This album was originally released in ´89 and was called Open Fire with a completely different cover. Roll forward two years to ´91 and the cover was changed (as well as the title) to Memory, for this South Korea only vinyl release. I understand releasing name bands in South Korea for the presence of the US forces there, but to release an album by a band that had failed two years earlier is baffling to say the least.

It’s quite hard to find any info on these guys, but I will say it’s pretty straight forward hair metal of the period, with a three guitar attack nonetheless. Patrick Pulver has a fine set of pipes with a great range, but he does tend to sound flat at times. The band sound awesome they are just lacking that killer song to get them noticed, and maybe a decent producer would have helped. Ironically, the tempo tracks that stand out are the two songs the album was titled after namely Open Fire and Memory. Both are cool songs that have a nice melody and hook, and some over the top widdly fretboard gymnastics on the guitar.

It’s not a bad effort and is quite entertaining.

6.5/10 from The Grooveman.