Released: 1991
Tracks: Shout it Out (Slaughter); Battle Stations (Winger); God Gave Rock and Roll to You II (KISS); Drinking Again (Neverland); Dream of a New Day (Richie Kotzen); The Reaper (Steve Vai); The Perfect Crime (Faith No More); Go To Hell (Megadeth); Tommy the Cat (Primus); Junior’s Gone Wild (King’s X); Showdown (Love on Ice); The Reaper Rap (Steve Vai)
Best track: Junior’s Gone Wild
Tracks to skip: Shout it Out, Battle Stations, God Gave RNR to You, Drinking Again, Dream of a New Day, The Reaper, Perfect Crime, Go to Hell, Tommy the Cat, Showdown, Reaper Rap
It’s been so long since I’ve listened to this. I don’t think I even had any CDs since last I heard this. Oh, yeah, I’m listening to a freakin’ cassette here. As you might have guessed from looking at the track list, this album is indeed the cheese-fest it looks to be. I can’t believe how cheesy these songs are! Sometimes I’m horrified at what I hear and sometimes I am just laughing my ass off. Winger’s Battle Stations just finished up and those lyrics are horrible! Hilarious. Then we have the lyrics to Kiss’ God Gave Rock N Roll to You…this is embarrassing, total torture. Are Gene and Paul for real?!?! This is so awful! That’s got to be one of the funniest songs ever written. Continuing on we get a boring Neverland track (who?) then a Steve Vai rip-off in Richie Kotzen. Bleh. Since he’s the real Steve Vai, and he’s actually talented, I don’t say to skip The Reaper. It’s not the greatest song he’s ever written, but it’s decent. OK, actually, go ahead and skip it. It’s unintentionally funny.
Side 2 starts up with Faith No More, one of the more talented groups on here. This thing used to be my favorite song on here, but on this listen it’s obvious that it’s clearly a throwaway. I think I liked the Megadeth song for like 5 minutes back in the day. I’m listening to all these tracks and the thing that keeps popping up in my head is “do they take this seriously???” It’s embarrassing that these guys, a lot of whom I respect, are clearly giving this soundtrack awful tunes. OK, Marty Friedman’s solo in Go to Hell is pretty good, but it doesn’t save the track. I’ve never cared for Primus, regardless of how talented they are. I mean, they’re OK and it’s not like they’re too ‘weird’ for me. They just don’t do anything for me. Really, the only track on here that’s even remotely good is King’s X’s Junior’s Gone Wild. Like everyone else on here, it’s not the best thing they’ve done, but it’s tolerable. The last two tracks are typically awful, esp. Reaper Rap. Very dumb. So, since I’ve wasted a bunch of precious web space here, this is my opinion on this soundtrack: crap-tacular! Really, it’s awful. I should just burn this tape as a sacrifice. If by some reason you’re curious about this, please don’t bother.
Rating: 20
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