Originally a member of the Seattle heavy rock outfit, TKO, Adam Bomb appeared on the classic In Your Face album then abruptly departed the band. He went to Hollywood where he would eventually record this, his debut solo album. He is joined on this album by ex-Aerosmith guitarist, Jimmy Crespo, and on drums is ex- Riot man, Sandy Slavin. He even had great management with Dave Kerbs and Steve Lebar – so everything was in place to give him the best shot possible. Unfortunately, with so many members of far too many bands who thought that they could go it alone, most don’t quite have the material to make it. And this album falls definitely into this category.
The music is a glam/sleaze mash up of sorts, and there are some great moments like opener SST, which is a great glam rock opener. I Want My Heavy Metal, which has AC/DC’s Cliff Williams on bass – it’s more of a straight ahead rocker and works really well. The title track is a great bubblegum sleaze track, and is the best track here. Russian Roulette could have been a TKO track as the overdriven guitar sound was a trademark of theirs. The rest of the tracks just don’t live up to much if I’m being honest, and I guess that’s what the record company thought. It would be another 5 years before the follow up on a different label.
6.5/10 from The Grooveman.
