Shotgun Messiah - Second Coming (1991) (Divebomb Records Remastered 2015)

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Shotgun Messiah - Second Coming (1991) (Divebomb Records Remastered 2015)

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Shotgun Messiah - Second Coming (1991) (Divebomb Records Remastered 2015)

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Year : 1991 (Divebomb Records Remastered 2015)
Style : Glam Hard Rock
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 139 mb


Bio:

Shotgun Messiah were a glam metal band originally from Sweden; they crossed over to industrial rock music during the early 1990s. In 2012, Zinny J. Zan and Stixx reunited as Shotgun to celebrate Shotgun Messiah's legacy.Sweden Rock Magazine has named Shotgun Messiah #38 on their "The Best Rock Bands Of Sweden Ever" list.The band originally went under the name "Kingpin" while in Sweden, recording the album Welcome To Bop City; the line-up featured Zinny J. Zan (vocals), Tim Skold (going by "Tim Tim") (bass), Harry K. Cody (guitar) and Pekka "Stixx Galore" (later simply "Stixx") Ollinen (drums). This would become the original line-up of Shotgun Messiah as the band changed their name and relocated to Hollywood, California. The album they released under the "Kingpin" name was re-recorded and released as Shotgun Messiah's self-titled debut album, Shotgun Messiah. The style of this album was glam metal typical of early 1980s American bands such as Mötley Crüe and Ratt.Frontman Zinny J. Zan departed the band in 1990 leaving Tim Skold to take over vocal duties; Shotgun Messiah drafted in American bassist, Bobby Lycon, to fill Skold's former position. In 1991, the band's follow up album Second Coming was released, spawning their most famous hit "Heartbreak Blvd". Stylistically, due to Skold's less conventional singing style, this era saw the band playing sleaze glam-styled hard rock, closer to Guns N' Roses and Faster Pussycat than their previous effort.A punk rock influence is also notable during this period. The band released I Want More, an EP featuring cover versions of songs by the Ramones, The Stooges and the New York Dolls; they were also known to cover the Sex Pistols live.1993 was the final year for the band; Harry K. Cody and Tim Skold were left as the only members of Shotgun Messiah and created what would be the last Shotgun Messiah album Violent New Breed. This album is significantly different from the previous efforts as it focused heavily on industrial rock stylings, bringing in live players for the "Violent New Breed" tour. Soon after the tour, the band split permanently citing artistic differences as the reason.After Shotgun Messiah, Tim Skold's acitivies have been the most notable. Building on the industrial rock of the band's last album, Violent New Breed, he released a solo album entitled Skold; this was followed by joining bands such as KMFDM, MDFMK and The Newlydeads. From 2002 to 2008, Skold joined the band Marilyn Manson creating two albums; he also replaced Twiggy Ramirez as the tour bassist and later became the tour guitarist. His latest release is a collaboration with KMFDM entitled Skold vs. KMFDM. Tim Skold stated in an interview that a Shotgun Messiah reunion is "very, very unlikely to happen."Harry Cody went on to form the band Coma with Saigon Kick singer Matt Kramer but the project was short-lived. In 1996, he teamed up with Rhino Bucket singer Georg Dolvio to make Das Cabal but the band only made it as far as to record a 3-track demo only to split up later because, according to Dolvio in an interview, Cody didn't want to play live. Cody later put together a 6-track demo called Stark and tried submitting it to various record labels but to little results. Recently, Cody has been collaborating with Tom Waits and appearing on his most recent albums Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards and Real Gone performing guitar and banjo.Zinny J. Zan has released a solo album and two albums with his new band "Zan Clan".Zinny J. Zan and Stixx reunited in 2012 referring to themselves as Shotgun to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Welcome to Bop City, the original debut album from the bands first incarnation as Kingpin before changing their name to Shotgun Messiah. They have also assembled Rob Marcello and Chris Laney to the line-up. Shotgun Line-up Zinny J. Zan - Vocals Rob Marcello - Guitar backing vocals Chris Laney - Bass backing vocals Stixx - Drums backing vocals.

