Trixter--Trixter (1990/MCA) Rating--7.1

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Heart of Steel--RealAudio

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This band missed the boat by about four years. If they had hit the scene around 1986, they could have been real big. The band boasts an early Bon Jovi sound (BJ's heavier stuff), and have pretty sharp distortion throughout the release. Ahhhh well!
Opening track "Line of Fire" has some sharp cuts, and a good drive marks "Heart of Steel". The upbeat and summer-carefree "Only Young Once" is good, and more hair attitude is apparent in the note chops of "Bad Girl".
A strafing strut makes "Play Rough" a high point, with "Always a Victim" good as well.
A good disc to add if you like that sharp, catchy, but simple era that's described above.

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TRACK LIST: Line of Fire/Heart of Steel/One in a Million/Surrender/Give It to Me Good/Only Young Once/Bad Girl/Always a Victim/Play Rough/You'll Never See Me Cryin'/Ride the Whip/On And On

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