XYZ - Hungry (1991) (Axe Killer Remastered Edition 1999)

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XYZ - Hungry (1991) (Axe Killer Remastered Edition 1999)

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XYZ - Hungry (1991) (Axe Killer Remastered Edition 1999)

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Year : 1991 (Axe Killer Remastered Edition 1999)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 162 mb


Bio:

XYZ was originally created in Lyon (France) where Patt Fontaine and Terry Ilous were born and grew up. Then they moved to Los Angeles, and began a musical career in 1986. XYZ started off as the unofficial house band of "The Whisky A Go Go" nightclub in Los Angeles. The original members were Terry Ilous (vocals), Bobby Pieper (guitars), Patt Fontaine (bass) and Joey Pafumi (drums). A tour of the US with Enuff Z'Nuff and Alice Cooper followed the success of their 1989 Enigma released debut album, and they were signed by major label Capitol for their second.The band played clubs throughout the mid 1980s and first got a record deal in 1989 with Don Dokken as their producer. Terry Ilous's vocal style on the band's first album was very similar to Dokken's. Ilous and Fontaine then recruited Mark Diglio (guitars) and Paul Monroe (drums) to replace the departing Pieper and Pafumi, to record a debut album, produced by Don Dokken. The album was released in 1989 and contained the hits "Inside Out" and "What Keeps Me Loving You". Videos for both songs received reasonable airplay; however, the album itself was not an overall success, managing to reach only No. 99 on the Billboard charts. A third single from the album, "Maggy" was used in the 1990 Dolph Lundgren movie I Come in Peace. The next album, Hungry, released in 1991, had even less commercial success—not charting at all. Diglio and Monroe left the band and were replaced by Tony Burnett and Joey Shapiro, respectively. After the next tour was finished, band members went separate ways once again. They reunited in 2002 with the lineup of Ilous, Fontaine, Tony Marcus, and Shapiro, and still perform to the present day.XYZ is gaining success again in USA and Europe doing several festivals and shows. In addition to being lead vocals for XYZ, Terry Ilous is also currently doing vocals for Great White, replacing Jack Russell.Terry was recently interviewed by Argentinean rock journalist Lucas H. Gordon, where the singer talked about a recent charity event called '80's Rockers for Japan' organized by Ilous to raise money for the Red Cross from Japan, to help victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.In the event many hard rock celebrities appeared like ex-Toto Bobby Kimball, Paul Shortino, Rudy Sarzo, Michael T. Ross, John Payne, Carmine Appice, Vinny Appice, Lorraine Lewis and others.XYZ performed at Rocklahoma Festival in 2008, the M3 Rock Festival, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, and Firefest, Rock City, Nottingham, UK in 2012.Drummer Joey Shapiro recently purchased drumstick and guitar pick grip company Gorilla Snot.While Terry Ilous is still the frontman for XYZ, he is also current lead singer for 80's band Great White as of 2010.Paul Monroe was a contestant with his Daughter on the 10/19/2016 episode of "That Awkward Game Show" on Spike TV.

Album:

XYZ second release "Hungry" remastered by Axe Killer / Bad Reputation Records including a bonus track.While this strong band fronted by vocalist Terry Ilous wasn't considered by rock critics as a top act from the late Eighties / early Nineties US Hard Rock scene, most major, platinum-seller bands and musicians of the genre mentioned XYZ as personal favorites.Aiming to rock harder than on their debut album but still maintaining a polished sound, for second record "Hungry" XYZ called guru Neil Kernon (Dokken, Judas Priest) to co-produce together with George Tutko (Lita Ford, Eric Martin).This association resulted in a more straightforward, no-frills bluesy hard rock album plenty of energy, great vocals and sizzling guitar work.This quite hard to find, now out of print (135 Euros) remastered reissue by Axe Killer / Bad Reputation Records delivers a noticeable improvement in sound and balance than the original release, including the bonus track "Two Wrongs Can Make A Right".To make it more complete, we have added the Japanese edition bonus track "Highlife". Killer rocking stuff.Note: this is not the version floating the net, it's a fresh accurate rip from original CD.The album was released on September 3, 1991. A music video was created for the song "Face Down in the Gutter," but issues arose concerning airtime on MTV (shown on Headbangers Ball) due to the clothing of the women pictured."Every night is Saturday night for us, and hungary is what we are. It's one guitar, one voice, drums, bass, skin, bones, rock n'roll," says XYZ bassist Patt Fontaine, referring to the band's second LP offering. Big words indeed from a band whose previous main claims to fame have been a vocalist often compared to DON DOKKEN, who, co-incidentally, produced their self-titled 1989 debut! Anyway, let's have a listen and see if they can produce the goods this time...Hungry has been produced by George Tutko, and contains eleven original tracks penned by the band, and a cover of FREE's Fire And Water. Side one kicks off with Face Down In The Gutter, built around a very George Lynch-ish riff and inspired by the band's drummer, Paul Monroe, who ended up in a horizontal position at a party, having indulged himself just a little too much at the bar!!!This song sets the mood and feel for the remainder of the album; a big bass, guitar and drums sound with catchy riffs, and sing-a-long choruses. It's rock n' roll party time, and XYZ are here for the duration!Throughout the album guitarist Marc Diglio leads the band with an impressive display of both heavy riff work, and intense, screeching solos; and his efforts on Fire And Water and When The Night Comes Down are particularly outstanding, as they show he is capable of speed, technique, and control at the same time. The band have rearranged the FREE classic to suit their own style, but it actually works quite well, and can stand proudly as a tribute to the original. When The Night Comes Down sounds like it could be an out-take from a DOKKEN album session just going by the title alone, and, if you didn't know any better, you'd swear it was Don, George, and the boys in happier, pre-split days!In fact that's the only criticism of this album that springs to mind; there's nothing that makes it uniquely XYZ. The songs are strong; the musicianship's excellent; and the production brings out the best in the band, but it's not enough. If XYZ want to find themselves up there with the big guns they're going to have to do something just a little bit different, a little bit more XYZ. Maybe next time?

Line Up:

Marc Richard Diglio - guitars
Terry Ilous - vocals
Patt Fontaine - bass
Paul Monroe - drums

Tracklist:

01. Face Down in the Gutter
02. Don't Say No
03. Fire and Water Cover: Free
04. When the Night Comes Down
05. Off to the Sun
06. Feels Good
07. Shake Down the Walls
08. When I Find Love
09. H.H. Boogie
10. The Sun Also Rises in Hell
11. A Roll of the Dice
12. Whiskey on a Heartache
13. Two Wrongs Can Make A Right (Bonus Track)
14. Highlife (Japan Bonus Track)

+ Video "Face Down in the Gutter " (Official Video)


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