After the relative failure of their first album, they were dropped by Scotti Brothers. For this, their second and final album, they signed to a relatively unknown label, Grand Slamm. For those that don’t know, these two albums would be Doug Aldrich’s first recordings before the seemingly endless revolving door of projects, which still continues today as he’s a member of the Dead Daisies. On the other hand, after joining Aldrich in Bad Moon Rising, British vocalist Kal Swan would vanish from the scene all together.
The album has all originally penned tunes, other than the Slade track Lock Up Your Daughters, which they manage to make sound like Whitesnake, this is a very good melodic rock album – but doesn’t quite reach the heights of the first album. Highlights for me are the excellent Love Is A Lie, the fat riffage of a Hungry For Love, and the best track on the album, Forgotten Sons. Doug is a killer guitar player and it’s worth getting just for that alone.
8/10 from The Grooveman.
