Shotgun Messiah

Shotgun Messiah

Track Listings

1. Bop City

2. Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'

3. Shout It Out

4. Squeezin Teezin

5. Explorer (Cody) - Instrumental

6. Nowhere Fast

7. Dirt Talk

8. I'm Your Love

9. Nervous

Tracks:

Sexdrugsrockn'roll
Red Hot
Nobody's Home
Living Without You
Heartbreak Blvd
I Want More
Trouble
Ride The Storm
I Wanna Know
Babylon
Free
You & Me
Can't Fool Me

Customer Reviews:

THE BEST 'UNKNOWN' HARD ROCK/METAL CD.......2007-06-09

When I first discovered this CD a few years ago, I was totally blown away by how impressive it sounds from start to finish. I wasn't expecting a lot, but I had heard some good things about the song Heartbreak Blvd so I wanted to check it out. I am very glad I did! Heartbreak Blvd is truly a hard rock gem that should have become huge. I can listen to it over and over again (definitely worthy of being cranked at high volume from the car stereo)! Nobody's Home is probably my second favorite song. Living Without You, Ride the Storm, and Free are GREAT ballads, but they definitely don't come off as being sappy. They all have a harder edge to them and I hesitate to call "Free" a ballad. The rest of the songs are all good in various ways. None of them are are absolute killers, but I don't find much filler here at all either. Every song rocks pretty hard with plenty of great guitar action and drum pounding to satisfy any hard rock fan.

I own over 600 CDs from the hard rock/metal genre (mainly late 80's/early 90's material) and this CD ranks up there with the best of them. If you already own the material from the mainstream acts from that era (Poison, Ratt, Skid Row, Dokken, Scorpions, Ozzy, etc.) and you are looking for something new to listen to, this should top your list. I have been exploring a lot of relatively unknown acts like this lately, I will say that this is THE BEST overall CD I have come across in the dozens I have reviewed.

This Album will never get old.......2005-06-18

It is a shame that Tim Skold is backing Marilyn Manson on bass. This is one of my all time favorate albums. This has been a staple in my collection for nearly 15 years. From beginning to end, this is glam metal done better. Harry Cody shines and shows us what a shredder can do and does it better. "Heartbreak BLVD" is a guitar driven gem with great hooks and fun to listen to. "Living Without You" is a power ballad that should have been an anthem for the broken hearted. Do yourself a favor and buy this now.

Zinny Sounds Bitter (AKA. Johnny Angel).......2005-06-15

Well if you can't find what is spectacular about this record you don't like hard rock music. I have to say that it took me a few listens to get past Tims voice. He isn't the greatest singer! But there is no denying the songs. The song writing from the first album to the second are leaps and bounds better. Tim and Harry are at the top of their game. Honestly the worst part of the debut record was Zinny's over the top shrieking. It was a good album with a singer who didn't really know what he was doing.
The albums highlights are "Heartbreak Blvd.", "Living Without You" & "Can't Fool Me". With Tim's vocals on the second album it is a much easier listen. As the debut becomes annoying after a few songs in a row. I only wish Nirvana didn't completely kill hard rock because by now Shotgun Messiah would have been a household name. Harry was supposed to have recorded with Matt Kramer who sang on the first two Saigon Kick records. If it really exists let me know I am interested.

Song for Song, one of the best albums.......2005-04-02

As a big fan of rock and metal I have to say that this was one of the greatest albums I have ever listened to. Song for song it refuses to let me down, just the epic sound enough is something I wish I had more of. I know little of the band at this point, but there must have been some serious issues that caused them not to become a mega rock band. Very glad I was recommended to this album and plan on soon picking up their self-titled album. An amazing sound and unique style, wow.

great hard rock album, shut up johnny, I mean zinny.......2005-03-06

with the exception of the reviewer Johnny Angel who I think is the old singer for shotgun, Zinny j. Zan, I believe most hard rock fans will find this album indespensable. It is true SM changed and evolved on each successive release. The first cd was glam, decent but not great. This cd, straight ahead hard rock, delivered better than most of thier competition. The third cd, violent new breed(my personal favorite) was industrial metal. The true test of any band is the quality of the songs. This band passes with flying colors! Second Coming Starts out strong and caries you on a journey through many different styles of rock, each one delivered with power and grace. Not a bad song in the bunch. Looking back so many years later, all that matters is the music, not labels and this is great music. When a band can change styles and still be better at those styles than the bands that stick with their formula, that just proves their veratility and incredible talent.

