Sunday, October 10, 2010

Great White - Once Bitten (1987)

Is it hard to imagine that this album sold over a million records? Not really, the thing is being on MTV was the quickest way to stardom if you could have one music video hit and everybody would go out and buy it. It still proves to be the same these days not so much MTV but VH1 loads indie rock music videos whenever you flip the channel it seems. The time being of the release was perfect for Great White's sound of like a glam metal/pop metal band. I can not mention the album without mention of the horrible but awesome album cover. It's definitely one of the worsts you'll ever see. The shark in the background is obviously plastic and I bet the members of the band are really embarrassed by it today. I was actually one of those people who watched one of the those music videos like twenty something years later. I like to watch a show on Vh1 Classic called "Metal Mania", I was really intrigued at 3am in the morning by a song called "Rock Me" and goddamn I couldn't the chorus out of my head for a week. I do not really find them appealing but, very infectious. Songs to check out "Rock Me", "Lady Red Light" and "Save Your Love".

1. "Lady Red Light" — 4:53
2. "Gonna Getcha" — 4:13
3. "Rock Me" — 7:19
4. "All Over Now" — 4:21
5. "Mistreater" — 5:49
6. "Never Change Heart" — 4:27
7. "Fast Road" — 3:40
8. "On The Edge" — 6:01
9. "Save Your Love" — 5:46

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