In
the backwater of successfull 80s hard rocking
bands such as: Crashdïet and Crazy Lixx, it comes
several young and hungry Swedish sleaze bands such
as this particular project called Pretty Wild.
With the right looks and groovy rock n roll with a
really sharp vocalist makes my tiny fears of a
unimaginative plagiarizing of the originals
'Motley Crue' disappeared very quickly from my
mind.
The band hails from Malmö and was established back
in 2006 and has a debut album (All The Way) from
2008 in their backpack. Apparently I missed this
album when it was released, so I have unstained
ears before 'Pretty Wild'. Strong melodies with
polished guitar loops, that sometimes makes me
think of the old Canadian icon Aldo Nova. Pretty
Wild plays within the framework of the melodic
sleaze hard rock and delivers in fact not so big
surprises. Just a big darn dose of awesome
straight forward sleazy rock!
They have several really hard and shiny rock gems
which allows me to give a quite high total score
to this album. No filler songs that steals my time
nor energy from me. I'm just sitting in my
armchair and have a really good time with Pretty
Wild's disc. If you like Def Leppard, Danger
Danger, Warrant, Cinderella, Night Ranger, Motley
Crüe or want to go back to the hairy band period
from the 80's, you have a new band to check out.
I'm weak for this kind of rock with splendid vocal
performance and pleasantly catchy melodies. The
guitar work is on an higher level than it use to
be with these kind of bands and that is a big plus
in my score book. Their true and shiny love for
the LA hair rock is overwhelming and rubs off
through the speakers. A given purchase to the
fans.
Not an album which will change the sound of hard
rock, just a damn good album in this little rock
genre...
Vocals:
Ivan Ivve Höglund
Guitar: Axl Ludwig
Bass: Kim Chevelle
Drums: Johnny Benson
