Voodoo Highway

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Badlands

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If you like Led Zeppelin, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, and 70's era Bad Company, then you need to purchase all of the Badlands cataloge!

With that said, some record label needs to get smart and reissue these lost classics to a new generation of listeners. We're all starving for some traditional, hard driving rock n roll, amongst the college frat punks in garages claiming to be rock bands! The current music landscape in America is in sad, sad shape, and we all know it. Bo Bice from American Idol has covered the song, In A Dream, from the Voodoo Highway album. That song very well may win Bo the competition! With that in mind, shouldn't someone get a clue, and give us the Badlands releases again? The sellers that have the cd posted for sale now are simply trying to cash in and take advantage of people due to Bo's success with the song! In conclusion, be patient, because a major label will get their hands on the Badlands cataloge, and it will be available for everyone to enjoy!

Badlands was a kind of super group and the original line up included ex Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E Lee, Kiss drummer Eric Singer, bass player Greg Chaisson, and vocalist Ray Gillen who had been in Black Sabbath for a short period. "Voodoo highway" (1991) is the bands second release and it is a bit stronger than the debut. The music is original heavy metal with a fair amount of blues. According to me, Ray Gillen was one of the better singers in this genre and he had a voice that easily could match the like of Ronnie James Dio, David Coverdale or Paul Rodgers. It is Gillen's voice that saves this album from ending up in a totally mess of rattling guitars and a heavy metal mayhem. Badlands faced internal problems and both Singer and Gillen quit the band, and later on the record company chose to drop the band.

Too bad, Gillen got aids and passed away way in December 1993 at the age of 32. For those who wants to hear more from the talented Ray Gillen, I can recommend the second Phenomena album "Dream runner" on which Gillen handles the vocals on a couple of songs.