Freakshow by Bulletboys (CD, Mar-1991, Warner Bros.)

Album Features
UPC:	075992616829
Artist:	Bulletboys
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1991
Record Label:	Warner Bros.
Genre:	Hard Rock, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Hang on St. Christopher
2. Do Me Raw
3. Say Your Prayers
4. Ripping Me
5. Thrill That Kills
6. Hell Yeah!
7. THC Groove
8. O Me O My
9. Freakshow
10. Huge
11. Goodgirl
12. Talk to Your Daughter

Details
Playing Time:	42 min.
Producer:	Ted Templeman
Distributor:	WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	AAD

Album Notes
The Bulletboys: Marq Torien (vocals), Mick Sweda (guitar, background vocals), Lonnie Vencent (bass, background vocals) and Jimmy D'Anda (drums, percussion).Additional personnel: Bobby LaKind, Ted Templeman (percussion on "Hang On St. Christopher"), Garth Richardson (background vocals on "Thrill That Kills").Engineers: Jeff Hendrickson, Mike Tacci, Lori Fumar, Jeff Poe and John Jackson.Bullet Boys: Marq Torien (vocals), Mick Sweda (guitar, background vocals), Lonnie Vencent (bass, background vocals), Jimmy D'Anda (drums, percussion).Additional personnel: Bobby LaKind and Ted Templeman (percussion on "Hang On St. Christopher"), Garth Richardson (background vocals on "Thrill That Kills").Additional engineering: Mike Tacci.All songs written by the Bullet Boys except "Say Your Prayers" and "Ripping Me" (Bullet Boys/Grant Morris), "Hang On St. Christopher" (Tom Waits), and "Talk To Your Daughter" by (J.B. Lenoir).Why it took three years between their debut and Freakshow is anyone's guess -- perhaps these things are better left for a documentary-length special on the band -- but Freakshow alters things a bit stylistically when compared to their first record. Many things have remained the same: the blues-driven, scale shredding guitar work, lyrics that would make Keats spin in his grave, and of course, the obligatory odes to feminine charm ("Do Me Raw," "Goodgirl," and "Huge") all remain constant bulletpoints (no pun intended) that keep the boys strong rockers. But unlike their first album, things do get to be more a bit on the serious side at points, and this is where the album begins to lose its charm. While the band would continue to release records, this would be their last for Warner Brothers, perhaps a reaction to the serious and sensitive music movement that was brewing on the U.S. Pacific Northwest coast around that time. Whatever the reasoning may be, this was their last solid album, as what followed in their career was merely a rehash of the latest music trends of the moment, with trace elements lurking here and there of what made the Bulletboys so fun to begin with. ~ Rob Theakston