A little ways back at ‘Destroyer of Harmony’s’ site. Peter posted a review on this old past its due date band called “Wildside” which he reacquainted himself with a listen and jotted down some words on them sounding generic but in a good way….
Anyhoo…. In the comments we had a little discussion about other bands kinda ripping off another bands deal…
Here’s the ‘comments’ check it out..
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I think I read about these guys(Wildside) in Metal Edge magazine back in 1992 maybe before that. There were so many bands coming out it was ridiculous! Haha..
Course in 92 was a shift in the musical climate as well!
Cool that you reacquainted yourself with Wildside…
Take a walk on the Wildside! haha -
Lol
To be honest the reason why I picked the band cassette was because of the nod to a Motley Crue song. And I was surprised.But you are right, so many bands coming out with the same sound and the same lyrical themes.
Roxy Blue comes to mind. They had a Geffen deal and I remember seeing their album advertised on the same flyer with Nirvana, Galactic Cowboys and Sonic Youth.
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Yup Roxy Blue man they kinda bugged me with the whole Halen look…I kind of got tired of these knock off Halen type bands…
Having said that the first Bulletboys album I dug the second not so much and third I didn’t bother with…haha
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Brilliant review on Bullet Boys and I don’t dispute it all because it’s spot on.
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hahaha..thanks..I may do post on this actual conversation at some point!
That’s pretty spot on
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The English language is the best.
I dug it to I didn’t bother with it sums it all up.
But man, how can some bands fuck it up so bad. They came out the same time as Extreme and Warrant, but different roads they all walked.
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Exactly. I bought into the whole Halen thing they were doing on the debut. Funny that when the the debut BB came out in 88 it was exactly 10 years earlier that the VH debut came out..
Same label/same producer/singer with blond hair all neatly packed in an under 40 minute album.. I bought what they were selling as the songs were good…
The followup I dunno the cover tune was good but I just couldn’t get into it…My brother bought Zsa Zsa and yeah…..
Your right also the English Language is the best hahaha…
Your comparison of the 3 bands would be an interesting post in itself…Don’t know if I could hammer that out in one sentence though…haha
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Fascinating. Is this a new challenge???…#OneSentenceReview
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HAHAHA…..you never know John!
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Great idea for a new challenge – and nice succinct review Deke!
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Less is more Geoff!
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Never heard of these guys, and based on your sentence, probably will never listen to them 😉
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HAHAHA. Thanks Sir!
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Bullet Boys get the bullet!
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and so did the career!
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You might have something there!
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Yes Sir! Welcome Back!
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Well you wanted the best, you got the best! 1537!!
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BAHAHAHA…
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I approve of brevity.
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Yup, that’s brevity and now I know which BB albums to focus on!
I remember M.E.A.T raved about that third album though.
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BulletBoys in 88 were doing Halen as Halen were a different beast at that time..
Knowing that I still bought into it…
Liked the rawness and live sound of the debut..
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There was serious talk that Marq Torien was the “next DLR”. And when they did THC Groove that was certainly still possible!
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That whole debut is littered with Halen and Rothisms…
Templeman probably drove Eddie to drink big time when he produced a tribute act kinda…
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Yeah you might be right, Eddie can be very insecure. Shame that BB couldn’t hold it together. I think there’s only Marq left today.
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Funny thing is if a new band were to come out today that sounded a lot like Roth Van Halen, my ear would perk up!
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Yeah exactly…I mean Greta is getting hammered now because of success…No different than back in 88 with Kingdom Come…
As long as the tunes are good I’m in ….
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Agreed! Good music is good music!
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