The album covers for most of these 80’s glam metal bands signed to CMC reflected the budgets they were probably given. I just recall the huge level of disappointment I experienced the new release Tuesday when Dokken Shadowlife came out. I was so excited all day long at work, I couldn’t wait to hop in my car and head straight for Angelo’s CDs in Denver, CO to pick up my copy. I popped it into my car stereo and listened to about 30 seconds of the first track, hit next, listened to a few seconds, continued to hit next and was just so bummed. Bands that tried to appeal to the grunge crowd had zero chance of success while only serving to alienate their dedicated fans. Too bad most of these bands didn’t just double down and stick to their knitting and continue to make 80’s sounding records.
Dog eats dog sucks. Born again and Rockahollic are both much better. Dog eat dog is like drinking Luke warm diet Mt dew as a chaser for a hot shot of Canadian superior.
hindsight, anyone from that era trying to be grunge wasn't going to work, but on the flipside, nobody was waiting for any of these bands to make the same records over again. that being said, ultraphobic is a solid record. great songwriting, and the only issue i have is rick steier played next to no interesting guitar on the album. crunchy grunge riffs. they aren't bad, but the album had very little to offer guitar fans.
saigon kick's devil in the details was a fantastic album...probably their best. my buddy ran a cable access show in portland oregon for about 5 years. he was in tight with a rep from cmc, and we used to get a bunch of promo packages, with albums for free. great little note, the overkill live album "wreckin your neck"...we got a promo package of that, and then the album wasn't released for a long time. the rep from cmc sent 5 of those to us, and we wound up selling the extra's on ebay for a ton. we also got a ton of posters and stuff. they were a cool label.
Hey, I remember that show in Portland! Haha! That Malmsteen album was actually pretty good. CMC was easy to work with but it was hard to get their albums in stores. Tyketto was hard to find. I think I worked with a guy named Mark in order to obtain the merch. He was cool. We used to give away the singles to viewers. I got a few videos to play. But yes, I agree, it always seemed just a little off.
@@TheFourZebras I remember when you got the package with the ultraphobic posters, the followed singles, and the terrible "saaacriiiificcccce" singles from motorhead!
