This is just a 3 track EP that you would normally just pass by if it wasn’t for the inclusion of one, Edward Van Halen. The Van Halen’s never did much outside of the group, so this was a big deal at the time. Star Fleet, what is that I hear you ask? It was a sci-fi space tv show that aired in the UK, and it wasn’t that great to be honest. Brian watched this show with his kid and decided to make rock version of the theme tune.
The theme song is a cover of the original, with vocals from Brian, and guitars courtesy of them both, and it’s quite easy to tell them apart with such differing tones and styles. Next song, Let Me Out, was an old song Brian had lying around which they fleshed out for this project. A nice and loose feel so they can again trade off solos. The second side is one long blues jam called Blues Breaker, which sees our two main protagonists dueling solos throughout until the inevitable string breakage towards the end. So are the songs any good? Not really, but I guess that’s not the point when you can just listen to two friends who just happen to be two of the best guitar slingers around just having fun.
6/10 from The Grooveman.
