Released in 1992 with Andy Johns in the producer’s chair. Mike Hall was replaced by Gerry Finn to take over the guitar duties. This album was hailed as one of the best hard rock albums Canada ever produced, including the title track, “Hard Luck Town” and “Cowboys and Conmen ” along with the chart topping “Driftin Back” power ballad. After a few years of touring in support of Method to the Madness, the band parted ways with Sony/Epic.
Track Listing
00:00 Hard Luck Town
04:35 Just As Well
09:05 Driftin’ Back
14:23 All My Heroes
18:22 Stranger Than Fiction
22:33 Four Seasons
28:31 Method To The Madness
32:39 Give And Take
36:30 Look Around
41:25 G.T.Y (Goodbye to yesterday)
45:39 Cowboys And Conmen
50:38 Doesn’t Matter
01. Angel In Black 00:00
02. Loaded Gun 03:30
03. If The Good Die Young (We’ll Live Forever) 07:20
04. Doin’ The Dance 11:48
05. Hold On To You 15:59
06. All Or Nothin’ 20:10
07. Slippin’ Away 23:23
08. She Can’t Stop 27:33
09. Freight Train Rollin’ 31:15
10. Just One Night 34:51
Formed in 1991 by the former frontman of Accept, David Reece, and guitarists Curt Mitchell and John Kirk (both formerly of Razor Maid). Joining them from Hericane Alice, was bassist Ian Mayo and Jackie Ramos on drums, future members of the band Bad Moon Rising with Whitesnake/Dio guitarist Doug Aldrich and Lion/Tytan vocalist Kal Swann. Their debut album was produced by Max Norman, and featured songs co written by Jon Bon Jovi and Aldo Nova. Despite having big names involved, the album was not a success.
Official video for the opening track of the album “Method To The Madness”. Released in 1992, it was the final studio album from Canadian rockers Killer Dwarfs. On this album, the band continued their Ratt meets Quiet Riot Hair Metal style, with a bit more emphasis on power ballads and melodies, perhaps in hopes of capitalizing on the Steelheart/Firehouse/Slaughter power ballad trend going on at the time. The result is a slightly more commercial Killer Dwarfs album.
Unfortunately for the band, there was another musical trend waiting in the wings. “Method To The Madness” was released just as a sea of flannel clad grunge bands was taking over radio and MTV, all but eliminating Hair Metal. It’s not all that surprising that Killer Dwarfs would call it a day soon after the album’s release.
Fronted by singer Paul Lancia (also in Pair A Dice) this is one of the greatest melodic Hair Metal indies to ever grace the scene! Fans of Van Halen, BulletBoys, White Lion, Warrant, Firehouse and Cry Wolf will definitely adore it. Also a very rare CD, released in limited quantities and with poor distribution it is fetching big bucks in sites like ebay and Amazon
Lancia Full Self-Titled Album
Released: 1992
Label: AIE Records
Track Listing
01. You Can’t Keep A Goodman Down 00:00
02. Pain Sweet Symphony 04:21
03. Bad Attitude 08:59
04. Still In Love 13:18
05. Sweet Melody 17:22
06. Jimmy 21:12
07. Goodbye 25:34
08. Tattooed Love Toy 29:56
09. The Promise 34:39
10. Poetry In Motion 39:45
11. Wrecking Ball 43:59
This video was filmed on location in Hollywood over several nights. They had to blocked off Hollywood Blvd. for a few hours to film the chase scenes.
Wildside played the clubs of Hollywood from 1988 thru 1990 when they were signed to Capitol Records under the charge of Hale Milgram. Slated to be “the next big thing” by the label, they immediately began recording their album. The band chose Van Halen Producer, Andy Johns to create their record. Recorded at Eddie Van Halen’s home studio, Wildside was historically the first outsiders to use the famed “5150” recording studio. After a 1992 release of “Under The Influence”, and 2 years of solid touring, music was making a big change and Wildside was caught in the middle of it. Capitol Records was making changes to their lineup and both the label and the band agreed it was time to part. In 1994 a second album would be released under an independent label without Guitarist, Woods. Woods went on to join the Vince Neil project.
Official video of the 1992 album ‘Total Eclipse’ which featured Neal Schon of Journey on guitar.
Lyrics:
Mama said you was a bad girl since I set my eyes on you
And who would think that I would sink in something that you would do
Baby, baby you had a way to cover up your lies
Put me down for the crown, but I never saw it in your eyes
And now my love is cold, it’s my heart you sold
And every night you’re haunted ’til you gotta let go
Takin’ me down, girl you’re takin’ me, takin’ me
Takin’ me down, girl, way down
Takin’ me down, girl you’re takin’ me, takin’ me
Girl you’re takin’ me
Now you say there’s a better way that you just can’t live without
Take the money from my hands now, honey, take the food right from my mouth
You can say everything you want, or do all the things you do
But honey, I hope you rot in hell for all the things you put me thru
And now my love is cold, it’s my heart you sold
And every night you’re haunted ’til you gotta let go
Girl you’re takin’ me down, you make the walls come crumblin’ down
Girl, get me around, yeah you better get rid of, get rid of the dreamy ground
(Solo)
And now my love is cold, it’s my heart you sold
And every night you’re haunted ’til you gotta let go
Girl you’re takin’ me down, you make the walls come crumblin’ down
Girl, get me around, and now my love is cold, it’s my heart you sold
Girl you’re takin’ me down, you make the walls come crumblin’ down
Girl, get me around, our love is cold
Takin’ me down, girl you’re takin’ me, takin’ me
Takin’ me down, girl, way down
Takin’ me down, girl you’re takin’ me, takin’ me
Girl you’re takin’ me down
Video from the hit single released in 1992 by Canadian band Harem Scarem. The song appears on their 1991 self-titled debut album. It charted at #68 on the Canadian singles chart. In this video stars American actor Judge Reinhold as the male love interest.