Album:

Divebomb Records has reissued & remastered for the first time two SHOTGUN MESSIAH essential albums. Let's see now their second, the Melodic Hard Rock masterpiece "Second Coming".Two years after the release of the first album, vocalist Zinny J. Zan abruptly announced that he was quitting the band and heading back to Sweden.Without missing a beat, bassist Tim Skold promptly stepped up to take over the frontman position, and Shotgun Messiah came back with a vengeance on album number two: 'Second Coming'.If the Rock Gods were fair, then "Second Coming" would've gone multi-platinum.The thirteen songs on this second Shotgun Messiah are superb, having a more US hard rock bite that completely blow away everything on the sleazier first album.But what makes this that good is the fact it mixes like few albums of the era melodic hard rock, glam, US hard rock and hair metal with a sense of melody and catchiness that amaze.Nowadays, Scandinavian melodic hard rock rule, but twenty-five years ago they were a rarity on heard in Europe. Well, Shotgun Messiah blended the US sound with the unique Swedish touch and the results were stupendous.The songwriting, the performances, the arrangements are simply great... and production ... "Second Coming" is one of the best produced / mastered albums from the genre. The shiny, glossy sound obtained by Tim Skold (now handling lead vocals), guitarist Harry Cody and Pat Regan (Kiss, David Glen Eisley, Graham Bonnet) is top notch.Tim Skold proved to be a formidable frontman in his own right, with a grittier but melodious vocal style which was tougher and less screechy/aggravating than Zinny had been at times.Harry Cody should be one of the most underrated six-string heros of the genre, as his licks & solos are good as - or better - than most of his contemporaries that enjoyed way more success than him. He should be, without a doubt, herald in the same category as Guitar Gods like George Lynch, Vivian Campbell, Nuno Bettencourt, etc.Bold statement I know, but just listen to Cody shred on this CD and you will agree."Second Coming" was aimed directly at fans of harder-edged hair metal bands like Skid Row (who were flying high with their crunchy Slave to the Grind album at the time).The ultra-catchy "Heartbreak Boulevard" got its fair share of MTV play and would become Shotgun Messiah's signature track, and the band also cut a video for the semi-acoustic "Living WIthout You", a bitter, sarcastic 'breakup song' in which Skold essentially tells the object of his affections "if you don't want to be with me... fine, then f@ck off."But there's more, this album is full of gems; the kickin' "Red Hot", the Californian Melodic Hard Rock bliss of "Nobody's Home" and "Free", the anthemic "I Want More", the atmospheric mid-tempo "Ride The Storm", or the razor "Can't Fool Me".Shotgun Messiah ST and this "Second Coming" are essential albums to understand the evolution of '80s hard rock / glam / sleaze in years to come. These records influenced tons of bands (Crashdiet would not have existed without Shotgun Messiah), and defined a particular sound in the L.A. scene.Both CD's have been out of print since its original editions, nor available anywhere for digital purchase. So hands down to Divebomb Records for these wonderful reissues.The original tapes of "Second Coming" were remastered by Jamie King at The Basement Studios, and this reissue feature expanded liner notes, including essays on Shotgun Messiah’s journey from Scandinavian rising stars to Sunset Strip heroes.I have both albums in its original editions (a treasure) and this Remastered Reissues have improved the original sound updated to modern times 2015. "Second Coming" really sounds fantastic.

Line Up:

Tim Skold - vocals
Harry Cody - guitars
Bobby Lycon - bass
Stixx - drums

another musicians:

Pat Regan - silly percussion (9)

Tracklist:

01. Sexdrugsrock'n'roll
02. Red Hot
03. Nobody's Home
04. Living Without You
05. Heartbreak Blvd
06. I Want More
07. Trouble
08. Ride The Storm
09. I Wanna Know
10. Babylon
11. Free
12. You and Me
13. Can't Fool Me

+ Video "Heartbreak Blvd" (Official Video)


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