Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Hard Rock
Label Number: 314 512 184-2
© 1992 Mercury
Shooting Gallery was a vehicle for ex-Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy. With drummer Paul Garisto (Psychedelic Furs, bassist Dave Tregunna (Lords of the New Church), and rough-hewn belter Billy G. Bang! on vocals, the band's 1992 debut is very much like a Hanoi Rocks album (they even cover that band's "Don't Never Leave Me"). Musically, it's a pretty potent and enjoyable slab of glam/hard rock. The lyrics are mostly throwaway efforts stereotypically dealing with rock & roll excess ("House of Ecstasy," "I Mess Around," "Striptease"). What really sinks Shooting Gallery is a flat-out lack of songs. "Restless" leads things off in fine fashion, but nothing else manages to sustain interest. They also perform an ill-advised version of "Brown Eyed Girl" that too much resembles Poison. A fairly disappointing release, considering how effortlessly (and better) Hanoi Rocks used to cover the same ground.
tags: shooting gallery, shooting gallery album, 1992, flac
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