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Well, well, well,
what do we have here? Hellion Records
uh! Ruffians 85 + Live says on the
front cover. But let's open it and
see what we can find inside; a 16-pages
booklet containing lyrics and some
very good photos. We obviously have
to deal with the re-release of Ruffians',
legendary and hard to come by, 6-tracker
EP, plus 6 live bonus tracks recorded
in San Francisco on September 1985
(what a glorious decade this was!!!).
Pure American, mid-tempo, Heavy Metal
with sublime melodies and kick-ass
riffing. The rhythm section is simply
robust and the solos by Craig Behrhorst
and Chris Atchison fill the air with
magic! But the man behind the microphone
is the one that runs the show. Carl
Albert is his name and in my opinion
he is amongst the 5 top vocalists
in the entire heavy metal history
so far!!! Unfortunately he isn't with
us anymore, because of a tragic car
accident in 1995.
You must listen to
him in order to understand completely
his majesty. I'm talking about the
ultimate heavy/power metal voice.
Just listen to "Run for Cover"
(that was released also as a single)
or to "Wasteland" and you'll
see what I mean. Carl Albert did also
the vocals for the bands "Vilain"
and "Vicious Rumors", after
"Ruffians" of course. I
would also like to inform you that
"Ruffians" opened the live
concerts for bands like Y&T, UFO,
Saxon, Savatage, and many more. Just
don't miss this magnificent cd and
don't forget to listen the live song
on high volume. And if you happen
to run into God please ask him why
he decided to take away from our favorite
music this stunning voice. R.I.P Carl
Albert!!!
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