Year : 1988 (I.R.S. Records Edition)
Style : Hair Heavy Metal , Glam Sleaze Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 136 mb
Bio:
Seduce is an American hair heavy metal/glam sleaze band formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1980.They are best known for their appearance in Penelope Spheeris’ cult music documentary film The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years.Seduce was formed in 1980 when Mark Andrews and David Black, initially playing in a band called Sparks, met Chuck Burns through mutual friends. "Mark and I jammed through a few things and put the first version of Seduce together, then Chuck came along later," Black remembers.The band released their self-titled debut album in 1985. Seduce performed their songs "Colleen" and "Crash Landing" in the music documentary film The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years and released their second album, Too Much Ain't Enough, in 1988.Seduce performed with Accept, Saxon, Girlschool, Iggy Pop, and Vinnie Vincent Invasion around this time. After issues with their record label and lineup changes in the band, Seduce broke up in 1991. The members would go on to play in other bands such as Speedball, the Skeemin' Nogoods, Universal Temple of Divine Power, Heresy, Crud, the Shakey Jakes, and Negative Approach. Seduce reformed in 2002 and has been consistently performing one-off reunion shows since then.Seduce's musical style has been described as heavy metal and hard rock. Some of the bands that Seduce was influenced by include Motörhead, Van Halen, Alice Cooper, Discharge, the New York Dolls, the Sweet, and Led Zeppelin.
Album:
Second and last full-length album.This is the second album by Seduce a three-piece hard rock band from the U.S. Although their debut album was released in 1985, it wasn’t reissued on CD until 2002. After this album, none of the members went on to do anything particularly notable (drummer Chuck Burns apparently played on just one album with Tracii Guns’ band). It’s a real shame, given the high quality of the music they left behind.Every band suffers a change in direction, correct? Well, that is, almost every band, suffers a change in direction. Metallica with their 1991 self-titled dung pile, Megadeth with their 1999 atrocity “Risk”, Iron Maiden with the less than up to par “Virtual XI”, and Celtic Frosts 1988 record “Cold Lake”, just to name a few. Out of those records, only Cold Lake (My personal introduction to CF) and Virtual XI are in my collection to this day. Risk and the black album have all been sold off for a dime a dozen. But, there is one album in the history of botched failures that has caught my eye and pulled me in. As a Detroiter, I found local metal band Seduce at an early age. After previewing their first, self-titled effort, I decided to move on to their second, not so well known recording, 1988’s “Too Much Ain’t Enough”. Let me tell you, it sure as hell does not sound like it came from Detroit.“Too Much” exhibits a sort of grittier glam/sleaze metal sound that came out of Los Angles at the time (circa 1988-1992). Sort of the dying moans of the wounded glam metal scene. Metal heads can go and strip me of my man card, but I enjoy the occasional glam/sleaze metal listen. But here is the catch. None of that Poison/Ratt pretty boy bull for me. I like the abrasive, bluesy stuff like Cinderella, Gangway (From Detroit) or Tesla. That is just the thing that this album satisfies. It is gritty, with a good balance of glam rock and ball kicking, full out metal. The contrast is like black and white on some songs. “Crash Landing” is full out speed metal, whereas the second track “Watching” is more of a blues rock piece, with fluid guitar fills and a moody, well, bluesy solo. The metalness varies from track to track. The opener, “Anytime Or Place” is more of a “glam-ish” number, with a dash of metalness thrown in for good measures. Another prime example is the final track “The Slider”, which is a downright sleazy blues number that was originally done by T-Rex. Coming off of tracks like “Empty Arms”, a slower metal number, or “Accusations”, a more speedier song, but not up to Seduce’s full speed, “The Slider” is a far cry from songs lie “Headbangers” or “Vipers Bite” off of their 1986 self-titled record. The title track is a dark, yet bluesy number, filled with fluid guitar solos which is guaranteed not to disappoint its listeners, even if they are beginning to lose all hope in this once fine band.Other tracks exhibit a sort of tired and worn out Seduce. Remember, at this time, David was suffering from a terrible heroin addiction that nearly tore the band apart. Internal tensions between Black and drummer Chuck Burns began to split, culminating in Burn's ousting in early 1989. Tracks like the dark social commentary "Watchin'" or "Been So Long" show a weakness in the band. A sort of lagging in the enthusiasm department make the tracks sounds worn and tired, showing the tensions in the band at this time. The 1988 film “The Decline Of Western Civilization Pt. II: The Metal Years” helped to put the final nail in the metaphorical coffin for Seduce. The whole metal scene was killed off with the swipe of a hand, and the help of a simple feature film. Seduce did not really survive. The entity was around, but I consider it “The David Black Show”, and not traditional Seduce.Seduce broke up in 1992, after many lineup changes, including the firing of drummer Chuck Burns and the addition of former Katmandu and The Meanies drummer Mike Alonzo, and former Paris and Gangway vocalist Angelo Ganos. This record went out of print in the early 1990’s, and most likely will never be rereleased, due to its poor sales upon original release in 1988. The critics have also bashed this album a hell of a lot in the 20-some years after its release. One reviewer on here even gave it an astounding 40 percent. I will have to give this album a full 100, due to its incredible musicianship and remarkably crystal clear production, which has its pros and cons. The pros mean that the drums, guitars and basses are all present and accounted for. The con is that Mark Andrews’ nasally, shrill voice pokes through a bit too much, giving me an often headache. I have always maintained the standing that Mark’s voice is similar to that of a caveman’s in some places. “Oof…ermm…ughh!!!” is what I expect to hear sometimes, then I forget that this is Seduce, not the damn Caveman power hour. That is nothing to knock off points for, though. After a few minutes, you become accustomed to the grunts and groans of Mr. Andrews’ voice. Overall, if you are a fan of a blues/metal mix, this is highly recommended for anyone.
Line Up:
Mark Andrews - Vocals, Bass - See also: ex-Detroit Energy Asylum, ex-Sparks
David Black - Guitars - See also: CRUD, ex-Mirror Child, ex-Sparks
Chuck Burns - Drums - See also: ex-Heresy, Speedball, The Highborn, ex-Halloween, ex-The Meanies, ex-Air Strike, ex-Bitch, ex-Gone in Sixty Seconds, ex-Killing Machine, ex-Liars Cheats and Thieves, ex-Mother, ex-The Moonlighters, ex-The Motor City Shakers
Production:
Recorded and Mixed at Granny's House in Reno, NV in December 1987, except tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7 Mixed at Ground Control in Santa Monica, CA in February 1988
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Art Direction – Ron Scarselli
Booking – Andrew Somers*, Frontier Booking (F.B.I.)
Engineer – Don Evans
Engineer [Additional At Granny's House] – Bjorn Thorsrund*, Geoff Michael
Engineer [Additional At Ground Control Studios] – Chris Fuhrman
Management – Ken Waagner, Transformer, Inc.
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Mixed By – Don Evans (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9), Ken Waagner (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9), Paul Lani (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7)
Painting [Cover] – Michael Joseph (15)
Photography By – Bob Alford
Producer – Ken Waagner, Seduce, Todd Mcevoy
Written-By – Burns (tracks: 1 to 8), Black* (tracks: 1 to 8), Bolan* (tracks: 9), Andrews (tracks: 1 to 8)
Tracklist:
01. Any Time or Place 03:01
02. Watchin' 03:55
03. No Use 04:09
04. Been So Long 03:28
05. Too Much, Ain't Enough 03:36
06. Crash Landing 03:27
07. Empty Arms 04:40
08. Accusations 02:49
09. The Slider (T. Rex cover) 03:30
+ Video "Crash Landing" (Official Video)
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