Track Listing:

         I Will Survive (Pell, Rock) 5.03
         Nasty Reputation (Pell,Rock) 4.07
         Fighting The Law  (Pell,Rock) 3.21
         Wanted Man (Pell,Rock) 3.49
         When A Blind Man Cries (Blackmore,Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) 4.34
         Land Of The Giants (Pell,Rock) 10.25
         Firewall (Pell, Rock) 3.51
         Unchain The Thunder  (Pell, Rock) 3.31
         Open Doors (Instrumental)  (Pell) 7.54
                 Pt. I:   Experience
                 Pt. II:  The Journey
                 Pt. III: Sugar Big Daddy

"When I got a call from Chris Impellitteri to join his band, it was a tough decision. I had my own band and was very happy with it, but I had a lot of personal problems at the time too. I decided to join Chris because we wrote songs well together, and a label and management was already in place.

Here I was on the East Coast and didn`t have the money to move back to L.A.. That`s when I got a call from a German manager to see if I would be interested in doing another studio album and this album would provide the funds I needed to get to L.A..

So before going back to L.A. in 1991, I flew back to Germany to record the AXEL RUDI PELL-”Nasty Reputation” Album. I was there for 10 days and I had a great time! I was very busy because each day I would go to the studio, listen to the music tracks and the vocal ideas that Axel had, and then I would sit down and write the lyrics and melodies. After dinner we would come back into the studio and I would sing the song “live” 3 times. That would be it for the day and the producer would compile my vocals together in the mixing stage of the album. I really like the “live” feel of that album and the intensity of writing on the spot! I was in great vocal shape from all the touring I did with DRIVER. As a result, “Nasty Reputation” is one of my favorite albums.

Arriving in L.A., I met with Chris Impellitteri and we started working on the IMPELLITTERI “Grin & Bear It” album".