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Last hold to the rocker sound
Full of Lead
Flop

I Want More
Shotgun Messiah
Manufacturer: Relativity
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Violent New Breed
Shotgun Messiah
Collage

ASIN: B000008KOB
Release Date: 1992-11-17

Customer Reviews:

Last hold to the rocker sound.......2007-01-02

I dig all the tracks on this disc, especially the acoustic version of 'nobody's home,' it has balls just like most of the tracks in 'second coming', there's rocker in Tim's voice and it's the real life of sleeze in Hollywood back in the day. There's no comparison to the sound of their first album and those of the ones that followed; if you like striper and all that bubble gum heavy metal, then buy the 1st, but the Tim/Cody sound is real sleeze and it's unfortunate sleeze isn't alive again.

Full of Lead.......2006-01-28

First of all Johnny Angel above has no idea what he is talking about. Zan left the band of his own free will thinking that he could have a better solo career without them. The band was then forced to look for a new singer but found one in their bassist Tim Skold which is not really a stretch since he shared lead vocal duties on the first Cd anyway. This Cd is a set of demos including a cover of The Ramones "53rd and 3rd" from the second coming disc recordings which has nothing to do with the change in style that they took on in the bands 3rd and final effort Violent New Breed which only had Skold and Harry from the original line up on it. Violent New Breed is more industrial driven where as Second Coming and this I Want More EP are pure rock driven tunes with catchy riffs and hooks and a rhythm section that is missing from the other two. There is a lot more focus on the music than the first disc and Violent New Breed. Over all this is a great companion to the Second Coming cd.

Flop.......2004-09-16

Garbabe, plain and simple. Anybody who gives this album more than two stars couldn't hit sand if they fell off a camel.

Here we have SM firing their singer after a very promising (and hard rock) effort in their first album. Now that album was great. Here we have poser-boy Tim Skold (now in Marilyn Manson, go figure) taking over the vocal spot and pushing the band into the industrial direction. The album tanked, was never accepted by the few fans they managed to keep from the first LP, and shredder Harry Cody and the drummer ended the band soon after(I'd jump off the Titanic if I knew it was sinking too).

Again, the first LP by this band with great singer Zinny J. Zan was incredible and had THEY STUCK WITH THEIR FORMULA they might have had a lot more success, similar to say Skid Row who also released a great debut LP that same year and managed to find pretty good sucess for a hard rock "hair" band that came out in that very late 80's. SM didnt do this tho. Again, if any blame can be placed on this sink-hole, it goes to Tim Skold.

Avoid at all costs.

Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz [Japan Import] +1 Bonus Track

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Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz [Japan Import] +1 Bonus Track
Pretty Boy Floyd
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Binding: Audio CD

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000NZWKJQ

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Japan import edition, second pressing, which featured an exclusive Japan-only bonus track (Slam Dunk), taken from the movie Suburban Commando. Total of 11 tracks. Released on Victor records Japan. Catalog: MVCM-18538. Out of print.

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the nostalgia gene kicks in
40 of Bride's greatest songs

The Matrix Years (2 CD's)

Manufacturer: M8 Distribution
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0009ALO0Q

Product Description

This matrix CD will have every song off the two Matrix fan club cassettes that were released before they became Bride! 20 songs all digitally re-mastered on one CD for the first time. Full color art with gold trim package and hand numbered (Plus the Lost Reels Vol. I CD). Matrix - PG-13 We Got Rhythm Who Killed the Rock Hero Get Away What's the Point Good Rock n' Roll Stand Up and Shout West of the Moon Spell House To Make you think it's Real Missing Children Matrix - Monkey See, Monkey Do Hero's Fright Remember Me Now You See Me (Now you don't) All Hallow's Eve Slipin into the Light We are Going to Make it Look at me now He's the flyer What must I do Lost Reels Vol I

Customer Reviews:

the nostalgia gene kicks in.......2007-02-20

before BRIDE became BRIDE, they were known as MATRIX and they released a few demos on the 80's metal/hard rock club circuit. i got turned onto BRIDE through a buddy of mine who lived in my neighborhood when i was 13 years old. as a budding metal head into Crue, Ratt, Cinderella, i liked what i heard. then my friend let me copy his original tapes of MATRIX demos. these were far different than the band that they would grow to be.

