Year : 1999 (Neat Metal Records Edition)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , Melodic Hair Metal
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 147 mb
Bio:
Shy are a British metal band formed in 1980 under the name "Trojan", hailing from Birmingham, England.Formerly known as Trojan, Shy featured vocalist Tony Mills, Steve Harris (guitars) (not to be confused with Iron Maiden's bass player, Steve Harris), Paddy McKenna (keyboards), Mark Badrick (bass) and drummer Alan Kelly. Their first album, called Once Bitten...Twice..., was released in 1983. Initial reports from Kerrang! were positive, however, a reporter[who?] was sarcastic to the band in the interview that would follow. After the release, Mills dropped his David Bowie-esque make up, and Mark Badrick was replaced by former Trouble bassist Roy Davies.Shy made their major label debut on RCA Records with 1985's Brave the Storm. This release gained success despite the single "Hold On (To Your love)" being disqualified from the charts, as early copies included a shrink-wrapped T-shirt. Reviews from Kerrang! were more positive, comparing Mill's soaring vocals with those of Geoff Tate, vocalist of Queensrÿche. In the eighteen months that preceded the band's third album, Shy toured with Bon Jovi, Meat Loaf, Twisted Sister, Gary Moore and UFO.The band's 1987 album, Excess All Areas, was recorded in the Netherlands with producer Neil Kernon. The album featured Shy's biggest hit, "Break Down the Walls", co-written with Don Dokken. The album reached Britain's top 75, with Metal Hammer magazine being appreciative. 1989 saw the release of Misspent Youth on MCA. The album, produced by Roy Thomas Baker, was promoted with American and European tours.By 1994, Mills had been replaced by vocalist Jon Francis. The band's 1994 album, Welcome to the Madhouse was released in Japan by Phonogram but failed to get distribution elsewhere. The band released a live album in 1999, recorded in Europe, and two albums containing previously unreleased songs, Let the Hammer Fall and Regeneration.Mills returned to the band in 2000. In 2002, Shy recorded and released an album featuring Mills, Unfinished Business which saw Man drummer Bob Richards replacing Kelly.In 2005, Shy released Sunset and Vine on the MTM Music label. In addition to Mills, Harris and Davis, this album featured Mills' ex Siam colleague Ian Richardson on rhythm guitar, and keyboard player Joe Basketts who had previously worked with Mills on his solo album.In 2006, Mills met with Norwegian rock act TNT, and announced he was leaving Shy to take up the vocalist slot, empty since the announced departure of Tony Harnell. Shy supported TNT on their final tour.Shy originally had planned for Tony O'Hora to replace Mills. However, Lee Small, formerly of Surveillance and Phenomena, took the helm for a handful of gigs before parting company with Shy in January 2009, he is now once again Shy's vocalist. The band's latest album, entitled simply Shy was released in Japan in September 2011 on the Marquee Avalon label, and in Europe in October on Escape Music. Ian Richardson (previously in Siam) has since left Shy but provided some additional rhythm guitar on the latest release. Steve Harris died of a brain tumour in October 2011.Steve is irreplaceable and the present line-up is the final one.Template:Says Who
Album:
After melodic hard rockers SHY toured America with BADLANDS, ENUFF Z’NUF and SLEEZE BEEZ, the band’s frontman Tony Mills heard nothing from his bandmates for around three months, and was eventually presented with demos for the next album as a fait accompli. Mills disliked the new material, and the rest of SHY fired the singer.Ex AFTER HOURS vocalist John Francis joined, but SHY actually waited 12 months for Francis because he was tied up contractually, and the band opted for vocalist Wardi to record the album ‘Welcome to the Madhouse’. Then SHY went on hiatus in 1995.The catalyst for SHY’s reunion with Tony Mills was a couple of releases of outtakes and live material issued by Neat Records in 1999 (one of which, ‘Regeneration’, the group briefly attempted to push as a brand new record). Mills eventually agreed to come on board and the result was the very good comeback album ‘Unfinished Business’ we featured here before.But let’s go with ”Regeneration”, a little gem for SHY fans and ’80s Melodic Hard Rock devotees. The album consists of SHY songs written & recorded in the ’80s as potential material for “Brave The Storm”, “Excess All Areas”, and “Misspent Youth”. None of the 15 tracks were used and were unreleased. That’s not meaning these were weak songs, SHY simply wrote a lot!All songs on ”Regeneration” are demos with a fine sound quality, finished songs with proper arrangements and well recorded & mixed. Not ‘outtakes’ at all – many rock bands would kill for any of these!
Line-Up:
Tony Mills – vocals
Steve Harris – guitar
Roy Davis – bass
Alan Kelly – drums
Paddy McKenna – keyboards
Production:
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Tracklist:
01. If It Ain’t Love
02. When You’re Bad You’re Better
03. When You Need Someone
04. Only You
05. Someday
06. Blind Rage, Blind Fury
07. Long Time Coming
08. Dangerous Ground
09. Are You Ready?
10. You’re Gon’na Get What’s Coming To Ya
11. Girls Like You
12. Lonely Man
13. Changing
14. What Would Your Daddy Do?
15. She’s Too Dangerous
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