Loud-n-Nasty-Teaser, teaser, 2004

Sweden's Loud-n-Nasty are a three piece band that played very 80's sounding hard rock or hair metal as it would likely be categorized. Track one "Teaser" is a bit like mid-80's Ratt."Play Dirty" is medium paced and somewhat like a cross between Ratt and say "Shout at the devil" era Motley Crue."Annie" is a strong ballad that maybe part Ratt and part Twisted Sister. "Hungry" is back to the cross between Ratt and Motley Crue. "If You Wanna Rock" reminds me of WASP's "Scream until you like it" with a dash of Twisted Sister thrown in. "Love Child" might be a little like "Theater of pain" era Crue, but the bands has some of their own ideas as well. "After The War" is an easy flowing guitar instrumental. "Saturday Night" has a little of the Ratt meets Motley Crue sound, but the band brings a big junk of their own energy as well. "Hollywood Dream" is kind of layed back, but rough vocals and some catchy hooks carry it. "Kick 'n' Fight" has a very simple sound, but it's tight and sharp hooks in the right place make it work. "Help Me" is another slow track that begins like early Motley Crue, but the band make it their by tossing some solid pace changes and relying more on the music here. There are bands that sound like second rate copies of bigger bands and there are bands who are influenced by bigger bands. These guys are in the latter category as the bulk of the material is firmly entrenched in 80's hair metal. Yet they know how and where to put the hooks and they have some catchy chourses. Singer/guitarist Chris Loud has a voice similar to Stephen Pearcy and I like it lot because of the grit he throws in there. I have been playing this one a lot lately. Much like Sweet Cheater and Smash Alley these guys are like other bands, but have something going on for themselves as well. These guys did five albums between 1998 and 2004. Last year they had changed drummers and had Snowy Shaw (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Dream Evil) as their drummer (!). They supposedly had three new songs recorded and a single ready to be released in May of '06, but I don't think that has happened yet so I am not sure if they are still around or not.