Year : 1986 (Japan Edition 1994)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , Glam Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 94 mb
Bio:
Black 'N Blue are 80’s hard rockers who released four successful and critically acclaimed albums through Geffen Records including their self-titled debut (1984), “Without Love” (1985), “Nasty Nasty” (1986), and “In Heat” (1987), with the latter two albums produced by the legendary Gene Simmons of KISS. The band, which featured Jaime St. James (vocals), Tommy Thayer (lead guitar), Jef Woop Warner (guitar), Patrick Young (bass), and Pete Holmes (drums), started in Portland, OR as a group of friends that came together to make their mark on 80’s hard rock. The band eventually relocated to Los Angeles and was signed to Geffen Records.Black ‘N Blue would go on to sell over a million albums throughout their tenure in the 80’s. The band scored a hit single in “Hold On To 18” (which was featured on the group’s first release), a track that is widely known as a hard rock classic and still has airplay on stations across the country. In addition....•Over 1 million albums sold worldwide •3 MTV Videos •3 Top 100 Billboard Hits •4 Top 200 Billboard Albums •One of Hit Parader’s Top New Artists of the Year 1984 •Toured with Aerosmith, Kiss, Night Ranger, Dio, Whitesnake, Queensryche, Lita Ford & more! •4 Radio singles.After the band's breakup in 1989 many of the former band members took on different projects.In 1997, all five Original Members of Black 'N Blue reunited to perform a one-night live performance on Halloween night. This gig ended up being a sold-out show, and it was recorded and released as a live album, entitled One Night Only: Live. The show was a one-time affair, and no further touring followed.In 2001, following the release of a Greatest Hits compilation (The Ultimate Collection), the band released the album The Demos Remastered: Anthology 1 under the label Crazy Planet. This album contained demos of some of Black 'N Blue's most popular hits, including 5 unreleased tracks and a live version of the song "Autoblast". Meanwhile, in the ensuing interim period, the band released Rarities, an album which included remakes of a few of their hits, but mostly consisted of many unreleased demos, including some that were not included on the Demos Remastered: Anthology 1 release.In early 2003, vocalist Jaime St. James reformed Black ‘N Blue. Along with St. James, original members Warner and Young began recording a new album titled Hell Yeah (this time without Thayer, who was performing lead guitar duties for Kiss at the time) Shawn Sonnenschein was the new lead guitarist to be featured on the album in Thayer's place. The album was initially scheduled to be released in September 2003, but the release date was pushed back on several occasions. In 2004, Jaime St. James became the new front man and lead singer for Warrant and later left Warrant in 2008.In the summer of 2008, Black 'N Blue formally reunited to play at Rocklahoma and also back into the studio to finish the “Hell Yeah!” release. Their latest release is described as “classic” Black ‘N Blue as heard on the group’s original recordings.Skullfest October 2013 show marked the debut of new guitarist Brandon Cook, who replaced Jeff "Woop" Warner.
Album:
Nasty Nasty is the third studio album by the American glam metal band Black 'n Blue. It was produced by Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, with the exception of the song "I'll Be There for You" which was written and produced by The Babys/Bad English/Journey rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Jonathan Cain.The title track is the basis of the Kiss song "Domino", and also contains the ending riff from "Only You", both Kiss songs credited to Simmons. Black 'n Blue guitarist Tommy Thayer would later join Kiss in 2002.Nasty Nasty saw the band move away from the more polished approach of Without Love as it did not appeal to their metal fans. As a result, the production is much more raw and the album has a much more aggressive feel than Without Love, as the band sticks with hard rockers with the exception of "I'll Be There for You".The band had originally intended a song titled, "Promise the Moon" to be on the album, but it was replaced by "I'll Be There for You" because the record company thought that nothing could be pulled as a single. However, keyboard credits were given in the cassette and on the back of the LP to John Purdell for "Promise the Moon" and "Kiss of Death." Fans were baffled by this until liner notes in the 2003 re-master explained it.At the end of "Kiss of Death", a different melody begins, the music is played forward, but Jaime's voice is heard singing backwards as a result to the backmasking controversy. When played reverse, it deciphers, "Baby, don't touch me anymore, don't touch me, you sick little bitch, I don't like this from you anymore, anymore, yeah, yeah, yeah, don't touch me, baby, get away from me, get away from me, you're just too sick for my--".
Line-Up:
Jaime St. James (Freight Train Jane, St. James, Warrant, Cold Gin) - lead and backing vocals
Tommy Thayer (Kiss) - lead guitar, backing vocals
Jeff "Woop" Warner - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Patrick Young - bass, backing vocals
Pete Holmes - drums
+ guests:
John Purdell (R.I.P. 2003) - keyboards on "Kiss of Death"
Peter Criss (Kiss) , Ron Keel (Steeler, IronHorse, Saber Tiger)- vocals on "Best in the West"
Mark Ferrari, - guitar on "Best in the West"
Production:
Jonathan Cain – producer on track 7
Engineered At – Baby'O Recorders
Engineered At – Cherokee Studios
Engineered At – One On One Studios
Mixed At – Record One, Los Angeles
Mixed At – One On One Studios
Mastered At – Precision Lacquer
A&R [John Kalodner] – John Kalodner
Art Direction, Design, Illustration – Hugh Syme
Engineer – Mickey Davis
Engineer [Assistant] – Brian Scheuble, David Eaton, Kevin Smith
Engineer [Drums] – Duane Baron
Management [Direction] – Warren Entner Management
Mastered By [Originally] – Stephen Marcussen
Mixed By – Val Garay
Photography By – Neil Zlowzower
Producer – Gene Simmons
Transcription By [All Lyrics] – Linda Hennrick
Tracklist:
01. Nasty Nasty (4:29)
02. I Want It All (I Want It Now) (4:25)
03. Does She Or Doesn't She (4:18)
04. Kiss Of Death (5:05)
05. 12 'OClock High (3:42)
06. Do What You Wanna Do (4:15)
07. I'll Be There For You (3:48)
08. Rules (3:40)
09. Best In The West (4:48)
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