Year : 1992 (20th Century Music Limited Edition 2023)
Style : Glam Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans (1992 Original Covers)
Size : 126 mb + 2,95 Gb
Bio:
Paradise was a short lived L.A. band that arrived too late to the hair metal scene but at least they had the chance to release one album, and a really good one it its.Paradise went through many lineup changes including Robbie Crane (Ratt) or Danny Wilder (Tuff). At the end of the eighties the band played every Sunset Blvd venue while their fan base grewn considerably, but the musical climate was changing and labels said 'no' to sign new bands of the genre.So Paradise contacted a small German label and they agreed to record and release the band's debut. Renowned producer Jay Baumgardner (Ugly Kid Joe) was hired and they spent almost a year to give the recording the final touches.There was too late in 1992 for "Do Or Die" in the US, but the band moved to Europe and presented the album live on many gigs, even being the opening act for the first leg of the Bon Jovi and Extreme tours that year.Paradise was still in a position to make some waves in the old continent but due unspecified internal troubles they decided to part ways. The last two shows were in front of a big crowd at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany.
Album:
PARADISE once ruled the Hollywood Sunset Strip thanks to an exciting live show, great rocking songs and a killer image. Formed in the mid-Eighties, between 1988-89 the band packed venues like The Troubadour, The Roxy, Gazzarri’s, etc, with fans eager to enjoy their melodic brand of hair metal / hard rock, and soon many record labels were interested to sign them.However, PARADISE actually turned down major deals as all labels asked a change of image, a more commercial songwriting and even replace their drummer. Finally, in 1991 the band did a smaller deal with a German company for the release of their only album, “Do or Die”.Now, after many years out of print, “Do or Die” is being reissued, remastered, with a couple of bonus and new artwork. Paradise’s style is like a crunchier version of Danger Danger, some Warrant, XYZ, etc, with catchy melodies, flashy guitar work, great clean lead vocals and all members contributing harmonies.“Do Or Die” has a bright sound, production is crisp (handled by the later famous Jay Baumgardner) with all the sharpness needed for this type of American melodic hard rock / hair metal material.Now seeing things in perspective it was a big mistake for PARADISE to decline the juicy record deals offered in the second half of the Eighties. They decided for their artistic integrity, but missed a huge opportunity.By the time the band recorded “Do Or Die”, the hair metal / melodic hard rock musical genre started to decline, especially in America. Anyway, the band moved to Europe and presented the album live on many gigs, even being the opening act for the first leg of the Bon Jovi and Extreme tours that year.Paradise was still in a position to make some waves in the old continent but due unspecified internal troubles they decided to part ways. The last two shows were in front of a big crowd at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany.It’s a shame PARADISE never make it big. The songs on “Do Or Die” are pretty awesome slabs of melodic hard, riff driven rockers with a clean, polished sound yet crunchy, energetic — glammy / hairy but much more punchy than most of their contemporaries.This is a welcomed reissue – planned as a 30th Anniversary from the 1992 original, but delayed to 2023 – of this very good US melodic hard rock album, ironically never released in America before.
Line-Up:
Adam Gifford - lead vocals
John Heller - bass, vocals
Matthew Shumway guitars, vocals
Michael March - drums, vocals
Josh Seigal, Adam Marsland - keyboards
Tracklist:
01. Nightmares
02. Voices
03. Firin' Line
04. Fever
05. Need a Little Love
06. Ghost Town
07. When You're Gone
08. I Want More
09. Undercover
10. You're 16
11. Love Machine (Bonus Track)
12. Satisfaction Guaranteed (Bonus Track)
+ Bonus DVD
Country Club Headliner 5/5/1990
01. Ghost Town
02. Wild
03. Need A Little Love
04. I Want More
05. Undercover
06. All I’m Living For
07. Talk To Me (w/ Guitar Solo)
08. Call On Me
09. Satisfaction Guaranteed
10. Can’t Get Enough (Bad Company Cover) (Featuring [Volcalist From Shake City] – Adam Shore)
Led Zeppelin Medley (Featuring [Members From] – Shake City, Slam 'N Groove)
11. Whole Lotta Love
12. Good Times Bad Times
13. The Ocean
14. Black Dog
15. Whole Lotta Love
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