While BRIDE embraced an epic, thrashy metal realm full of gothic images, dragon slayings, and other DIO-isms; Matrix was a much more stripped down affair. their songs built on hard rock riffs and a knack for some new wave styled pop melodies. in fact, you might think of Matrix as a more rockin' version of The Cars. another point of reference would be the awesome, although obscure group, The Jesters Of Destiny.

these songs really seemed to capture my attention when i was a kid and i recall playing thenm endlessly. well, i was absolutely chuffed to find that these were released on cd and i ordered mine and have been listening to it with much joy. i'm not exactly sure that these would be so great to me if i had not heard these when i was younger. because, even though i like these songs alot, they are certainly on the cheesy side of things. but any lover of good music can't help but notice that there are tons of great songwriting that is beginning to take form in these early recordings. fans of heavy metal might not find much to rock out to, but those interested in discovering unknown new wave/hard rock artifacts from the past might find quite a bit of interest in cd1 of this release. for me, it's been great revisiting these songs after many years.

40 of Bride's greatest songs.......2006-02-09

For fans of Bride, this is a must have. Both CD's together have 40 songs from the early days of Matrix through the Bride songs of the Lost Reels. Several of the songs did make it on to later Bride releases. All of Bride's music rocks, but this is so unique because it covers all of the early years of Bride dating clear back to 1982. The music is full of power and energy. What a deal for 40 recordings!

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Too Far Gone [Japan Import]
9
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000KF36HY

Product Description

1990, FEMS records Japan, APCY-8042. Out print. Superb hard rock from 9.0! Fans of Roxxi, early Lillian Axe, will be very impressed. 10 tracks including: Live for the moment, Too far gone, I'm ready, Little sister, Wish you still were mine, Hands up, Gypsy queen, and more.

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White Line Offside
Machinegun Kelly
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000ODDPDC

Product Description

1995, Megarock records Sweden. Produced by Andy Pierce. 11 tracks including: Sister Sin, Kikk That Habbit, Rosalie, Psycho kid, and more. Out of print.

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If you can get your hands on this album... DO SO.
Brilliant Anger-Fueled Industrial Experimentation
it blew me away.
Violent direction change
Lost Genius Album

Violent New Breed
Shotgun Messiah
Manufacturer: Relativity
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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I Want More
Shotgun Messiah
Want Some?
Junkyard
Heartbreak Station

ASIN: B000008KOD
Release Date: 1993-09-28

Tracks:

I'm a Gun
Come Down
Violent New Breed
Enemy in Me
Revolution
Monkey Needs
Rain
Jihad
Side F/X
Sex
Overkill
I Come in Peace

Customer Reviews:

If you can get your hands on this album... DO SO........2007-06-14

VIOLENT NEW BREED is without a doubt one of the ten best albums I have ever heard, and I listen to a lot of music. Shotgun Messiah started off as a hair metal band, and a pretty good one at that. But with VNB, we see the definitive paradigm of industrial heavy metal. The album itself gives new meaning to both sophistication and aggression, but what Shotgun Messiah has here that makes VNB so superior to everything before it, and everything that came after it (Ministry, KMFDM, Sister Machine Gun, Nine Inch Nails, Stabbing Westward, and so forth) is an uncompromising sense of melody. All the tracks rage hard and fast, but underneath them all is a strong connection to classic, hands in the air arena rock. Beneath all distortion and audio effects, you can actually hum along to "Jihad," and have to fight the urge to bust out your best air guitar skills during the bridge/solo in the titular "Violent New Breed." The majority of industrial rock is tone deaf and too wrapped up in the mystique of adding oppressive layers of sheer noise just to create that "industrial sound." In contrast, VNB maintains a keen connection to classic acts like AC/DC, lending tracks like the aforementioned "Jihad" the same kind of light-on-its-feet rock'n roll feel of "Shoot To Thrill." VIOLENT NEW BREED is a rare beast, and these days finding a copy can be difficult, but fans of this genre and music collectors with a taste for the premium stuff, it's undoubtedly worth it. Shotgun Messiah rocks, and VIOLENT NEW BREED is an album worthy of iconic status.

