Every once in a while when I pick up a re-release I start to wonder why the hell that thing didn’t get released back in the day. One of Suncity’s newest releases, Big Guns‘ Stick’em Up, is one of those. Although there are only 6 tracks on here, this is an amazing release.
What first struck me was the crisp production value. This could easily have been a late 80s/early 90s major-production. The album kicks in with the catchy “Intelligent And Blind” and it only gets better from there on. The best song for me is the pure sing-a-long bliss of “Don’t Push”, this song could have been on every Little Angels record. This is in my eyes the perfect comparison, imagine Little Angels without the Elton John‘esque pomp and add some Danger Danger-catchiness and you get Big Guns.

Ratt emerged from the early-’80s pop-metal scene combining the prevalent Van Halen and Aerosmith elements with the staccato guitar-picking style of Judas Priest.

Do you feel the sound, all over the place? It feels so good that I just cannot wait There’s an intimation for the revolution To blow your bored lifestyle out to the sky!

Band: Diamond Reo (USA)
Album: Dirty Diamonds
Style: Hard Rock
Year: 1976
Bitrate: CBR 320 kbs
Archive: 100,67 Mb

Band: Richie Ranno Group (USA)
Album: Rock ’til You Drop
Style: Melodic Hard Rock
Year: 1996
Bitrate: CBR 320 kbs
Archive: 80,35 Mb