LOST JOHNNY – Hidden Measures… And 1/2 Truths (1995) Rare Albums

Now it’s time for this requested, quite hard to find album from Canadians LOST JOHNNY, “Hidden Measures… And 1/2 Truths“. Originally released in 1995 by a small label, the CD has become a collector’s piece since.
LOST JOHNNY was formed in the second half of the ’80s, with some members having worked as session musicians. Their music & style was American glam metal / melodic hard rock with a late ’80s sound.
In fact, all these songs were written / recorded 1991-1993, but not released until 1995 when this type of music was buried by depressive rock.
It doesn’t matters; LOST JOHNNY’s songa are awesome, and production top notch, like any major label release fro mthe golden era. And musically – and quality wise – they easily can be compared with Warrant, XYZ, Dokken, Trixter, etc.

LOST JOHNNY rocks with a polished melodic hard rock feel from the early 90s, but they add that characteristic 1987-88 hair metal catchiness creating a perfect balance in between.
There’s awesome tunes in ‘Blackrock’, ‘Too Much to Soon’, ‘Feels So Good (Can’t Go On)’, ‘Say Your Goodbyes’ and ‘Dollar Marie’ – all killer no filler – but the absolute winner here is ‘Back From Desire’, a blast from start to finish and worth alone to track down this CD.
A fantastic indie which doesn’t sounds like indie at all.
A Huge, killer American melodic hard rock album. HIGHLY Recommended

01 – Dollar Marie
02 – Too Much, Too Soon
03 – Say Your Goodbyes
04 – Rescue Me
05 – Blackrock
06 – Long Way
07 – Back From Desire
08 – Kiss Me Where It Hurts
09 – D Dance (Frankensong)
10 – Wishing On A Star
11 – Feels So Good (Can’t Go On)
12 – F Tune (Choose Your Words Sweet)
13 – Can’t Say It’s Over
14 – Hidden Track

HOWIE TURNER – Lead vox / guitars
MARIO SPADAFORA – Lead guitars / backing vox
AL MORLEY – Bass/backing vox
GARY CHAPPEL – Keyboards / backing vox
MYKUL ABDALLAH – Drums / backing vox

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