TRACKLIST:
01. Caroline
02. Sweet Elaine
03. Angry Young Boy
04. Right Down Here With Me
05. You And Me
06. Good Hard Rain
07. Just Like A Dog
08. Spring Showers
09. Little Davey Boy
10. Sister
11. Laughing At You Again
12. Villa Carrena
13. Trip
14. Sound Of Our Lives
15. Golden Will
16. Paint You A Picture (Live Acoustic)
Artist : Blackboard Jungle
Artist Origin : USA
Release Title : Welcome To The Blackboard Jungle
Release Year : 2007
Artist Genre : Hard Rock
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Blackboard Jungle is a name I had heard several times before, but seeing as their material was hard to find I never got a chance to give them a good listen. All that has changed though, with Welcome To The Blackboard Jungle giving people like me a chance to hear this Sunset Strip cult band. Blackboard Jungle, by many accounts, was the last of the 80s bands to be able to draw a crowd on the Strip during the days when grunge caused a hair metal revolt across America. This latest release from Suncity Records shows how Blackboard Jungle was able to keep relevant in a musical climate that had turned its back on their type of sound.
This collection of unreleased songs span the bands career from their early 1990 recordings with Faster Pussycat's Brent Muscat all the way to their last gasp in 1995. Seeing as the band managed to retain a solid following deep into the grunge era, I wasn't sure what to expect from them. But this isn't that far removed from sleaze legends like Faster Pussycat and Vain, and to a lesser extent Kik Tracee. One thing that sets them apart is the feeling that there is something dark and sinister lurking deep inside each of these songs. Blackboard Jungle's compositions are much more sophisticated than your typical party rock anthems that drove the Sunset Strip sound.