Category: TKO

A couple days ago we featured in exclusive the Bad Reputation remaster on War Babies self-titled debut, the band fronted by powerhouse vocalist Brad Sinsel. Well, there’s an album / band where he was involved that you can’t miss: SUICIDE SQUAD, and their 1988 quite hard to find release “Live It While You Can“.
Originally released on vinyl only in Europe by UK label Music For Nations, SUICIDE SQUAD was a rocking outfit formed by Sinsel and guitarist Rick Pierce after being bandmates in TKO. It was a short-lived project, but they created this terrific “Live It While You Can” as legacy.
Listening to Suicide Squad could pass as an early War Babies EP, the direction more reflective and lyrics with depth were a step beyond the usual party metal lyrics of its day and directly where War Babies took things a couple years after.
And musically… this baby rocks. This is traditional hard rock with a polished sound and a punchy production, indeed like a mix between late TKO and War Babies plus some Hurricane. An absolute treasure from the vaults, fortunately remastered / reissued by Sinsel himself for our listening pleasure.
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As requested, here’s “War Babies“, the major label debut and from WAR BABIES digitally remastered by Bad Reputation Records, one of the label’s first releases under this new name, previously known as Axe Killer.
Released in 1992, “War Babies” appeared too late into the melodic hard rock scene when the musical climate was already changing in favor to the depressive grunge, and the group disband next year. Ironically, WAR BABIES hailed from from Seattle.
But it doesn’t matter their headquarters, WAR BABIES delivered here a killer melodic hard rock record driven by crunchy guitars and class vocals courtesy of former TKO vocalist Brad Sinsel. There’s 2 songs co-written with KISS’ Paul Stanley, and the production of Thom Panunzio (Joan Jett, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple) is huge. A monstrous album ala Hardline, Wildside, Roxy Blue, etc.
The Bad Reputation remastering job is excellent, adding 3 bonus tracks.
HIGHLY Recommended
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