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The Return Of The Great Gildersleeves – Danger Danger (2000)
Danger Danger - The Return Of The Great Gildersleeves
I had no idea that Danger Danger even kept going after the frankly wonderful Screw It! from 1991, but it turns out they did. They parted ways with singer Ted Poley and guitarist Andy Timmons, and the two original founding members Bruno Ravel and Steve West recruited a new singer and got on with writing new material. They released Dawn in 1995, Four The Hard Way in 1998 and The Return Of The Great Gildersleeves in 2000. In actual fact, they had recorded a 3rd album with the original lineup for release in 1993 entitled Cockroach, when for reasons unknown to me, they fired singer Ted Poley, who then took legal action to stop that album being released.This in fact was when they hired new singer Paul Laine, who re-recorded the vocals only to have the record company shelve the record. Cockroach eventually saw the light of day in 2001 when after talking to the record company, they released it as a double album – one with Poley singing, one with Laine. That’s some pretty wacked out shit right there. Anyway, The Return Of The Great Gildersleeves is an absolutely splendid rock album, and just what you’d want to hear from Danger Danger, including guest guitar solos from Andy Timmons here and there.
Standout tracks: When She’s Good She’s Good, Grind, Dead Drunk & Wasted
You’ll like this if you like: Enuff Z’Nuff, Poison, Mötley Crüe