Brilliant Anger-Fueled Industrial Experimentation.......2007-02-13

I should start by pointing out that I was a child of the '80s, and a diehard guitar freak, so I went through every rock music trend there was...I knew this band both before and after this album, and I must say, this is the only Shotgun Messiah album that matters, and an industrial milestone that should have mattered, but didn't.

Let's face it kids, hard rock (especially glam rock and hair metal) pretty much sucked. Sure, it had hooks, but it was basically cheesy. When the nineties hit, they really did pop music a favor in a lot of ways....Shotgun took a drastic step in the right direction, dropped the "Oooh baby" schtick of their previous efforts, got pissed and put out a NIN-meets-hard-rock and metal album. Does it work? I'll tell you what, this disc is a permanent fixture in my CD collection, and I have worn out 3 copies. KMFDM and Ministry only wish they could have grooved like this...it is much better than a lot of the popular industrial bands of the '90s. A forgotten classic, mixing elements of rock, industrial and electronica, metal and good-old fashioned American anti-establishment angst. I'll always love this album on those days when you just want to be mad about something....classic!

it blew me away........2006-09-18

Ill be honest. I didnt expect much from this album. Don't get me wrong, I loved MDMFK, but I just wasnt sure if Tim could survive on his own. Well I was wrong....very wrong. An adrenaline packed thrill ride from start to finish. These songs start fast and never stop pounding. Sure, some of them do kinda sound similar, but i'll be honest I didn't care. A great album to blast in your car with all the windows rolled down and a great album to show your friends. I'd recommend this album to anyone and everyone, my new favorite headbanger. ;)

Violent direction change.......2006-07-12

SM were originally touted as a hair metal hard rock act. They failed to find success beyond a string of photos in Metal Edge magazine. And every pretty boy pop metal act achieved that, didn't they? Well the bands first album, apparently released while they were still called Kingpin, was called Welcome to Bop City, their second disc Second Coming followed (Kerrang magazine once called it a 'god among records') and then there was the mini LP I Want More.

But the real history of this album starts with the major personnel changes that rocked the band and it's direction as low and behold this is a proto industrial album. I say proto because industrial metal was still open for futher definition in '94. But Shotgun Messiah certainly give it the ol' college try.

The vocals are cutting, the do fire. Of course they are heavily treated and so lose a lot of expression but that's the sub genre in a nutshell isn't it? The 'drumming' attack is certainly persistent but musically it's the guitars that are so nagging, they just don't let up. On some songs they are more like guitar textures - quite reminiscent of NIN. Other tracks are somewhat more conventional in their guitar assault. This is a nice variation and adds mobility to the music. As for the subject matter - well it's undustrial metal and the album title is Violent New Breed - you figure it out.

Do not buy this album if you liked their early hard rock direction unless your prepared for a shock. Archivists of industrial metal should pick this up, it got missed in the first flush of industrial releases. For the casual hard rock fan there isn't a lot here, there are no lyrics as part of the package, heck you don't even get to find out the names of the two guys that made up S/M at this stage. No communication doesn't exactly inspre the newcomer to connect to the band.

But the riffs do shred. Check out track 6..... almost four stars this one and that's from a guy that normally hates industrial.

