StunLeer – Once (1998)
Requested by one of you, here’s a band / album deserving better exposure: StunLeer‘s CD “Once“. While appeared in 1998, the music & production packed inside is pure late ’80s akin Danger Danger and
Def Leppard.
This American melodic hard rock band was fronted by excellent vocalist Doug Howard, former singer for pomp masters Touch (Mark Mangold band), and unfortunately “Once” appeared during the dark ages for this type of music. But the album worked very well in Europe and Japan.
As said, the massive layers of processed backing vocals bring to mind Def Lepp, but also Giant, Tour De Force, synth-era Van Halen, etc. If you love this genre there isn’t a weak track here, and production is top notch…
