed metal(!) "hard rock" masterpiece! How did this remain unknown for so long?!?

Signal is among Bow Wow's two or three best albums. They opened for Kiss on their first Japanese tour. If you are a fan of 70's/80's hard rock/metal and want to hear a band with serious instrumental chops, Signal Fire is for you. I always felt sorry for them, people always confused their name with a silly Brit-Pop novelty act and (uggghhh!)

a rapper.