ROXY BLUE – Want Some More (2013)

ROXY BLUE arrived a little too late to the Hard Rock scene, but they did it with class via their sole album ‘Want Some?’ published by a major label in 1992. While Roxy Blue were relatively unknown outside of their hometown of Memphis, music industry insiders knew that there was something about this band that set them apart from all the pretty boy hair bands that were currently being signed on a daily basis.

When the smoke cleared, Motley Crue’s management team was chosen to head the ship, Guns ‘N Roses producer (Mike Clink) was chosen to knob their debut album, and Geffen Records was the label that would release it.
Word spread quickly that Roxy Blue was the hottest new band around and they became the darlings of the hard rock media. Management was gearing up to break Roxy Blue as ‘The Next Big Thing’.

With constant comparisons to Van Halen, Warrant and even Motley Crue everyone was feeling the energy and momentum surrounding this band.
Roxy Blue’s debut ‘Want Some?’ immediately broke the Top 40 on Billboard Rock chart and was even reported to be the ‘Most Spun Rock Record Of The Summer’ by Record and Review Magazine.

A tour with Babylon A.D. and Wildside kicked off the summer party while MTV constantly kept the bands videos in rotation on shows like the ‘Top Twenty Countdown’, ‘Most Wanted’ and ‘Headbangers Ball’. The band was on a rocket-ride winning masses of fans in the process.
Just like a summer love affair, Roxy Blue was here and gone in the blink of an eye. It all came and went too quickly and fans were left wanting more.

A whole legion of hard rock hair-band fans were left scratching their heads as a genre they heavily supported was systematically being deconstructed…
Roxy Blue would be left holding the distinction of ‘The Last Successful Hair Band Of All Time’ according to the novel ‘The History Of Rock-n-Roll’.
Where did it all go? How could a band with such a huge momentum and powerful live show and tons of fans all of a sudden be gone?

The fans were definitely left Wanting Some More; and twenty years later that’s what the hair metal fans are getting with the release of “Want Some More”.
Style-wise this is an extension of the debut album. Definitely not throw away tracks, the CD is comprised of songs that could easily replace any track on the 1992 album.

There are eleven solid never-before-heard numbers plus three demos for “Love’s Got A Hold On Me”, “Times Are Changin’”, and “Rock-A-Bye Baby”, and a live version of “Rob The Cradle” – all of which are fan favorites from the debut album.

The recordings on “Want Some More” are pre-production demos of songs that were to be for Roxy Blue’s sophomore release. So this is Roxy Blue’s second unreleased album.
Except a couple of tracks, all sound very good with quite high recording standards. Great stuff from a band that should have been huge.
Rocks

01 – Bad To The Bullet

02 – Already Gone

03 – Set Me Free

04 – Wasted Time

05 – You

06 – If I Could

07 – Moving On

08 – Black Sky

09 – Show Me

10 – Can’t Take It

11 – Just Enuff

12 – Loves Got A Hold On Me (Demo)

13 – Times Are Changin’ (Demo)

14 – Rock-A-Bye (Demo)

15 – Rob The Cradle (Live)

Todd Poole: lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Sid Fletcher: electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Scotty T: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Josh Weil: bass, backing vocals

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