ALBUM: Declaration (1984)
This must be the first (and possibly only) punk hair band. I mean check out the hair on these guys. It’s the Farrah-Fawcett-in-a-wind-tunnel look.
And yet while they looked like Poison, they played more like the Clash, raspily singing anthems with acoustic guitars a’blazing. “Blaze of Glory” and “Marching On” are like Welsh rebel yell versions of Twisted Sister’s ‘We’re Not Going to Take It.’ Or Big Country singing fight songs.
The bass player.
And they sound like they really might take up arms to fight for their right to party, while burning the midnight oil.
OK, I’ll stop.
Counting down my 678 vinyl records before I die of brain disease.