Kidd Blue- Big Trouble, 2006

These recordings were actually done in the late 80's and were never released. Kidd Blue signed a two album deal with Metal Mayhem records late last year. Both albums are to be comprised of material recorded by the band in the late 80's. These guys were from San Francisco, but never got signed. I bought this one on eBay from Metal Mayhem just the other week. I was overall pleased with it as the band rocked more than I figured they would. It's commerical hard rock and the closest comparisons might be Hurricane, Keel and Firehouse. There are ten songs total and my favorite are the title track, "Crystal Tears" and "Rocket Roulette". At their best the band is very tight with strong song structures, smooth vocals and some interesting guitar solos. There are only two songs that aren't that great. "Hold me" is just very average and "Fatal Attraction" contains keyboards that make it sound like the band really didn't know how to fit them in to the song. The sound quality varies a little from song to song, but is overall very good. Kidd Blue might not be completely different from everything you have heard. Yet they are good solid hard rock and I know that I will be listening to this one several times over the next few weeks.