Lost Genius Album .......2006-04-01

I snagged this disc as soon as it came out. Let me tell you. I am going to give this five(wish I could give it 500)stars for several reasons. First the Quality of this disc is so far above anthing I have ever heard. I have had my copy for almost 15 years and it is old and scratched to hell. It plays louder and better than any new release out there. Bet my life on it. Second. This is the fourth disc by these guys. Yes Kingpin was a little on the sissie side, but this is a sound that should not have been ignored. I do not like industrial music. I think Sampling sucks. I hate bands like NIN and all those other no count screwheads that cant play so they push the button. But Skold and company had clearly proven themselves by releasing this monster. I Love this disc and try as I may I can not find anything that comes close to it. As far as the snotwad that says Tim Skold sounds like he is singing in a bottle or from a well. Well let me see, there is a such thing as sound effects and I honestly believe that is what he was going for. HEHE What a dork!
This disc is without a doubt the musical lost city of Atlantis. Along with Spread Eagle who why for the life of me did not get a break either. Well Messiah did, but they self destructed in the end.
This is the disc to have, this is where it is at and this is the core of raw and creative purity. A GEM

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Glam Gold
Not up to it...
kick ass!
80's metal that you want to hear!The 80's still rock on!

Shotgun Messiah
Shotgun Messiah
Manufacturer: Relativity
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Violent New Breed
Screwed Blued & Tattooed
No Respect
I Want More
Bulletboys

ASIN: B000008KOC
Release Date: 1989-09-12

Tracks:

Bop City
Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'
Shout It Out
Squeezin Teezin
Explorer (Cody) - Instrumental
Nowhere Fast
Dirt Talk
I'm Your Love
Nervous

Customer Reviews:

Glam Gold.......2006-10-11

If you were into glam in the late 80's and early 90's then you'll know who this band is. I have the original album when they were called Kingpin, and that rocked, but when they moved to the States and got signed, this was a re-recording of the same material with better production, and it ROCKS!!!
Highlights for me are, "Dont care bout nuthin", "Explorer" and "Nervous", but it is still one of the top played on my itunes.
Harry K Cody's guitar work is outstanding, and the rest are no slouches.

Beg, borrow or steal but just get this album

Not up to it..........2006-02-16

I searched and searched, but couldn't find much in the required "hooks" that are needed for a good metal song that you want to hear over and over again. There is some good lead work, but it doesn't satisfy. Check out "Second Coming" for their best stuff.

kick ass!.......2005-09-06

this cd rocks but the singer truly sucks on most tunes he does. the guitar work is excellent the bass & drums typical 80's hair rock beat. this was a under rated cd mostly in part to the singers bad throat in my opinion. the band done well on the follow up cd 2nd coming. they done good to have the bassist do the singing.the cd's strong point the guitar work is truly amazing. best song ... idont care about nothing. the cd comes with a stencel of shotgun messiah dont pay the high price for it if the cd dont have it. its a collectors piece now if you have it.

80's metal that you want to hear!The 80's still rock on!.......2005-03-01

This is Shotgun Messiah at their best.This is before they sold out to the sound of the 90's.If your lookin for some 80's metal that's tough rocks and is anthem party fun, then this is your piece of sweet Cherry Pie right here.
1.Bop City(9/10)Great rockin tune.A party favorite of mine.If you like the 80's you'll love this track.
2.Don't Care Bout Nothin(8/10)Another solid metal rocker.More thrilling guitar work!
3.Shout it Out(7/10)This one was a club favorite I believe when they performed.Good tune!
4.Squeezin Teazin(8/10)Another cool metal song to blast in your car,Love the lyrics to this one!
5.The Explorer(instrumental)(9/10)This guy can shred up a storm.Nice fret work showing off that guitar talent.
6.Nowhere Fast(7/10)Great Track,really like it!
7.Dirt Talk(8/10)The bass on this one sounds suberb.Another cool tune for the record.
8.I'm your Love(9/10)The guitars and vocals are impressive on this one.
9.Nervous(10/10)Save the best for last.Want hi-octane electric guitar fury and great sing a long vocal chorus, then this is the one.The best track on here, it's worth buying the album for alone.A stunnigly fun song that's very impressive.The guitar work is out of this dimension.
Overall if you love 80's metal buy this, you won't be sorry!

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Leather boyz with electric toyz
Pretty Boy Floyd
Manufacturer: MCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000K6B4VI

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1989, USA edition of this legendary hard rock debut.

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Realized Fantasies [Japan Import]
TNT
Manufacturer: Warner-Pioneer
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000KF3JKS

Product Description

Brilliant followup to their "Intuition" release of 2 years earlier. Released by Warner-Pioneer records Japan in 1992, catalog: AMCY-271. Out of print.

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