"Radioactive" is the brainchild
of the songwriter, producer and guitar
master Tommy Denander. His work within
the melodic rock/AOR scene is matched by
almost nobody alive and he has been
working with names like; Steve Perry,
Bobby Kimball, Richard Page, Michael
McDonald, Jimi Jamison, Joe Lynn Turner,
Tommy Funderburk, Graham Bonnet, Joseph
Williams, Fergie Frederiksen, Robin
Beck, Fee Waybill, Bill Champlin, Kelly
Keagy, Dan Reed, Joey Tempest, Harry
Hess, Stan Bush, Jim Peterik, Jeff Scott
Soto, Mitch Malloy, Fiona, Chris Ousey,
Steve Overland, Robert Hart, Jim Jidhed
and Gary Barden to bands like Prisoner,
Rainmaker, Talisman, Phenomena, The
Poodles, H.E.A.T, Houston, Street Talk,
Talk Of The Town, Spin Gallery,
Sha-Boom, Mecca, AOR, Rage Of Angels,
Liberty & Justice, Silver, Lion's
Share, Ambition and so on!!! Tommy
started his own project called
Radioactive way back in 1991 and has so
far only released 3 albums, but all
three are classy productions and are
highly praised by both media and all
fans of AOR/melodic rock.
After ten years of work it's time to
release Radioactives album called
'F4ur'. With vocalists like Jimi
Jamison, Bobby Kimball, Fergie
Frederiksen, Jeff Paris, Dan Reed, Jeff
Paris, David Roberts, Steve Walsh, James
Christian and Robin Beck and I'm
thrilled. Tommy never release an album
before everything is perfect and this
album is no exception. A flawless
production (as always) from the hands of
Mr. Denander. The first song 'Summer
Rains ' is sung by wonderful Jimi
Jamieson (Survivor), who sadly left us
2014. This is a beautiful melodic track
and I get tears in my eye's of
affections when I listen to Jimi's
gentle voice. Damn, I miss his tone. I'm
so happy that Tommy did record these
beautiful songs while Jimi and Fergie
still was alive and kicking. 'Back to
the Game' is sung by the excellent
singer Fergie Frederiksen (Toto) who
also left us last year and this song is
a true melodic rock gem. Fergie sings on
'Just a Man' and is one of the absolute
top tracks on the album.
Jeff Paris is a American
vocalist/guitarist who started his
career in the jazz rock group Pieces. He
subsequently played with a number of
similar bands on a short-term basis, and
built up a reputation as a fine backing
vocalist and talented songwriter. He
worked with Cinderella, Y&T, Vixen
and Lita Ford back in the fine 80's. On
this album he sings on two songs.
(Beautiful Lies and Start All Over).
Both songs is brilliant AOR music and
Jeff's vocals is a perfect match to
Denanders musical ideas. On 'The Piper'
is Steve Walsh from 'Kansas' the singer
and the song is a half progressive rock
and half hard rocking up-tempo song. The
Canadian vocalist David Roberts is the
singer on 'Alibis'. (He released a disc
in 1982 called 'All Dressed Up' with all
the Toto members and is a well hidden
gem to all lovers of melodic rock.) It's
very pleasant to listen to his fine
voice again. A magnificint choice of
singer to this lovely song.
Tommy has a old friendship and
deep connection to Robin Beck and James
Christian family and on 'When the
Silence Gets Too Loud' is the marvelous
Robin Beck the vocal star. This is song
is superb. Next guest singer on F4UR is
the multi-instrumentalist Jean Beauvoir,
most known as the leader in The
Plastmatics in the 80's and The Ramones
producer. On 'You’ll Find the Fire' he
sings likes he always been an AOR
musican.
Tommys old friend and ex.Toto's
vocal giant Bobby Kimball gives us the
best track on F4OR in 'Heart Comes
Alive'. Strong vocals and amazing
guitars! The gentle track 'If Only My
Memory Could Lie' is sung by Dan Reed
and is a easy going song with smooth
rythms and crystal clear production.
Robin Becks husband James Christian
(House of Lords) sings on the heaviest
track on the album. 'Give Me Your
Loving' is a strong hard rock song with
spices of HoL. I love this disc because
it has a tasty mix of mature rock with a
interesting list of vocalists and slick
guitars and a tracklist with 100% top
songs. Like on all songs on this album
is all the guitar work monumental
masterpieces. The disc closes with a
instrumental tribute to the fallen
voices of Fergie and Jimi.
If you like adult rock music or
already are a fan of Radioactives
delicate hard rock, this is a album to
check out!
