GASTEM – Do It Like Wild ’86 [Eonian Records remixed & remastered + bonus], MP3+FLAC

GASTEM emerged in the 1980s in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic hard rock scene, with a sound that packed clubs across Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. The band’s return offers fans both a nostalgic look back and something entirely new to celebrate.

To celebrate the band’s 40th Anniversary, Eonian Records is reissuing GASTEM‘s long out-of-print indie albums, Catch The Flame (1985) and Do It Like Wild (1986), in newly remixed and remastered editions. The reissues feature numerous previously unreleased bonus tracks and updated artwork.
For this second album “Do It Like Wild” (1986) recruited and additional guitarist, Mark Schenker, to expand their sound. Mark Schenker was later longtime bass player for KIX. After making a name for themselves in the vibrant Baltimore-DC-VA scene throughout the 1980s, GASTEM quickly built a strong following across the regional club circuit, headlining packed shows and opening for national acts, including their Baltimore brothers, KIX.
The songs on “Do It Like Wild” are more melodic hard rock oriented than the previous album. Despite the year (1986) the songs aren’t glam metal, but hard rockin’ benefited by the new double-guitar attack.

”Do It Like Wild” was recorded between November 1985 and March 1986 in a permanent studio the band spent a year assembling and building inside an old, abandoned general store from the early 1950s/60s. The rent was low enough for it to double as both their rehearsal space and recording studio.
The unreleased bonus tracks were recorded later in the same building but in a completely different area from where the main album tracks were laid down. That space delivered a much bigger sound, which the band was excited to capture.

01 – Victory At Sea (Kamikaze)
02 – Live It To The Limit
03 – Candy Girl
04 – Caught Under Fire
05 – Wasted Life
06 – Ain’t School A Drag
07 – Open Fire
08 – Forever
09 – Some People Fall In Love
10 – A Fool Rules
11 – Style
12 – Steely Breeze
13 – Is That It
Webb’s Store Demos:
14 – Not 4 Every 1 (Bonus Track)
15 – Runaway (Bonus Track)
16 – Yoyo Trix (Bonus Track)
17 – Sure As The Sun (Bonus Track)
18 – When She Walks (Bonus Track)
19 – Coming Home (Bonus Track)

Rob Galpin – Lead Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Harmonica
Craig Stegall – Drums, Backing Vocals
Mark Emon – Bass, Backing Vocals
Mark Schenker – Guitar, Backing Vocals

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