THE B’ZZ – Get Up [Bad Reputation remastered 2020] *EXCLUSIVE*
Remastered and just released by Bad Reputation Records, “Get Up” is the only LP from Chicago rockers THE B’ZZ. Signed by major label Epic and with skilled knob-twiddler Tom Werman (Cheap Trick, Motley Crue) producing, this 1982 record combines dirsty sleazy biker boogie with a skinny-tie pop polished sound, some kind of a mix between Bad Company, early Foreigner, Cheap Trick and AC/DC. Kind of gritty pop / melodick rock from the first half of the ’80s.
Opener ‘Get Up, Get Angry’ is an absolute winner, a very original stadium-ready anthem which starts off dark and broody then just kicks into full motion as it goes along.
“Get Up” is energetic, well produced and full of hooks. It’s startling that…
