BITCHES SIN "The First Temptation" CD Majestic Rock
Here is a very interesting cd of BITCHES SIN early material. The first part
contains the seven tracks of the "Twelve Pounds And No Kinks" 1980 demo,
with line-up Toomey brothers / Cockburn / Knowles / Hodder. You can hear
fthe first versions for "Bitches Sin", "Heavy Life" and "Ice Angels", which
later will be officially recorded for BITCHES SIN second album. Other highlights
are "Down The Road" and "White Lady". That demo showed at this time that
BITCHES SIN had a big potential. But the more remarkable material is the
second part of this cd, the four tracks of the 1981 BBC Session. "Down The
Road" became a raging and fast song, "Fallen Star" is really heavy, "Hold
On To Love" is fast and crazy, and "Strangers On The Shore" is a fantastic
gem and a mindblowing hammer ! "The First Temptation" is a great cd with
brilliant material !
Patrick Lefevre
BITCHES SIN "Invaders" CD self-financed
Here is the re-release of the 1986 BITCHES SIN second album (which is remastered
too). Before going to the music, there are two negative points. First, it
would have been a very good idea to put as bonustracks the three alternate
songs from the 1988 british pressing. Second, the poor packaging, because
we can't speak of a booklet, as it's a paper sheet with on one side the cover
(which was and still is really horrible and childish) and on the other side
the band logo and band website address. But for the disc, I have only good
words ! This is a nwobhm classic, even if it was put out only in '86, but
the band struggled to find a suitable label. I must also mention that this
line-up (Toomey brothers / Quegan / Knowles / Frazier) was the best one for
BITCHES SIN. "Invaders" is an awesome album with a storm of superb guitarwork,
killer solos, excellent vocals of the talented Quegan. You will find only
first class material here : mindblowing hammers ("Ain't Life a Bitch" which
is ulimate, "Heavy Life"), energic heavy rockers ("Invader", "Bitches Sin"),
catchy but effective tunes ("No More Chances", "Out Of My Mind"), great pieces
with an epic touch ("Dawn Of Destruction", "Ice Angels"), even the accessible
songs are well done ("Day In Day Out", "Round-a-Bout"). "Invaders" is a fantastic
classic which needs to be in every records collection of metal maniacs !
Get the cd and listen to the magic !
Patrick Lefevre
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